About this episode

This episode discusses rising costs affecting office canteens and various news stories from Japan.

In today’s episode: Rising costs leading to kitchenless office canteens; Filipino woman jailed due to interpreter’s mistranslation; Ring author Koji Suzuki dies at 68; Japan team passes first engine test for Mach 5 passenger plane; Japan and global partners begin work on redefining the second; 38 new deep-sea species discovered around Japan; Leisure exercise shown to cut sudden cardiac death risk

People in this episode

Host: TokyoBill

Topics covered

• office canteens
• costs
• legal issues
• aviation
• scientific discoveries
• health

Keywords

• kitchenless canteens
• Koji Suzuki
• Japan news
• aviation tests
• deep-sea species
• cardiac health

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Places: Japan

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