HISTORY
Karafuto: How Japan Gained – and Lost – a Prefecture
The story of how, for a brief period of time, the island of Karafuto controlled by Russia became an official part of…
war
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HISTORY
FEATURED
Sakhalin Island: Japan’s Final Frontier
How Japan's discovery of a large northern island devastated the island's native population - and how Japan lost control when Russia muscled…
FEATURED
The Fall of Ezo, Japan’s “Samurai Democracy”
How Japan's samurai resistance fell to the pressure of history - and how its leader went from hatred traitor to respected leader.
HISTORY
The Last Samurai: Enomoto Takeaki and the Warrior Democracy of Ezo
The story of the samurai who fought the rise of modern Japan to the end - and who, when all else failed,…
HISTORY
The Student Deployment: When Japan Threw Its Youth Away
When Japan found itself in desperate straits in 1943, it used the one untapped resource it had left: its college youth. A…
POLITICS
Resistance and Acceptance in the Allied Occupation of Japan
How the Allied Occupation plunged Japan into a national Five Stages of Grief - and how it permanently changed Japanese society and…
FEATURED
A Militarized Japan? The Quest to Revise Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution
Will Japan move from maintaining a pure self-defense force to creating an army that can go on the offensive?
WOMEN
Yamamoto Yae: The Warrior Woman Who Never Stopped Serving
From defending castles to outraging society, Yamamoto Yae never met a battle she didn't pick. Alyssa Fusek on one of Japan's most…