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The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1895–1945
How did Japan take the road to fascism?
Completed · 55 episodes
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Audio in Chinese
Leung Man-tao: If You Want to Understand Modern Japanese History, This Is the One Choice Liu Ning: More Terrifying, More Exciting, More Apocalyptic How Did the Japanese Empire Expand Abroad and Destroy Itself? 1. The Dual Character of the Emperor System 2. A Many-Headed Monster I: Cabinet and Genrō 3. A Many-Headed Monster II: Parliament and Military 4. East Asian Politics before the First Sino-Japanese War 5. How Did Qing China Lose the First Sino-Japanese War? 6. The Triple Intervention and Patient Revenge 7. A “Parvenu” Manages Its Postwar Gains 8. Russo-Japanese Negotiations over Korea 9. The Manchuria–Korea Exchange and Anglo-Japanese Alliance 10. The Russo-Japanese War Begins Live Replay | Maruyama Masao, the Man Who Sought to Transform Japan's National Character 11. World War Zero 12. The Formation of the Katsura–Saionji System 13. The Birth of a First-Rank Power: Japan's Annexation of Korea 14. Meiji Ends and Taishō Begins 15. “Senbonzakura” and the Taishō Era 16. The “Divine Favor” of the 1911 Revolution and World War I 17. The Twenty-One Demands and a Turning Point in Sino-Japanese Relations 18. The Siberian Intervention 19. The World Order after World War I 20. Hara Takashi's Dream 21. Japan under the Washington System 22. Disarmament and the Great Kantō Earthquake 23. The Formation of a Two-Party System 24. The Shōwa Era Begins 25. Shidehara Diplomacy and Tanaka Diplomacy 26. The Formation of the Shōwa Army 27. Economic Crisis and Social Turmoil 28. The Violation of Supreme Command 29. Kita Ikki's Plan to Reconstruct the Nation 30. Ishiwara Kanji's “Final War Theory” 31. The Kwantung Army Runs Amok: The Mukden Incident 32. The End of Party Politics 33. A Solitary Island Nation 34. Hirota Diplomacy 35. The Emperor-Organ Theory Incident 36. The Empire's Politics of Assassination 37. The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Way Faction 38. The February 26 Incident 39. Hirota Kōki and Konoe Fumimaro 40. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident 41. Full-Scale War against China 42. Strike North or Strike South? 43. The Tripartite Pact 44. The Eve of War between Japan and America 45. The Attack on Pearl Harbor 46. The Turning Point 47. The Outcome Is Decided 48. The Jewel Voice Broadcast and Japan's Surrender 49. Responsibility for the War 50. Maruyama Masao's Wager | The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire Finale Bonus | From the Warring States to Edo—A Great Turning Point in Japanese History