This week, conspiracism takes a new twist in Japan, from paranoid worries about Christianity to paranoid beliefs in “Western encirclement”.…
This week, we explore the “Christian conspiracies” of Edo Period Japan. Working backwards from the Osaka Incident of 1827, when…
Japan’s “Christian Century” is the source of many fascinating aspects of Japanese history, from modern firearms to tenpura. But there’s…
This week, something a bit different: the start of a history of conspiracy theories in Japan. This first episode is…
For our final episode of this miniseries: Miyazaki Manabu faces down with the National Police Agency as he finds himself…
This week we continue our footnote on the history of dogs in Japan. How did public perceptions of dogs change…
This week, we’re continuing last week’s footnote on the postwar ultraright. How did the fall of the Soviet Union affect…
For our second footnote to the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: a simple question that definitely won’t result in an…
On the final episode of the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the LDP completely fails to meet the challenge of…
This week on the Revised Introduction to Japanese History: how did Ikeda Hayato and the LDP build a system that…