This week I promise we’ll actually get to the 1274 invasion. But first, how were the samurai who defended Japan…
This week: why is a military failure worth 7 episodes of our time? The legacy of the Mongol invasions of…
This week: why did Kublai go to Japan? A quick overview of the tensions that led to the first invasion,…
This week: where did the Mongol Empire come from, and who was in charge when they decided to come after…
Today, we wrap our look at immigrants from Japan with a brief discussion of Nikkei communities in the Philippines and…
This week: why did the American government think it was necessary to round up Nikkei on the West Coast? And…
This week, we’re headed south to take a look at Nikkei communities in Brazil and Peru. Listen to the episode…
This week, we take a closer look at early communities of Nikkeijin — people of Japanese descent — in the…
This week, we begin a new series on the history of the Japanese diaspora! Listen to the episode here. Sources…
This week we tackle the question of Japanese fascism by looking at one of Japan’s foremost fascists, the authoritarian scholar…