This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: “closed country” isn’t quite the full story. How did Japan maintain…
This week: how did three soldiers who managed to do something rather unexceptional–dying in Japan’s battles in China–manage to become…
This week, we’re talking about a pair of anchors in a Chinese museum and the tortured path they took to…
This week, we’re talking about one of Japan’s territorial disputes: the bitter debate over ownership of the Senaku Islands/Diaoyu Islands/Pinnacle…
This week, we cover the life and legacy of one of the great bridges between Japan and China — the…
This week, we close out our time with Taiwan with a look at its return to the Republic of China,…
This week, Japan’s attempt to assimilate Taiwan finds some success, and one big stumbling block: the Musha Incident, the last…
This week: now that Japan has conquered Taiwan, what are they actually going to do with it? Sources Sharpe, M.E. Maritime…
This week, we start a history of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. How did Japan come to conquer the island,…
NOTE: Though there is substantial photographic evidence of the massacre, I am not going to post it directly on the…