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Episode 541 – The Way of the Gods

August 9, 2024 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we have our first Footnote to the Revised Introduction to Japanese history, expanding on questions we didn’t get…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Jomon, Kofun, religion, Shinto, Yayoi

Episode 540 – The End of the Beginning

August 2, 2024 Isaac Meyer

On the final episode of the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the LDP completely fails to meet the challenge of…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: economics, History, Japan, LDP, Politics, Postwar

Episode 539 – Japan Falling

July 26, 2024 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

In the penultimate episode of the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the 1980s sees the rise of Japan’s asset bubble…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: 1980s, economics, History, Japan, Postwar

Episode 538 – Japan Rising

July 19, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: how did Ikeda Hayato and the LDP build a system that…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, LDP, Politics, Postwar

Episode 537 – The New Order

July 12, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the Occupation comes to an end, but what happens next? This…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: America, History, Japan, LDP, Postwar

Episode 536 – Revolution from Above

July 5, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: The US Occupation of Japan after World War II represented a…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Occupation, Postwar, SCAP, WWII

Episode 535 – The Road to Disaster

June 28, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the descent towards the Second World War. Why did the leadership…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: America, China, History, Japan, Politics, WWII

Episode 534 – The Imperial Democracy

June 21, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: during the 1920s, Japan’s political system became more democratic and representative–an…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: democracy, History, Japan, Politics, Taisho

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 532 – Cash Rules Everything Around Me

May 24, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the economics of Meiji Japan, and a brief foray into social…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: economics, History, Japan, Meiji, Society

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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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