We’re back at the beginning for Part 1 of a new miniseries: A Revised Introduction to Japanese History. Sources “The…
This week, it’s a listener question episode! Let’s talk about the topics I’d like to cover, a D&D party made…
Why are Japan and South Korea’s governments so worked up about some uninhabited rocks in the middle of nowhere? Well, because sometimes those rocks stand for much, much more.
Once again, Isaac underestimates how many episodes it will take to cover something, and so one more time, we’re talking…
This week on the podcast, something a little different: My first time traveling purely as a tourist in Japan, with…
This week: the rise and demise of radio in Japan, covering everything from the birth of NHK to the origin…
This week: The history of the record player in Japan, from the first prototypes to the dawn of the Japanese pop star.
In the first of a multi-part series on the history of communications technology in Japan, we’ve got a double-header: the…
Tokugawa Ienari is often considered the worst shogun of the Tokugawa era. Where does his reputation come from, and is it entirely deserved?
Osaka enters the modern era. How did the nation’s kitchen become the “capital of smoke,” and how did the city’s government attempt to remake it for the modern era?