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[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/A-Thought-Provoking-Commercial.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] This week’s entry is going to be very short, but the topic is quite complicated, and one that affects all of us. Actually, I’m not even going to explain it. Instead, I want you to…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Summer-2013.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] I am going back to the UK on Thursday, so this will be my last entry for a while. I’m going to stay with my parents in North Wales for two weeks, and then I’m…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Ore-Ore.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] I read the other day about a 73-year-old lady who had been tricked into giving some conmen a huge amount of money. Apparently, she thought she was giving it to help her nephew.

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Dear-Prime-Minister-Abe.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] I’m sure you all know by now that Prime Minister Abe and the LDP won the upper house elections this weekend. This means that Mr. Abe now has control of both houses of parliament, which…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Giving-Advice.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] I was looking at the Japan Today site this morning, and I came across an interesting article. It’s about a man who asked for advice from other Internet users when he found out that his…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Sporting-Heroes.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] As a British sports fan, there is only one topic I can write about this week. Yesterday, Andy Murray became the first British man to win Wimbledon for 77 years! The last win was so…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Mt.-Fuji.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] As some of you probably know, July marks the beginning of Mt. Fuji’s climbing season. To be honest, though, I’ve never really understood what that means. What happens when the mountain is “closed”? Do people…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Protecting-or-Spying.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] Have you heard of Edward Snowden? He is currently one of the most talked-about people in the Western world. Depending on who you ask, Snowden is either a hero fighting to protect our liberty, or…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/People-Say-the-Dumbest-Things.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] Last week, I called a BMW dealer in the UK to order a part for my bike. It’s much cheaper to buy parts in Britain because BMW Japan has a monopoly here, and consequently they…

[wpaudio url=”https://www.btbpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Judging-a-Book-by-Its-Cover.mp3″ text=”Click to listen”] For a few years now, I have been thinking about taking part in a triathlon. Unfortunately, there is one big problem: I can’t swim. Actually, it’s not true to say that I can’t swim at…