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Episode 448 – Abe, Part 5

July 29, 2022 Isaac Meyer 2 Comments

This week, a current events episode on the leadup and immediate aftermath of the assassination of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.…

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

Episode 409 – The Contenders, Part 4

October 8, 2021 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

How did it all go so very wrong? Sources Funabayashi, Yoichi, and Koichi Nakano, eds. The Democratic Party of Japan…

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

Episode 408 – The Contenders, Part 3

October 1, 2021 Isaac Meyer

In just three years, Ozawa Ichiro managed to guide the DPJ from defeat to one of the most smashing victories…

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

Episode 406 – The Contenders, Part 1

September 17, 2021 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’re beginning a four-part retrospective on the rise and fall of Japan’s most successful postwar opposition party: The…

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Episode 364 – Abe, Part 4

November 13, 2020 Isaac Meyer 4 Comments

This week, we outline what Abe’s vision to “restore beautiful Japan” meant during his second go-round in office, why he…

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Episode 363 – Abe, Part 3

November 6, 2020 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week: how did Abe Shinzo get back into the PM’s office, why did he not fall flat on his…

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Episode 362 – Abe, Part 2

October 30, 2020 Isaac Meyer 1 Comment

This week, we chronicle Abe Shinzo’s meteoric rise up the ranks of the LDP and the Koizumi cabinet, culminating in…

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Episode 361 – Abe, Part 1

October 23, 2020 Isaac Meyer

This week, we’re starting our retrospective on the career of Japan’s former Prime Minister, Abe Shinzo. We begin with a…

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

Episode 175 – The Great Commoner

December 10, 2016 Isaac Meyer

This week, it’s time for Japan’s first party politician: Hara Takashi. Was he a populist hero or a wannabe elite?…

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Posted in: History of Japan Podcast, Uncategorized Filed under: Politics, Seiyukai

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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