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History of Japan
by Isaac Meyer
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About the show
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.
Latest episodes
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Episode 643 - The Forgotten Radicals, Part 1
October 2, 2026 · 34 minOn August 30, 1974, a bomb went off at Mitsubishi corporate HQ in Tokyo's Marunouchi neighborhood. The culprit was a group calling itself the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front - Wolf Cell. This week: how did this radical movement grow out…
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Episode 642 - The Hunters, Part 2
September 18, 2026 · 32 minHow does a matagi hunt actually work, and how has matagi culture evolved over the course of the 20th century? And finally: why is it that so many today seem to think the matagi will be extinct themselves before too long? Show notes here.
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Episode 641 - The Hunters, Part 1
September 11, 2026 · 32 minNot many have heard of the Matagi, the hunters who live in northern Honshu. What do we know of their origins and history, and how do they fit into our knowledge of premodern Japan? Show notes here.
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Episode 640 - The Great Escape, Part 2
September 4, 2026 · 33 minThis week: the Cowra breakout seemed, to those who lived through it, like it came out of nowhere. But nothing does, so what factors led to it? How did the breakout itself play out? And what are its legacies, both in terms of…
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Episode 639 - The Great Escape, Part 1
August 28, 2026 · 34 minIn a wide-ranging episode intended just to be the introduction to the largest mass prisoner breakout of WWII, we first have to tackle...the history of Japan-Australia relations all the way up to 1940 and the role Australia played in…
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Episode 638 - The Catastrophe, Part 6
August 21, 2026 · 34 minAt long last, the fight over how to reconstruct Tokyo is done. But what did rebuilding the imperial capital actually look like? Show notes here.
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Episode 637 - The Catastrophe, Part 5
August 14, 2026 · 37 minAfter Tokyo was burned to the ground, the battle over how to rebuild it began almost immediately. The man leading the charge--one of Japan's foremost bureaucrats--would become so frustrated with the experience that it would crush him…
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Episolde 636 - The Catastrophe, Part 4
August 7, 2026 · 37 minWhy did so many greet the destruction of Tokyo not with consternation, but seeming joy? The answer has to do with one of the most complex phenomenon in the history of modern urbanism, and with the history of Edo's transformation into Tokyo…