About this episode

This episode discusses Japan's significant population decline and various related news topics.

In today’s episode: Japan’s population records its steepest five-year decline on record; Business visa capital hike sparks backlash from small foreign entrepreneurs; Japan bans Indian mango imports over pest control concerns; New Taiwan-Japan ferry doubles as potential wartime evacuation vessel; Lawson launches budget supermarket chain amid rising prices; Amazon Japan ordered to pay damages over counterfeit listing failures; Tokyo’s remote Ogasawara Islands tighten rules on visitor pets; Japan’s biggest manga magazine shuts down for having too many pages

Topics covered

• population decline
• business visa
• import bans
• ferry services
• supermarket chains
• counterfeit issues
• visitor regulations

Keywords

• Japan
• population decline
• business visa
• Indian mango imports
• Taiwan-Japan ferry
• Lawson supermarket
• Amazon Japan
• Ogasawara Islands
• manga magazine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amazon Japan, Lawson

Books & works: manga magazine

Places: Japan, India, Ogasawara Islands

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