How do you talk about a movement without clear leaders? By breaking down its different levels. Plus, a look at…
This week, we’re starting a look at the Jiyu Minken Undo — the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement — by…
While the Meiji Restoration was going on, where was everybody else? We’ll start trying to answer that question today with…
This week, we profile one of the great Western interpreters of Japan: Lafcadio Hearn. How did some Anglo-Greek kid end…
This week we take on the history of the von Siebold family — father Philip Franz, son Alexander, and daughter…
This week: the beginning of a two parter on Japan’s first ever female exchange students. Listen to the episode here.…
This week, Saigo Takamori is going to sidetrack the whole government by pulling the idea of invading Korea off the…
This week, we cover the major issues of the new government. Who’s in charge? What do they want to do?…
This week, we take a look at the new balance of power now that the Tokugawa are gone. Who’s…
This week: the “short-lived” part of “the short-lived Ezo Republic” comes to fruition, and what is now Meiji Japan begins…