20140302 Ep 15 Tokyo Tonight LIVE: Latest News and Views from Japan

Listen to audio version on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon/20140302-ep-15-tokyo-tonight-live-latest-news-and-views-from-japan-from-youtube Tell me which of the stories below you want to talk about! - all in HikoZine (https://flipboard.com/section/hikozine---best-of-japan-and-the-web-bgpgup) 1. International Matchmaking Party in Kyoto attended by 36 Japanese Men, 18 Foreign Ladies, 12 Foreign Men, and 325 Japanese Ladies http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/sightseeing/article/20140226000065 Flight of the Conchords - Just Wanna Do Something Special For All The Ladies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFjrbmj0CUc 2. Government Debates Boosting Immigration 200,000 per Year for Population, web reacts http://www.japancrush.com/2014/stories/increase-immigration-to-maintain-population-says-cabinet.html 3. Japanese Customs Even Japanese Find are a Pain http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/02/26/five-japanese-customs-even-some-japanese-people-think-are-a-pain/ 4. Coca Cola Increasing Cost of Vending Machine Drinks 120yen to 130yen http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140227p2g00m0bu056000c.html 5. US Human Rights Report Highlights Japan's Recent "Hate Speech" Problem http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140228p2g00m0dm036000c.html 6. Brands that do better in Japan than elsewhere - Mister Donuts, 7 Eleven http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/worlds-weird-america-popular-products-seen-overseas-73606/ 7. New NHK Governor Once Boycotted Paying NHK Broadcast Fee in Political Protest http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201402280046 8. Japan Reopening the Comfort Women Issue http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/01/world/asia/japan-to-review-apology-made-to-wwii-comfort-women.html?_r=0 9. British Counterproster to Taiji Protest in UK http://www.japanprobe.com/2014/02/25/lone-counter-protester-disrupts-pro-sea-shepherd-demonstration-in-london/ Subscribe for more! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=hikosaemon Watch Two and a Half Oyajis LIVE every Wednesday at 10:30pm JST http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCC1A4C1C063EE284 Connect with me! http://www.hikosaemon.com http://www.youtube.com/hikosaemon http://www.twitter.com/hikosaemon http://www.facebook.com/hikosaemon https://flipboard.com/profile/hikosaemon https://plus.google.com/+Hikosaemon http://www.instagram.com/hikosaemon Intro Music: "Taiko Drums" by Rocavaco (CC-BY) http://ccmixter.org/files/rocavaco/24272 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ About Me Hi! I'm a Kiwi video blogger based in Tokyo for nearly 15 years. As well as a weekly talk show I do each Wednesday with Gimmeaflakeman talking about life in Japan, I make videos about life in Tokyo and greater Japan, talking about topics from Japanese language, to lifestyle tips, to politics and culture. I also make videos in Japanese with English subtitles for those who want bilingual content. Subscribe to see regular vids! 15年東京在住のニュージーランド人ブロガーの彦左衛門です。よろしくお願いします！英語や日本語で、時には日本語や英語字幕で日本語字幕の生活や文化や言語などについて話にをしたり、日本と外国人の交流や国際関についても動画を作ります。毎週水曜日の夜10時半に「2.5オヤジーズ」というライブショーもやっています。もっと見たかったらぜひチャネル登録をして下さい！