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History of Japan

History of Japan

著者： Isaac Meyer
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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. 世界
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  • Episode 633 - The Catastrophe, Part 1

    Episode 633 - The Catastrophe, Part 1
    2026/07/10

    The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 was one of the most devastating catastrophes in modern Japanese history, but in English scholarship it's often overshadowed by the destruction of the Second World War. This week we'll kick off a multipart series on the quake and its legacy with a simple question: what do we know about the immediate aftermath?

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    38 分
  • Episode 632 - The Pretender, Part 2

    Episode 632 - The Pretender, Part 2
    2026/07/03

    This week: the question of whether Hirohito would remain emperor of Japan or be replaced with "Emperor Kumazawa" was, in fact, decided before the Southern Court claimant had ever gone public. So why was the idea of removing Hirohito never taken seriously, and what did Kumazawa do once it became clear he was never going to sit on the Crysanthemum Throne? And how, strangely, does this all tie back to a Geocities era webpage about alternative medicine?
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    37 分
  • Episode 631 - The Pretender, Part 1

    Episode 631 - The Pretender, Part 1
    2026/06/26

    In January, 1946, a man came to the headquarters of the American occupation government of Japan and claimed to be Japan's true emperor. Who was he, why did he do this, and how does his story connect to an obscure figure from a civil war that happened more than 500 years earlier?

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    34 分
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