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On Suki Desu, Japanese history brings together periods, wars, reforms and the thread from one era to the next.
Giant Baba was not only a towering star in the ring. He built All Japan Pro Wrestling into a lasting home for some of puroresu’s...
Wrestler, promoter, and politician, Inoki made puroresu feel like a test of pride, endurance, and nerve.
What history can confirm, where legend begins, and why his book is still read.
The Tokkyū trains and their place in Japanese railway history.
A country shaped by tradition, discipline and constant reinvention.
An era where Japan's cultural foundations started to take shape.
Lost treasure legends from Japan, from wartime gold to famous relics.
From Japan's first shogunate to the Mongol invasions
Founding years, parent groups and the models that explain each name, from kei cars to heavy trucks.
From Kamakura warrior ethics to Nitobe and modern Japan
Court, culture and the rise of the warriors
From crown prince to emperor emeritus
Myth, chronicles and the beginnings of the imperial line
From Confucius to the Edo period and the present
An African at Nobunaga's court: what the sources say and what is legend.
How the Korean peninsula helped shape Japanese culture over time.
Two hundred years of peace, isolation and then the Black Ships: how the Edo period ended.
Wartime youth, katana and a life as a guide: why the man from Osaka is called the last samurai.
How a loom workshop became the world's largest carmaker.
Two readings, one kanji: how 日本 became Nihon, Nippon and Japan.
The clean-shaven ideal comes from centuries of etiquette, samurai status and corporate grooming codes, and those rules are...
From the light blue shirts of 1930 to a fan vote in 2005, the color has a history that predates the nickname.
Two games share one name: a backgammon-like board game that faded away and a picture game that became part of Japanese childhood.
From post-war reconstruction and Korean War orders to MITI industrial guidance and high-tech manufacturing adaptation after the...
