This week: the start of a two part series on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces. Today: how did Japan’s current…
This week: how did a spate of right wing violence in the early years of the 1960s help to fundamentally…
This week: why did the Japanese Socialist Party and the left more generally utterly fail to capitalize on the momentum…
This week, we’re kicking off a short series on the transformations of 1960s Japan with a look at the unassuming…
This week, we’re taking a look at the life of one of Japan’s most famous artists: Miyazaki Hayao. How did…
This week: whaling during the modern era in Japan, and the circumstances that have led to Japan being one of…
This week, we’re discussing Japan’s reckoning with its wartime past through the lens of the nation’s self-appointed conscience: the historian…
This week, we’re covering the bizarre history of a hijacking attempt from 1970. What led nine young men to seize…
This week, we’re returning to the era of the bubble economy and its aftermath with an up close look at…
For our final episode in the series, we’re taking a look at the demise of public rail in Japan and…