
Peter Barakan is a broadcaster and a 45-year resident of Japan. In this series, he discovers how Japan is changing.
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Air Date: 2019-08-04
Peter Barakan is a broadcaster and a 45-year resident of Japan. In this series, he discovers how Japan is changing, s...
Air Date: 2020-03-08
Almost immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, people in the Tohoku region started talking about e...
Air Date: 2020-11-22
In 2020, Tokyo expected to welcome people from all over the world for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Instead, the ...
Air Date: 2021-12-04
The Ainu are the indigenous people of northern Japan. They were once subjected to cultural assimilation policies, and...
Air Date: 2022-02-25
Japan's Jomon period was a time of peace that persisted for over 10,000 years. As the world moves towards implementin...
Air Date: 2022-05-28
Okinawa Prefecture is a group of subtropical islands in the south of Japan. It previously thrived as a separate count...
Air Date: 2022-11-26
When pirates operated in Japan's Seto Inland Sea around 500 years ago, the largest group, the Murakami Kaizoku, certa...
Air Date: 2023-07-23
Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 ...
Air Date: 2024-01-06
In the 19th century, writer Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) helped introduce Japan to the wider world. Peter Barakan ...
Air Date: 2024-09-01
Pioneering ecologist Minakata Kumagusu explored the forests of Kumano. Join Peter Barakan as he follows Minakata's pa...
Air Date: 2025-02-02
Admired by John F. Kennedy, Uesugi Yozan transformed the fortunes of the struggling Yonezawa Domain. Peter Barakan vi...
Air Date: 2025-09-20
In 1843, after surviving a shipwreck, 16-year-old John Manjiro found himself in the US. He later played a key role in...
Air Date: 2025-12-27
Yoshida Shoin was an educator whose students played key roles in Japan's modernization. He died at 29, but his ideals...