We’re starting a look into how an Indian lawyer and judge from a relatively obscure background became a focal point of right-wing Japanese nationalism. Who was Radhabinod Pal, how did he end up a judge in the Tokyo Trials, and what led him to claim that there were no grounds to convict Japan’s leaders of any crime after World War II?
This week, we’re tackling the history of kamishibai, a form of street theater that was once big business but has…
This week: how did three soldiers who managed to do something rather unexceptional–dying in Japan’s battles in China–manage to become…
This week, we’re talking about a pair of anchors in a Chinese museum and the tortured path they took to…
This week, we turn our attention to the black experience during the war in the Pacific, and to the fascinating…
This week we investigate the role of Japan in laying the groundwork for Vietnam’s wars against France and the United…
Today, we cover one of the most unusual stories of WWII: the policy of saving and protecting Jews pursued by…