Oh thank heaven
So apparently 7-11s are becoming a tourist stop in Japan. This actually makes perfect sense to me. I have not done any time in Japan, but I have spent a lot of ...
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Chinese Anti-Japanese films
There is a new book out, though sadly only in Japanese so far, about Chinese Anti-Japanese films. There are countless Sino-Japanese war movies and TV shows, and...
A brief note on Google Culture
Google Culture is apparently producing some original content: “A brief history of Kimono” https://shinpaideshou.wordpress.com/2018/01/19/fun-link-fr...
From Hirohito to Chiang Kai-shek
Earlier this month, I met a descendent of the Taiwanese aboriginal group, Sysiyat tribe (賽夏族), and his wife. The Sysiyat is a relatively small tribe living in W...
Japanese History Workshop, Part II
I recently returned from a week in Sydney, Australia, and am happy to report that it has incredible Southeast Asian food and fresh seafood, amazing parks, and t...
民団と総連の和合について
民団と総連が歴史的な和解をしたというのをご存知の方も多いと思われます。 しかし、物事を冷静に見ることのできない人たちたちによって、この和解の意味が悪い方向に転化されようとしています。 櫻井よしこという極右ジャーナリストから、日本の全国紙まで、ほとんどのメディアがこの和解の持つ意味を曲解しているわけです。 この和解のもつ...
はじめまして
皆さん、はじめまして。斉川貴嗣（Saikawa Takashi）と申します。 ずいぶん前にローソンさんからこのブログへお誘いいただいていたのですが、ここ１、2ヶ月忙しくしておりましたので書き込みが遅れました。これからは積極的に参加していきたいと思いますので、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。 まずは簡単な自己紹介。現在、...
Symposium Commemorating the Completion of the Occupation Period Magazine Article Database
The Prange Archive online magazine article database for the occupation period was an absolutely essential tool for me in my most recent research project. If you...
Poem of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Last time I was in Japan I went through a lot of bookshelves looking for relevant litterature for my research. At the library of Gifu university they have a lot...