While the Meiji Restoration was going on, where was everybody else? We’ll start trying to answer that question today with…
It’s a shame you can’t embed gifs in the episode descriptions, because otherwise this would just be the Ron Paul…
This week, we cover an obscure bit of samurai history: the Keian Incident, a planned coup against the Tokugawa Shoguns…
This week, we profile one of the great Western interpreters of Japan: Lafcadio Hearn. How did some Anglo-Greek kid end…
This week, we round out our look at the celebrated women of Heian Japan with two very different careers: that…
This week: the start of a two-part series on women in Heian Japan. What makes the social position of women…
This week, we cover the true story of North Korea’s abduction of Japanese civilians. Who was taken, and why? What…
This week, the effects of the collapsing asset bubble spread as the extent of the damage caused is revealed; Japan’s…
This week, it all starts to come crumbling down. Japan is plagued by scandals that destroy public confidence at the…
The Plaza Accord was supposed to fix the US-Japan relationship. How did that work out? Sources A partial translation of The…