Abroad in Japan
Episodes
2720 - The year when Japan has one child left!
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And that child... doesn't even like Coolish. Doesn't even bare thinking [email protected] for you ideas to get everyone lovemakin...
Meat Thief Tracked 1,000km across Japan
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever touched a capybara? Get in touch - [email protected]! And if you fancy a little extra episode, Chris and Pete took his imported car ...
The League of Unpopular Men!
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pete and Chris are reunited in the same studio for the first time in... a month! [email protected] for all your messages... Hosted on Aca...
Family Mart Chicken Added to Japanese School Lunches
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And if you'd like to see Pete's video - it's inside the video version of this very episode - https://www.youtube.com/@AbroadInJapanPodcastThe boys wil...
Japan Bans Questionable Baby Names!
30 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
But "Natsuki The Baby" is presumably still fine, [email protected] for your favourite anime-related naming ideas! Hosted on Acast. Se...
Japan’s 10 Greatest Food Locations Revealed
26 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We promise it's not a list of Family Marts with the best [email protected] for your very best food recommendations! Hosted on ...
Japan's $26 Billion Discovery Might Change Its Fortunes
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gizzit! Giz that lovely stuff under the sea. GIZZIT! Have you ever handed someone a lot of rubbish for a laugh? [email protected] for all...
Why This Man Ate at Sukiya for 1,800 Days
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Could not want a big bowl of beefy rice more right now, frankly! [email protected] - could you do over a thousand days of beef bits? Hos...
Japan’s Toughest Competition Is Far From Normal
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's the most exotic stamp you've gotten in Japan? Let us know - [email protected] for all your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
The Ultimate Tokyo Night Out Explained!
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Filler words, Red Eyes and a big night out! [email protected] if you've ever darkened the doors of Century club. Hosted on Acast. See ac...
The Reality of Teaching English in Japan (Feat. Chris’s former boss!)
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris and Dan catch up to offer advice to anyone considering teaching English in Japan!Find Dan's book here: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page...
Yakuza Helpline Hack Leaves Victims & Informants in Danger
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Why, it's bring a cat to work day!" [email protected] for all your Yakuza information. See it, say it... sorted. Hosted on Acast. See a...
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pete and Chris are back in his colourful studio, pawing through your fax machine missives, and complaining about how hot that onsen was. AbroadInJapan...
Animal Attacks in Japan Rising Against Foreign Tourists
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cuban sandwiches at the ready, it's time for another pod. If you'd like to see the studio in which Chris and Pete recorded the (slightly shorter) show...
How to spend your first day in Tokyo!
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eating coolish, suspiciously lemony chicken and watching crows eat trash in the street! [email protected] for your messages... Hosted on...
Japan’s Most Stunning Hot Spring Town Limits Tourists
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two. Two tourists permitted to enter per moon cycle, and be damned those who scratch at our hefty [email protected] for your messag...
American Man Arrested for Defacing Tokyo's Biggest Shrine
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Get this wolverine-clawed man out of my sight!" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why Japan’s Streets Will Never Look the Same Again in 2025
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When we touch, when we kiss... danger danger... high [email protected] if you've ever thrown a pair of sneakers onto some overhea...
Japan Reacts to the Return of President Donald Trump
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did Shinzo Abe save trump from beyond the grave? [email protected] for all your questions, answers and so on! Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Robot Retrieves First Melted Fuel from Fukushima Nuclear Reactor
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Little flakes, flaking off. Gotta catch those little flakes! [email protected] to say hello to your little friends (Pete and Chris) Hos...
The Party is Over: Japan’s Crackdown on Fun
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
*removes liquid latex and stupid hat and apologises* [email protected] for any bright ideas, or really dumb ones! Gerrem in... Hosted on...
Yakuza vs. Japan’s Rolex Watches: Thefts on the Rise
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm selling these fine leather watches" [email protected] if you've got some hooky watches to offload. We'll ask you no questions and yo...
Chris’ Angry Rant about Youtubers Goes Viral
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The sweet tangy punchly of a Lunchly... [email protected] if you've found mold on your own cheese stash! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Britain’s WORST Man is Coming to Japan
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last time we let Chris write his own titles. [email protected] for all your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
Japan’s Bizarre Beauty Standards Explained!
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if I add an extra eye in the centre of my forehead? Are you not [email protected] if you'd like to say a big 'hiya'! Ho...
How Japan Leads the World in Life Expectancy: 95,000 People Aged Over 100
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wait until those ancient wiseguys find out about our new invention - butter! Gerrit down ya, oldies... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Why Chris Met the Governor of Tokyo
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
WHY, INDEED! [email protected] if you've ever met a member of the ruling classes... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Unexploded US Bomb Detonates at Japanese airport
10 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[email protected] for all your explosive messages... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Japan’s Pizza Delivery Service…for Dogs
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Little email special for you all to kick off the week - if you'd like your message to nestle among our many dispatches, [email protected]...
Chris Met Japan’s Angriest Man. It Wasn’t Fun.
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grab the statue and run, Chris! Pete and Mr Broad have returned from their respective holidays and they're recounting tales of awful men and stairwell...
Japan's summer was joint hottest on record: Weather office
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you bash your heads on medium sized doorways, do send us a message - [email protected]! We're seeking to identify AIJ's LARGEST LISTEN...
Dozens of Flights Canceled After Scissors Go Missing at Hokkaido Airport
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No scissoring in the aisles, please! [email protected] for all your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Weather and Foreign Tourists Blamed for Japan’s Rice Shortage
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'll have you know that every time I visit, I only eat Coolish. Blame us when there's a Milk and chemicals shortage! [email protected] fo...
Survey finds Japan to be least god-fearing nation
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As God isn't our witness, we will return on Monday! [email protected] for all your fabulous takes if you would be so kind... Hosted on A...
Japan drops subsidy plan to draw women to rural areas upon marriage
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"What are the politicians of Japan up to this week, then?""Oh." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Police arrest man for stealing 3,000 pears in roughly 24 hours
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you'd like to shout out to all the pears - email [email protected], if you would! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
Why Chris Avoids Swimming in the Sea of Japan
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Terror-hawks! True, awful terrible hawks. [email protected] for all your emails, pleasemailz! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Foreign Tourist In Japan Arrested For Strange Activity On A Rural Shrine
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sponsored by delicious Royal Jelly! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Japanese Man Saves $1 Million by Eating Simple Meals for 21 years
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I bet his guts are in absolute ribbons! [email protected] for all your messages - thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Japan Issues First-Ever Megaquake Alert After 7.1 Kyushu Quake
22 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Iced coffee and toothache is a rough combo.🍹 Lost Bar! https://maps.app.goo.gl/dqwnq3ov7kjdMh91A?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy Hosted on Acast....
Chris and Sharla opened a bar!
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TEN MOSCOW MULES PLEASE! LOSTAddress: Tokyo, Shibuya, Udagawacho 33-1, Grand Tokyo Shibuya Building 2F (behind the secret door😉)Open: Wednesday - S...
The Mysterious Foreign Customers Who Skipped Japanese Inn Without paying!
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe they were adbucted by alien hotelliers? [email protected] for all your tripadvisor reviews.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
¥66 Billion Stolen via Japanese Online Scams
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ghosts don't watch YouTube, people. WAKE UP! [email protected] for all your spooky messages.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Japanese Train Tracks Bending in the Insane Summer Heat
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What if the train track bent right round so that all the trains came back at 180 degrees, landed on top of themselves like some ungodly real life game...
Japan’s Foreign Population Surges 330,000 in a Year
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If this continues, they might have to make the websites a bit [email protected] for your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acast....
The Japanese Idol Punished for Having a Secret Boyfriend
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My secret girlfriend... she goes to another school! [email protected] for all your messages - gerrem in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
What Happens If You Ride the Wrong Shinkansen...
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of my shinkansen can only lie, the other can only tell the truth. [email protected] to get your messages in! Hosted on Acast. See ac...
Super-Spicy Crisps Put Japanese Students in Hospital
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris discovers a TERRIFYING audio log from the USCSS Donaldson... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A Tragic Start to Mt Fuji Climbing Season
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And the boys will be back same time on Thursday morning for more AIJ podcast fun! [email protected] for all your emotional freight and s...
Why Japan’s High Tech Reputation is a Lie
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Needs more wee killer robots rolling around, we [email protected] for all your messages... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Why I Love Japan’s Hidden Video Games Bars
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pete definitely beat Chris, hands down on Bomberman. No need to go check the video. [email protected] if you've got any tips for the SNES...
Foreign student in Japan Charged for Riding Electric Suitcase Illegally!
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After Thursday's mega-show, this little lad is short but sweet - we'll see you on Thursday for more Abroad In Japan Podcast fun! Ta-ra! Hosted on Acas...
Why Chris Resents His Dad for Building a Killer Robot
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And mere mortal men can only dream of being able to resent their fathers for such a mad reason. [email protected] if you've got any tips ...
How Chris Met The King & The Emperor at Buckingham Palace
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you know where to get a white tie-suit in a hurry, help us out - [email protected]! We'll be back on Monday morning (UK time - the Kin...
How Japanese Stores Throw Shoppers Out at Closing Time
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We'd simply set off all the sprinklers! If you'd like to say hi - please do! We can't make this show without you. [email protected]! Hos...
Tsushima Bans Tourists from Local Shrine
27 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Combine the shrine with a whine. It's Tsushima, baby! [email protected] please, for all your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Japan Ranked Worst Country in World for Helping Strangers...
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And can you hear...everything in a Love Hotel? [email protected] if you've ever heard anything go bump in the night... and we'll see you ...
Japan’s Mission Impossible: Why Shibuya is Proposing to Ban Drinking Alcohol In Public
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cans! Cans! Cans in the street. We will miss them terribly, surely there must be some kind of loophole for those baseball caps with cans on each side....
Why Japan is About to Break 1 Million Vending Machines!
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where will Pete get his delicious crepes? Only time will [email protected] - what's the strangest thing you've pulled out of a ven...
Why a Japanese Billionaire CANCELLED his SpaceX Moon Trip!
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Why have you had to cancel a mission to space? Let us know on [email protected]! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
Japan’s Cheapest Ramen Shop Burns Down
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The slurp stops for no man... or fire! [email protected] for all your questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Why Japanese Bars Never Close
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had a magical lock-in until the wee small hours? Get in touch! [email protected], baby! Also, would you eat doughnuts with ...
Does Chris Regret Moving to Tokyo One Year Later
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been given a thousand of the Queen's yen in the street? Get in touch - [email protected] ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
The Kindness of Strangers in Kyoto
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Where was free umbrella chap when our dear Prime Minister needed him? [email protected] for all your wonderful chitter chat! Hosted on A...
The Criminal Groups Taking Over from the Yakuza
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Freelance criminals - at your service! [email protected] for all your messages... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Japan’s Worst Ryokan Explained
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's a couple of mattresses between friends? [email protected] - get up on it with your emails! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
A Worrying Discovery on a Japanese Train
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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Why Chris Feels Guilty After Encounter with Viewers!
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Broad: half business, half pleasure - but entirely podcast.If you'd like to say hello - please do! [email protected]! Hosted on Ac...
Tokyo Restaurants Charging Foreign Tourists Extra?
12 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pete's back with Chris and one of them has gone Eurovision CRAZY. [email protected] for all your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acas...
The Worst Foreigner in Japan (Feat. Premiertwo)
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
People are enjoying the forest... chop it down! More Petes coming your way this Sunday on the Abroad In Japan Podcast... join us then! Hosted on Acas...
Our Favourite Movies & TV Shows Set in Japan! (Feat. Ali Plumb!)
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Super-special guest Ali Plumb kindly returns to the show for another swing at some of the best films to come from [email protected]...
Walking the Historic Nakasendo Samurai Trail with special guest...Ali Plumb!
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The terrifically clean-pawed Ali Plumb joins Chris for the next two shows - come along for the ride! [email protected] for all your messa...
The Worst Gift to Receive from a Japanese Stranger
28 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[email protected] for all your messages - we'll see you soon for more AIJ Podcast fun! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
My Worst Doctor Experience in Japan
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"I didn't say it like Louis Theroux, Chris!"All your birthday well wishes for the big man to [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Japan's sushi culture is in crisis!
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And yet nobody cares about our lick-the-conveyor belt culture. For shame! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris & Connor Survived 1,200km Cycling & Raised $1Million for Charity!
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And Chris attacked a small boy with a water gun. FOR SHAME Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mt. Fuji Theme Park Ride SHUT DOWN!
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
0 to 180 kmph in 1.5 seconds? Yeah, spines don't like that.Apologies for Chris's slightly wonky mic - all will be repaired, re-fixed and reconditioned...
Angry Tourist RUINS Train Ceremony!
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thankfully for Chris, One Piece is not on the Japanese [email protected] for all your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Chris & Connor and their CRAZY One Thousand Mile Cycle Across Japan!
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sponsored (not sponsored) by Yakult. [email protected] for all your messages! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
How Godzilla & Miyazaki Beat Hollywood!
24 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Chris yearns for the desert...and Pete wants to know where his Seetharaman Narayanan went to! [email protected] for all your messages, an...
Why Kyoto Has Banned Tourists from Geisha District!
20 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Won't somebody think of the [email protected] for all your messages and rude daubings! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
How a Japanese Principal Lost Everything...
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We've totally done this, loads of times. You'll never take us alive copper *throws Candarel at policeman*Pete and Chris will return this Wednesday nig...
Tokyo’s Ramen Restaurants Lose their Michelin Stars
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Slurp!" - the sound of Michelin, slurping up their stars. [email protected] - keep your comments fluttering in! Hosted on Acast. See a...
Travelling Japan for 14 Days on $1,000 is Possible!
10 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You heard it here first, and it entails almost no shoplifting! [email protected] for all your questions and comments, do say hello! Host...
An Awkward Experience with a Japanese Doctor
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If someone grabs your arm and states they're 'putting the bones back' - go for their eyes and run like heck. [email protected] for your m...
What NOT to do in a Japanese Hot Spring
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pee. I can't believe we have to say it [email protected] - get in touch with your messages, and we'll probably read them out! Host...
Japanese Mafia Boss Attempts to Sell Nuclear Materials...
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Literally the LAST thing we want to see. [email protected] to say hello! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why Chris Hates February...
25 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
No heavy petting, bombing and so on! We'll be back on Wednesday for more Abroad In Japannin'! [email protected] for all your messages! H...
Why Rural Japan Doesn’t Want Foreign Residents
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Towns and villages in the rural Japan are an attractive option for foreign immigrants. But is life in the countryside all it's cracked up to be?Abroad...
Japan’s Most Wanted Criminal Caught After 50 years
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Japan’s most wanted criminal, Satoshi Kirishima, has been caught after 50 years on the run. It's movie material and then some!AbroadInJapanPodcast@g...
Ukraine-born Miss Japan relinquishes crown following affair...
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Japan, where's it's quite simply always the 1950s. [email protected] for all your questions! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Preserving Mount Fuji: Japan will apply tolls and number caps!
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maybe you could disguise yourself as a shrub or something, and pootle on up [email protected] for all your stories and questions ...
Foreigners Working in Japan Hits All-Time Record
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grab your cups of ridiculously expensive coffee - it's the Abroad In Japan podcast, mates! [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Ukrainian-Born Model Wins Miss Japan Re-igniting Identity Debate
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pete and Chris will be returning to their very own Outlander bar (the podcast) to buy you all hooch (read out your messages) very soon indeed! AbroadI...
Tokyo Government to release official dating app!
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sexy stuff [email protected] for your emails - and we'll see you on Sunday for more of this... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Survey says majority of Japanese 'do not feel friendly' toward China
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hullo me old China - Pete and Chris are here for more Abroad In Japan [email protected] for all your messages... Hosted on Acast...
U.S. records confirm 12 U.S. soldiers died from Hiroshima A-bomb
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And we'll be back on Sunday for more Abroad In Japan fun!Speak soon, ta ta! [email protected]... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Japanese Travellers Stressed Sitting Alongside Strangers on Planes
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Professional climbers Pete and Chris return to your ears for another AIJ MEGASHOW! [email protected] for all of your chitter chat... Hos...
Nuisance Foreign Streamer Fined ¥200,000 & Kicked Out of Japan
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're sure that little idiot will return, one day. Yeesh! Pete and Chris will return this Sunday and in the meantime do get in touch... abroadinjapanp...
How to get rich in Japan!
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Abroad In Japan show is a work of fiction. They're toasty warm, [email protected] for all your emails, baby! Hosted on Acast. ...