JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Writing: The Birth of Kana in the Heian Period
How did the hiragana and katakana writing systems come to exist in Japanese? What purpose did they serve? A history of writing…
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JAPANESE LANGUAGE
FEATURED
Taisho Era: Five Facts About Japan’s Shortest Modern Period
The Taisho Era may have been short, but it was anything but uneventful. Learn more about this short but tumultuous era in…
HISTORY
The Historical Periods of Japan
How well do you know your Japanese history? Join us for a sweeping overview of the historical periods of Japan - from…
HISTORY
Video: The Explosion of Mt. Bandai
The video version of our essay on the explosion of Mt. Bandai in Fukushima during the Meiji Era - and how Japan…
CULTURE
Japan and Controlled Substances: A Short History
Learn about Japan's history with controlled substances - from the use of marijuana in the Jomon era to the Japanese chemist who…
HISTORY
Stranded: Edo Era Castaways in the Russian Empire
In the Edo era, when setting foot on foreign soil was punishable by death, 16 castaways risked it all in an epic…
WOMEN
The Feminist Movement in Japan: Meiji to World War II
Learn about the early history of the feminist movement in Japan, and how women went from being "daughters in boxes" to earning…
FEATURED
The Spanish Flu in Japan and Its Parallels to COVID-19
How the 1918 Flu Pandemic (a.k.a. the Spanish Flu) affected Japan, how the country reacted, and what we can learn from history.