Welcome to 10-minute murder,

Welcome to 10-minute murder, brief and bingeable true crime.

I'm Joe, the host.

Thank you for joining today.

And before we jump into the story, I have two quick favors to ask you.

The first one is a bigger ask, so I'll start with that one.

If you enjoy listening to this podcast and you think that

you know someone that might also enjoy it, please let them know about it. A bunch of you have

reached out and told me that you actually share links to the podcast on your social media,

and that's awesome. And that helps the show grow. I really appreciate it. As a matter of fact,

I should start a rewards program.

I send out a bunch of punch cards and for every seventh episode share of 10-minute

murder, you get a free episode. And that's funny because they're all free. That's my first

favor. My second one, give me a break on the episode today with the pronunciations.

I'm American, obviously.

I went to a public school.

I took Spanish, so I know a little bit of that.

I lived in Germany for a time, so I know a little bit of that.

And I struggle with names as a whole, and that's been established on this podcast.

I don't know what the connection is with

my brain and names. I just can't quite make it all the time. But today is Japan. And if it weren't

such a highly requested story, I wouldn't even attempt because I don't like to get things wrong.

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