This week, we turn our attention to the black experience during the war in the Pacific, and to the fascinating…
This week, we’re talking about political and cultural exchange between black communities and Japan in the 20s and 30s, as…
This week, we look at Japan’s relationship with blackness and black communities in the wake of the Meiji Restoration, and…
This week, we’re beginning an overview of black history in Japan with a focus on the Sengoku and Edo eras,…
This week, how did the 1964 Paralympics end up in Japan? Who made it happen? And why does 1964 represent…
This week, we’re focusing on the story of Ono no Komachi, a mysterious poet from the 800s whose poems were…
This week, we’re covering the career of one of modern Japan’s spymasters: Akashi Motojiro, who attempted to build an intelligence…
Mawwiage is whut bwings us togethah, today! Today we’re talking about the history of marriage as an institution in Japan.…
This week, we finish our look at the Olympic movement in Japan with a series of discussions on the legacy…
This week, Japan finally gets the Olympics; but what does that really mean for Japan? What does hosting really accomplish…