National / History | THE LIVING PAST Sep 14, 2019
The swift rise and fall of Japanese anarchism
by Michael Hoffman
Sakae Osugi — born 1885, murdered 1923 — fanned the flames of the peasant Rice Riots in Japan's short-lived age of anarchy.
Books / Reviews | RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN Jul 20, 2019
'Shadows of Tokyo': Assassinations, nationalism and intrigue in Taisho Era noir
by Mark Schreiber
Matthew Legare's "Shadows of Tokyo" portrays the somber zeitgeist of Japan's capital in 1931, where rightist assassins armed with swords, handguns and bombs stalk key political and business figures.
National May 1, 2019
From Meiji to Taisho, Showa and Heisei, how The Japan Times covered previous era changes
by Ryusei Takahashi
"Joyfully and with a mingled sense of awe and reverence did the whole Japanese nation observe the great event of the Ceremony of the Imperial Enthronement of His Majesty the Emperor," Japan Times and Mail President Yonejiro Ito wrote in a special edition book ...
National / History Apr 4, 2019
From Meiji to Reiwa: Japan's centenarians offer a window to bygone eras
by Miho Kaneko
Few Japanese born in the Meiji Era will live long enough to see the dawn of the Reiwa Era, which will begin on May 1, but those who do can offer a glimpse at past generations while providing context for the next. Era names (gengo) ...