In this episode, we go over a couple of preconceptions both of us had about the US and Japan before moving abroad. Now that we've both lived overseas for quite some time, we also reflect on if those stereotypes hold up or not. Thanks for listening! 

*Here's some information I found about the "Metabo" Law that requires waist measurements for Japanese employees in a certain age range during their annual health checkups: https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-country-that-taxes-people-for-being-too-fat-356cacdc1d32

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