This week: Hirohito goes to war. What did he know, how much did he direct things himself, and ultimately, how…
This week, we take a look at Hirohito’s life before World War II. What kind of ruler was Japan’s new…
Young Hirohito goes on trips, serves his first turns in politics, and gets married! Join us as we look at…
Today, we dive into the boyhood of Emperor Hirohito. What’s it like growing up always knowing that your life is…
This week, we cover a famous caper that probably sent an innocent man to jail for nearly 40 years. There’s…
This week, we cover the features of modern Japanese policing, from the friendly face of the koban police boxes to…
This week: how has Japan been policed? Was there really such a thing as a samurai cop? Was their hair…
This week: was Japan’s 5th Tokugawa shogun really as crazy as everybody says? Spoilers: no. Listen to the episode here.…
This week, we cover a crime wave that shocked 1980s Japan, and proved that postwar society was perhaps not quite…
This week, we investigate the great Zen master Dogen, who was something of an eccentric in his own time but…