Through the lens of Japanese migration to Brazil, this book uses the concept “collaborative settler colonialism” to capture the complex connections between migration and settler colonialism in the modern world.

In this book, David Fedman examines Japanese imperialism through the lens of forest conservation in colonial Korea (1905-1945). Chapter 1 outlines what he calls the "imperialization" of forestry in Mejii Japan, i.e., the transformation of forest management into the building blocks of capitalism, sites of emperor worship, and symbols of national prestige.

Levy explores the ways that unintended and unexpected derailments can produce humor and hope in Meiji era literature.

In 1968 Tatsumi Hijikata, the instigator of the Japanese avant-garde movement form known as butoh, engaged in a collaboration with photographer Eikoh Hosoe. This project, titled Kamaitachi, consisted of a striking set of images created as what Hosoe called a “subjective documentary” of their youth...

How could a man born on a Greek island in 1869 be a household name in Japan today?

A year ago I was flying around India. It's fair to say it turned my head inside out the most it'd been since a trip to Japan about ten years earlier. It's hard to explain the culture shock such trips summon, which is why I found this video of Derek Sivers' 3-minute talk from TED India so welcome.