History of Japan

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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 196 - Fist of Legend, Part 3 Jun 03, 2017

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This week: the rise of judo and of the modern budo, and karate strikes back!

Episode 195 - Fist of Legend, Part 2 May 27, 2017

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This week: who wants to swing a sword when you can just shoot a gun?

Episode 194 - Fist of Legend, Part 1 May 20, 2017

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This week: where do Japan's traditional martial arts come from?

Episode 193 - No Country for Young Women, Part 2 May 13, 2017

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This week: what are three educated women to do in a society that doesn't value their education?

Episode 192 - No Country for Young Women, Part 1 May 06, 2017

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This week: the beginning of a two parter on Japan's first ever female exchange students.

Episode 191 - Lifting the Lost, Part 9 Apr 29, 2017

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This week: what, in the end, did the Occupation mean -- for both the occupied and the occupier?

Episode 190 - Lifting the Lost, Part 8 Apr 22, 2017

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This week: what was it like to live through the Occupation? How did people get by? And why is Kurosawa Akira objectively the greatest director ever?

Episode 189 - Lifting the Lost, Part 7 Apr 15, 2017

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This week: the social reforms of the Occupation. Economic policy, education policy: it's like our very own C-SPAN screening!

Episode 188 - Lifting the Lost, Part 6 Apr 08, 2017

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This week, we talk about what it took to make a peace on paper a peace in fact. With millions of Japanese civilians and soldiers scattered across Asia, what would it take to get them all home again?

Episode 187 - Lifting the Lost, Part 5 Apr 01, 2017

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This week, we discuss the course of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials and their legacy in Japan. How did they go from a vision of international optimism to despised by people on both sides of the political spectrum?

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