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Japan Forward's new monthly podcast, Japan Banter Club, kicks off with hosts Dan Manning and George (お喋りじょーじ)—two long-term foreign residents of Japan—talking through what still catches them off guard, even after more than a decade living here.
It's a monthly conversation about Japan—its culture, society, and politics—from two people who actually live here, without the usual extremes of uncritical praise or cynicism.