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New Books in Japanese Studies

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Dropping the atomic bombs on Japan during World War II was, arguably, the most controversial decision of the 20th century. The responsibility for that “decision” has logically fallen on US President Harry S. Truman. But in The Most Awful Responsibili... more

The various words for “divorce” in Japanese—rien, enkiri, fūfu wakare, rikon—reflect how the socially constructed institutions of marriage and family, along with their dissolutions, have been understood in Japanese history and jurisprudence. Employin... more

Ines Prodöhl’s Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900-1950 (Routledge, 2023) is a history of how, why, and where the soybean became a critical ingredient in industry and agriculture in the first half of the twentieth century.... more

Florentine Koppenborg’s Japan’s Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance (Cornell UP, 2023) begins with the understated observation that the triple disaster of March 2011 “exposed severe deficiencies in Japan’s nuclear safety governance... more

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Recent Guests

Alex Wellerstein
Associate professor in the Science and Technology Studies Program at the Stevens Institute of Technology and visiting researcher at Sciences Po in Paris.
Stevens Institute of Technology
Episode: Alex Wellerstein, "The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age" (Harper, 2025)
Anne Sokolsky
Professor of Japanese literature at Denison College, focusing on woman writers in Japan.
Denison College
Episode: Anne Sokolsky ed., "Bold Breaks: Japanese Women and Literary Narratives of Divorce" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
Ines Prodöhl
Author of Globalizing the Soybean, Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, circa 1900 to 1950
Routledge
Episode: Ines Prodöhl, "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950" (Routledge, 2023)
Florentine Koppenborg
Author of "Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance"
Cornell University Press
Episode: Florentine Koppenborg, "Japan's Nuclear Disaster and the Politics of Safety Governance" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Bo Tao
Lecturer in the College for Liberal Arts and Sciences at Chiba University, specializing in global history, U.S.-Japan relations, religion and politics, and modern Japanese history.
Chiba University
Episode: Bo Tao, "Cooperative Evangelist: Kagawa Toyohiko and His World, 1888-1960" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
Matthew McMullen
Senior Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Nanzan University
Episode: Jolyon Baraka Thomas and Matthew D. McMullen, "The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)
Jolyon Thomas
Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Episode: Jolyon Baraka Thomas and Matthew D. McMullen, "The New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions" (U Hawaii Press, 2024)
Simon Avenell
Historian and author specializing in postwar Japan
University of Hawaii Press
Episode: Simon Avenell, "A History of Postwar Japan: Recovery, Prosperity, and Transformation" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
Gian Piero Persiani
Professor of Japanese Literature
University of Illinois
Episode: Gian Piero Persiani, "Poets, Patrons, and the Public: Poetry as Cultural Phenomenon in Courtly Japan" (Brill, 2025)

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Anne Sokolsky ed., "Bold Breaks: Japanese Women and Literary Narratives of Divorce" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
Q: Could you tell us a little bit about yourself first, your journey as a scholar and your current work?
Dr. Sokolsky shares her academic journey, starting from a psychology major to becoming a professor teaching courses in International Studies and Women & Gender Studies, detailing her impactful experiences in Morocco and Japan.
Alex Wellerstein, "The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age" (Harper, 2025)
Q: Would you start by telling us a little bit about yourself? How did you become interested in nuclear weapons and what led you to write this book?
I identify as a historian of science, and I came to nuclear weapons by way of the history of science. My focus was initially on nuclear secrecy and the contradictions between secrecy, science, and democracy.
Ines Prodöhl, "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: What is the relationship between soybeans and the global economy?
At World War I's end, soybeans vanished quickly from European and American tables, but not from their markets.
Ines Prodöhl, "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950" (Routledge, 2023)
Q: How did you become interested in soybeans?
I realized that Manchuria back in the 1920s was the main producer of soybeans worldwide, and this led me to explore the history and global significance of soybeans.
Bo Tao, "Cooperative Evangelist: Kagawa Toyohiko and His World, 1888-1960" (U Hawaii Press, 2025)
Q: Why has Kagawa been largely forgotten?
Kagawa's multifaceted contributions and the controversies surrounding his wartime actions led to his eclipse in public memory.

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