Ep 26: How to Eat 67 Burgers in 8 Minutes
Posted by Douglas DeLong at 11/30/2005 7:25 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
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Episode 26 is one for the ages!
Amy regales us with her tale of a talking truck.
A listener wants to know if the emperor is cool enough to stop and sign autographs, which leads to a discussion of the ubiquitous hanko.
Get Out Your Hanko!
Takeru Kobayashi is Japan's newest hero. He is the king of competitive eaters. He recently devoured 67 burgers in 8 minutes, but weighs a mere 77 kilograms.
The King!
The world recently celebrated World Toilet Day, a serious event designed to focus attention on the fact that much of the world lacks decent toilet facilities.
World Toilet Organization
Some Japanese politicians did not make much of an impression recently while attending a meeting in Brazil.
Politicians Behaving Badly
Japanese have recently become enamored with South Korean culture, especially with a 32-year-old soap opera actor named Bae Yong Joon.
Yon-sama Mania
The traditional manakineko, or beckoning cat, is being updated by some artists.
New Manakineko
This week's Chick Jargon is Toire Bijitsukan, or Toilet Art Gallery.
Today's Cow Tale is about the 250 life-sized fiberglass cows that will soon be roaming the streets of Mexico City.
Cow Art
This week's Audio Mneumonics Kanji is "sha." It means "company" and looks like this: 社
Amy has written a funny new online book called "Econocats." It's illustrated by Tim Ernst and is available at the Dollar Book Store.
Econocats
By the way, you can now access Amy's fun (and free) new podcast, Animal Tales, and archived episodes of Planet Japan (Episodes 1-15) for only $1 for 5 episodes at Amy's Dollar Bookstore.
Dollar Bookstore
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That's it for this week! Thanks for listening to Planet Japan! See you next week!
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