Why people don't understand Japan's real problems

<p>Meet Gearoid Reidy, a journalist at Bloomberg Japan. He sits down to talk to us about his career as a journalist, his perspective covering finance and some of the biggest scandals in recent history, and his perspective as an opinion writer and why people should pay more attention to Japanese politics.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:50 Meet Gearoid</p><p>5:03 JET in rural Hiroshima</p><p>10:17 Working at Capcom in Osaka</p><p>13:00 Joining Bloomberg Japan</p><p>22:19 Learning to write about finance</p><p>25:27 The Toshiba scandal</p><p>29:45 Managing a news team</p><p>33:12 Reading between the lines in corporate speak</p><p>36:26 Translating Japanese information to English</p><p>38:17 Difference in journalism for finance company</p><p>39:52 Machine learning to filter information</p><p>43:48 Does Japan need AI?</p><p>49:35 Becoming Bureau Chief</p><p>52:32 Pivoting to opinion columnist</p><p>1:06:23 What you need to be an opinion writer</p><p>1:12:34 People should care more about Japanese politics</p><p>1:19:44 Where to begin with Japanese poiltics</p><p>1:24:36 On the Takaichi administration</p><p>1:30:57 What is the &quot;real&quot; Japan?</p><p>1:36:24 Goals for the future</p><p>1:39:29 The Carlos Ghosn scandal</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Follow Gearoid:</p><p>https://x.com/GearoidReidy</p><p><br></p><p>Follow us:</p><p>https://unpacking.jp/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts</p><p>https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! </p><p><br></p><p>Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/</p>