Pokémon cards emerged from Japan’s love affair with collectables – but creator Satoshi Tajiri had a vision for global conquest.
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A mother with secrets shares the legacy of the atomic bombings that she carried across oceans.
Commemoration is also about confronting the complex legacy of Japan’s role in the second world war.
On the 80th anniversary of its surrender, Japan battles waning support for pacifism.
Since its surrender to Allied forces in 1945, Japan has undergone monumental change. Here are the key shifts of the past 80 years.
My research on Japan’s historically significant Gotō Islands – some of which include UNESCO Heritage-listed sites – provides a rare look at the consequences of the ongoing population crisis.
Japan was once a matriarchal society where women ruled. Now they are barred from sitting on the Chrysanthemum throne.
Compared to its 1980 predecessor, the new FX series presents a more authentic portrayal of early modern Japan.
In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism or sidestepping harm in the first place by avoiding inauspicious days.
An homage to Honda Ishiro’s original 1954 film, the new hit Japanese film Godzilla Minus One centres on the human costs of war.
The exhibition showcases how nature coexists with Japan’s major cities.
The series addresses the role of samurai, what life was like for women and people of mixed heritage, and violence in Edo-period Japan, with varying degrees of accuracy.
Japan has a rich queer history and is seeing societal changes in favor of greater LGBTQ recognition. That said, national politicians have yet to catch up.
An uncompromising writer who wrote about the dark and light of postwar Japan
Abe was Japan’s longest-serving post-war PM. His legacy, while considerable, is mixed.
A mermaid with face of a monkey and body of fish has reignited interest in the Japanese ningyo
Putin is following a strategy used by other imperial countries, particularly 19th-century China and Japan.
Despite its cutting-edge image, Japan has a soft spot for the decidedly 20th-century machines.
There have been eight women who ruled as empress, but Japanese culture has always prioritised maleness.
A new exhibition surveys the haunting Japanese traditions and beliefs that connect the supernatural with the everyday.
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Lecturer, Language and Culture, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer, Japanese Studies, University of New England
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Professor of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Cassamarca Foundation Chair in Latin Humanism and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions: Europe 1100-1800, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Anthropology and Art History, University of Michigan
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Professor of East Asian History, University of York
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Professor, Director of the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Modern European History, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in Japanese Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University
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Professor in Translation Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Lecturer in East Asian Religions, Washington University in St. Louis
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Lecturer in Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in History of Japanese art and architecture, Trinity College Dublin