WOMEN
Kanno Sugako and Her Daring Revolution
How a writer and socialist revolutionary ended up undertaking a daring plot to take out the Meiji Emperor - and the price…
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WOMEN
How a writer and socialist revolutionary ended up undertaking a daring plot to take out the Meiji Emperor - and the price…
HISTORY
Watch our latest video - a reading by author Noah Oskow of his original essay on the history of Hokkaido and how…
HISTORY
In 1891 Japan, history was nearly changed when a Japanese policeman took aim at Russian Crown Prince Nicholas II - the future…
FEATURED
The Taisho Era may have been short, but it was anything but uneventful. Learn more about this short but tumultuous era in…
HISTORY
The video version of our essay on the explosion of Mt. Bandai in Fukushima during the Meiji Era - and how Japan…
WOMEN
Learn about the early history of the feminist movement in Japan, and how women went from being "daughters in boxes" to earning…
FEATURED
How Saigo Takamori led 30,000 samurai in the Satsuma Rebellion - a final, doomed mission against the modern government he helped create.
CULTURE
For some, it's a holiday full of nationalistic significance. But most people don't even known when it is. A short history of…