Hikikomori Vincent Kenny

Today, the JWs have as many as 250,000 adherents in Japan, despite having an extremely rocky start in the country in the early 1930s. In recent years, the JWs have experienced controversy in the media and courts once again, this time for serious allegations of abuse of its own members and children.  
Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.
Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!
You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.
Sources:
Japan Times: Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses submit report detailing sexual abuse Investigator Magazine: JUNZO AKASHI – A Watchtower Victim Asahi Shimbun: 159 report being sexually abused as Jehovah’s Witnesses Mainichi Shimbun: 3rd-gen Jehovah's Witness in Japan opens up about dark past before opposition parties Japan Times: Japan lawyers form group to support children of Jehovah's Witnesses followers Metropolis: The Door Knockers - Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan Asahi Shimbun: Ex-Jehovah’s Witness opens up about trauma brought by faith JWLeaks.org: Jehovah’s Witnesses face ‘worrying development’ on the treatment of children in Japan Yomiuri Shimbun: Japan Lawyers to Report on Religion-Based Refusal of Blood Transfusions for Kids EWTN Global Catholic Television: Charles Taze Russell YouTube: Senator Mizuho Uehara addressing Parliament over the issue of the JWs and their alleged abuse of children Twitter: Kotaro Tanaka’s account Wikipedia: History of Jehovah's Witnesses

When the AIDs epidemic began tearing its way through gay communities throughout the world, there was almost no effort made by governments to address the escalating health crisis whatsoever. 
Even when heat-treated blood became available, pharmaceutical companies were strangely reluctant to offer these newer, safer products, particularly in South America and Asia, but no country was quite as ruthlessly self-defeating than in Japan, which created an extraordinary conspiracy to put corporate profits above the lives of their citizens
Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.
Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!
You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.
Sources:
Qanon Anonymous, Episode 221: Plasma Vampires & the Blood Business feat Kathleen McLaughlin  New York Times: 2003, Beyer Exposed (paywall)  New York Times: Japanese Suits on H.I.V.-Tainted Blood Settled (paywall)  LA Times: Japan Official Apologises in AIDS Scandal  Nature Medicine: Japanese officials were aware of HIV in blood products  Washington Post: Japanese Arrested in Blood Scandal  CBS News: Japan - Convictions In Blood Scandal  National Library of Medicine: Haemophilia patients launch action against Bayer over contaminated blood products  Wikipedia: HIV/AIDs in Japan  Wikipedia: Green Cross  Wikipedia: Contaminated Haemophilia Blood Products  JP Wikipedia: Contaminated Blood Scandal 

Weather News Live is a 24-hour a day stream dedicated to reporting the weather... sort of. It has gained huge popularity on the internet over the last few years with live shows hosted by "Casters", young women who have attracted huge fanbases.
By far the most popular has been Saya Hiyama who, in mid-2023, found herself at the centre of a controversy normally only reserved for those in the Idol industry.
Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.
Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!
You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.
Sources:
Japanalysis: Japan’s Ridiculous Weatherwoman Fiasco  Saya Hiyama clip 1  Saya Hiyama clip 2  Japan Times: Weather forecaster Saya Hiyama's viral moments say a lot about fame in Japan  Oricon News - Saya announces she’s dating  Parental bonding in retrospect and adult attachment style: A comparative study between Spanish, Italian and Japanese cultures. Hoenicka et al. (2022)  Japanese national well-being survey shows that living alone results in lower satisfaction and affects other relationships, while social networking service usage is related to life satisfaction: A cross-sectional study. Miyaki et al. (2022)  Aini: Parasocial relationships in East Asia: A look into obsession  Time: In Defence of Parasocial Relationship  Parasocial Interactions and Relationships in Early Adolesence 

We end our series on Miyoko Sumida by looking at possibly her most disturbing family invasion with the Oe household, as well as how this eventually led to her accidental arrest and the fall of the Sumida gang.
We also find out how the Yakuza hides bodies (allegedly).
Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.
Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!
You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.
Sources:
Unknown Misandry Japan Times - the Piranha Family Rhetorica - the Piranha Family Murderpedia - Miyoko Sumida JP Wikipedia - The Amagasaki Incident

We continue covering the disturbing crimes of Miyoko Sumida and her family, as she infiltrates and rips apart two more families. Today we look at how she added her loyal enforcer, Masanori Ri, and her presumed heir, Tanimoto Rui, to her organisation.
Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.
Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!
You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.
Sources:
Unknown Misandry Japan Times - the Piranha Family Rhetorica - the Piranha Family Murderpedia - Miyoko Sumida JP Wikipedia - The Amagasaki Incident

Miyoko Sumida was a psychopath with a disturbing ability to manipulate others for her own ends. She was also seemingly obsessed with keeping other people by making them members of her family though marriage and adoption. In a horrifying 25-year career of criminal gang activity and serial murder, Sumida became more cult leader than yakuza.
Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.
Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!
You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.
Sources:
Unknown Misandry  Japan Times - the Piranha Family Rhetorica - the Piranha Family  Murderpedia - Miyoko Sumida JP Wikipedia - The Amagasaki Incident