# ‘Read The Room’ Mindset: What Makes Japanese Culture Unique? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505/read-the-room-mindset-what-makes-japanese-culture-unique Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505/read-the-room-mindset-what-makes-japanese-culture-unique.md Podcast: [Japan Eats!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505) Published: 2025-08-27T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/dfd20d83-9c31-4f7f-9edc-6f5a3f60390a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/dfd20d83-9c31-4f7f-9edc-6f5a3f60390a.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/japan-eats-1057505/episodes/read-the-room-mindset-what-makes-japanese-culture-unique Duration seconds: 2911 ## Resource Our guest is Joshua Walker who is the President and CEO of Japan Society  https://japansociety.org/   in New York.  Joshua has a very intriguing background.  He was raised in Japan and spent his formative years in Hokkaido, northern Japan.    Since Joshua left Japan at the age of 18, he has been working in global affairs and is known as a perpetual bridge-builder, citizen diplomat and trained academic with a specialization in East Asia and the Middle East.  After gaining diverse global experiences, he became the president and CEO of Japan Society in December 2019.    Joshua joined us in Episode #210 in November 2020 and discussed his fascinating background and the culture of Hokkaido he loves.    In this episode, we will discuss various topics about Japanese culture overall with Joshua’s profound perspective, including what makes Japanese culture distinctive, where the unique Japanese mindset comes from, his thoughts on the lessons learned during World War II that ended 80 years ago with the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings and much, much more!!! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info . ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/japan-eats-1057505/episodes/read-the-room-mindset-what-makes-japanese-culture-unique/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/japan-eats-1057505/read-the-room-mindset-what-makes-japanese-culture-unique.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.