Weekly Fascination Podcast

Ash Rex is creator and producer of the Japanese Amazon Prime Video TV Channel Yogaesse. Skilled in all aspects of production, filming, sound recording, editing, color grading, mastering, marketing and content distribution. As well as YouTube, App Store, and Amazon marketing. Created the Japanese TV show Kirei Yoga, sponsored by Reebok, as seen on Fox Sports Asia in 11 countries and 20 million homes. https://amazon.co.jp/channels/yogaesse http://amazon.co.jp/yogaesse Find Rex on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rexash/ #japantrip #traveljapan #traveldiaries #japantravel #amazon #amazonprime #yoga #videocreator Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyfascination X: https://twitter.com/WFascination Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

CEO Japan Travel KK, CEO MetroWorks KK, Japan Inc Holdings KK Terrie Lloyd is a dual-national of Australia and New Zealand, who has lived in Japan for 40 years. He formed his first company on a working holiday visa at the age of 25, in Japan, and has established more than 17 companies in Japan (10 others internationally) since then. He has had 8 successful earn-outs: LINC Computer and HK-based TechMan sold to EDS in 1995, LINC Media Web division sold to Chinadotcom of HK in 2000, Layer-8 Technologies spun out to ThetaMusic in Japan in 2003, DaiJob Software KK sold to a Nikko Principal in 2004, DaiJob Inc. sold to Human Holdings of Japan in 2005, Esphion NZ sold to Allot Corporation of Israel in 2008, and BiOS KK, an IT company, sold to co-investors then on to TMJ KK of Japan in 2013. Of the above companies, DaiJob.com was particularly notable, as it was Japan’s first mid-career recruiting portal, and within 24 months of starting had 160,000 registered users interacting in both English and Japanese. Currently Lloyd is Founder and CEO (or co-CEO) of the following companies: 1. Japan Travel KK– Japan’s largest (by content volume) and second largest (by traffic) inbound travel site.The company has three teams: Media, which does publishing and marketing, TA, which is a luxury/business Type 2 licenced travel agency, and Systems, which looks after all the software development and systems integration operations. www.japantravel.com. 2. MetroWorks KK – an innovative software development company, which built the Japan Travel community engine. www.metroworks.co.jp. 3. Japan Inc. Holdings – an M&A/Fundraising consultancy. www.japaninc.com. 4. Toursoft International Pte Ltd – a travel tech company aiming to change the travel agency and travel consulting market globally. www.toursoft.systems. Other positions Lloyd holds include: 1. Director and shareholder of Core KK, a cybersecurity company with specialization in forensics and corporate data protection tools, located in Tokyo, Japan. www.coresecurity.co.jp. 2. Co-founding shareholder and external director of Precept Health SA, a Swiss-based medical devices connectivity company in the ICU and Acute Care sectors. www.precepthealth.com, www.aixelink.com 3. Director of Instinct Entertainment, a start-up mobile games and cloud software company, based in Wellington, New Zealand. Lloyd is married to a Japanese national, Kumiko, and has 4 daughters and 1 son, ranging from 35 years to 20. His hobbies are starting businesses, cycling and swimming, and hanging out with the kids. Linked In Profile: linkedin.com/in/terrielloyd Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: X: https://twitter.com/WFascination Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Daniel grew up surrounded by plants and gardens in his native Canada. Now, after he moved to Japan in 2006 and discovered ikebana 10 years later, his lifelong connection to flowers has bloomed into a life's purpose. While Daniel had always admired ikebana, he never thought he could make something that artistic himself. One day, however, he happened upon an ikebana exhibition at his local train station and realized that it was time to get out of his comfort zone. Daniel found an instructor whose traditional approach has pushed both his technical skills and his artistic eye. Daniel is not known for doing things halfway, and ikebana has been no exception. Once he had dipped a toe in the water, he immediately threw himself into learning everything he could about the art form. He attended class as often as his teacher would allow and practiced at home with whatever flowers he could find. Under his instructor's strict guidance, Daniel has flourished as a creator and as a teacher. Daniel creates ikebana to remind us how expressive nature, flowers and plants can be. Working with flowers brings Daniel joy, and he wants to convey the joy of creation through each of his arrangements. He loves it even more when other people interpret his art through the lens of their own experience and can see something different than he expected. Ikebana has given Daniel a fresh perspective on how flowers communicate with us - emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Through ikebana, Daniel strives to bring nature into our modern industrial spaces, in the spirit of the Sogetsu style that he practices. Follow Daniel here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/star.river.ikebana/ X: https://twitter.com/Omni_Hug Website: https://www.starriverikebana.com/ Also, check out the following: Mori Mori (wild boar and venison): https://izu-morimori.square.site/ Azabu Clinic (English-speaking doctor in Tokyo): https://www.azabu-iin.com/ Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: X: https://twitter.com/WFascination Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Jeff has a hilarious and deeply engaging personality with a passion to share the benefits of real estate, investing, and how to live the best life, ever! Through overwhelming challenges and a life-threatening health crisis, Jeff shares how he crafted a life that he wanted through a complete change in his mindset and building his real estate business. Since that time, he has been traveling all over the world, sight-seeing and speaking about how to live the best version of your last life ever. Follow Jeff on social media: Website: https://www.jeffreyholst.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jeffreyholst Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffreyholst/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lastlifeever Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: X: https://twitter.com/WFascination Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Nick Norton is a friend, comedian, musician, and martial artist who speaks excellent Japanese. He is co-founder of CHADS, a company that teaches English as it’s really spoken. We talk about the entertainment business in Japan, how he ended up on TV in Japan, and his love of Jiu Jitsu and boxing. Learn more about Nick: https://linktr.ee/nikkuniisan Videos about life in Japan: https://rumble.com/c/c-1636575 How to grow a Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/c-3136094 Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: X: https://twitter.com/WFascination Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Like his fictional hero, Torn Sagara, L. M. (“Mark”) Weeks was born in Alaska and practices law in Japan. Mark was Managing Partner of the Tokyo office of global law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP for over ten years. He has represented technology companies worldwide in matters of financing, intellectual property, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and related disputes. Mark speaks, reads, and writes fluent Japanese; has a black belt in aikido; and is an avid motorcyclist. Mark’s other passion is saltwater fly fishing. Learn more about Mark: https://linktr.ee/LMWeeks Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyfascination X: https://twitter.com/WFascination Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Stephen J. Shaw is a statistician, computer scientist, and founder of two data analytics companies in UK and US. He holds an MBA from ISG in Paris and is a degree candidate at Harvard University. Stephen has lived on 3 continents and filmed in 24 countries. He currently resides in Japan. Birthgap.org is a social impact enterprise that emerged from "The Birthgap Project" which had the goal of finding the answer to the question, "Why have birthrates been falling at different rates across the industrialized world since the 1970s?" The project took Stephen on a four year journey across 24 countries to discover the common factor across all these nations. Originally planned to be a book at most, the project soon became the documentary "Birthgap - Childless World" which featured at the New York Chelsea Film Festival in 2021. Today, Birthgap.org has a goal of preparing people on both a personal and community level for the challenges that lie ahead during this new era. Website: ⁠https://www.birthgap.org/spaces/9045429/page⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/birthgap⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@birthgap/videos⁠ Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Podcast on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyfascination Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFascination Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wfascination Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkPWiiKH4PeN-090ctfjbTQD4MbKZnY2P Mo Batran is a Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo and Director of Business Development at LocationMind, a Location-Based AI / Space Technology Startup from The University of Tokyo. He not only has deep knowledge of how to analyze and understand data, but most importantly, how to monetize data. Blog: https://www.mohamedbatran.com/about/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbatran/

Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193 Demsky’s tracks reflect the social movements around him. Adaption, compassion, relationships and how we form them are themes explored through interlacing layers of innovative synthesizer. Tour schedule: https://www.songkick.com/artists/10076060-demsky Links: Unbound Merino clothing (Dan Demsky): https://unboundmerino.com/ High Fade: https://www.instagram.com/highfademusic/ John Scofield - Uberjam: https://youtu.be/OcyZuqO-vxY John Scofield – A Go Go: https://youtu.be/-PXOr681_VU Tal Bachman: https://youtu.be/_ElORM9O-0U

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO END YOUR LIFE, OR YOU ARE FEELING THAT YOU CANNOT STAY SAFE PLEASE CALL 119 RIGHT AWAY OR GO TO YOUR NEAREST EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. TELL Lifeline: 03-5774-0992 Tell Japan: https://telljp.com/lifeline/ (there is a link for chat) To get become a volunteer: https://telljp.com/pctraining/ Donate: https://telljp.com/donate/ If you are in Japan, worried about someone else, and think their life may be in immediate danger, you can call 119 for an ambulance or 110 to reach the police. In order for emergency services to act, you will need to provide: their name, their phone number, and their address. If you are located outside Japan and concerned that someone living in Japan may be in immediate danger, you can call 03-3501-0110 (available Monday - Friday from 8:30 - 17:15 JST). Outside of these hours try to look up and call a police station near the person’s location and ask for “tsuyaku” (translation) to make a report if you cannot speak Japanese. Unfortunately, TELL Lifeline is not able to make these calls for you. You are not alone. Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193 Co-founder and investor of SAYA, the largest cybersecurity employee training platform in Japan specializing in micro-learning content, gamefied learning & phishing simulation for Japan's 126 million people. Saya University https://www.linkedin.com/company/saya-university/ Jonathan Hiroshi Rossi https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhiroshi/

Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193 Craic is the best Irish pub in Tokyo. Situated in Akasaka, it is a friendly place to go after work to grab a beer with friends. They also have a full menu of Irish pub food. Eddie and I discuss what it was like to manage a pub during difficult times, how he creates a welcoming atmosphere, as well as his inspirational speaking experience. https://tokyo-akasaka.hennnahotel.com/irish-pub-craic/ Map: https://tinyurl.com/3d4dcjt4

General Counsel of DreamHost, Chris took on the Department of Justice when they sent an overly broad subpoena for customer data to his company. Chris is a graduate of University of Southern California and Southwestern Law School. More about Chris: "Cyber and Data Privacy Trailblazer" by the National Law Journal. "Digital Age Fighter" by the LA Daily Journal. "GC Powerlist" attorney of the Legal 500. Dreamhost: ⁠https://www.dreamhost.com/⁠ DreamHost blog entry, We Fight For the User: ⁠https://www.dreamhost.com/blog/we-fight-for-the-users/⁠ The Weeknd Accused of Plagiarizing 2018 Song ‘Call Out My Name’: ⁠https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/news/article/2000184987/the-weekend-sued-for-copyright-infringement-on-hit-song-the-hills⁠ We met at the Saya University Cyber Security Summit. Saya is committed in the art of creating, fostering & advancing educational initiatives that enhances cybersecurity learning. Full disclosure: the founder and CEO of Saya University is a friend of mine, but Saya is not a sponsor of the podcast: ⁠https://www.sayauniversity.com/ Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

My friend "V" joins me to talk about Bitcoin Cash, Graphene OS, and several other topics along the way. Bitcoin Cash brings sound money to the world, fulfilling the original promise of Bitcoin as "Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash". Merchants and users are empowered with low fees and reliable confirmations. The future shines brightly with unrestricted growth, global adoption, permissionless innovation, and decentralized development. ⁠https://bitcoincash.org/⁠ Cash Fusion: ⁠https://cashfusion.org/⁠ Mullvad VPN: ⁠https://mullvad.net/en/⁠ Who Killed Bitcoin: ⁠https://youtu.be/eafzIW52Rgc⁠ Bitcoin Cash podcast: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/01N17Oi7sRZM4vYGiTO6uk?si=f06a9f2d9ab44748⁠ If you’re in Tokyo or planning to visit, find the Bitcoin Cash meetup here: ⁠https://www.meetup.com/tokyo-bitcoin-cash-meetup-group/events/⁠ None of the information in this podcast is intended to be legal or financial advice. The opinions of the host and the guest do not represent the opinions of our respective employers. None of the companies mentioned in the podcast or in the show notes are sponsors of the Weekly Fascination podcast. Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyfascination Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFascination Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wfascination Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Karras Lambert is a PhD student in economics at George Mason University and a 2021 Mises Institute Summer Research Fellow. He previously earned a Masters degree in finance from Peking University HSBC Business School and a B.S. in economics from Drexel University. Karras specializes in economic theory in the tradition of Carl Menger and Ludwig von Mises. https://mises.org/profile/karras-lambert Recommended reading – Beginner: I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read https://fee.org/resources/i-pencil/ How to Think about the Economy: A Primer by Per Bylund https://mises.org/library/how-think-about-economy-primer Lessons for the Young Economist by Robert P. Murphy https://mises.org/library/lessons-young-economist Recommended reading – Intermediate: What has government done to our money? by Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/library/what-has-government-done-our-money Economic Depressions: Their Cause and Cure by Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/library/economic-depressions-their-cause-and-cure-3 Recommended reading – Advanced: Principles of Economics by Carl Menger https://mises.org/library/principles-economics Human Action by Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/library/human-action-0 Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFascination Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Mae Yoshikawa is a yogini, teacher, mother, and author. She was the first Japanese woman to be officially qualified to teach Ashtanga yoga and won the "Yoga People Award 2016" Best of Yogini. She has graced the covers of over 40 issues of Yogini magazine and authored a widely popular column from 2003-2013. Mae shares her journey of personal growth, overcoming loss, and openness. With tears and laughter along the way, she delivers her message in the pure, raw, and eloquent way that is both profound and authentic at the same time. She is an Adidas Global Yoga Ambassador. Follow Mae on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maeyoshikawa Veda Tokyo: Meditation, yoga, zazen, and a variety of wellness related programs. https://vedatokyo.com Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFascination Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/

Friend, author, and fraud investigator Nathan Lynch joins me to talk about international money laundering, travel, culture, and the beauty of books. In today's ruthless world of organised crime, the best criminals aren't foolish enough to steal money out of banks. They wear tailored suits, carry briefcases, and discreetly slip money into banks. In The Lucky Laundry, financial crime expert Nathan Lynch delves deep inside this hidden world to explain how dark money has infected the lives of ordinary people - and tainted Australian democracy. He opens the curtain on the hidden world of financial intelligence, where crooks and spooks play a cat-and-mouse game inside the world's black money markets. Enter the realm of the agents and undercover operatives who defend our democracy against the corrosive force of billions of dirty dollars. Get The Lucky Laundry here: https://www.bookdepository.com/Lucky-Laundry-Nathan-Lynch/9781460759912 Free delivery worldwide Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyfascination Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFascination Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wfascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination

Byron Kennerly is a touring comedian from Los Angeles on a quest to perform an improv comedy show in every country in the world. He plans to perform improv in 197 countries around the world, which he started in Japan on October 23, 2022 with the Pirates of Tokyo Bay. Follow his journey on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/improvambassador/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaLH3S4SpAGJW7uWjB1d1gg/videos TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@improvambassador Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ImprovAmbassador/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/improvambassadr/ Website: https://improvambassador.com/about/ Other links we talked about: Pirates of Tokyo Bay: https://www.piratesoftokyobay.com/ Epic Rap Battles: https://www.youtube.com/EpicRapBattles/videos Mary Doodles: https://www.youtube.com/c/marydoodles/videos Follow Weekly Fascination on Social Media: Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/WFascination⁠ Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Minds: https://www.minds.com/weeklyfascination/ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1470193

Follow Weekly Fascination on Locals: https://locals.com/feed/41690/weekly-fascination Alex is the CEO of 3D Printing Corporation K.K. based in Yokohama, Japan. We discuss how he got into the business and how 3D printing brings manufacturing closer to consumers. We also discuss entrepreneurship, doing business in Japan, and the unique challenges entrepreneurs face. The company's website is: www.3dpc.co.jp. For inquiries, contact Alex at: ad@3dpc.co.jp Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyfascination Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFascination Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wfascination Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0WHbfhf0BybkRRPTHZ0fvz

A suicidal man from Milwaukee is given a second chance at life in NYC, working as a drag MC while learning the courage from the caring LGBTQ community to pursue his dreams, including a relationship with a tap-dancing single mom. https://www.facebook.com/MisterSisterNYC Follow Weekly Fascination on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyfascination Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFascination Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wfascination Substack: https://weeklyfascination.substack.com Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0WHbfhf0BybkRRPTHZ0fvz