{"podcast":{"title":"theTokyoBill Japan news brief","slug":"thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133","podcast_index_feed_id":7021133,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thetokyobill/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thetokyobill.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18853352/theTokyoBillninja1988.png","author":"TokyoBill","episode_count":20,"summary":"Recent stories in and about Japan that just happened to catch my eye! I’m TokyoBill, a long-term expat from Canada with an interest in the Tokyo craft beer scene. For more of my writings, you can visit theTokyoBill.jp – thanks! 最近、たまたま目についた日本国内や日本に関するニュースです！私はTokyoBillと申します。カナダ出身で、東京のクラフトビールシーンに関心を持つ、長年の在住外国人です。私の記事をもっと読みたい方は、theTokyoBill.jp をご覧ください。よろしくお願いします！","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T04:17:09.848352+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133"},"episode":{"title":"Asahi Super Dry to get flavor update - June 3, 2026","slug":"asahi-super-dry-to-get-flavor-update-june-3-2026","published_at":"2026-06-04T08:11:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/asahi-super-dry-to-get-flavor-update-june-3-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133","url":"https://thetokyobill.podbean.com/e/thetokyobill-news-brief-june-3-2026/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/gq4jrhyumydhusfg/theTokyoBill_06032026.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode: Asahi Super Dry gets its first flavor update in four years Japanese whiskies dominate global Double Gold rankings Air conditioner sales surge ahead of tighter standards and higher prices Kyoto junior high becomes first public school in Japan with hoodie uniform Tokyo police ramp up anti-groping campaign ahead of summer Hama-Sushi considers police action after soap-on-sushi video goes viral","meta_description":"In today’s episode: Asahi Super Dry gets its first flavor update in four years Japanese whiskies dominate global Double Gold rankings Air conditioner sale…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":413,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/episodes/asahi-super-dry-to-get-flavor-update-june-3-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/asahi-super-dry-to-get-flavor-update-june-3-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}