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Episode 533 – At the Table or On the TAble

June 14, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: Japan joins the ranks of the great powers by building its…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, colonialism, History, hokkaido, Japan, Korea, Meiji, Okinawa, Russia

Episode 475 – Southward, Ho! Part 4

March 3, 2023 Isaac Meyer

Japan’s empire in Micronesia comes apart under the face of both the miscalculations of military leadership and the contradictions that had haunted it from the jump.

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: colonialism, History, Japan, Micronesia, WWII

Episode 474 – Southward, Ho! Part 3

February 24, 2023 Isaac Meyer

So far, we’ve talked about how Micronesia came under Japanese rule, but what was Japan’s rule over the region like?

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: colonialism, History, Japan, Micronesia

Episode 473 – Southward, Ho! Part 2

February 17, 2023 Isaac Meyer

When World War I began, many among the Japanese leadership were hesitant to take advantage of the opportunity to move into Micronesia. What changed their minds, and how were they able to square a colonial government with the idealistic language of the postwar League of Nations?

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: colonialism, History, Japan, Micronesia, WWI

Episode 472 – Southward, Ho! Part 1

February 10, 2023 Isaac Meyer

Japan would seize control of German Micronesia in the fall of 1914, but Japanese interest in the region goes back centuries further. This week: how did Japan get from disinterest in the nebulously defined ‘Southern Seas’ to active military operations to take control of them?

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: colonialism, History, Japan, Meiji, Micronesia

Episode 385 – The Iron Road, Part 2

April 9, 2021 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we’re talking about the role of rail in imperial Japan, with a particular focus on the infamous South…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: colonialism, History, Japan, Manchuria, rail

Episode 373 – The First Frontier, Part 3

January 15, 2021 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’re looking at the early decades of Japan’s colonization of Hokkaido, and the means by which the island…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: Ainu, colonialism, History, hokkaido, Japan, Meiji

Episode 252 – The Beautiful Island, Part 1

August 18, 2018 Isaac Meyer 5 Comments

This week, we start a history of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. How did Japan come to conquer the island,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, colonialism, History, Japan, Taiwan

Episode 159 – Best of Frenemies, Part 5

August 6, 2016 Isaac Meyer

This week — what was colonial Korea like? We’ll do a quick overview of 35 years of colonial economic, political,…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: colonialism, Korea

About Me

My name is Isaac Meyer, and I’m a  former PhD student at the University of Washington, specializing in modern Japan (with sub-specializations in modern China, modern Europe, and international relations). Today, I work as a teacher at an independent school in the Seattle area.

I also have a tendency to go off on random historical tangents. One day, I decided to combine these two traits in podcast form, and thus was born the History of Japan Podcast!

In 2018, I decided start the Criminal Records Podcast with my wife, Demetria Spinrad. This podcast gives me the chance to talk about world history–and the weird, wonderful world of historical crime and punishment.

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