History of Japan

This week: the Great Kanto Earthquake, the firebombing campaign, and Tokyo during the Occupation.

13 Okt 201830min

This week, from Edo to Tokyo: how the shogun's city became the emperor's!

6 Okt 201829min

This week, we start a look at the history of the city of Tokyo. How did the frontier fishing village of Edo go from backwater nowhere to the heart of the nation in only a few short generations?

29 Sep 201829min

This week, we cover the life and legacy of one of the great bridges between Japan and China -- the Christian bookseller of Shanghai, Uchiyama Kanzo.

22 Sep 201830min

This week, we take a look at the history of pro wrestling in Japan, and its unlikely progenitor: a Korean-born sumo wrestler named Rikidozan.

15 Sep 201827min

This week, we close out our time with Taiwan with a look at its return to the Republic of China, and at the modern day relationship between the "renegade province" and Japan.

8 Sep 201829min

This week, Japan's attempt to assimilate Taiwan finds some success, and one big stumbling block: the Musha Incident, the last and largest rebellion against Japanese rule on the island. Plus, the begin...

1 Sep 201829min

This week: now that Japan has conquered Taiwan, what are they actually going to do with it?

25 Aug 201833min