New Books in Japanese Studies

Marshall Poe

Alice In Wonderland

World War II

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Japanese Empire

Myth Interpretation

Translation and Adaptation

Japanese Media

Cuteness Studies

Peace Preservation Law

Japanese Americans

Japanese Grammar

Ideological Conversion

Japan-Russia Relations

Transnational Cinema

San Francisco

Japanese Literature

Collective Memory

Burma

Japan

Philippines

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Publishes	Twice weekly	Episodes	465	Founded	5 years ago
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Andrew Bernstein, "Fuji: A Mountain In The Making" (Princeton UP, 2025)

The Great Wave is perhaps the most famous piece of Japanese artwork: a roaring blue wave and three boats on the ocean. And far in the background is Mt. Fuji. And that’s actually what Hokusai’s famous woodprint is about: Mt. Fuji, volcano and Japan’s ... more

Yesterday • 44 min

Michal A. Piegzik, "Gamble in the Coral Sea: Japan's Offensive, the Carrier Battle, and the Road to Midway" (Naval Institute Press, 2025)

Driven by extensive Japanese primary sources, Gamble in the Coral Sea: Japan's Offensive, the Carrier Battle, and the Road to Midway (Naval Institute Press, 2025) offers an operational analysis of the first clash of aircraft carriers at the pivotal ... more

7 Dec 2025 • 53 min

Shilla Lee , "Crafting Rural Japan: Traditional Potters and Rural Creativity in Regional Revitalization" (Routledge, 2024)

Centering collaborations and frictions around a Japanese town’s pottery industry, Crafting Rural Japan: Traditional Potters and Rural Creativity in Regional Revitalization (Routledge, 2024)n discusses the place of creative village policy in the revit... more

7 Dec 2025 • 1 hr 4 min

Pierre-Yves Donzé & Maki Umemura, "Pierre-Yves Donzé & Maki Umemura, Japan and the Great Divergence in Business History" (JESB, 2025)

For much of the late 20th century, Japanese business historians were core contributors to the global field. They published, collaborated, and shaped debates. But something shifted after 2000. Their international visibility - and participation in emer... more

13 Nov 2025 • 32 min

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Recent Guests

Dr. Fang Yu Hu

Assistant Professor of History at Cal Poly Pomona

Cal Poly Pomona

Episode: Fang Yu Hu, "Good Wife, Wise Mother: Educating Han Taiwanese Girls Under Japanese Rule" (U Washington Press, 2024)

Stephen Mercado

Author of Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons

Author

Episode: Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025)

Joe Watkins

Senior Consultant for Archaeological and Cultural Education Consultants and an affiliated faculty member in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona.

University of Arizona

Episode: Joe Watkins, "Indigenizing Japan: Ainu Past, Present, and Future" (U Arizona Press, 2025)

Dr. Stevie Suan

Associate Professor of Media Performance and Asian Studies

Hosea University, Japan

Episode: Stevie Suan, "Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form Beyond Japan" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)

M. G. Sheftall

Professor and author

Shizuoka University

Episode: M. G. Sheftall, "Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses" (Penguin Random House, 2025)

Aaron L. Miller

Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University East Bay and author of"Basketball in Japan: Shooting for the Stars"

California State University East Bay

Episode: Aaron L. Miller, "Basketball in Japan: Shooting for the Stars" (Routledge, 2024)

Maren Ehlers

Author and scholar specializing in Japanese history, focusing on poverty management during the Tokugawa period.

Harvard University Asia Center

Episode: Maren A. Ehlers, "Give and Take: Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan" (Harvard U Asia Center, 2018)

Vicky Young

Author and scholar focusing on Japanese literature and translation

Routledge

Episode: Victoria Young, "Translation and the Borders of Contemporary Japanese Literature: Inciting Difference" (Routledge, 2024)

Dr. Paul Thomas Chamberlin

Professor of history at Columbia University

Columbia University

Episode: Paul Thomas Chamberlin, "Scorched Earth: A Global History of World War II" (Basic Books, 2025)

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Apple Podcasts	#114	Japan/Arts/Books
Apple Podcasts	#137	Hong Kong/Arts/Books
Apple Podcasts	#228	Hong Kong/Arts
Apple Podcasts	#245	Japan/Arts

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Fang Yu Hu, "Good Wife, Wise Mother: Educating Han Taiwanese Girls Under Japanese Rule" (U Washington Press, 2024)

Q: Can you start our conversation with maybe some of the introduction about Taiwan, especially as a Japanese colony?

Taiwan had a complex history with indigenous communities and European colonialism until it became a Japanese colony in the late 19th century, significantly affecting its educational system and societal structure.

Christopher Nelson, "When the Bones Speak: The Living, the Dead, and the Sacrifice of Contemporary Okinawa" (Duke UP, 2025)

Q: How do bones speak?

What Nelson describes is that bones are seen as subjects in their own right, capable of communicating and calling out to be recovered, expressing desires to be incorporated into community narratives.

Christopher Nelson, "When the Bones Speak: The Living, the Dead, and the Sacrifice of Contemporary Okinawa" (Duke UP, 2025)

Q: What brought you to write this book and why now?

The book is a culmination of Nelson's experiences and background, including his life as a Marine infantryman and his work in Okinawa as an anthropologist, which led him to explore complex themes of memory and sacrifice.

Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025)

Q: What happens after the war for the Noborito Research Institute?

Immediately after the war, the Allied forces moved to dismantle the Japanese military structure, leading to the abolition of Noborito, but many of its personnel were questioned and some were even recruited by the US government.

Stephen C. Mercado, "Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons: How Noborito's Scientists and Technicians Served in the Second World War and the Cold War" (Pen & Sword Military, 2025)

Q: What motivated you to write about the Noborito Research Institute?

The motivation was straightforward; I had previously written about the Nakano School and found Noborito so interesting that I wanted to explore it in depth.

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