Episode 95: Theremins and gold medal wins: Farewell to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
We take a look back at the closing moments of the 2020 Olympic Games. Ten years in the making, the Tokyo Olympics ended with a grand closing ceremony at the National ...
Episode 94: Week 2 at the Tokyo Olympics: A marathon in the heat
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We take a look back at the second week of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim share a gold medal in the high jump, skateboarding is dominated by ...
Episode 93: Week 1 at the Tokyo Olympics: Gold, Covid and Naomi Osaka
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We take a look back at the first week of Olympic madness in Tokyo. From the opening ceremony to Naomi Osaka and Simon Biles' shock exits, it's been a busy week ...
Episode 92: The long road to the Tokyo Olympics — Part 2
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In Part 2 of this two-part look at the long and tumultuous road to the Olympics, we discuss heat, corruption and the endless run of scandals.
Episode 91: The long road to the Olympic Games — Part 1
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In Part 1 of a two-part look at the long and tumultuous road to the Olympics, we look at Tokyo’s initial bid for the Olympics in 2011, how the city ...
The podcast will return in July. Host Oscar Boyd is heading to language school for three months and so Deep Dive will be on hiatus. Make sure you subscribe on whichever ...
Episode 89: Why are the Tokyo Olympics still going ahead in a pandemic?
Joining Deep Dive is the New York Times Tokyo bureau chief Motoko Rich, here to discuss why the government seems so intent on holding the Games this summer, and the ...
Episode 88: Japan's plan to clamp down on asylum seekers
A bill is working its way through the Diet that will make it even harder for asylum seekers to attain refugee status in Japan. Japan is a country that is good ...
Episode 87: Half a million and counting — Japan's rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine
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Around 500,000 people have been vaccinated in Japan to date, one of the slowest vaccination programs across developed nations. Bloomberg reporter Lisa Du joins Deep Dive to discuss how Japan's vaccine ...
Episode 86: Twenty-five years of Pokemon
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Journalist Tom Bateman takes us through the 25 year history of Pokemon, and how it has become one of Japan’s most successful and recognizable exports.
