Abroad in Japan  Chris Broad (born 21 April 1990), known online as Abroad in Japan, is a British YouTuber, filmmaker, and podcast host. He focuses on videos about Japanese culture, Japanese food and travel in Japan, primarily in the Tōhoku region. Broad briefly appeared on the TV series "Robot Wars" in the UK, where his father and team were regular contestants, with their robot Killertron. Broad studied English Language and Business at the University of Kent from 2009 to 2012 before moving to Sakata, Yamagata to teach English as a part of the JET Programme. He has since left the programme and moved to Sendai. Upon moving to Sakata, Yamagata to teach as a part of the JET Programme in 2012, Broad decided to vlog about some of his experiences as a foreigner living in the rural Tōhoku region. The subjects of videos included topics like what it's like to drive in Japan, KFC as a mainstay of every Japanese Christmas, and love hotels. He later moved to Sendai to remain in the region, but to be somewhere better connected to the rest of the country to expand his business opportunities as an influencer. As the channel grew in notability, Broad began to make more travel-themed videos, such as a video describing a trip to Aomori where he visited the city's Nebuta museum and another where he visited Hokkaido with his close friend Natsuki Aso, who often appears in Chris' videos. On 29 August 2017, Broad was visiting a town in Aomori Prefecture near Shirakami-Sanchi wilderness area when he was woken up by the J-Alert being triggered by the North Korean August 2017 missile launch over Japan. He posted a video about how rude it was that they would carry out their test so early in the morning and proceeded to criticize the regime of Kim Jong-un. The video was featured as "Trending" the day it was posted. It then went on to attract national attention in Japan, with Broad being selected to represent the word "J-Alert" in Japan's annual Words of the Year event. On 31 May 2018, Broad released the documentary film "Natsuki: The Movie" telling the story of Broad and his friend Natsuki's journey to Europe. Starting in 2018, Broad started his "Journey Across Japan" series featuring various YouTubers, such as The Anime Man, and his friends as he travels across Japan by bike, documenting local customs and daily life along the way.