April's Fools - This Week In Japan

Haha, you were expecting an elaborate ruse to celebrate April 1st, but it was us: Geeks & Gaijins! Is not doing an April Fools prank technically an April Fools prank in and of itself? Would that be a paradox? Does anyone actually care?   Sources: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210326/p2a/00m/0bu/018000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210327/p2a/00m/0sc/021000c https://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/20210326/hpe/00m/0na/001000g/ https://soranews24.com/2021/03/23/foreign-citizen-arrested-in-japan-for-throwing-his-bento-trash-in-a-mailbox/ https://soranews24.com/2021/03/29/labor-ministry-employee-power-harassed-by-his-own-power-harassment-counselor/ https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210323/p2a/00m/0na/005000c https://soranews24.com/2021/03/27/from-april-onward-all-price-tags-and-ads-in-japan-must-reflect-final-cost-with-sales-tax-included/ https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210326/p2g/00m/0na/165000c https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210327/p2g/00m/0na/016000c   Would you like to hear us talk about Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key