Japan vs Taiwan, Ai Slop, and more!

日本と台湾の違い、AIスロップなど！

Happy New Year! This week we talk about the relationship between Japan and Taiwan as well as the differences between them!

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Japan vs Korea, 2026 New Year Resolutions, Social Media Ban and more!

日本と韓国の違い、2026年の抱負、SNS禁止など！

This week while in Korea we talk about the differences between Japan and Korea!

Episode Timestamps:

Intro: (0:00)

Japan vs Korea: (0:11)

2026年の抱負: (26:37)

Social Media Ban: (36:37)

Outro: (36:30)

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Australia SNS Ban, Spotify Wrapped 2025, and more!

オーストラリアSNS禁止、Spotify2025まとめなど！

Australia actually banned social media for people under the age of 16. Today we talk about how the ban was implemented and what has happened since the ban.

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2025 Trending Words, Naha Marathon, Traveling Etiquette, and more!

2025年の流行語、那覇マラソン、旅行マナーなど！

The Top Ten Trending Japanese words of 2025 were announced, and today we go over them!

The Top 10:

エッホエッホ

オールドメディア

緊急銃猟／クマ被害

国宝（観た）

古古古米

戦後80年／昭和100年

トランプ関税

二季

ミャクミャク

働いて働いて働いて働いて働いてまいります

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Good Tourist Etiquette, Back to Japan, Singing, and more!

海外旅行のマナー、日本再来、歌など！

How much of the language do you need to learn when travelling? Is it better sometimes to pretend like you know nothing? Today we talk about what it takes to be a good tourist and answer these questions and more!

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Americans & China, Speaking Japanese, and more!

アメリカ人と中国、日本語でのスピーキングなど！

With the success of works such as Genshin Impact, Black Myth: Wukong, TO BE HERO X, as well as many technological innovations, the image of China in the US seems to be changing. Today we talk about that!

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Spartan Race, Long Reading Problems, Hornets & Bears, and more!

スパルタンレース、長時間読書問題、スズメバチと熊など！

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Japan Bear Sightings, Spartan Run, Podcast Addiction, and more!

熊出没、スパルタンレース、ポッドキャスト中毒など！

Japan Bear Sightings have completely taken over Japanese social media. Are bears in Japan actually becoming a problem? Today we talk about it!

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