conversations (podcast series), "Deep Dive"

Hosted since 2018 at japantimes.co.jp this series includes modern, historical, cultural, and current event subjects in its dozens of episodes.

Here is one about the art of translating Japanese literature into English, https://www.japantimes.co.jp/podcast/episode-67-convenience-store-woman-art-translation/

language of the Ainu

In northernmost Japan, keeping the meanings and relationships with people, with land, with ancestors alive:

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/podcast/episode-72-preserving-endangered-ainu-language/

Minamata 1968 story of pollution traumas, trailer

Johnny Depp as W. Eugene Smith, https://youtu.be/iqSUlQ9Oekw

Article about the movie, https://petapixel.com/2020/11/02/johnny-depp-plays-photographer-w-eugene-smith-in-minamata/

Europe's only officially sanctioned Shinto shrine

A simple search at Atlas Obscura for some of the East Asia locations, societies, and languages can turn up a wide variety of short, sometimes thought-provoking or quirky, articles. Today this one appeared about the only Shinto shrine in Europe that is officially approved. It is in San Marino, the tiny republic located to the southeast of Bologna, Italy. If you are curious how this all came about read on for more,

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/san-marino-jinja