History of Japan

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Episode 186 - Lifting the Lost, Part 4 Mar 25, 2017

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This week, we'll begin a discussion of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, better known as the Tokyo War Crimes Trials. Who is being tried, what for, and why?

Episode 185 - Lifting the Lost, Part 3 Mar 18, 2017

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This week: where did Japan's constitution come from, and how the hell did it get done in only six days?

Episode 184 - Lifting the Lost, Part 2 Mar 11, 2017

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The Occupation begins! This week, we'll set the stage with a focus on the relationship between Supreme Commander Douglass MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito.

Episode 183 - Lifting the Lost, Part 1 Mar 04, 2017

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This week, we turn our attention to the US Occupation of Japan. When did Americans first start thinking seriously about taking Japan over and remaking its whole society?

Episode 182 - Building Better Worlds Feb 18, 2017

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This week, we're doing a biography of the little known Buddhist socialist Seno'o Giro. How do you reconcile Buddhism and Marx? Find out this week!

Episode 181 - Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 6 Feb 11, 2017

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This week, we round out our look at the hard left in Japan. Militant communist uprisings (if less than 100 people counts as an uprising), electoral maneuvering, recycling policy -- this episode has it all.

Episode 180 - Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 5 Feb 04, 2017

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This week: the Japanese left is relegated to permanent opposition status in the postwar period. How did the revolutionary moment come to this?

Episode 179 - Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 4 Jan 28, 2017

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This week, the floodgates are open! The system has fallen, and the left is poised to seize power...or not!

Episode 178 - Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 3 Jan 21, 2017

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Today, a specter is haunting Japan. But that specter is not communism; it's the ghost of the communist party, dead before it truly lived. This week on the podcast: how to kill a communist party in a few easy steps.

Episode 177 - Red Star Over Tokyo, Part 2 Jan 14, 2017

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The revolution comes to Japan...but not really. Today we explore the birth and very rapid death of Japan's first socialist party, and the rise of its communist movement.

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