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Sakamoto Ryoma: The Samurai Who Forged a New Japan
Learn about how a low-ranking samurai, Sakamoto Ryoma, helped bring down the Shogunate - and why he lost his life for it.
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Learn about how a low-ranking samurai, Sakamoto Ryoma, helped bring down the Shogunate - and why he lost his life for it.
HISTORY
In 1891 Japan, history was nearly changed when a Japanese policeman took aim at Russian Crown Prince Nicholas II - the future…
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In the Edo era, when setting foot on foreign soil was punishable by death, 16 castaways risked it all in an epic…
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How Saigo Takamori led 30,000 samurai in the Satsuma Rebellion - a final, doomed mission against the modern government he helped create.
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Saigo Takamori would ultimately tear down the samurai system he so dearly loved. But first, he had to survive an ordeal that…
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How the Japan Post's unique development and services improved the economy of a nation - its successes, its controversies, and the origin…
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How Japan's discovery of a large northern island devastated the island's native population - and how Japan lost control when Russia muscled…
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How Japan's samurai resistance fell to the pressure of history - and how its leader went from hatred traitor to respected leader.