Uploaded August 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn about the history of Tsushima island and the beginnings of Japan's relations with Korea:
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Welcome once again, cherished viewers, to ７日遅れ the only show that breathes new life into old Japanese news then promptly begins to kill it.

This week, Michael and James discuss Japan's first rebooted nuclear reactor, the violent volcano near that reactor, and a buddha statue heist for the ages.

Music:
"Hep Cats"and "Night on the Docks" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002356644
businessinsider.com/japan-nuclear-restart-disaster-for-commodities-2015-8
vox.com/2015/8/12/9143265/japan-nuclear-restart-fukushima
arstechnica.com/science/2015/08/japan-restarts-first-reactor-post-fukushima
wired.com/2015/08/sakurajima-japan-might-headed-towards-large-eruption
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theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/15/japans-sakurajima-volcano-chance-of-large-eruption-extremely-high
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