01:30 Baye McNeil's Martin Luther King Jr article on the Japan Times

03:45 Happy 2021- Looking forward and looking back

04:20 2020 Warmest year on record despite slow-down of coronavirus

08:10 Hiroshima's 800,000 Covid19 testing plan

09:10 Covid19 Testing Improvements

11:00 False sense of security with Covid19 over time

11:37 Long-term Climate Change problems hard to stay focused

12:40 Stick (penalties) vs Carrot (incentives) to follow COvid19 guidelines

14:20 Penalties for non-compliance under debate

15:40 Hospitals turning patients away - over capacity due to Covid19

19:00 Is there low confidence in vaccines in Japan?

21:00 36% (NHK) don't want to take the COVID19 vaccine

23:00 Normal population likely to get vaccine in 2022

26:00 Protecting local pharmaceutical companies

27:30 Tokyo Olympic problems - lacking public support

29:40 Sustainability and Olympic Games Potential in a typical year

30:20 Eco-friendly targets during the Olympics

33:30 2019 Lower Greenhouse Emissions than expected

36:30 NTT green initiatives for renewable energy and battery storage

39:30 Green Hydrogen Clean Tech Potential

44:30 Label mistake - don't toss the beer Sapporo!

47:00 Honesty food stalls with local farm produce

49:00 Fruit tree harvesting difficulty with aging population

50:40 Ume production in Wakayama*

53:00 Toyota compliance EPA problems in US

56:40 2030 Japan Targets to stop sales of fossil fuel powered automobiles

59:00 Buyers market for 2nd hand cars in Japan

1:00:00 EV electric car transitions happening with Japanese tech companies

1:01:00 Tesla business model - advantages of being 1st