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From Monkey Face to Taikō: The Peasant Who Rose to Rule Japan When we think of Japan’s great unifiers, we often picture Oda Nobunaga, the bloodthirsty and ruthless visionary who began the work. Next to mind is probably Tokugawa Ieyasu, the…

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The two atomic bombs that ended World War II The first atomic bomb at Hiroshima Hiroshima following the dropping of the atomic bomb on 6 August 1945. At 8.15 on the morning of 6th August 1945, the Ja

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Everything Starts Somewhere On May 18th, 1951, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess caught the Southampton to St Malo overnight ferry and disappeared. Their flight in the face of the imminent arrest of Maclean…

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu: Shogun, Sovereign, and the Dream of Dynasty On May 31, 1408, exactly 617 years ago to this day, one of the most ambitious and enigmatic men in Japanese history died suddenly, just as he seemed poised to crown his life’s…

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6 months ago

Perry's Black Ships and The Opening of Japan ![][perry intro] [Note: I originally wrote this on April 10th for this important anniversary. I scheduled it, but Peakd didn't publish it. A fairly common hiccup unfortunately.…

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Miyamoto Musashi: Death of a Sword Saint June 13th marks the death of Miyamoto Musashi, arguably Japan’s most legendary swordsman. He died in 1645, nearly four centuries ago, yet his life and philosophy continue to…

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The Man Who Claimed Hirohito Wasn’t the Real Emperor A few days ago I posted about Emperor Sukō and the chaos of the Northern and Southern Courts. At the end of the post I mentioned a little trivia that after WWII, a guy came…

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Emperor Sukō and the Northern Court Legacy On May 25, 1334, a boy was born into chaos. He would be raised as emperor, rule in exile, and later be remembered not as a sovereign but a pretender . That boy would become…

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Why a Dollar is Called a “Buck” Here’s one that comes up fairly often in some of the Intro to American Culture classes I give businessmen. I was surprised at just how often people would ask me this, so I…

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