This week, we’re beginning a two-part history on the pre-modern slave trade in Japan. Slavery existed in Japan before the…
This week: the story of two men whose fascinating life trajectories led them into an interrogation room in Japan’s Edo…
This week, we’re talking about the story of a man whose story we don’t really know: the imperial prince Shotoku,…
This week, we’re looking at the legacy of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, the most famous playwright in Japanese history. During his career,…
This week, we’re looking at how the criminal justice system in Japan was remade to serve the interests of the…
This week, we’re taking a quick detour into Isaac trolling fans of Michel Foucault-er, the Edo period criminal justice system.…
This week: Isaac spends 30 minutes unpacking the 400+ page ramblings of a cranky retiree who died about 200 years…
How did it all go so very wrong? Sources Funabayashi, Yoichi, and Koichi Nakano, eds. The Democratic Party of Japan…
In just three years, Ozawa Ichiro managed to guide the DPJ from defeat to one of the most smashing victories…
This week, the DPJ’s good fortune–in the form of the hilariously politically inept Prime Minister Mori Yoshihiro–turns to disaster, as…