Against Japanism
This podcast seeks to challenge the commonly held assumptions about Japan as harmonious, homogeneous, and traditional by recasting its history as a history of conflict and change, as the history of class struggles, from anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, and intersectional perspectives.
Podcasting since 2021 • 29 episodes
Against Japanism
Latest Episodes
Remembering Kazuo Ishikawa and the Sayama Incident w/ Miho Kim
Miho Kim joins the show to discuss the life of Kazuo Ishikawa, the Japanese criminal (in)justice system, and the Buraku Liberation Movement. Kazuo was a man of the outcaste Buraku origin who was falsely accused of murdering a female...
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1:25:44
Happyend w/ Neo Sora
This episode contains spoilers of Happyend.Neo Sora joins the show to discuss filmmaking and radical politics.Neo is a Japanese-American filmmaker a...
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1:44:59
Attack on Titan: An Imperialist Propaganda w/ Kazuma Hashimoto
This episode contains spoilers of the Attack on Titan series.Kazuma Hashimoto returns to the show to discuss Attack on Titan, a popular manga and anime series created by Hajime I...
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1:22:23
Vietnamese Migrant Workers and the Legacy of "Technical Internship" Program w/ Le Phuong Anh
Maya and Kota sit down with Le Phuong Anh to talk about the struggle of Vietnamese migrant workers and international students in Japan. Anh is a PhD student at the graduate school of Asia Pacific Studies at Waseda University, whose rese...
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