This week, a current events episode on the leadup and immediate aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.…
This week, we’re taking a look at the legacy of one of Japan’s most influential poets: Ki no Tsurayuki. His…
This week, we’re unpacking a rather odd classic of Japanese literature: the Ise Monogatari, a collection of short tales that…
We’re tackling one of our most confusing legal systems yet in a case so complicated no one could even figure out which jurisdiction covered it. Because there was no law covering criminal negligence, the accidental sinking of the warship Chishima was tried in a civil court–but Japan’s bizarre treaty system forced the emperor of Japan to personally take his suit to a British court on Chinese soil.
This week: we tend to think of tea in terms of the tea ceremony and fancy culture, but what about…
This week: how did a spate of right wing violence in the early years of the 1960s help to fundamentally…
This week: why did the Japanese Socialist Party and the left more generally utterly fail to capitalize on the momentum…
This week, we’re kicking off a short series on the transformations of 1960s Japan with a look at the unassuming…
Can you break the law by reincarnating in the wrong body?
This week, we’re taking a look at the life of one of Japan’s most famous artists: Miyazaki Hayao. How did…