36 | Unseen Japan, The Japan You Don’t See in Anime

Compounding Curiosity

My guests today are Jay Allen and Noah Oskow from Unseen Japan (@UnseenJapanSite).

Unseen Japan is a collective of writers who report on news, history, culture, and social movements in Japan based on Japanese sources. We aim to cover viewpoints from Japan that you may not often hear in the English-speaking world.

Jay is the owner of UJ's parent company, UJ Media Services. And Noah is the current Editor-in-Chief at Unseen Japan.

In this conversation, we cover the story behind Unseen Japan, what it’s like running a collective publication, and the business behind it all.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jay and Noah from Unseen Japan!

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep36

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Show Notes:

[00:00:31] - [First question] - Careers prior to Unseen Japan

[00:02:17] - First experiences with Japan

[00:05:13] - Unseen Japan origin story

[00:08:22] - How Noah got involved with Unseen Japan

[00:12:13] - What Jay’s role as Editor-in-Chief at Unseen Japan looks like

[00:17:15] - Why Unseen Japan is successful with Twitter

[00:24:18] - The approach to monetizing Unseen Japan

[00:28:19] - Unseen Japan’s Patreon offering

[00:33:15] - The challenges of trying Video content

[00:41:22] - What should more people know about Unseen Japan’s work?

[00:50:01] - Most undervalued life experience?

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Connect with Unseen Japan:

Unseen Japan’s Website: https://unseenjapan.com/

Unseen Japan’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/unseenjapan

Follow Unseen Japan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnseenJapanSite

Unseen Japan’s Newsletter: http://bitly.ws/v3Kd

Follow Noah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnseenJapanSite

Follow Jay on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnseenJapanSite

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayandrewallen/

UJ Media Services: https://ujmediaservices.com/

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Kalani’s Misc Notes About the Episode:

Noah’s local audio recording dropped out around 20 minutes in. Hence the change in sound quality there if you’re wondering :)

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