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everything in the senate now, requires 60 votes -- >> 60 votes. >> you know how many votes it got? 100, because they basically did it by unanimous consent. unanimous consent is how everything used to go to the floor, you know, like, 30 years ago, and certainly before the trump era and the mcconnell era. so, that moment earlier tonight, when they just went, unanimous consent meant that every single senator who made the slightest noise about getting in the way of this bill was not really...

We are revisiting some past content on the science, economics and culture of cherry blossom season.

This week on Deep Dive we get contributing writer and photographer Lance Henderstein to read us his article on traveling Okinawa during the rainy season.

You probably don’t think of guns when you think of Japan, but Hokkaido’s hunters do.

Japan made history last month when it became the fifth nation to soft land on the moon.

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Our guests tell us why anime dominated in 2023, which books stood out among a lackluster crowd and why the Zelda franchise is experiencing a renaissance.

In a year that saw Japan release 24,000 tons of wastewater (so far) from Fukushima No. 1 as the planet smashed heat records, it’s no wonder climate anxiety is on the rise. Mara Budgen joins us to break down the year in environment news, where we could see hope, and what we should be worried about.

An “Otaku Dictionary” has Japan’s subcultures upset at an attempt to define them.

While Japan and China look to ease tensions, NHK makes things tense with a Johnny’s-less “Kohaku” announcement.