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Podcast: Pure TokyoScope
Episode: 14: OTAKU Past, Present, and Future + Japan Urges Young People to Drink More, Tokyo Olympic Organizer Arrested
Description: Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN!
NEWS:
Japan launches nationwide competition to boost alcohol consumption
Ex-Olympic organizing committee director, 3 others arrested
FEATURE:
MY LORD! The streets of Tokyo are empty, and the tourists have all run away! Matt Alt and Patrick Macias use this dramatic pause in the space-time...