This week: the question of whether Hirohito would remain emperor of Japan or be replaced with “Emperor Kumazawa” was, in…
In January, 1946, a man came to the headquarters of the American occupation government of Japan and claimed to be…
This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: The US Occupation of Japan after World War II represented a…
This week, we continue our look at the history of Soka Gakkai during the tenure of Toda Josei. We’ll also…
This week, we wrap up our history of Christianity in Japan with a look at the Occupation and Postwar Eras…
This week, we wrap up the series with a look at black history during the Occupation and Postwar eras, with…
How does a man raised to be a military autocrat become a democratic emperor in just a few short years?…
This week: what, in the end, did the Occupation mean — for both the occupied and the occupier? Listen to…
This week: what was it like to live through the Occupation? How did people get by? And why is Kurosawa…
This week: the social reforms of the Occupation. Economic policy, education policy: it’s like our very own C-SPAN screening! Listen…