In Part 2 of this two-part look at the long and tumultuous road to the Olympics, we discuss heat, corruption and the endless run of scandals that followed when the COVID-19 pandemic forced a one-year postponement of the Games. Read/see more:  Twists and turns: Retracing Tokyo’s tumultuous path to the Olympics (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times) Heat risks add to challenges for Tokyo's pandemic-hit Olympics (Oscar Boyd, The Japan Times) The Olympic opening ceremony that wasn’t (Patrick St. Michel, The Japan Times) The sexism scandal engulfing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (Deep Dive) Keigo Oyamada quits Olympic opening ceremony role over past bullying (The Japan Times) Director of Olympics opening ceremony ousted over past comments on Holocaust (The Japan Times) More companies pull out of Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony (The Japan Times) The Japan Times' coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (The Japan Times) On this episode: Patrick St. Michel: Twitter | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements: Subscribe to the show and sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list to be notified when we return. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp. Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you’ve enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback. This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: People protest against the Tokyo Olympic Games outside the Akasaka State Guest House, where International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach attended a welcome ceremony on Sunday. | REUTERS

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92: The long road to the Tokyo Olympics - Part 2

This week, the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics will begin, with the opening ceremony planned for Friday, July 23. It will be a Games like none before it, with its host city, Tokyo, under a state of emergency and COVID-19 still very much a threat to the public. In Part 1 of a two-part look at the long and tumultuous road to the Olympics, we look at Tokyo's initial bid for the Olympics in 2011, how the city won that bid in 2013, and the ups and downs that accompanied the Games until the famous handover ceremony at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Part 2 will follow on Friday, ahead of the opening ceremony. Read/see more:  Twists and turns: Retracing Tokyo’s tumultuous path to the Olympics (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times) Tokyo wins bid to host 2020 Olympics (The Japan Times) Tokyo awarded 2020 Summer Games (The Telegraph via YouTube) The Complete Tokyo 1964 Olympics Film (Olympics via YouTube) The handover ceremony at the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony (Olympics via YouTube) The troubled history of Zaha Hadid's Tokyo Olympic stadium project (Oliver Wainwright, The Guardian) Contested Tokyo 2020 Olympic logo scrapped amid plagiarism claim (Shusuke Murai, The Japan Times) The Japan Times' coverage of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (The Japan Times) On this episode: Patrick St. Michel: Twitter | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements: Subscribe to the show and sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list to be notified when we return. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp. Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you’ve enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback. This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: The Olympic rings in Tokyo Bay, Odaiba | Oscar Boyd 

91: The long road to the Tokyo Olympics - Part 1

Host Oscar Boyd is heading to language school for three months and so Deep Dive will be on hiatus. Make sure you subscribe on whichever podcasting platform you use to be notified when we return.  For all the latest news from Japan, please subscribe to The Japan Times and help support our journalism: the latest on the pandemic, vaccinations, the Olympics, and sports, culture and lifestyle features.Thank you to all our listeners, guests and supporters of the show. Until next time, stay well, and a three-month-long podsukaresama. Oscar's favorite Japan pods: Japan By River Cruise - A comedy podcast by Bobby Judo and Ollie Horn Uncanny Japan - Tales from the spooky side of Japan by Thersa Matsuura Japan Eats - A podcast all about Japanese food and the people behind it by Akiko Katayama Even more podcasts from Japan 

90: Deep Dive is on a break

With medical experts worried that the Olympics will turn into a superspreader event, polls show that the Japanese public is overwhelmingly not on board with the Games. Yet things are going full steam ahead, with test events taking place, athletes arriving and the torch relay beginning last week. Joining Deep Dive is the New York Times Tokyo bureau chief Motoko Rich, here to discuss why the government seems so intent on holding the Games this summer, and the risks associated with them going ahead as planned.Read more:  Why ‘cursed’ Olympics are pressing ahead amid a pandemic (Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida, The New York Times) Experts fear the Olympics could trigger a global superspreader event (The Japan Times) Tokyo Olympic torch relay begins amid COVID-19 fears (The Japan Times) Japanese stars have no burning desire to be involved in torch relay (The Japan Times) 'Unavoidable': Overseas fans barred from Tokyo Olympics over virus (The Japan Times) On this episode:Motoko Rich: Twitter | ArticlesOscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | InstagramAnnouncements: Deep Dive will be going on hiatus for three months until July 2021. Subscribe to the show and sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list to be notified when we return. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp. Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you’ve enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback. This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: The Olympic rings are reinstalled at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2020. | REUTERS 

89: Why are the Tokyo Olympics still going ahead in a pandemic? w/ Motoko Rich

Japan is a country that is good at many things, but accepting refugees is not one of them. In 2019, just 44 refugees were accepted here. Now, the government has proposed a series of amendments to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act that will make it even harder for asylum seekers in Japan. Freelance journalist Jesse Chase-Lubitz joins Deep Dive to discuss. Read more:  Japan mulls closing another door to refugees (Jesse Chase-Lubitz, Foreign Policy) Immigration reform fails to resolve asylum contradictions (Philip Brasor, The Japan Times) Government approves bill to bail asylum-seekers from long-term detention (The Japan Times) Japanese society warms to asylum-seekers despite the government's cold shoulder (Jesse Chase-Lubitz, The Japan Times) Deep Dive Episode 40: An 11-year-long fight for asylum in Japan (Deep Dive podcast) On this episode: Jesse Chase-Lubitz: Twitter | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | InstagramAnnouncements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times.Photo: Detainees are seen through a hatch at the Tokyo Detention House in December 2015. | REUTERS 

88: A clampdown on Japan's asylum seekers w/ Jesse Chase-Lubitz

Bloomberg reporter Lisa Du joins Deep Dive to discuss how Japan's vaccine rollout has gone so far, and the challenges the program may face going forward.Read more:  65% see Japan's vaccine rollout as slow, poll finds (The Japan Times) 62.1% of Japanese willing to have COVID-19 vaccination, survey says (The Japan Times) Japan may approve second COVID-19 vaccine in May, health minister says (The Japan Times) Trials and transparency stand in way of Japan's acquisition of non-Western shots (Osamu Tsukimori, The Japan Times) 'Vaccine passports' could help global travel resume. But is Japan on board? (Magdalena Osumi, The Japan Times) EU set to tighten vaccine export rules amid U.K. tensions (Bloomberg) Astra’s pain grows as U.S. questions beleaguered vaccine (Bloomberg) Episode 77: When will Japan get a vaccine for COVID-19? (Deep Dive podcast) On this episode:  Lisa Du: Twitter | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | InstagramAnnouncements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: A medical worker gets a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a Tokyo hospital on March 10. | KYODO 

87: Half a million and counting: Japan's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine w/ Lisa Du

Pokemon is thought to be the most valuable media franchise in the world, with an empire that straddles video games, television, cinema, trading cards, Pokemon Go and much, much more.This week on Deep Dive, journalist Tom Bateman takes us through the 25 year history of Pokemon, and how it has become one of Japan’s most successful and recognizable exports. Read more: Monsters, mania and the unstoppable march of Pokemon (Tom Bateman, BBC) Beware of the Pokemania (Time Magazine, 1999) Pokemon still catching hearts as game franchise celebrates 25th anniversary (The Japan Times) On this episode:Tom Bateman: Twitter | Website Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times.Photo: The Pokemon Company 

86: Twenty-five years of Pokemon w/ Tom Bateman

On this week's episode, The Japan Times' Alex Martin visits Ishinomaki, 10 years after he first went there, to reconnect with residents he spoke with in the aftermath of the earthquake and to find out how the city is recovering from the tsunami. Also, Reuters' Mari Saito tells us about the "phone of the wind," where tsunami survivors can grieve for the people they lost. Read more: A decade on, real challenges lie ahead for communities devastated by March 2011 disaster (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/03/06/national/tohoku-challenges-quake-anniversary/) (Alex K.T. Martin, The Japan Times) Photo essay: Tsunami survivors call lost loves on the ‘phone of the wind’ (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tohoku-tsunami-phone-booth/) (Mari Saito via The Japan Times) Photo essay: The seawalls of Tohoku (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/photo-essay-the-seawalls-of-tohoku/) (Oscar Boyd, The Japan Times) The Japan Times' coverage of the 10th anniversary of 3/11 (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/3-11-10th-anniversary/) On this episode: Alex K.T. Martin: Twitter (https://twitter.com/alexktmartin) | Articles (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/int-alex-k_t_-martin/) Mari Saito: Twitter (https://twitter.com/saitomri) | Articles (https://www.reuters.com/journalists/mari-saito) Oscar Boyd: Twitter (https://twitter.com/omhboyd) | Articles (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/oscar-boyd/) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/oscar.boyd/) Announcements: Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/email-newsletters/) and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp. Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/japandeepdive) , and give us feedback. This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: A man surveys the damage in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, a few days after the city was struck by a deadly tsunami in March 2011. | KYODO

85: Ishinomaki: A tsunami-ravaged city, 10 years on w/ Alex Martin & Mari Saito

Richard Lloyd Parry is the author of "Ghosts of the Tsunami," which focuses on the story of a small elementary school in the town of Okawa, around 200 miles north of Tokyo. 74 pupils and 10 teachers at the school that day lost their lives to the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake.  "Ghosts of the Tsunami" is a must-read for anyone interested in learning about the disaster: a beautifully written, harrowing account of what happened on 3/11 and the events that unfolded afterward, as it became clear to survivors that the deaths of those children were entirely avoidable. Read more:  Ghosts of the Tsunami book (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250192813) (Richard Lloyd Parry, Macmillan) Ghosts of the Tsunami essay (https://www.lrb.co.uk/session?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lrb.co.uk%2Fthe-paper%2Fv36%2Fn03%2Frichard-lloyd-parry%2Fghosts-of-the-tsunami%3Freferrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fen.wikipedia.org%252F&s=GUtOGLTGkX2IUdBDE+CY8vRb1eUH5OnHzBxZoyVv/6U9ERVNyEf6h1lLZJG97/0h7hcI3vVpadBAe5EaA9TilIt96NOkZpJRCCUqD2sRCDBXVr8VoZqtc+Arj3up4Zh1+xko7U0V/iXzu+tDM1fNUt0N/gThpZe82Fse64NbbrJjQt/2Ea/6E0r+a61lwBChkvwfv9BRZQy//rP9zY6k4m7ZwFiZ1Y6ju8Jh0RnoPvbzR1XM) (Richard Lloyd Parry, London Review of Books) The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/24/the-school-beneath-the-wave-the-unimaginable-tragedy-of-japans-tsunami) (Richard Lloyd Parry, The Guardian) Tsunami-hit Miyagi school building to reopen as memorial in April (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/01/25/national/tsunami-school-memorial-miyagi/) (The Japan Times) Japan's top court finalizes ¥1.44 billion in damages for 84 deaths at school in 3/11 tsunami (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/okawa-elementary-school/) (The Japan Times) On this episode: Richard Lloyd Parry: Twitter (https://twitter.com/dicklp) | Articles (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/richard-lloyd-parry) Oscar Boyd: Twitter (https://twitter.com/omhboyd) | Articles (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/oscar-boyd/) | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/oscar.boyd/) Announcements: Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/email-newsletters/) and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp. Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/japandeepdive) , and give us feedback. This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: A mural at the Okawa Elementary School, where 74 children died on March 11, 2011. | Oscar Boyd

84: Ghosts of the Tsunami: The tragedy at Okawa Elementary School w/ Richard Lloyd Parry

On this week's episode we look at why Clubhouse, an invite-only social media platform, has become all the rage in Japan. Here to discuss is Yuzuha Oka, a tech journalist at NewsPicks Japan, and also Austin Freeman, a Japan Times contributor and founder of the 13,000 member strong clubhouse group Tokyo Unearthed. Read more:  Why is Japan so intrigued by the audio app Clubhouse? (Patrick St. Michel, The Japan Times) Clubhouse tops Japan chart as CEOs and celebrities embrace chat app (Bloomberg via The Japan Times) Clubhouse app offers Chinese rare glimpse of censor-free debate (The Japan Times) Facebook said to be building a product to compete with Clubhouse (The Japan Times) You’ve been invited to Clubhouse. Your privacy hasn’t (Sara Morrison, Vox) On this episode:Yuzuha Oka (Clubhouse: @yuzu): Twitter | Website  Austin Freeman (Clubhouse: @anxiety): Articles Oscar Boyd (Clubhouse: @omhboyd): Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times.Photo: Clubhouse as it appears on the App Store.  

83: What is Clubhouse and why is it so popular in Japan? w/ Yuzuha Oka & Austin Freeman

With just five months and six days to go until the Olympic opening ceremony, large parts of Japan are still under a state of emergency, and the first vaccine has only just been approved for use here. As if those weren’t big enough challenges to overcome, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee was plunged into scandal earlier this month after its president, Yoshiro Mori, suggested that women talk too much in board meetings, leading to his eventual resignation. Read more: Tokyo Olympics Chief Apologizes for Remarks Demeaning Women  (Motoko Rich, The New York Times) Tokyo Olympics Chief Resigns Over Sexist Comments (Motoko Rich, The New York Times) Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto eyed as next Tokyo Games chief (Ryusei Takahashi, The Japan Times) Activists demand reform after Tokyo Olympic sexism furor (AFP-Jiji via The Japan Times) How 'indispensable' Mori came to enjoy huge influence in politics and sport (Eric Johnston, The Japan Times) On this episode:Motoko Rich: Twitter | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Motoko at the Gender Symposium Japan 2021Motoko Rich will be joining panelists from the Asahi Shimbun and New York Times on March 3, 2021, at 3 p.m  to discuss gender inequality in Japan and around the world, sharing stories to highlight challenges and progress. For more information and to register visit bit.ly/gender2021.Announcements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times.Photo: A protester takes part in a rally against Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori outside the Olympic museum in Tokyo on Thursday. | AFP-JIJI 

82: The sexism scandal engulfing the Tokyo 2020 Olympics w/ Motoko Rich

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, Jeana Cadby, PhD in specialty cacao and craft chocolate, takes us on a tour through the history of chocolate in Japan. We also look at the the recent growth of the country’s craft chocolate scene, as well as the pioneering chocolatiers who have managed to grow cacao on Tokyo’s Ogasawara Islands for the first time. Read more: Tokyo Cacao: Japan’s first 'soil-to-bar' chocolate (Jeana Cadby, The Japan Times Akihiro Kakimoto: The man behind Japan's most elaborate chocolate desserts (J.J. O'Donoghue, The Japan Times) Little Chocolate’s Big Moment (Deena Shanker, Bloomberg) Inside Japan’s Craft Chocolate Craze (Craft Sense) Craft Chocolate Experience Tokyo (Annual Event) On this episode:Jeana Cadby: LinkedIn | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times.Photo: Chocolate by Tokyo Cacao, who grow cacao trees on the Ogasawara Islands. | COURTESY OF TOKYO CACAO

81: Chocolate in Japan: From Paris to the Ogasawara Islands w/ Jeana Cadby

Japan Times staff writer Ryusei Takahashi joins Deep Dive to discuss Prime Minister Suga's pledge to make Japan carbon neutral by 2050. Also, contributor Eric Margolis tells us how Japan is already being affected by climate change. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.Read more:  Suga aims for greener Japan with carbon pledge, but details lacking (Ryusei Takahashi, The Japan Times) The true cost of the climate crisis on Japan (Eric Margolis, The Japan Times) Japan's climate plan: Big on ambition but small in scope (Ryusei Takahashi, The Japan Times) Japan lays out plan to steer economy away from carbon by 2050 (Ryusei Takahashi, The Japan Times) On this episode:Ryusei Takahashi: Twitter | Articles Eric Margolis: Twitter | Website Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times.Photo: Damaged areas of Nagano Prefecture following Typhoon Hagibis in October 2019. | KYODO 

80: A shift in Japan's climate policy w/ Ryusei Takahashi & Eric Margolis

On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol came under siege from a mob of Trump supporters, incited by the former president. The attack was condemned around the world and shone a spotlight onto the dangerous misinformation and conspiracies that fueled the riots. One that has come under particular scrutiny is QAnon, a conspiracy that dates to 2017 and that has picked up a significant following in the U.S. But, says Bloomberg’s Max Zimmerman, the U.S. is not the only country to have supporters of the QAnon conspiracy, and a fringe group of followers has also developed here in Japan. Sponsor:This episode is brought to you by Oizumi Kojo, Japan's first commercial brewer of kombucha. They’ve just launched their new online store, where you can buy KOMBUCHA_SHIP, bottled kombucha that's delivered straight to your door. KOMBUCHA_SHIP comes in four flavors: Original, Yuzu, Shiso and Kuwa. Visit www.kombuchaship.shop for more information.Read/see more:  QAnon’s Rise in Japan Shows Conspiracy Theory’s Global Spread (Max Zimmerman, Bloomberg) What drives ‘J-Anon,’ QAnon's Japanese counterpart? (Nevin Thompson, Global Voices) Pro-Trump rallies in Tokyo (Jeffrey J. Hall via Twitter) Trump supporters rally in Tokyo against Biden's inauguration (Reuters via The Japan Times) QAnon's 'Great Awakening' failed to materialize. What's next could be worse (Julia Carrie Wong, The Guardian) On this episode:Max Zimmerman: Twitter | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump hold a rally in Tokyo ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in Washington. | REUTERS 

79: What does QAnon mean for Japan? w/ Max Zimmerman

Since the end of December, worries about new strains of COVID-19 have prompted Japan to reimpose border restrictions, including stopping the issuance of new visas to people hoping to move to Japan. We look at how these new border restrictions are affecting foreign residents. Also, Sam Seghers recounts her experience being left in limbo by the new restrictions, and Aska Ross walks us through his three-day quarantine in a government-run facility after returning to Japan from the U.K.Read more:  Japan bars entry for new arrivals and business travelers due to new COVID-19 strains (Magdalena Osumi, The Japan Times) Japan to tighten border measures with new rules for returning citizens (Magdalena Osumi, The Japan Times) Travelers from Japan face more restrictions amid new virus strain fears (Magdalena Osumi, The Japan Times) Tokyo’s pandemic border policy highlights insecure status of foreign residents (Magdalena Osumi, The Japan Times) On this episode:  Magdalena Osumi: Twitter | Articles Oscar Boyd: Twitter | Articles | Instagram Announcements:Sign up to the Deep Dive mailing list and be notified every time a new episode comes out. Get in touch with us at deepdive@japantimes.co.jp.Support the show! Rate us, review us and share this episode with a friend if you've enjoyed it. Follow us on Twitter, and give us feedback.This episode of Deep Dive may be supported by advertising based on your location. Advertising is sourced by Audioboom and is not affiliated with The Japan Times. Photo: A quarantine official looks at a saliva sample from a passenger who arrived from overseas at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Dec. 27. 

78: Japan's foreign residents are trapped — Part 3 w/ Magdalena Osumi

Looking beneath the surface of Japan. Each episode we hear from Japan Times journalists and guests with their fingers on the pulse of current events and trends in Japan. Hosted by Oscar Boyd.

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