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Formerly known as Raw Urban Mobile Podcast; Tokyo Speaks is a podcast that highlights Tokyo's international community. Cliff chats with featured guests about their careers, passions, and various topics related to life in Japan. Some episodes also include a guest co-host.
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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
COVID-19 Tokyo: Community Check-In
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Episode 82: Returning guests, Robin Lewis, Kayoko Hirano, and Yan Fan, join Tokyo Speaks remotely to talk about how they're adjusting to this new reality caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Although we all are dealing with a global pandemic that has impacted every aspect of our lives, Robin, Kayako, and Yan share some ways that we can still be productive, healthy, and helpful to others in their time of need.
Read these helpful blog posts by Robin, Kayoko, and Yan on Medium:
10 Ways to Support Coronavirus Relief in Japan
by Robin Lewis (Co-Founder of Social Innovation Japan & mymizu)
5 Ways to Support Your Immune System During the Pandemic
by Kayoko Hirano (Certified Obesity Prevention Health Coach)
Job Hunting in a Global Pandemic and Recession
by Yan Fan (Co-Founder and CTO of Code Chrysalis)
[Special Shout Outs]
Thanks to Guidable for featuring Tokyo Speaks! Check out Guidable Jobs and Guidable Media.
Episode 82 background music by Rhyming Gaijin
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Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Forging Your Own Path
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Episode 81: Amber Chook is Co-founder of Zebra Global and Founder of TEDxRoppongi (an independently-organized TEDx event in Tokyo). Amber moved to Mie, Japan from Harbin, China at the age of 15, and she was placed in a high school that had low expectations for its graduates.
Instead of following the standard path for women in the area, getting married and becoming a housewife, Amber pushed aside her high school responsibilities and religiously studied English on her own; then eventually pursued her college education at Hosei University in Tokyo.
In this episode, we discuss topics such as:
- Growing up in China and Japan
- Her interest and career in Blockchain technology
- Women empowerment in the tech/fin-tech sector
- Her passion for social impact
[Follow Amber Chook]
[Amber Chook's Book Recommendations]
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
[Co-host]
Jasmine Griner a.k.a Enlightize - @enlightize
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Machine Learning Tokyo
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Episode 80: The featured guests are Machine Learning Tokyo (MLT) members Suzana Ilić (co-founder), Dimitris Katsios, and Asir Saeed. MLT is a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization dedicated to democratizing Machine Learning (ML). They are a team of engineers and researchers--now with a community of 5,000 people--and the winner of the Rakuten Technology & Innovation Silver Award 2019.
In this episode, we discuss the following topics:
- What is Machine Learning
- What kind of knowledge base is needed to excel in Machine Learning
- How to participate in MLT study sessions and events
- Diversity, inclusion and ethics in Machine Learning
- Future career opportunities
[Guests' Social Links]
Machine Learning Tokyo - MLT Website | Facebook | Meetup.com | Twitter
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[News]
Tokyo Speaks was recently featured on the Guidable Japan website! Also check out Guidable Jobs for jobs in Japan.
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Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Foreign Moms in Tokyo
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Episode 79: Ebony Norwood-Brown and Barbara Kobayashi are teachers and moms residing in Tokyo. This episode is all about their experiences of motherhood - more specifically, motherhood from the perspective of two foreign (American) women. We discuss topics such as:
- Prenatal care in Japan
- Family/spousal relationships
- Work-life balance
- Japanese traditions related to pregnancy and birth
- Raising biracial and multiracial kids in a homogenous society
[Resource]
[Special thanks]
Monica, Nydia, and Tara
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Saturday Feb 22, 2020
The Noh Master's Wife
Saturday Feb 22, 2020
Saturday Feb 22, 2020
Episode 77: Madeleine Abdel-Jalil Umewaka is author of the book and autobiography The Noh Master’s Wife: A Journey From Lebanon to Japan. In this episode, Madeleine shares her experience of leaving her home country during the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), and integrating into Japanese culture, as well as the close-knit society of Noh theatre.
Madeleine details what it was like being married to Japanese Noh actor, Naohiko Umewaka, who comes from a prestigious six hundred year-old Noh lineage. Noh is the oldest surviving form of Japanese theater.
Buy The Noh Master's Wife: A Journey From Lebanon to Japan (レバノンから来た能楽師の妻) by Madeleine Abdel-Jalil Umewaka here! (Japanese version)
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
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Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Me Too, With You
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Episode 76: Sachiko Ishikawa is a project manager in the video game industry. She is also an intersectional feminist, who speaks out about issues concerning women in society. In this episode, we chat with Sachiko about a monthly protest in Japan called the Flower Demo. She shares her own personal experience of sexual assault and explains three conditions of sexual consent. [Episode length: 52 minutes]
Join the next Flower Demo in Tokyo on Tuesday evening, February 11 at Tokyo Station. Click here to learn about more event locations in Japan.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
[Featured Guest]
Sachiko Ishikawa - @Ishikawa_Sachi
[Co-host]
Nina Cataldo - @ninalalala
[Related Articles]
Japan's Flower Demo: A Report from the Scene
In Japan Rape Cases, 'No' Still Means No Conviction, and Protests Are Growing
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Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Yakuzen: Food is Medicine
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Episode 75: Kayoko Hirano is a certified obesity prevention health coach and founder of YakuZen Therapy. After returning to Japan from New York, where she held a corporate job for 6 years, Kayoko experienced weight fluctuation for years; that led her to develop her own weight loss protocol. She then deepened her knowledge at the Japan Obesity Prevention Society Institute.
In this episode, we chat with Kayoko about the concept of yakuzen (food therapy), misconceptions about Japanese food, and her childhood interest in the English language, which inspired her to experience life outside of Japan. [Episode length: 56 minutes]
**Farewell Shockolate Buddha**
This is the last episode recorded with Raw Urban Mobile Podcast original co-host Shockolate Buddha. The podcast will also have a location change after two years of recording inside the mobile man cave. Stay locked in for more informative and entertaining conversations with locals in Japan, including occasional guest co-hosts.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
[Featured guest]
Kayoko Hirano - LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram
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Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Super Smash Hoes Podcast
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Episode 74: Erika Bulach and Fahreen Budhwani met in 2018 while attending Sophia University in Tokyo. After realizing they shared similar interests, Erika and Fahreen teamed up and created the Super Smash Hoes Podcast. On the podcast they discuss societal issues concerning gender inequality, women's rights, feminism, the LGBTQ+ community and more; in the context of Japanese society.
In this episode, Erika, who was raised in Japan, shares her experiences with sexual harassment and assault. We also discuss the safety and overall well-being of women in Japan. Fahreen could not physically join us; however, this episode includes an audio summation of her dissertation "Why Womenomics Isn't Working in Japan", which adds another layer of depth to this informative chat.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
[Featured guest]
Super Smash Hoes (Erika & Fahreen) - Anchor | Instagram: @supersmashhoespodcast
[Resource]
"Why Womenomics Isn't Working in Japan" by Fahreen Budhwani
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Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
MyMizu: Japan's First Free Water Refill App
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Wednesday Nov 27, 2019
Episode 69: Robin Lewis and Mariko McTier are co-founders of MyMizu, Japan's first free water refill app. In this episode, we chat with Robin and Mariko about Japan's excessive use of PET bottles and learn how the MyMizu app is one simple step to help tackle a major environmental issue for Japan and many other countries.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
[Guests' Social Links]
mymizu app: iOS version | Android version
Follow mymizu - Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Supporting Foreign Entrepreneurs in Japan
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Episode 68: Miho Tanaka is a former public relations manager, who recently established her own company Startup Japan. Startup Japan's mission is to support foreign entrepreneurs with starting businesses in Japan. In this episode, Miho tells us what you should consider before starting your own business in Japan. We talk about different types of visas, legal advice, company bank accounts, and picking a location (city) to start your own company.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Miho Tanaka - LinkedIn | Facebook
Startup Japan - Website
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Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Women Who Code Tokyo
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Episode 67: Tutti Quintella is the Director of Women Who Code Tokyo; a branch of the global non-profit organization Women Who Code. Tutti is also an engineering manager at the Japanese e-commerce company Mercari. In this episode, we discuss Women Who Code Tokyo's efforts to inspire and help women advance in the field of software engineering and other tech-related fields.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Women Who Code Tokyo - Facebook | Twitter | Meetup.com | Website
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Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
A Trans Woman's Story
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Tuesday Oct 15, 2019
Episode 63: Seralyn Campbell is Chief Executive Officer of VReS Inc., a Japanese tech startup company. She is also a photographer and former talent manager of Bangladeshi-Japanese model, TV personality, singer and actress, Rola. In this episode, Seralyn details her social transition as a trans woman, which she decided to begin in Japan rather than in the U.S. We also briefly chat about her career as Rola's manager in Japan's entertainment industry.
[Raw Urban Mobile Podcast rebranded to Tokyo Speaks Podcast on Mar 7, 2020]
Seralyn Campbell - @seralyncampbell | @seralyncampbellphotography
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