In this episode, Dr. Yamamoto reviews Japan's diplomatic interactions with Russia in the northern territories of the Kuril Islands and Karafuto in the years around the Meiji Restoration. We discuss Russian exploration in the area dating back to the 18th century, Meiji leaders' perceptions of a Russian threat in the north following the Restoration, and more recent disputes between Russia and Japan over the Kurils before talking about Dr. Yamamoto's recent research on the history of Japanese passports. (Transcript here).
Episode 120 - Dr. Tristan Grunow (Yale)
Episode 119 - Dr. Xiaowei Zheng (UCSB), Dr. Robert Tierney (Illinois)
Episode 118 - Dr. Ryosuke Maeda (Hokkaidō)
Episode 117 - Dr. Paul Kreitman (Columbia)
Episode 116 - Dr. Rachael Hutchinson (Delaware)
Episode 115 - Dr. Ayelet Zohar (Tel Aviv)
Episode 114 - Dr. Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci (Stanford)
Episode 113 - PREVIEW: The Hokkaidō 150 Podcast - Dr. ann-elise lewallen (UCSB)
Episode 112 - Dr. Hitomi Yoshio (Waseda)
Episode 111 - Dr. Oleg Benesch (York)
Episode 110 - Dr. Tatiana Linkhoeva (NYU)
Episode 109 - Dr. Paul Barclay (Lafayette)
Episode 108 - Dr. Susanna Fessler (Albany)
Episode 107 - Dr. Ian Miller (Harvard)
Episode 106 - Dr. Patricia Sippel (Tōyō Eiwa)
Episode 105 - Dr. Miriam Wattles (UCSB)
Episode 104 - Dr. M. William Steele (ICU)
Episode 103 - Dr. Catherine Phipps (Memphis)
Episode 102 - Dr. Dan Orbach (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Episode 101 - Dr. Kirsten Ziomek (Adelphi)
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