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History of Japan

This podcast, assembled by a former PhD student in History at the University of Washington, covers the entire span of Japanese history. Each week we"ll tackle a new topic, ranging from prehistoric Japan to the modern day.

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Episode 412 - ...Don't Do the Crime

History of Japan ·

2021/10/29

This week, we're looking at how the criminal justice system in Japan was remade to serve the interests of the imperial state--a process which laid the groundwork for much of how the justice system operates today. Show notes here.

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33:47

Episode 411 - If You Can't Do the Time...

History of Japan ·

2021/10/22

This week, we're taking a quick detour into Isaac trolling fans of Michel Foucault-er, the Edo period criminal justice system. How did this system operate, and what considerations are responsible for its approach to justice? Show notes here.

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32:48

Episode 410 - A Man of His Times

History of Japan ·

2021/10/15

This week: Isaac spends 30 minutes unpacking the 400+ page ramblings of a cranky retiree who died about 200 years ago, but whose polemics against his own society have a remarkable amount to teach us about one of the most important moments in Japanese history. Show notes here.

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37:55

Episode 409 - The Contenders, Part 4

History of Japan ·

2021/10/08

How did it all go so very wrong? Show notes here.

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36:21

Episode 408 - The Contenders, Part 3

History of Japan ·

2021/10/01

In just three years, Ozawa Ichiro managed to guide the DPJ from defeat to one of the most smashing victories in Japan's political history. How did he do it? And why, despite the fact that he was the one who set the stage for this victory, did he never end up serving as the prime minister in the aftermath? Show notes here.

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34:33

Episode 407 - The Contenders, Part 2

History of Japan ·

2021/09/24

This week, the DPJ's good fortune--in the form of the hilariously politically inept Prime Minister Mori Yoshihiro--turns to disaster, as he is replaced by the charismatic Koizumi Junichiro. Facing a revived LDP, the DPJ will turn to one of the most singular (and divisive) figures in modern Japanese politics: Ozawa Ichiro. Show notes here.

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37:48

Episode 406 - The Contenders, Part 1

History of Japan ·

2021/09/17

This week, we're beginning a four-part retrospective on the rise and fall of Japan's most successful postwar opposition party: The Democratic Party of Japan, or DPJ. This week: how did two veterans of the tumultuous politics of the early 1990s come together to found this scrappy little party, and what forces led to the DPJ becoming the largest of Japan's opposition parties? Show notes here.

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43:18

Episode 405 - The Road Not Taken

History of Japan ·

2021/09/10

This week, we're talking about one of the last attempts to save the Tokugawa shogunate: the Tenpo Reforms of the 1840s, and their chief architect, the hard-partying Mizuno Tadakuni. What did he see as the most pressing problems Japan faced? How did he try to solve them? And how did this final attempt to salvage Tokugawa rule fail so badly? Show notes here.

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37:54

Episode 404 - The Hesperia Incident

History of Japan ·

2021/09/03

This week, we're taking a closer look at the unequal treaty system of the 1800s by exploring one of its crappier (!) consequences: a diplomatic incident over cholera quarantines and extraterritorial laws surrounding a small German freighter called the Hesperia. Show notes here.

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37:43

Episode 403 - Yet Shall He Find a Thousand Troubles

History of Japan ·

2021/08/27

This week, we're discussing Japan's reckoning with its wartime past through the lens of the nation's self-appointed conscience: the historian Ienaga Saburo, who spent 30 years locked in legal battles with the government over what could and could not be included in history textbooks. Show notes here.

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33:46

Episode 402 - The Friendly Skies

History of Japan ·

2021/08/20

This week, we're covering the bizarre history of a hijacking attempt from 1970. What led nine young men to seize control of JAL Flight 351, and why in the hell did they think that, of all places to take the plane, North Korea was the one to pick? Show notes here.

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33:31

Episode 401 - Worth a Thousand Words

History of Japan ·

2021/08/06

This week, we're tackling the history of kamishibai, a form of street theater that was once big business but has since faded into obscurity. Where did it come from, and why--after it was killed off by TV and movies--is it worth remembering today? Show notes here.

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No episode this week

History of Japan ·

2021/07/30

There is no new episode this week as I am on a long overdue family vacation. I'll see you all next week!

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46:03

Episode 400 - The 400th Episode

History of Japan ·

2021/07/23

Thank you all to every single one of you who has ever listened to this podcast. Show notes here.

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01:02:44

Episode 399 - The Three Human Bombs

History of Japan ·

2021/07/16

This week: how did three soldiers who managed to do something rather unexceptional--dying in Japan's battles in China--manage to become the centerpiece of a state-run cult of heroism? Show notes here.

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34:21

Episode 398 - Anchors Aweigh!

History of Japan ·

2021/07/09

This week, we're talking about a pair of anchors in a Chinese museum and the tortured path they took to get there. What do the anchors have to do with a "correct" (from the view of the Chinese Communist Party) understanding of history--and how does Japan fit into that story? Show notes here.

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35:00

Episode 397 - The Weeping Dream

History of Japan ·

2021/07/02

This week, we're traveling the breadth of Japanese history to answer a seemingly simple question: why is it that so very many of us have heard of haiku? What is so special about this style of poetry, and how did it come to have such global appeal? Show notes here.

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34:32

Episode 396 - A Slice of the Pie, Part 3

History of Japan ·

2021/06/25

This week, we're covering the transformation of the collapsed LTCB into the revived Shinsei ("New Life") Bank, and the motley cast of American investors and Japanese executives who made this once unthinkable financial future a reality. What led to decades of fiscal tradition being scrapped, and what have the impacts of this choice been? Show notes here.

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35:45

Episode 395 - A Slice of the Pie, Part 2

History of Japan ·

2021/06/18

This week: a combination of political scandals, tabloid journalism, institutional inertia, and of course the goddamn Swiss lead to the long, slow, death of LTCB. Show notes here.

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36:46

Episode 394 - A Slice of the Pie, Part 1

History of Japan ·

2021/06/11

This week, we're returning to the era of the bubble economy and its aftermath with an up close look at the failure of one of Japan's most prominent banks: the Long Term Credit Bank of Japan, or LTCB. First: how did LTCB dig itself so deeply into an economic hole? Show notes here.

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