Comments on: Seijigiri #32: Foreign Policy and the US-Japan Relationship in the Age of Fukuda (with Tobias Harris) http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:40:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353827 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:53:50 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353827 Actually, looking through the numerous podcasts to which I subscribe, I'm not receiving updates through iTunes for us, NPR, CBS, a number of BBC Radio shows, or most others. So far, those to which I've re-subscribed over iTunes are now coming, but others aren't. Actually, looking through the numerous podcasts to which I subscribe, I’m not receiving updates through iTunes for us, NPR, CBS, a number of BBC Radio shows, or most others. So far, those to which I’ve re-subscribed over iTunes are now coming, but others aren’t.

]]> by: ken http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353817 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:51:53 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353817 My suggestion is to register for RSS. Not sure what's up with iTunes, but it's not this end. My suggestion is to register for RSS. Not sure what’s up with iTunes, but it’s not this end.

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353792 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:39:36 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353792 We'll get on that, guys, thanks for letting us know. I noticed that the last two Seijigiris didn't go out. We're trying to figure out why. We’ll get on that, guys, thanks for letting us know. I noticed that the last two Seijigiris didn’t go out. We’re trying to figure out why.

]]> by: TheTaste http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353252 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:59:56 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-353252 Same here, except I'm on Windows. Same here, except I’m on Windows.

]]> by: Arudou Debito http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-352805 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:46:11 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-352805 Hi TPR. Not related to the topic at hand, but probably important to all your Mac user fans out there: I haven't received a single podcast from you since Sept 12, and even before then I was only receiving about half of what you put out anyway. Is there any way you can fix what seems to be something odd happening to subscribers through iTunes? Would appreciate it. Your biggest fan of the Mac users, Debito in Sapporo Hi TPR. Not related to the topic at hand, but probably important to all your Mac user fans out there:

I haven’t received a single podcast from you since Sept 12, and even before then I was only receiving about half of what you put out anyway.

Is there any way you can fix what seems to be something odd happening to subscribers through iTunes? Would appreciate it.

Your biggest fan of the Mac users, Debito in Sapporo

]]> by: DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-350437 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:33:38 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-350437 Sorry about that, Tom. Unfortunately, most people aren't used to being in front of a mic and move around a lot, which cause them to come in quiet. If we amp only them, it puts pops into the audio as the volume goes up and down. I'm actually quite interested in seeing what the listeners think would be better? The first couple minutes of Seijigiri #31 would be an example. If the pops aren't irritating, that's the approach I'll take in the editing. In general, though, I'll try to keep guests' mouths right in front of the mic and keep them speaking loudly and clearly. It can be a tough thing to get used to. Thanks for the input, though! We hear about the content, which is the main thing, but not many people tell us what they think of the technical side of things. Sorry about that, Tom. Unfortunately, most people aren’t used to being in front of a mic and move around a lot, which cause them to come in quiet. If we amp only them, it puts pops into the audio as the volume goes up and down.

I’m actually quite interested in seeing what the listeners think would be better? The first couple minutes of Seijigiri #31 would be an example. If the pops aren’t irritating, that’s the approach I’ll take in the editing.

In general, though, I’ll try to keep guests’ mouths right in front of the mic and keep them speaking loudly and clearly. It can be a tough thing to get used to.

Thanks for the input, though! We hear about the content, which is the main thing, but not many people tell us what they think of the technical side of things.

]]> by: Tom http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-350366 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:32:56 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-350366 any chance you guys can start normalizing your audio? it's really difficult to listen to your postcasts when you have guests on the show; their audio is always much quieter than your own, and i have to keep my hand on the volume control the whole time. aside from that, i really enjoy TPR, the news and Seijigiri :) any chance you guys can start normalizing your audio? it’s really difficult to listen to your postcasts when you have guests on the show; their audio is always much quieter than your own, and i have to keep my hand on the volume control the whole time.

aside from that, i really enjoy TPR, the news and Seijigiri :)

]]> by: Left Flank http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-348031 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:54:53 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-348031 <strong>How Many More Fukudas to Come?...</strong> Click to continue reading &#34;&#34;Popularity: unranked [?] ...... How Many More Fukudas to Come?…

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]]> by: Baltimoron http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-347988 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:18:29 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-347988 Isn't it impossible for Fukuda to be a positive influence in the region if he's only a caretaker domestically until he can win the next election against the DPJ? How can one leader tackle all these issues simultaneously, and with a troubled party to lead? Also, about Japan's influence in the region, Japan leads by not resorting to force, like China, to resolve the problem between its rural and urban populations. It means something that Japan is a republic, not a one-party state. If Japan can somehow resolve its rural problem peacefully through elections and bureaucratic gradualism, it will be an example for China. I agree states have to deal with China, but China isn't an example of anything positive. Isn’t it impossible for Fukuda to be a positive influence in the region if he’s only a caretaker domestically until he can win the next election against the DPJ? How can one leader tackle all these issues simultaneously, and with a troubled party to lead?

Also, about Japan’s influence in the region, Japan leads by not resorting to force, like China, to resolve the problem between its rural and urban populations. It means something that Japan is a republic, not a one-party state. If Japan can somehow resolve its rural problem peacefully through elections and bureaucratic gradualism, it will be an example for China. I agree states have to deal with China, but China isn’t an example of anything positive.

]]> by: equinoXio » » Japón, entre el gris moderado y el otaku ultraderechista http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-346604 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:22:16 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/09/22/seijigiri-32-foreign-policy-and-the-us-japan-relationship-in-the-age-of-fukuda-with-tobias-harris/#comment-346604 [...] Por segundo a&#241;o consecutivo, el primer ministro de Jap&#243;n dejar&#225; de asistir a la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, por el mismo motivo, lo cual puede lesionar la presencia de la segunda potencia mundial y la cual buscaba un asiento en el Consejo de Seguridad. El pr&#243;ximo primer ministro buscar&#225; mejorar las relaciones con sus vecinos y mantener la alianza con Estados Unidos, tendr&#225; que cooperar con la oposici&#243;n en temas como la agricultura (los &#250;ltimos tres ministros de esa cartera abandonaron el cargo y uno de ellos se suicid&#243;) y enfrentar temas m&#225;s cotidianos como la brecha en los ingresos y el problema pensional, temas ignorados por su antecesor. La salida de Abe y la elecci&#243;n de Asō o de Fukuda son importantes pasos, sin duda, hacia el fin de esta &#233;poca de incertidumbre institucional. &#191;Conseguir&#225; Fukuda, en caso de ser elegido, unir al PLD y fortalecerlo? &#191;Habr&#225; elecciones en marzo? &#191;La oposici&#243;n ser&#225; capaz de imponerse y sacar por primera vez en 15 a&#241;os al PLD del oficialismo? Muchas inc&#243;gnitas quedan en el ambiente, las cuales se resolver&#225;n una vez el vac&#237;o de poder se llene este martes. Recomendar esta entrada [...] […] Por segundo año consecutivo, el primer ministro de Japón dejará de asistir a la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, por el mismo motivo, lo cual puede lesionar la presencia de la segunda potencia mundial y la cual buscaba un asiento en el Consejo de Seguridad. El próximo primer ministro buscará mejorar las relaciones con sus vecinos y mantener la alianza con Estados Unidos, tendrá que cooperar con la oposición en temas como la agricultura (los últimos tres ministros de esa cartera abandonaron el cargo y uno de ellos se suicidó) y enfrentar temas más cotidianos como la brecha en los ingresos y el problema pensional, temas ignorados por su antecesor. La salida de Abe y la elección de Asō o de Fukuda son importantes pasos, sin duda, hacia el fin de esta época de incertidumbre institucional. ¿Conseguirá Fukuda, en caso de ser elegido, unir al PLD y fortalecerlo? ¿Habrá elecciones en marzo? ¿La oposición será capaz de imponerse y sacar por primera vez en 15 años al PLD del oficialismo? Muchas incógnitas quedan en el ambiente, las cuales se resolverán una vez el vacío de poder se llene este martes. Recomendar esta entrada […]

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