This week, we cover the short yet fascinating history of Islam in Japan. What factors led to a connection between…
This week, we wrap up the series with a look at black history during the Occupation and Postwar eras, with…
This week, we turn our attention to the black experience during the war in the Pacific, and to the fascinating…
This week, we’re talking about political and cultural exchange between black communities and Japan in the 20s and 30s, as…
You’ve heard of Rosa Parks—but do you actually know the full story? This week, we dig into the brutal history of segregation in the United States, the difficult work of activism, and the way black civil rights leaders’ stories are taught as part of a whitewashed narrative that minimizes their agency and fails to engage with their actual political views.
This week, we look at Japan’s relationship with blackness and black communities in the wake of the Meiji Restoration, and…
This week, we’re beginning an overview of black history in Japan with a focus on the Sengoku and Edo eras,…
This week, how did the 1964 Paralympics end up in Japan? Who made it happen? And why does 1964 represent…
This week, we’re focusing on the story of Ono no Komachi, a mysterious poet from the 800s whose poems were…
This week, we’re covering the career of one of modern Japan’s spymasters: Akashi Motojiro, who attempted to build an intelligence…