Hikikomori

By: Vincent Kenny
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  • Sit back and enjoy a weird and shocking story from Japan, both from recent and far history, as researched and told by Vincent.
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Episodes
  • #102 - The Sagamihara Stabbings (Part 1)

    #102 - The Sagamihara Stabbings (Part 1)
    Dec 30 2024
    Following on from the previous episode's theme of eugenics in Japan, we look at how individuals who express eugenic beliefs can impact the world around them in horrific, horrific ways. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Sankei News - The suspect in the attack, Uematsu, was prejudiced against people with disabilities Sankei News - Residents rescue tied up staff members and cut cable ties with scissors to prevent further damage News PostSever - Suspect Uematsu, who apprenticed to a tattoo artist, was excommunicated after talking about killing everyone Mainichi Shimbun - Sagamihara murder - Victim's sister: “I can't reveal the name” Mainichi Shimbun - 3 arrested for alleged habitual abuse of disabled Osaka Pref. care home resident who died Nikkan Gendai - “I admire strong people” An acquaintance talks about the suspect who murdered 45 people in Sagamihara Tokyo Shimbun - Testimonies of the Sagamihara Massacre Incident: The bright central presence “Sato-kun” Aljazeera - Ex-employee stabs 19 people to death in Japan care home Kyodo News - Japan care home requires sterilization of mentally disabled couples BBC News - Tokyo Paralympics: The lowdown on being disabled in Japan Asahi Shimbun - U.N. committee urges Japan to revise laws for disabled people WION - Japan's disabled lawmakers fight to end the invisibility of people with disabilities Tokyo Weekender - Why is Japan Still Biased Against People with Disabilities? Science Direct - Disability policies in Japan and Sweden: A comparative perspective TokyoDev - Living with a disability in Japan Tofugu - Hidden No More: What Happens When The Intellectually Disabled Join Japanese Society Japan Times - 90% in Japan feel discrimination against disabled exists, survey finds Life Where I’m From X - Living in Japan with a Physical Disability Wikipedia - Sagamihara Stabbings
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #101 - The Eugenic Protection Law

    #101 - The Eugenic Protection Law
    Oct 14 2024
    In 1948 the Japanese Government, still under firm control by the Allied occupation forces, wrote into law the Eugenic Protection Law. While this law was similar to the myriad of pro-eugenic laws across the world, Japan's eugenics law is notable for having been only repealed in the 90s. Today's guest is Kieran Bennett! You can follow him via his Twitter profile, or check out his portfolio of video editing work at kgbennett.myportfolio.com. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Human Rights Watch - Japan: Compelled Sterilization of Transgender People Human Rights Watch - Japan Court Rules Against Mandatory Transgender Sterilization Japan Times - Some duped into sterilization surgery under eugenics law, parliament report says Japan Times - Lawyers set up hotlines for victims of 1948-1996 eugenics law AP - Japan’s top court strikes down required sterilization surgery to officially change gender Takashi Tsuchiya of Osaka City University - Eugenic Sterilizations in Japan and Recent Demands for Apology: A Report Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo court rejects bid for compensation over sterilization Asahi Shimbun - Court denies compensation for unconstitutional sterilization Guardian - Japan court awards damages to victims of forced sterilisation for first time Guardian - Anger in Japan as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised Independent - Japan to pay compensation to people sterilised under eugenics law modelled on Nazi programmes Independent - Japanese woman forcibly sterilised as teenager suing government for breach of human rights BBC News - Japan sterilisation law victims included nine-year-olds Huffington Post - Japan Publishes Report Detailing 25,000 Forced Sterilizations On Citizens, Including 9-Year-Olds Time - Japan Apologizes To Victims Of Forced Sterilization And Promises Compensation Wikipedia - Eugenics in Japan
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • #100 - The Rabbit Island Poison Gas Factory

    #100 - The Rabbit Island Poison Gas Factory
    Sep 6 2024

    We made it! The completely arbitrary milestone of 100 that's solely meaningful to humans because of our bias towards base 10! To celebrate, here's a nice story about an island covered in the cutest rabbits you've ever seen, also a poison gas factory.

    Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

    Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!

    You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

    Sources:

    • The Gateway to Rabbit Island

    • Live video feed of Rabbit Island

    • Hiroshima for Global Peace - Okunoshima

    • Travel Japan - Okunoshima

    • Wikipedia - Okunoshima

    • Wikipedia - Itsukushima
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    53 mins

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