This week, we’re starting our retrospective on the career of Japan’s former Prime Minister, Abe Shinzo. We begin with a…
This week, we wrap up our look at Soka Gakkai with the history of its split from Nichiren Shoshu. Plus,…
This week, we’re talking about some of the major projects of Ikeda’s time as leader of Soka Gakkai, including both…
This week, we continue our look at the history of Soka Gakkai during the tenure of Toda Josei. We’ll also…
This week, we’re starting a multi-episode series on one of Japan’s most famous organizations: the study society-turned-religion-turned-political-party known as the…
This week: how do historians learn about the lives of everyday people? Let’s take a look at how it’s done…
This week, we’re talking about one of Japan’s most famous collections of supernatural tales, the fantastic Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of…
This week, we’re talking about popular literature, with a specific focus on one of Japan’s most famous pieces of detective…
This week, we wrap up our history of Christianity in Japan with a look at the Occupation and Postwar Eras…
This week, we’ll cover the striving of Japanese Christians to be accepted as genuine patriots by the government during the…