On This Day in Japan: Sony Celebrates 75 Years On this day 75 years ago Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo…
The Secret History Behind Japan’s Cannabis Control Act Here are two statements. Guess which one is true. In late 2020, a major Japanese…
The “Brave: Gunjyo Senki” Film and the Portrayal of Oda Nobunaga in Fiction There is a poem about the Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534 – 1582) where he…
Remembering the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami: 10 Years Later Ten years ago the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the northeast…
The African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, Japan’s Legendary Black Warrior Described by Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman as “one of history’s best-kept secrets,” Yasuke is…