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TOKYO BY SOUNDTRUCK: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH JAPAN'S "FAR-RIGHT"

Introduction: This is an old Tokyo Journal article from the 1990s by Michael McDongah. As it is no longer available anywhere but well worth...

A podcast from Oct 2021 by Oscar Boyd and Satoshi Sugiyama discussing Fumio Kishida the 98th Prime Minister of Japan.

Accounts of foreign lands are interesting both because of what they reveal about the country but also because of what they reveal abou...

The House of Death (ca. 1945-46) One of the most astounding and, indeed, slightly unnerving pictures in the collection of the Museum o...

The Barometer of Japanese History If there’s one object that can exemplify the ups and downs of Japanese history over the la...

Japan can now wipe the political dribble from its chin and step into its own freshly pressed and creased pair of democratic long pants. ...

When Edo Japan was forced to open its doors to the outside World in 1854, it set off a train of events that destabilized the feudal orde...