Link to the Show / Show Notes* Summer vacation is here!
* Everyone is on the move
* Summer gasoline prices high
* But highway service station pump prices lower
* Watch out for summer fires
* Summertime food: eel in Japan, dog soup in Korea
* Japanese love affair with McDonald's at an end?
* Japan tops in buying power
* A tale of torii
* Giant Gundam plastic model to go on sale
* Paris Hilton themed Hello Kitty?!?
* Thieves use eggs to steal Benz
* Japanese sailor possibly passed restricted info
* Imperial Agency displeased with skyscrapers around palace
* Honda entering the jet business
* 65% of Japanese do not trust china
* Drug problem in North Korea
* Korean boom in Japan sputtering
* Good news for newborns in Malaysia
* Malaysian government fines promoters of Pussycat Dolls show
* Skateboard ticketed for recklessness
* Overworked post office worker throws away 1,400 pieces of mail
* Coast guard traces SOS signals to household phone
* Gynecologist arrested for in-office molestation
Japundit Contributors:
Danny Bloom in Taiwan, David Weber in Tokyo, Marie Mockett in New York, Sylvain Bouchard in Sendai, Mike Plugh in Akita, Harvey, in Osaka, ghoti in Fukuoka, Mr. Wake in Kamakura, Tokyoid in London, Bill (Ampontan) Sakovich in Saga, JP in Tokyo
Music
Podsafe Music Network
* It's Summertime, The Loving Its
* Workman, Mogura
* Ra, Mogura
Links of Interest:
* What's Happening In Tokyo
* Torii
Izumo Taisha Shrine, Shimane Prefecture (Thanks to Hiro)
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