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Yes if you type "japanese conversation" in youtube you'll get lots of people mirroring this format. (Sorry at work and youtube is locked for me).

I can vouch. I followed the Refold method to learn French and am also following it for Japanese.

Yes! You should checkout https://cijapanese.com/

It's an awesome site with just under 1,000 videos. There are also transcripts and a time tracker to help track your progress.

Note I'm not affiliated, but am just a happy user. (Also my friend is the site developer)