Happy Hour #90: Bureaucrats, Bears, & Bots

In this episode, Jay and Trey are joined by special guest Mythic Weeb James Hatheway for a three-hour tour de force through the green room of modern Japan—covering, among other things: The Japanese naturalization process The myth of Japan's “ancient” tradition of Hatsumode The Sankebetsu brown bear incident The rise of a very small online “Bear Slayer" movement , devotees of lo-fi aesthetics,…