Not many have heard of the Matagi, the hunters who live in northern Honshu. What do we know of their…
This week: the Cowra breakout seemed, to those who lived through it, like it came out of nowhere. But nothing…
At long last, the fight over how to reconstruct Tokyo is done. But what did rebuilding the imperial capital actually…
After Tokyo was burned to the ground, the battle over how to rebuild it began almost immediately. The man leading…
Why did so many greet the destruction of Tokyo not with consternation, but seeming joy? The answer has to do…
This week: the Great Kanto Earthquake was also the backdrop for one of the most famous murders of 1920s Japan,…
This week: in the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake, thousands of Koreans living in Tokyo were massacred by angry…
The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 was one of the most devastating catastrophes in modern Japanese history, but in English…
This week: the question of whether Hirohito would remain emperor of Japan or be replaced with “Emperor Kumazawa” was, in…
In January, 1946, a man came to the headquarters of the American occupation government of Japan and claimed to be…