NHK-World business reporter and first-class gourmet Phoebe Amoroso breaks down the will-they won't-they drama around Japan's Go To campaigns, including questions like "Won't they reconsider?" and "Will they kill us all?" Ollie recommends a river cruise that does what it can to prevent the robots from taking over... the window seats. Bobby talks about a river boat discount that comes with a little extra something special.Topics discussed on this episode range from:SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE A WHILE BACKSchool rivalries that don't matterWhat Japan has to offer the world post pandemic (like it's ever gonna be over)Japan as a destination for immigration as compared to the USHow aware is the international business community of the drawbacks to doing international business with/in Japan and how long will it hold a grudgeIs a more diverse Japan in the cards?Will increased immigration into Japan ruin Japan for the white men on Twitter?How much of "British culture" does Ollie think has been directly influenced by BarbadosWhy do people in South East Asian Countries REALLY want to study Japanese?The problems with trying to leave us reviewsThe wild ups and downs of Japan's rollercoaster attempt to launch their Go To Travel CampaignsTokyo getting left out, for ONCEThe confusion that led to Ollie thinking he was gonna get a government sponsored trip to Japan and finally get out of MalaysiaWhat the government has decided to do about covering cancellation costsHow the government is trying to cover it's a** in terms of being able to disqualify prefectures and NOT pay for the lossesHow the tourism industry expected an Olympic travel boom and instead got the Olympic equivalent of poorly timed decisions Whether or not the Japanese government should have seen the conflict between Go To Travel and the second waveHow the Go To Eat campaign is supposed to workHow the UK managed to launch an even more embarrassingly named stimulus campaignIf the glory hole thing was realThe LONELY eating establishments that might have a leg up on coronavirus prevention for your dining experienceWhy the Go To Eat campaign might not be doing enough to attract dinersThe Terrace policy and what it might it say about Japan making arbitrary rules and then ignoring those rules when it suits themThe unique charm of Japan's yataisThe 70% telework goal, and the encouragement to go on "workation"How JAPANESE it is to expect people to use their vacation time to workHow workations and all the "with corona" stuff continues to drive technological advancements and technology adoptionChanging business models for hotels, as demonstrated by the availability of pornographyGet access to the extras by supporting the podcast for less than $1 an episode by becoming a member at http://buymeacoffee.com. Topics Discussed on the Extras:A smashing recipe for yeastThe best way to name household items as though they were petsWho Aso Taro isIf quality bread baking is worth putting up with terrible smellsThe Daiwa Foundation: What it is and how you get qualified for itWhat an A-level isPhoebe's hilarious experience on a Japanese dating showThe NOT-SO hilarious experience a friend of ours had on a similar showOllie doing the EXACT KIND OF JAPANESE JOKE he always gives Bobby shit forA WHOLE LOT OF MAKING FUN OF A MAN WHO POLISHES SAXOPHONESThe horribly insulting and totally unintentional thing Phoebe said to her potential TV suitorThat thing where gainfully employed or sponsored foreigners sneak around and get on TVThe failure of Phoebe's international wedding crashing projectPhoebe's experience researching and writing an article on a wasp-eating festival for the BBCWhat the best ways to prepare wasps/wasp-products areThe similarity between eating wasps and eating natto or daikonWhy Ollie's Japanese Oyaji-gags don't work(Its because Japanese people process words in terms of the kana or kanji that make them up, and not the alphabetic letters. They don't have the sense that the name NONAKA, contains the separate japanese ONAKA, because they break it down into NO, NA, and KA, or the kanji for NO, and the kanji for NAKA, and they would never break it down as N + ONAKA. You're welcome, Ollie)The origin of sushi?The communal nature of wasp sortingHow you actual hunt wasps/find wasp nests Have something you'd like to say? Send us a fax at japanbyrivercruise.comor Tweet to us at @jbrcpodDONATE TO:Black Lives MatterOfficial George Floyd Memorial FundNAACP Legal Defense FundRunnymede TrustStephen Lawrence Charitable TrustSocial Media Links:Phoebe Amoroso: Instagram | TwitterOllie Horn: Twitter | InstagramBobby Judo: Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeOther things to click on Some are affiliate links because we're sell-outsWe record remotely using Squadcast and the podcast is hosted on Transistor. Bobby uses the Samson Go Mic and Ollie uses the AT2005USB mic 

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