{"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’s population records steepest five-year decline - May 30, 2026","slug":"japan-s-population-records-steepest-five-year-decline-may-30-2026","published_at":"2026-05-30T13:26:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/japan-s-population-records-steepest-five-year-decline-may-30-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133","url":"https://thetokyobill.podbean.com/e/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-may-30-2026/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zcnekr8x53nf4e3q/theTokyoBill_05302026.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode: Japan’s population records its steepest five-year decline on record; Business visa capital hike sparks backlash from small foreign entrepreneurs; Japan bans Indian mango imports over pest control concerns; New Taiwan-Japan ferry doubles as potential wartime evacuation vessel; Lawson launches budget supermarket chain amid rising prices; Amazon Japan ordered to pay damages over counterfeit listing failures; Tokyo’s remote Ogasawara Islands tighten rules on visitor pets; Japan’s biggest manga magazine shuts down for having too many pages","meta_description":"In today’s episode: Japan’s population records its steepest five-year decline on record; Business visa capital hike sparks backlash from small foreign ent…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":545,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/episodes/japan-s-population-records-steepest-five-year-decline-may-30-2026/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-s-population-records-steepest-five-year-decline-may-30-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}