#54 - The Pana-Wave Laboratory
Yuko Chino was the cult leader who used her belief system, Chino-Shoho, to gather followers together, with the stated goal of scientific research that would help save the world from disasters. This ps...
25 Apr 202256min
#53 - Johnny & Associates
Content Warning - Discussions of Child Sexual Abuse. Johnny Kitagawa is Japan's most successful music producer of all time, having represented artists for over 50 years. His company, Johnny & Associa...
15 Apr 20221h 3min
#52 - JAL Flight 123
Content Warning - Prolonged Peril in an Aircraft On the 12th October 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 was on route from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to Osaka International. After catastrophic decompression ...
3 Apr 202254min
#51 - The Rise of the Shinsengumi
We return to the storied history of the Shinsengumi, covering their rise in fame, power, influence and... indiscriminate murder. Today's guest is Carly Shields! You can find her via her Twitter page, ...
19 Mar 202259min
#50 - Inejirō Asanuma
Socialist politician Inejirō Asanuma was active at some of the most volatile times in Japanese history, having to thread the dangerous political weaves of both Imperial Japan and reconstruction after ...
10 Mar 202256min
#49 - Gen'yōsha, The Black Ocean Society
Gen'yōsha, or the Black Ocean Society, was a clandestine far-right organisation created in response to the Meiji Restoration. Disaffected samurai decided that, to make Japan great again, it had to for...
18 Feb 202236min
#48 - The Tokaimura Nuclear Incident
Content Warning: Medical Stuff The Tokaimura Nuclear Powerplant has provided energy to Japan's power grid since the 60s. It wasn't until the 90s, however, that it suffered two notable nuclear incident...
10 Feb 202255min
#47 - Nekonomics
"Nekonomics" once referred to the unexpectedly dramatic increase in revenue that businesses could earn simply by having a pet cat as a mascot. Today it has evolved into something more widespread in Ja...
20 Jan 202259min
