The chaos in the Japanese Parliament during the Diet Session in 1960, with police dragging out parliament members and the socialist party using political tricks to delay the vote, while ordinary people started protesting as well. The prime minister creates the Anpo Special Measures Committee to push through the treaty before the session ends.
The concept of industrial rationalization, also known as economic state planning advocated by Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita is examined, along with the involvement of reform bureaucrats and their fascist beliefs.
This episode discusses Japan's transition from a feudal state to a modern imperial power and its aggressive expansion in Asia, as well as the prevalence of drug addiction in the Japanese population during this time.
In this podcast, they discuss the case of a Japanese cannibal during World War II and how it was dealt with in court. There were protests and controversy surrounding whether to try him in an American or Japanese court, as there was no precedent for a case like his.
Kishi Nobusuke was a prominent figure in Japanese politics who descended from a family of nationalists. His family had a significant role in Japanese politics for half a century.