Country: Japan

Today Alec and Sascha ask - what’s the story behind Japanese scientists regrowing teeth? And what more can we expect?

Today, we’re trying something a little different. You’re used to Sascha introducing one story that we’ll talk about for the next fifteen or so minutes, but today we want to tackle three. There's no reason why, we just really like these stories... but honestly, we didn’t quite think there was quite enough to pump out a full episode. So we just thought - why not talk about them together! So here we are - we’ll tackle 5 minutes, three stories.

For the past year, Japan’s supermarket industry has shielded customers from a 48% rise in import prices — much of that driven by the high cost of energy and the sustained collapse of the yen to a 24-year low against the US dollar. But retailers are now passing on these price hikes to individuals. the Japanese government is worried - because the country has a huge reliance on international imports. Only 38% of the food needed to feed the Japanese population is made on its shores.

Thomas reckons the Jobs and Skills Summit last week was a trojan horse. Up to a third of the ASX is already zombified on one measure, NFT trading has collapsed, and Japan wants you to tell them how to sell beer. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.