Roger Brown
@rbjapan.bsky.social
Marine & Historian. Research modern Japanese political & intellectual history, also interested in military history & US-Japan relations. 専門は日本近現代政治思想史、軍事史と日米関係史にも興味がある。 researchmap.jp/Roger_Brown
Kansai academicians! looking for someone to cover my grad courses in the 2027 academic year (yay sabbatical): Public Diplomacy Intro to Japan Studies Japan in East Asia Shoot me a DM or email if you are interested. Each course is MA-level, sometimes PhD students auditing. Usually 8-15 students.
Good essay on efforts to rationalize the current US administration's self-destructive foreign policy. www.thebulwark.com/p/elbridge-c...
Elbridge Colby and the Art of Defending the Indefensible
Trump’s impulsive foreign policy of grudges, threats, and contempt for allies is a self-defeating mess. His suave sophist struggles to spin it as strategically sound.
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Some thoughts about the regime's attack against the Smithsonian, and what it means -- from yesterday morning's episode of my livestream podcast, "History Matters." For the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKES...
For future viewing, a video of the recent ANU Japan Institute / MJHA co-sponsored "New Books on Japan" discussion with Peter Mauch regarding his recent "Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General" is now available on the MJHA YouTube channel!
New Books on Japan: "Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General "
YouTube video by Modern Japan History Association
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The "Rape" of Japan: The Myth of Mass Sexual Violence During the Allied Occupation | JULY 23 | MacArthur Memorial, VA - Official Website
Author Dr. Brian Walsh will examine the difficult topic of sexual violence during the Allied occupation of Japan from 1945-1951 and efforts by General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters to create a far ...
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When the president makes statements about the war, they are full of wishful thinking, hyperbole, and outright lies. The public needs to demand the truth from Trump and Hegseth. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The American People Need the Truth About the Iran War
The president and the Pentagon are not being upfront about what has happened in more than 20 weeks of hostilities.
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On July 14th! Peter Mauch (U of Western Sydney) on his new book “Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General”, in conversation with Andrew Levidis (Australian National U) and Simon Avenell (Australian National U). Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6712444
This explains the stakes well. When Conscience Conflicts With Commission open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
When Conscience Conflicts With Commission
An Air Force major’s recent protest in uniform provides an occasion to clarify the purpose and value of professional discipline in the military.
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Ok we don't do a lot of documentaries at Historians At The Movies but apparently a lot of the #HATM crew are in this series so lets do the first episode. Join us on Netflix this Sunday June 28 at 8pm eastern for THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT. Be free and share this post. youtu.be/KM9XnXblZjk?...
The American Experiment | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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In "Teaching Gojira: Godzilla in Japanese History, Folklore, Culture, and Film," from the Spring 2026 issue of Education About Asia, Bill Tsutsui considers how the film can help students analyze and understand modern Japan.
Teaching <em>Gojira</em>: Godzilla in Japanese History, Folklore, Culture, and Film
Godzilla, the star of thirty-five live-action films, may be Japan’s most recognizable movie star and is now an icon of global popular culture. Going back to Gojira (1954), the somber, politically changed movie that launched the franchise, the giant irradiated monster famed for terrorizing Japan has been widely associated with the traumas of the atomic age: nuclear fear, Cold War anxieties, and the haunting nightmares of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But how can Gojira be used in the classroom to explore aspects of the Japanese experience beyond the legacies of the atomic bombs? This article...
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Master Pu insisting I take a break from annotating Emperor Hirohito's "monologue."
In one week! Sandra Wilson (Murdoch U) and Robert Cribb (Australian National U) on their new book “Twelve Japanese War Criminals and One Who Got Away”, in conversation with Sarah Kovner (Columbia U) and Kirsten Ziomek (Adelphi U). Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6693624
Jon Parshall’s ‘1942’ is available from 18 June (US I guess). As @normagraham.bsky.social points out, there’s some very competent pointing by Jon in the promotional video, meaning this must be a great book. @alanallport.bsky.social @jeffcrutherford.bsky.social @marcusfaulkner.bsky.social
1942: Crux of War available for Pre-Order
YouTube video by jonparshall
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Classic. Curious, I checked and am happy to report that Tara is still with us at age 18.
MyPet Health by Vetcation@vetcation.com · 3mo agoIn 2015, the Los Angeles SPCA gave their annual National Hero Dog award to a tabby cat named Tara. Yes, you read that right, a cat was given a dog award.
A really useful set of materials for people working on the Occupation period.
NCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会)@nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf you’re interested in modern Japan & oral histories, revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Kana Jenkins & Amy Wasserstrom (U Maryland Libraries) introducing great resources of The Marlene J. Mayo Oral Histories collection of interviews on Allied Occupied Japan! 🎙️🗾 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/new...
A new review of Peter Mauch's biography of Tojo Hideki. www.thecipherbrief.com/from-apex-po...
From Apex Political Predator to Symbolic War Criminal
BOOK REVIEW: Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Most Controversial World War II GeneralPeter Mauch / Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University PressReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleJean-Thomas Nic...
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It’s the 250th year of American independence, and the Pope and the King of England are reminding Americans of their revolutionary values, principles, and ideals Somewhere, John Adams is confused as fuck
Here's an interesting lecture on Japanese interwar strategy from historian Edward Drea. youtu.be/SPiqs62Kj5o?...
Japanese National Strategy and Alliance Politics 1920-1941
YouTube video by Institute for the Study of Strategy and Politics
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I recently had a fun conversation with @mattalt.bsky.social and Satona Suzuki about samurai and popular culture as part of the British Museum events programme for the Samurai exhibition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lHj...
Samurai: the making of a global icon
YouTube video by British Museum Events
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Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on.
Excellent analysis of this incompetent, rogue administration's mess in the Persian Gulf.
Ward Carroll@wardcarroll.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew episode just posted (featuring @justin-br0nk.bsky.social):
I created a deep linked and searchable table of contents index for issues of the prewar "Japan Magazine" found on Internet Archive, with over 200 issues and several thousand articles. Useful for history students working only with English sources: froginawell.net/indexes/japa... #japan
