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Information We Can Trust? The Lessons of Japan’s War-Era IHQ for Today’s MediaINSIGHT | Sep 8, 2021

Sen no Rikyū: Appreciation of Nature Fused with Aesthetic SenseCULTURE | Sep 3, 2021

Prefectures, Power, and Centralization: Japan’s Abolition of the Feudal DomainsINSIGHT | Aug 27, 2021

Former Capital: A History of Kyoto Since 1869CULTURE | Jul 20, 2021

Imperial City: Kyoto’s Millennium as Japan’s CapitalINSIGHT | Jul 6, 2021

Musashi Memories: Old Province Names in the Greater Tokyo AreaCULTURE | Jun 9, 2021

Samurai Vengeance: The Undying Popularity of the 47 “Rōnin”CULTURE | May 27, 2021

The Birth of the Chinese Communist Party and Other MysteriesINSIGHT | May 7, 2021

“Waneko” Studies: A Journey into Japan’s Cat LoreCULTURE | Apr 23, 2021

Cryptic Pilgrimage: Japanese Traveler Kajipon Seeing the World One Grave at a TimeCULTURE | Feb 17, 2021

Geisha: Protectors of Japan’s Traditional Music and DanceINSIGHT | Feb 15, 2021

Zōjōji: Buddhist Temple to Shōguns at the Foot of Tokyo TowerCULTURE | Dec 18, 2020

“No Special Attacks” Author Sakai Katsuhiko on Naval Officer Minobe TadashiCULTURE | Aug 7, 2020

Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Founding of the Edo ShogunateCULTURE | Jul 7, 2020

Hotel Chinzansō Tokyo: Exploring Chinzansō‘s Famed GardenCULTURE | Jul 3, 2020

Isabella Bird and Her Travels in Nineteenth-Century JapanCULTURE | May 5, 2020

Cholera Outbreaks and Public Health in Modernizing JapanJAPAN LIFE | Apr 29, 2020

Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Japan: Taking Control of the StateCULTURE | Apr 21, 2020