Broadcasting to you, not-quite-live from the crystal gondola in the palatial main Tiltyhouse studios in beautiful downtown Noda City Japan, for the education, elucidation, emancipation, enlightenment and mental emolument of the Nipponistic hoi-polloi.

Or in plain English, Dai-Cast is a weekly podcast highlighting recent developments in Japan and Japanese pop culture from a western perspective.

Hosts:

• Ian Horner
• Brendan “Beej” Dery
• and Jason Hill

Topics Covered this Week:

• Japanese Policeman Stabs Self To Avoid Work - The Guardian
• Strange Japanes Bar Names - Gaijin Tonic
• New Otaku Magazine Comes to America - Kotaku
• Emoticons Carry Cultural Baggage - Ars Technica
• Beej’s Web Comic of The Week - Octopus Pie