This week, we turn our attention to the US Occupation of Japan. When did Americans first start thinking seriously about…
This week, we’re doing a biography of the little known Buddhist socialist Seno’o Giro. How do you reconcile Buddhism and…
This week, we round out our look at the hard left in Japan. Militant communist uprisings (if less than 100…
This week, we’ll see how the advent of the Liberal Democratic Party kept Japan’s socialist and communist parties from real…
This week, the floodgates are open! The system has fallen, and the left is poised to seize power…or not! Listen…
Today, a specter is haunting Japan. But that specter is not communism; it’s the ghost of the communist party, dead…
The revolution comes to Japan…but not really. Today we explore the birth and very rapid death of Japan’s first socialist…
Today, we’ll turn our attention to a set of ideas that will ultimately fall flat on their face in Japan…
This week, it’s time for Japan’s first party politician: Hara Takashi. Was he a populist hero or a wannabe elite?…
This week, we explore the history of one of Japan’s most popular art forms: kabuki theater. Major themes include prostitution,…