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The bois are back in town!

Jon is has finally returned to the UK, and is jet-lagged as all hell. In this episode, we give a quick run-down of the closing of the 2021 Olympic Games, a giant pumpkin fighting a typhoon, and Jon's adventures in international flights. 

Sources:
https://soranews24.com/2021/08/09/tokyo-olympics-comes-to-a-close-with-anime-opening-at-closing-ceremonys-ska-remix%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/
https://www.tokyoreporter.com/business/tv-asahi-staffers-party-after-closing-ceremony-1-hospitalized-after-tumbling-out-of-bar/
https://soranews24.com/2021/08/09/japans-new-canned-curry-is-ready-to-drink-and-ready-to-delight-the-curry-loving-nation/

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The Geeks & Gaijins Season Finale! It's our final episode on-location in Japan! The sun is shining (too much), the Olympics are in full swing (unfortunately), and there are no fun crimes stories this week (predictably). So join us on a trip back in time to 1984, as Jon regales us with the story of the Glico-Morinaga Extortion Case. 

Also in this episode: Ghibli Museum fundraising, delicious non-radioactive peaches, and yet another typhoon.

Thanks to everyone who's listened in to us over the last two years. This podcast has been very important to the both of us during this time, and we're grateful to every open ear who shared in our joy, anger, and general nonsense throughout. 

We'll be back in two weeks with a slightly revamped format, but the same lunacy as ever. Same Geek-Time, same Gaijin-Channel. 

Until then, Sayonara Japan!

Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-19/the-ghibli-museum-meets-10-million-yen-crowdfunding-goal-in-24-hours/.175253
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics
https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/118577
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14401598
https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57959891
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glico_Morinaga_case

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Enter the Nyanopticon

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics finally about to start, Japan continues to be buffered by articles about just how badly things are going. This week features a tag-team of trouble, with Thomas Bach exacerbating the public's anger at the IOC, and Keigo Oyamada being announced as composer for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, in spite of a history of abusive behaviour. 

Before all that though, there's robot cat ears that read your brain waves, a way to stop crime without actually doing anything, and consuming the faces of beloved anime characters. 

Enjoy!

Sources:
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/19/japans-brain-wave-reading-cat-ears-are-back-with-a-brand-new-twist/
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14387529
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14398503
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/07/15/national/bach-hiroshima-visit/
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210717/p2a/00m/0sp/020000c
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14396489
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14397380
https://twitter.com/HirokoTabuchi/status/1416812548217835520
http://www.japansubculture.com/japans-olympic-composer-tortured-disabled-children-and-the-olympic-committee-says-to-the-world-eat-shit-no-problem/#.YPKTX84AZ_w.twitter
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2021/07/17/composer-forced-disabled-classmates-eat-faeces-m********e-will/
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/20/cornelius-resigns-from-olympics-suddenly-pulled-from-sony-webpage-and-nhk-shows-too/

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Alternative Title: Yakucumbers

This Week In Japan:
- A giant cat appears in Shinjuku
- Being vaccinated four times does not improve effectiveness
- Police catch cucumber poachers wet-handed
- Tottori turns torrential
- Japan does not want vaccinated foreigners
- Tokyo locks down for the Olympics
- The government asks banks to threaten bars
- and a lone gunwoman attempts to douse the Olympic flame.

Sources:
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/05/giant-cat-appears-on-new-3-d-billboard-outside-shinjuku-station-%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/hokkaido-man-vaccinated-4-times-i-thought-it-would-be-more-effective/
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/06/ibaraki-woman-arrested-for-attacking-olympic-torch-with-water-gun/
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/11/oceans-11-heist-of-over-2m-yen-in-sea-cucumbers-thwarted-by-japanese-coast-guard/
https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/campaign/50thburger/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210707_07/
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210708/p2g/00m/0na/047000c
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-needs-mutual-recognition-for-vaccine-passports-AmCham
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210711/p2g/00m/0na/024000c
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210711/p2g/00m/0na/024000c
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14392012

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Frapp Mapp? Frapan?

Anyway, This Week In Japan, enjoy cool masks, get kicked out of politics for your cool mask, and drink away your sorrows with your local prefectures new unique frappucino. Also, Jon visited a sword museum, and Tom watched Zombieland Saga Revenge and OddTaxi. 

Sources:
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210703/p2a/00m/0na/030000c
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/03/japanese-politician-skull-reaper-a-ji-sues-city-for-refusing-to-show-his-masked-face/
https://stephano.me/blog/jimoto-frappuccino/

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Fly me to the Pokemon Sun & Moon.

This Week In Japan, you can: fly via Pikachu Airlines (if you're vaccinated), break into a school (if someone else has already broken in), steal toilet paper (if you're the police chief), silence political criticism (if you're Twitter), or not say anything about the Olympics (if you're the Emperor). Sadly, neither Jon or Tom are the Emperor (yet), so they are not allowed to not say anything about the Olympics. 

Sources:
https://soranews24.com/2021/06/24/pikachu-learns-how-to-fly-as-japans-new-pokemon-airliner-takes-fight/

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/unfit-ex-banker-collared-after-sporting-stolen-sailor-suit-in-school-toilet/
https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/ex-police-chief-not-prosecuted-over-drunken-theft-of-5-rolls-of-toilet-paper/
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210626/p2a/00m/0na/018000c
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14381782
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14380930

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