This week: the beginning of a two parter on Japan’s first ever female exchange students. Listen to the episode here.…
This week: what, in the end, did the Occupation mean — for both the occupied and the occupier? Listen to…
This week: what was it like to live through the Occupation? How did people get by? And why is Kurosawa…
This week: the social reforms of the Occupation. Economic policy, education policy: it’s like our very own C-SPAN screening! Listen…
This week, we talk about what it took to make a peace on paper a peace in fact. With millions…
This week, we discuss the course of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials and their legacy in Japan. How did they…
This week, we’ll begin a discussion of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, better known as the Tokyo…
This week: where did Japan’s constitution come from, and how the hell did it get done in only six days?…
The Occupation begins! This week, we’ll set the stage with a focus on the relationship between Supreme Commander Douglass MacArthur…
This week, we turn our attention to the US Occupation of Japan. When did Americans first start thinking seriously about…