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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 526 – The Outside World and Tokugawa Japan

April 5, 2024 Isaac Meyer

This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: “closed country” isn’t quite the full story. How did Japan maintain…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: China, Dutch, Edo, History, hokkaido, Japan, Korea, Okinawa, Tokugawa

Episode 305 – The American Interlude, Part 2

September 13, 2019 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, we’ll cover the end of USCAR and the legacies of 27 years of foreign rule over Okinawa Prefecture.…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Okinawa, ryukyu, USCAR

Episode 304 – The American Outpost, Part 1

September 6, 2019 Isaac Meyer

This week, we start off some coverage of the period of American rule over the Ryukyus, and the entwined histories…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Podcasts Filed under: History, Japan, Okinawa, ryukyu, USCAR

Episode 34 – Japan and Okinawa, Part 2

December 14, 2013 Isaac Meyer

This week we’ll finish up our two-parter on Japanese-Okinawan relations with a look at Okinawa during the Imperial Period. We’ll…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Battle of Okinawa, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands

Episode 33 – Japan and Okinawa, Part 1

December 7, 2013 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’ll begin a two-part series on the relationship between Japan and what is now her southernmost province: Okinawa.…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu Kingdom

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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