{"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":"Hokkaido University studies giant Cretaceous octopus - May 22, 2026","slug":"thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-may-22-2026","published_at":"2026-05-22T18:17:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-may-22-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133","url":"https://thetokyobill.podbean.com/e/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-may-22-2026/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/btbzzrypr6bcdaq6/theTokyoBill_05232026.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode: Giant Cretaceous octopus under study by Hokkaido University Hokkaido layer confirms asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs Putin’s Akita dog Yume, gifted by Japan in 2012, has died Japan’s LDP moves to criminalize public desecration of national flag Prince Hisahito to make imperial banquet debut at age 19 Japanese artist’s AI-generated film wins top prize at French Riviera festival","meta_description":"In today’s episode: Giant Cretaceous octopus under study by Hokkaido University Hokkaido layer confirms asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs Putin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":424,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-7021133/episodes/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-may-22-2026/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/thetokyobill-japan-news-brief-may-22-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}