{"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":"Japan leads Asia in university rankings - June 6, 2026","slug":"japan-leads-asia-in-university-rankings-june-6-2026","published_at":"2026-06-06T12:08:58+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/japan-leads-asia-in-university-rankings-june-6-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133","url":"https://thetokyobill.podbean.com/e/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-june-6-2026/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/prwrkq3c73zetg8n/theTokyoBill_06062026.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode: Japan features the only Asian university in top 25 global universities… Masayoshi Son becomes Asia’s richest person amid AI-driven SoftBank surge… Crested ibis released into wild in Japan decades after extinction… Tokyo spring pollen count surges to nearly double last year’s level… Japan plans core English vocabulary list to ease student burden… Amnesty International Japan chief accused of workplace harassment… Thai tourists defrauded over 4 million baht","meta_description":"In today’s episode: Japan features the only Asian university in top 25 global universities… Masayoshi Son becomes Asia’s richest person amid AI-driven Sof…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":517,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/episodes/japan-leads-asia-in-university-rankings-june-6-2026/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/japan-leads-asia-in-university-rankings-june-6-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}