Podcasts about Hiroshima

Auf den Spuren von Albert Einstein in Bern – Albert Einstein war ein wissenschaftliches Ausnahmetalent. Seine Veröffentlichungen im Jahr 1905 veränderten die Physik für immer. Entstanden ist seine berühmte Formel E = mc² in der Schweizer Hauptstadt Bern.

O dia 6 de agosto de 1945 é possivelmente o mais importante do século XX. Naquela madrugada, no céu da cidade de Hiroshima, a bomba “Little Boy” inaugurou a era atômica da humanidade. Poucos dias depois, a segunda bomba foi detonada em Nagasaki, empurrando o Japão para a capitulação e encerrando a guerra mais sangrenta da história.Não existe dúvida alguma que esses acontecimentos mudaram completamente a realidade do mundo, ao mesmo tempo colocando o fim da humanidade ao alcance de um botão, mas criando as décadas mais pacíficas que a história já conheceu, mesmo que sob o fantasma da destruição total.O que ainda suscita muita dúvida e um grande debate é se o uso das bombas naquele momento era necessário ou não. Essa é uma das maiores polêmicas da história da geopolítica e também o tema do vídeo de hoje.Afinal, o uso das bombas foi uma fútil e cruel demonstração de força dos americanos, ou foi o amargo, mas necessário, custo a se pagar pela paz?Primeiro, vamos expor os argumentos dos dois lados e depois vou dar a minha opinião sobre o assunto!

Dans ce nouvel épisode, Vincent Gabriel et Simon Desplanque reçoivent Julian Alvarez, Professeur des Universités et président de Ludoscience, association dédiée à l'étude du jeu et du serious game. Ensemble, ils explorent les multiples liens entre géopolitique et jeux vidéo.Dans cette troisième partie, ils approfondissent la portée et les limites du jeux vidéo comme outil de soft power. Bonne écoute !Invité : Julian Alvarez. Son article est disponible ici.Le lien pour participer à l'enquête est ici.Avec Vincent Gabriel & Simon DesplanqueSuivez le podcast ! Il est désormais sur X/Twitter : @20MPC_podcast & LinkedIn !   Générique : Léopold Corbion (15 Years of Reflection)Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Trump’s statements about resuming American nuclear testing left administration officials scrambling. On this episode of After America, Dr Ruth Mitchell, neurosurgeon and Nobel Prize winner with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Trump’s nuclear testing claims, American healthcare under RFK Jr.’s leadership, and the misogyny at the heart of key US institutions. This discussion was recorded on Wednesday 19 November 2025. 1800RESPECT is the national domestic, family and sexual violence counselling, information and support service. Call 1800 737 732, text 0458 737 732, chat online or video call via their website. A time for Bravery: what happens when Australia chooses courage is available for pre-order now via Australia Institute Press. Use the code ‘SAVE5’ to get $5 off. Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia’s future by Professor George Williams is also available now. Guest: Ruth Mitchell, Chair, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War // @drruthmitchell Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @emmashortis Show notes: Medicine price comparison between Australia and the United States by Matt Grudnoff, the Australia Institute (April 2025) While the rest of the world rushes to hire US scientists that Trump has cut, Australia follows in his footsteps by Tegan George, The Point (November 2025) Man collapses behind Donald Trump during White House announcement by Richard Wood, 9 News (November 2025) As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ by Dhuruv T Patel and Cam N Srivastava, The Harvard Crimson (November 2025) Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au.Support After America: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textEpisode 237He steps off the train in Hiroshima with a folder of shipyard plans under his arm, thinking only of getting home. It's the summer of 1945, and Tsutomu Yamaguchi is just an ordinary engineer — a quiet man who sketches oil tankers and counts down the days until his child is born. He has no idea that, within hours, the world around him will twist into something unrecognisable.And he certainly can't imagine that he will face the same nightmare again.Yamaguchi isn't a soldier, a leader, or a symbol. He's simply a man caught in the epicentre of history twice — surviving what no human should see once, let alone two times. His story isn't loud. It's not heroic in the traditional sense. But it's proof of something deeper: the will to stand, the will to live, and the quiet strength of someone who refuses to disappear.This is the path of Tsutomu Yamaguchi — the man who walked out of two atomic blasts and kept going.Support the showInsta@justpassingthroughpodcastContact:justpassingthroughpodcast@gmail.com

This is a recorded audio of a presentation by a fourth-year female university student in Japan. I became interested in the audio aspects of her powerful and rhythmic delivery, which reflected her confidence in her research. In the contradiction between her confidence and anxiety about her first presentation, I found an intriguing aspect of universities as educational institutions. Recorded by Mahorobi Yumeo. 

In August, Chris and I spent 2 weeks in Japan. We visited Tokyo, Kyoto, Okayama, Hiroshima, Naoshima, Himeji, and then wrapped up in Hakone in the mountains before our last full day in Tokyo.    While many people just come here on a day trip from Tokyo, we spent 3 days here. And it was WELL worth it! We relaxed in our epic ryokan complete with its own private onsen, we went hiking, and we even did the Hakone Round Course.   3 days in Hakone was a great amount of time to get to know the area and enjoy being in nature while in Japan!   Check out the best things to do in Hakone, where to stay, and more in this podcast episode!   Relevant Links (may contain affiliate links, meaning if you make a purchase through these links, we earn a small commission-at no additional cost to you!): -Shinkansen High Speed Train: https://smart-ex.jp/en/lp/app/ -Ryokan Hakone Ginyu: https://tripadvisor.stay22.com/worldwidehoneymoon/5hMRu9RGIO -Hakone Free Pass: https://odakyu-global.com/passes/hakone-freepass/ -TikTok video I mentioned: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTreDa8kV/ -Hakone Open Air Museum: https://www.hakone-oam.or.jp/ -Coffee Shop: Café Ryusenkei   Traveling to France? Check out our Facebook Group called France Travel Tips to ask/answer questions and learn more! Don't forget to follow along! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldwidehoneymoon Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldwidehoneymoon TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@worldwidehoneymoon World Wide Honeymoon Blog: https://worldwidehoneymoon.com France Voyager Blog: https://francevoyager.com Subscribe to the World Wide Honeymoon blog here for monthly updates and tips + get our FREE trip planning guide: https://www.subscribepage.com/o4e5c2

As copas da temporada chegam ao fim!Na Levain Cup, o Sanfrecce Hiroshima venceu o Kashiwa Reysol e conquistou seu segundo título da competição — uma taça que acabou salvando o ano da equipe de Hiroshima.E na grande final da 105ª edição da Copa do Imperador, o Machida Zelvia fez história ao vencer o Vissel Kobe e conquistar seu primeiro título do torneio mais tradicional do futebol japonês.Deixe seu recado para o Hinomaru abaixo do vídeo ou participe pelo nosso e-mail hinomarupodcast@gmail.com

Hello everyone, a big thanks to all of you who joined the patreon and voted for this to be the next episode, you all are awesome. This is a part 2 about Hirohito's responsibility during the wars of 1931-1945, so if you have not heard part 1, perhaps go do so, or maybe you just don't care about 1931-1940 and just want to hear about the 1941-1945 period, hell by all means enjoy.   So last time we kind of left it on a bit of a dramatic cliff hanger. I spoke about Emperor Hirohito's involvement in what was called at the time the “China Incident”. It was not an official declared war until December of 1941. We left off in 1940, Hirohito was struggling with a situation of juggling two things: 1) how the hell to finally end the China War 2) how to do it without receiving horrible ramifications from the international world. On July 22nd of 1940, Konoe was back and formed a second cabinet. Notably General Hideki Tojo went from vice to army Minister during this time. If you guys ever want a podcast on Hideki Tojo, let me know, he is one rather bizarre figure that's for sure. Konoe tackled his job by holding an imperial HQ government liaison conference. For 90 minutes everyone worked on a new national policy designed to exploit the international situation, IE: Germany bulldozing europe.  The result was a document on national policy dated July 27th. It shifted focus to the “southern area” IE: southeast asia and the Pacific if the China war did not end quickly. Its basis was to exploit the foreign nations that had their hands full in europe, France, Britain and the Netherlands. It called for an invasion of French Indochina to establish bases to launch assaults against the Dutch East Indies for natural resources if diplomatic means failed. It acknowledged if the Dutch East Indies were seized through military means, Japan would also seek to fight Britain, but not the US, instead Japan would prepare for a possible war with the Americans. To all of this Hirohito approved. The army also kept pressuring its desire to ally with Germany. Throughout 1939-1940 Hirohito rejected this idea, not because of any ideological differences, it was because of Germans anti aggression pact with the USSR. If Japan were to ally to Germany, Hirohito wanted it to be mutually to fight the USSR. The Navy likewise opposed allying to Germany because they believed it would force Britain and the US to increase their aid to Chiang Kai-shek.   However the Blitzkrieg changed everything. Everyone was shocked at how well Germany was doing. Prince Chichibu repeatedly argued with Hirohito to change his mind over the alliance idea. Then suddenly the Navy changed their mind and began favoring an alliance. This changed came about in June of 1940 when the France fell. The Navy changed their mind based on a few factors, a major component was the belief if Germany and the USSR were allied, than at least Japan would not have to worry about the USSR and could focus on the pacific. Both the IJA and the IJN believed Hitler would soon take Britain and thus there was a huge desire to join the new international order on the winning side. A third factor was a new clause in negotiations with Germany and Japan, that if they allied Japan would not automatically be drawn into a war with Britain against her will. Some in the navy also believed perhaps Germany could help their diplomatic situation with the Americans. So the army and navy were now both demanding an alliance with Germany, it was all up to hirohito.    At an imperial briefing on June 19th of 1940, Hirohito asked chief of staff Prince Kan'in and the Army Minister Hata “At a time when peace will soon come in the European situation, will there be a deployment of troops to the Netherlands Indies and French Indochina?” Such as question revealed Hirohito's perception at the time that Germany was on the verge of victory and that he was gradually considering the deployment of troops in French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies as neither parent nation were in a position to defend their holdings. In regards to the China war, the Japanese sought to end leaks of materials getting into China from places like Hong Kong. Hirohito received reports indicated Britain would not accept closing the movement of materials into China via Hong Kong. The military acknowledged it would probably be required to invade Hong Kong and thus declare war on Britain. Upon hearing of this Hirohito remarked “Should that happen, I am sure America will use the method of an embargo, don't you agree?” To this his lord of the privy seal, Kido reassured him stating “the nation must be fully resolved to resist to proceed cautiously and not to be dragged into events precipitated by the overseas agencies”. Konoe's second cabinet resolved to end the China war, construct a new order in greater east asia and to complete war preparations as a national defense state. On July 27th at a liaison conference a document was adopted, affirming a course of advancing to the south and to ally with Germany. Japan would incorporate the Dutch East Indies, British Malaya and other resource rich areas of Southeast Asia into its new order while simultaneously bolstering its relationship with the Axis states. After hearing and reading everything, Hirohito sanctioned it all. Thus Hirohito had sanctioned the preliminary actions that would set Japan into a collision course with the US.   In September Japan began sending troops into northern French Indochina after concluding its Tripartite alliance with Germany and Italy. Now Hirohito was briefed beforehand by Army Minister Tojo and other chiefs of staff about securing bases in northern French indochina. Hirohito agreed to this under the belief acquiring such bases would stop more leaked materials going into China and thus contribute to the fall of Chongqing. But Hirohito also sanctioned it under the full knowledge it was preparing the Nanshin-ron advance and that carried a risk of going to war with Britain and by proxy the US. Naturally he wanted to thwart any war breaking out with the US by it seems his officials had convinced him they could manage most of their plans without aggravating the US.   On July 29th with the German offensive aimed at finishing off Britain, Hirohito summoned his chiefs and vice chiefs of staff to the imperial HQ. He began to question the prospects of war with the US. Prince Fushimi replied “[u]nless we complete our domestic preparations, particularly the preparation of our material resources, I do not think we should lightly start war even if there is a good opportunity to do so.” Hirohito then asked if  “the Army were planning to occupy points in India, Australia, and New Zealand.” But overall Hirohito seemed to be the most concerned about the US, Germany and the USSR. “Could Japan, obtain a victory in a naval battle with the United States as we once did in the Battle of the Japan Sea? . . . I heard that the United States will ban exports of oil and scrap iron [to Japan]. We can probably obtain oil from other sources, but don't you think we will have a problem with scrap iron?” In regards to the USSR “If a Japan-Soviet nonaggression treaty is made and we advance to the south, the navy will become the main actor. Has the army given thought to reducing the size of its forces in that case? . . . How do you assess the future national power of Germany? . . . Both Germany and the Soviet Union are untrustworthy countries. Don't you think there will be a problem if one of them betrays us and takes advantage of our exhaustion fighting the United States?I]t seems as though you people are thinking of implementing this plan by force because there is a good opportunity at this moment for resolving the southern problem even though some dangers are involved. . . . What does a good opportunity mean? [To this question Sawada replied: “For example, if a German landing in England commences.”] In that case wouldn't the United States move to aid Britain? . . . Well, I've heard enough. I take it, in short, that you people are trying to resolve the southern problem by availing yourselves of today's good opportunities.”   You can tell Hirohito understood the very real threat of an Anglo-American alliance and was very cautious. It seemed to Hirohito, that his officials were trying to take the limelight off the abysmal situation in China but emphasizing a southern advance. Well Americans response to the Japanese movement into northern French indochina was to see it as a direct threat. Something I have not paid much attention to was Hirohito's decision making being the direct result of trying to mediate between competing entities, ie: the IJA and IJN. At this point in time the IJA and IJN top officials had the power to simply stop governmental functions from occurring altogether whenever they were displeased with a decision. As you can imagine the IJA and IJN were also competing for resources and political power. Thus Hirohito spent a lot of time and effort trying to formulate decisions that at a minimum kept the governance going.    In the end Hirohito sanctioned Imperial HQ army order number 458, ordering the area army to begin the entry into French Indochina. Thus once again Hirohito sanctioned aggression aboard. America began what it called a “moral embargo” on aircraft parts, scrap iron and aviation gasoline. This was one of many gradual steps America took to incrementally sanction Japan, while aiding China to keep it bogged down. Japan's direct response was joining the Axis with a clause “to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if attacked by a power at present not involved in the European War or in the Sino-Japanese conflict”. This clause was designed specifically to check Britain and the US. Hirohito knew this was a turning point carrying the possibility of war with the US. Later he would blame some officials and even his brothers Chichibu and Takamatsu, but not his own actions sanctioning the Axis pact.    Speaking of his brothers, at this time Chichibu got severely ill with tuberculosis and as a result retired from active public life, now Prince Takamatsu stood as next regent. Thus Takamatsu would begin reading reports and advise Hirohito. Takamatsu like Chichibu approved the Tripartite Pact and found his brother Hirohito's performance lacking. Meanwhile Britain responded to the Tripartite pact by opening up the Burma road and America made a loan to Chiang Kai-shek.   The Soviets came to Japan for a neutrality pact and sweetened the deal by offering Soviet coal and oil concessions in North Sakhalin. Hirohito ratified the treaty on April 25th of 1941. 5 weeks later on June 5th, the Japanese ambassador to Berlin, General Oshima Hiroshi reported to Hirohito and the high command that Hitler was about to invade the Soviets. The Army high command sprang into action drafting plans to open a war with the Soviets while simultaneously advancing south into French Indochina. But many in the military also sought to wait until the time was ripe, and a rift emerged. Operation barbarossa commenced and on June 23rd the IJN high command gave their opinion that Japan should seize all military bases and airfields in southern French Indochina even at the risk of war with Britain and America. Can you say boy that escalated quickly?   There was obvious temptation to invade Siberia towards Lake Baikal, but at the same time the western powers were tightening sanctions on Japan, she needed resources. At this point Japan had been stuck in China for 4 years and 5 months, the army had expanded from 17 divisions totalling 250,000 men in july of 1937 to 51 divisions at 2.1 million men in December 8th of 1941. On July 2nd, 10 tens into Operation barbarossa, Konoe summoned an imperial conference to debate actions going forward. The consensus was that southern French Indochina needed to be taken and that it probably would not provoke the US going to war with Japan. Hirohito sanctioned it and on July 30th made a major operational intervention by advising General Sugiyama to build up forces in Manchukuo to prevent the Soviet Far Eastern Army.   Japan negotiated with Vichy France to allow Japanese troops to occupy southern parts of French Indochina. What was to be originally just 40,000 IJA forces turned into 185,000 and in response America increased sanctions and began preparing the Philippines for war. Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the US on July 26th and by August the 1st a total embargo of oil and gasoline exports to Japan. Konoe's cabinet, the military high command, pretty much everyone was shocked by how harsh the economic sanctions were. Emperor Hirohito told Sugiyama to halt mobilizing forces in Manchukuo and the army basically dropped all plans of attacking the USSR. A month after the US oil embargo suddenly the army had changed its mind to go all in on the southern advance. Britain likewise began sanctions against Japan and both Britain and the US managed to convince the Dutch to follow suit by refusing to sell oil to Japan. The Dutch even took it a step further and followed Americans lead in freezing Japanese assets.    Konoe was in full panic mode, be believed his ambassador to washington was a moron and sought to go in person to speak to Roosevelt. At 11:40am on August 4th Konoe spoke to Hirohito about the plan, but Washington kept making up excuses prolonging any meeting from taking place. Meanwhile Washington was building up its navy, and the IJN were stressing, in the words of Admiral Takagai “As time passes and this situation continues, our empire will either be totally defeated or forced to fight a hopeless war. Therefore we should pursue war and diplomacy together. If there is no prospect of securing our final line of national survival by diplomatic negotiations, we must be resolved to fight.” Hirohito understood the predicament full well, that each day Japan was wasting its oil reserves, if they were to strike it had to be quickly.    On september 3rd at a liaison conference it was decided Japan was to prepare for a war against the US, UK and Netherlands while simultaneously pursuing diplomacy. If diplomacy failed by early October the decision for war would be made. Konoe presented everything to Hirohito on September 5th and requested an imperial conference on the matter. The most important decision of his life was about to be made.    Now take a second to feel the moment. Germany's invasion of the USSR was in its 6th week and not producing a decisive victory; Britain was still in the fight and the Japanese ambassador to London reported back Britain would allow Japan to maintain its great power status and exert influence in asia if they stayed out of the European War and “re-examined their current policy”. An olive branch. Hirohito had options is what I am arguing. He could stale things, he could mobilize units into Manchukuo to simply threaten the Soviet border, he could simply stay out of new wars, even it the China war would get worse, but try to profit from the situation in Europe. He could stop the southern advance, lose the chance to seize the resource in southeast asia, but perhaps the US, UK and Netherlands would lift some sanctions.   After speaking back and forth with Konoe while scolding Sugiyama here is a bit of their conversation:    Emperor: In the event we must finally open hostilities, will our operations have a probability of victory?  Sugiyama: Yes, they will.  Emperor: At the time of the China Incident, the army told me that we could achieve peace immediately after dealing them one blow with three divisions. Sugiyama, you were army minister at that time. . . .  Sugiyama: China is a vast area with many ways in and many ways out, and we met unexpectedly big difficulties. . . . [ellipses in original]  Emperor: Didn't I caution you each time about those matters? Sugiyama, are you lying to me? Nagano: If Your Majesty will grant me permission, I would like to make a statement.  Emperor: Go ahead.  Nagano: There is no 100 percent probability of victory for the troops stationed there. . . . Sun Tzu says that in war between states of similar strength, it is very difficult to calculate victory. Assume, however, there is a sick person and we leave him alone; he will definitely die. But if the doctor's diagnosis offers a seventy percent chance of survival, provided the patient is operated on, then don't you think one must try surgery? And if, after the surgery, the patient dies, one must say that was meant to be. This indeed is the situation we face today. . . . If we waste time, let the days pass, and are forced to fight after it it is too late to fight, then we won't be able to do a thing about it.  Emperor: All right, I understand. [He answered in a better mood.]  Konoe: Shall I make changes in tomorrow's agenda? How would you like me to go about it? Emperor: There is no need to change anything.   There is no need to change anything. Konoe grabbed Hirohito for a private audience afterwards and tried to get Hirohito to revise the outline, but Hirohito ignored this. Hirohito at that point could have stopped or at least slowed down the countdown to all out war. Hirohito instead did not want to displease the pro-war factions in his military, perhaps he saw them as a threat to his authority. Hirohito was not at all pleased with the policy plan. When he was shown in on september 5th, he looked extremely irritated and blew up on Sugiyama and the army high command as a whole. 20 minutes before the Imperial conference on September 6th, Hirohito spoke with his lord of the privy Kido and told him he was going to raise some questions at the meeting. Kido told him that it would be best to leave the questions at the very end, basically he was advising to allow for things to go through. Thus Hirohito sat through the meeting and sanction the preparations for war. Here is a conversation between Hirohito and the Chiefs of the general staff:   Emperor: You may go ahead and mobilize. But if the Konoe-Roosevelt talks go well, you'll stop, won't you?  Chief of the General Staff: Indeed, your majesty, we will.  Emperor: I will ask you one more time: Is there any possibility that the north [that is, the Soviet Union] may move against us while we are engaged in the south [emphasis added]?  Chief of the General Staff: I cannot say that will absolutely not occur. However, because of the season it is inconceivable that large forces will be able to attack us   Meanwhile Konoe's deadline to reach a diplomatic resolution with the US was fast approaching. On October 13th Hirohito told Kido “In the present situation there seems to be little hope for the Japan–U.S. negotiations. If hostilities erupt this time, I think I may have to issue a declaration of war.” The next day Konoe held his last cabinet meeting and Army minister Tojo took the lionshare of talking:   For the past six months, ever since April, the foreign minister has made painstaking efforts to adjust relations [with the United States.] Although I respect him for that, we remain deadlocked. . . . Our decision was “to start the war . . . if by early October we cannot thoroughly achieve our demands through negotiations.” Today is the fourteenth. . . . We are mobilizing hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Others are being moved from China and Manchuria, and we have requisitioned two million tons of ships, causing difficulties for many people. As I speak ships are en route to their destinations. I would not mind stopping them, and indeed would have to stop them, if there was a way for a diplomatic breakthrough. . . . The heart of the matter is the [imposition on us of] withdrawal [from Indochina and China]. ...If we yield to America's demands, it will destroy the fruits of the China Incident. Manchukuo will be endangered and our control of Korea undermined   And so Konoe resigned two days later, but before he did his last official action was to recommend Prince Higashikuni to succeed him, in fact he got Tojo to do the same. Prince Higashikuni was deemed capable of controlling both the Army and Navy. And what did Hirohito say to this? He said no, and appointed Hideki Tojo. Why? As going back to the beginning of this series, to protect the Kokutai. He did not want a member of the royal family to hold the seat as Prime Minister during a time when war might be declared, a war that Japan might lose, which would toss the responsibility onto the imperial house. It was a threat to the Kokutai. Hirohito chose Tojo because Tojo was 100% loyal subject to the emperor. Tojo was the perfect fall guy if one ever existed.    Between November 8-15th, Hirohito received a full rundown of the Pearl Harbor surprise attack plan and sanctioned it. The deadline to reach a diplomatic solution with the US was set for midnight December 1st.    Hirohito ever since the Mukden Incident had expressed fear that not taking warlike actions, not pumping up the kokutai or not suppressing dissent would jeopardize the imperial system of government and damage the imperial institution itself. For Hirohito domestic conflicts were more dangerous than external ones, because they carried the risk of eroding the monarchy. As the time approached for his finally decision on declaring war, Hirohito requested a last round of discussion. The carriers enroute to Pearl harbor departed on november 27th, while on December 1st, 19 leaders, the entire Tojo cabinet and Emperor met. Tojo pulled a rather cheeky maneuver, he reported the response from America, the famous Hull note by stating “the United States . . . has demanded that we withdraw troops from all of China [emphasis added],” but in fact, Hull had used only the word “China.” Hara asked “I would like to know,whether Manchukuo is included in the term ‘China'? Did our two ambassadors confirm this point?” Togo's reply to this was “However . . . the American proposal [early in the negotiations on] April 16 stated that they would recognize the state of Manchukuo, so Manchukuo would not be part of China. . . . On the other hand . . . there has been a change in their position . . . they look upon Chungking as the one and only legitimate regime, and . . . they want to destroy the Nanking regime, [so] they may retract what they have said previously” A nonsensical gibberish answer, intentionally done to make everyone think America did in fact include Manchukuo, thus forcing everyone to see the demands as impossible to comply with. Togo finished the meeting : “Once His Majesty decides to commence hostilities, we will all strive to meet our obligations to him, bring the government and the military ever closer together, resolve that the nation united will go on to victory, make an all-out effort to achieve our war aims, and set his majesty's mind at ease. I now adjourn the meeting.” Hirohito simply nodded. Sugiyama remarked that the emperor did not show the slightest sign of anxiety, in fact he looked like he was in a good mood.   Hirohito's naval aid Jo Eiichiro wrote minutes on the first day of the pacific war, recording the emperors actions. 4 A.M. (Japan time): Japan issued a final ultimatum to the United States. 3:30 A.M.: the Hawaiian surprise attack was successful. 5:30 A.M.: Singapore bombed. Great results. Air attacks on Davao, Guam, Wake. 7:10 A.M.: All the above was reported to the emperor. The American gunboat Wake was captured on the Shanghai front. The British gunboat Petrel was sunk. From 7:15 to 7:30 the chief of the Navy General Staff reported on the war situation. At 7:30 the prime minister informally reported to the emperor on the imperial rescript declaring war. (Cabinet meeting from 7 A.M.). At 7:35 the chief of the Army General Staff reported on the war situation. At 10:45 the emperor attended an emergency meeting of the privy council. At 11:00 A.M. the imperial rescript declaring war was promulgated. 11:40 A.M. Hirohito conferred with Kido for about twenty minutes.] At 2:00 P.M. the emperor summoned the army and navy ministers and bestowed an imperial rescript on them. The army minister, representing both services, replied to the emperor. [At 3:05 P.M. the emperor had a second meeting with Kido, lasting for about twenty minutes.] At 4:30 P.M. the chiefs of staff formally reported on the draft of the Tripartite (Germany-Italy-Japan) Military Pact. At 8:30 P.M. the chief of the Navy General Staff reported on the achievements of the Hawaii air attack. . . . Throughout the day the emperor wore his naval uniform and seemed to be in a splendid mood.   Hirohito believed Germany would win, thus if with their help he believed Japan could thwart off the US until a negotiated peace. Having made his choice, Hirohito devoted himself to presiding over and guiding the war to victory at all costs. He was a extremely cautious person, every single campaign he looked for what could go wrong, made worse case scenario predictions and was very suspicious of reports from his high officials. He was notably very harsh and critical on said high commanders. Although he did not visit the war theaters as did other commanders in chief, he exercised and controlled influence on theater operations, both in the planning and execution whenever he chose to do so. As was the same case with the China war before it, he issued the highest military orders of the Imperial HQ, performed audited conferences and led to decisions transmitted in his name. He received generals and admirals to the imperial palace who gave full reports of the battlefront. He visited bases, battleships, various army and naval headquarters. He inspected military schools, you know the full shebang.    After 26 months of war, the naval air force had lost 26,006 aircraft, nearly a third of its total power, thousands of veteran pilots were dead. Hundreds of thousands of tons of warship was sunk, the merchant and transport fleet was crippled. Late 1943 saw the Americans turning the initiative of the war, Japan was on the defensive. Guadalcanal had been the major turning point. During the staled battle for the philippines, Hirohito pressed upon Army chief of staff Sugiyama to increase troop strength to knock out Bataan. The problem persisted, on February 9th and 26th Hirohito pressed Sugiyama again about getting more troops to take Bataan.   Hirohito was confronted with the prisoner of war issue after the doolittle raid. When the pilots were caught, Togo initially opposed executions, but many in the IJA sought all 8 men executed. Hirohito chose to intervene and commuted the execution of 5 out of the 8. Why just 5, no one knows to this day, but its theorized it was to demonstrate his benevolence while simultaneously giving a bit of what the army wanted.    The CBI theater took the lionshare of his attention in 1942, he continuously pressed up Sugiyama when a final blow would be delivered against Chongqing. When the Midway disaster occurred, Hirohito was given a full report of what happened, but he chose to hid the extent of the loss from the IJA. In fact in response to the Guadalcanal campaign he was heard once asking “I wonder if this is not the start of the AmericanBritish counteroffensive?” He urged his commanders to increase offensive activities and to toss all weapons possible at the enemy, because Japan needed more time to secure its reserves of vital oil, rubber and iron. When he heard the first report of the Ichiki detachment being wiped out, he simply stated “I am sure it [Guadalcanal] can be held.” With numerous reports pouring in about the men dying from tropical disease and starvation, Hirohito kept demanding greater efforts from them. Hirohito continuously applied pressure on his naval and land commanders to recapture the island. On September 15th, November 5th and November 11th he called for more IJA troops and aircraft to be allocated to it. Sugiyama was nervous about sending more IJA pilots as they were inexperienced in transoceanic combat and he sought to reinforce the north china army to hit Chongqing. Hirohito demanded it a second time and Sugiyama replied the IJA had deployed its air power instead to New Guinea and Rabaul. Hirohito continuously hammered the issue despite the high level commanders disagreeing with it. By late november it was clear guadalcanal was a lost cause.    At an imperial HQ conference on December 31st of 1942, the chiefs of staff reported they would cancel the attempts to recapture guadalcanal. Hirohito sanctioned it but stated “It is unacceptable to just give up on capturing Guadalcanal. We must launch an offensive elsewhere.” Hirohito forced the issue and it was decided the new strategic points would be in the solomons north of New Georgia and the Stanley range on New Guinea. Hirohito in fact threatened not to authorize the withdrawal of men from Guadalcanal until such a plan was made. Hirohito would go on to oppose the withdrawal from the Munda airfield on New Georgia since it contradicted the new defensive line. As the defensive perimeter in the central and northern solomons was crumbling, Hirohito continued to demand the navy fight decisive battles to regain the initiative so ships could begin transports supplies to the countless soldiers trapped on islands without them. When Hirohito heard of the navy's failure to reinforce Lae on March 3rd he stated  “Then why didn't you change plans immediately and land at Madan? This is a failure, but it can teach us a good lesson and become a source of future success. Do this for me so I can have peace of mind for awhile.” “Do this for me” would become his signature message.    In August of 1943 as the fall of the solomons progressed, Hirohito lambasted “Isn't there someplace where we can strike the United States? . . . When and where on earth are you [people] ever going to put up a good fight? And when are you ever going to fight a decisive battle?Well, this time, after suffering all these defeats, why don't you study how not to let the Americans keep saying ‘We won! We won!'[emphasis added]”” Hirohito berated his chiefs of staff and in the face of mounting defeats he remained undismayed, rigidly self disciplined and aggressive as ever. When he received a report on September 21st of 1943 that the allies were heading for Finschhafen he replied “Being ready to defend isn't enough. We have to do the attacking.”   When the Americans destroyed the main naval anchorage at Truk forcing the navy to evacuate it, leaving behind numerous tanks, the dream of fighting one great decisive naval battle in the central pacific was over.    On February 21st of 1944, Hirohito took the unprecedented action to force Sugiyama to resign so Tojo could assume his position, alongside that of army minister and prime minister. He did this to end dissent. Hirohito and Tojo oversaw the haymaker attempts in 1944, like operation Ichi-go and the Imphal campaign fall into ruins. It looked like the Philippines, Taiwan, Okinawa, the Bonin islands and eventually the home islands would be invaded. When Saipan fell, the home islands had at last come into range of the dreaded B-29 Super flying fortresses. Hirohito had warned Tojo “If we ever lose Saipan, repeated air attacks on Tokyo will follow. No matter what it takes, we have to hold there.” For two days his chiefs of staff explained the dire situation on Saipan was hopeless, but Hirohito ignored their advice and ordered Admiral Shimada to recapture it, the first department of the navy general staff immediately poured themselves into the problem. Day and night they worked, until a draft plan was created on June 21st, 3 days later the combined fleet gave opposition. Tojo and Shimada formally reported to Hirohito the recapture plan needed to be canceled. Hirohito refused to accept the loss of Saipan and ordered his chief aide General Hasunuma to convene in his presence the board of field marshals and fleet admirals. They all met on the 25th, upon which they all unanimously stated the reports indicating Saipan was a lost cause were valid, Hirohito simply told them to put it in writing and he left the room.    Hirohito finally decided to withdraw his support of Tojo, allowing Tojo's numerous enemies to take down his cabinet on July 18th 1944. But Hirohito was undaunted in determination to steal victory from the allies. Imperial HQ on October 18th ordered a decisive naval battle and the battle of Leyte Gulf was it. After the war Hirohito would go on the record stating “Contrary to the views of the Army and Navy General Staffs, I agreed to the showdown battle of Leyte thinking that if we attacked at Leyte and America flinched, then we would probably be able to find room to negotiate.” This statement shows the facts as they were, Hirohito and his chiefs of staff forced the field commander, General Tomoyuki Yamashita to engage the American invasion force in a place Yamashita did not want to fight nor prepared adequate defenses. It was a horrible loss.   The Kamikaze attacks increased as Japan's desperation wore on. On new years day of 1945 Hirohito inspected the special last meal rations given to departing kamikaze units. Iwo Jima fell. Okinawa remained, and Hirohito lashed out “Is it because we failed to sink enemy transports that we've let the enemy get ashore? Isn't there any way to defend Okinawa from the landing enemy forces?”  On the second day of Okinawa's invasion Hirohito ordered a counter landing by the 32nd army and urged the navy to counterattack in every way possible. It was a horrible failure, it cost the lives of up to 120,000 Japanese combatants, 170,000 noncombatants. The Americans lost 12,500 killed and 33,000 wounded. An absolute bloodbath.    Konoe re-entered the stage writing to Hirohito pleading with him to order a surrender because from his perspective “The Soviet Union is Japan's biggest threat. Defeat was inevitable, but more to be feared than defeat was the destruction of the Kokutai. Sue quickly for peace, before a Communist revolution occurred that would make preservation of the kokutai impossible”. Hirohito was taken aback by this, as he shared his military's hope that the Soviets would help Japan reach a peace settlement. So he rejected the advice of Konoe. Hirohito remarked “If we hold out long enough in this war, we may be able to win, but what worries me is whether the nation will be able to endure it until then.” Then Japan's intelligence units reported the Soviets were going to break the neutrality pact and join the war once the Germans were done. Meanwhile Tokyo was turned to rubble on March 9th 1945 by 334 B-29's dropping firebombs, 40% of the capital was destroyed, up to 100,000 were dead. Hirohito remained undaunted. 60 Japanese cities were leveled by firebomb campaigns. Europe's war finished. Then the battle for Okinawa was lost, suddenly Hirohito began looking for ways to end the war.   On June 22nd Hirohito personally informed the supreme war leadership council his desire to see diplomatic maneuvers to end the war. A special envoy was sent to Moscow, while Hirohito publicly issued an imperial rescript ordering the nation “to smash the inordinate ambitions of the enemy nations and achieve the goals of the war”. B-29's began dropping leaflets with joint declarations issued by the US, UK and China requesting the citizens of Japan demand their government surrender. Prefectural governors, police chiefs and officers began submitting home ministry reports on the rapid deterioration of the nations spirit.   Germany signed the unconditional surrender documents on May 7th and 8th of 1945, Japan was alone. Newly installed President Truman declared on May 8th, Japan's surrender would not mean the extermination or enslavement of the Japanese people, but the unconditional surrender principles remained unaltered. The Japanese meanwhile were awaiting word from the Soviets. The Americans unleashed their first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th of 1945 killing up to 140,000 people. Then on August 8th the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and began an invasion of Manchuria. On August 9th the second atomic bomb hit Nagasaki killing around 40,000 people.   Thus began the surrender clock as I like to say. After the first atomic bomb, Hirohito said and did nothing about the surrender terms. Hirohito then authorized Togo to notify the world on August 10th that Japan would accept the allied terms of surrender with one condition “that the said declaration does not comprise any demand which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as a Sovereign Ruler.” The next day, Secretary of State Byrnes replied by alluding to the subordination of the emperors authority to the supreme commander of the allied powers. It was ambiguous as hell. The Japanese leaders erupted into arguments, and on August 14th, Hirohito went before a microphone and recorded his capitulation announcement which aired on August 15th to all in Japan, they surrendered. Why did it take so long?   The peace talks between the Japanese and Soviets went on through June, July and early August. Japan offered the Soviets limited territorial concessions and they refused to accept the envoy on July 22nd because the Japanese were being too ambiguous in their terms. There was continuous back and forth between the intelligence of Moscow and Japan trying to figure out the stance of the other, but then Stalin heard about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, he was shocked and ordered an invasion of Manchuria in response. In the meantime the Japanese were tossing all sorts of concessions at Moscow, they stated they would allow Japanese to be used as forced laborers in Siberia, a form of reparation as it were, that they would demobilize the military and so on. The response was the invasion of Manchuria.    Hirohito knew prior to the bombing of Hiroshima that the cabinet was divided on accepting the Potsdam terms. Hirohito also knew he and he alone could unify governmental affairs and military command. Why then did he wait until the evening of August 9th to surrender?   The reality of the matter is its complicated, numerous variables at play, but let me try to pick at it. The people of japan under the firebomb campaigns were becoming hostile towards the military, the government and many began to criticize the emperor. Hirohito was given reports from the Home Ministry from governors and police chiefs all over Japan revealing people were speaking of the emperor as an incompetent leader who was responsible for worsening the war situation. Does that sound like a threat to the Kokutai? People were starving en masse, the atomic bomb is flashy, but what really was killing the Japanese, it was starvation. The home islands were blockaded and the sea approaches mined as pertaining to the optimally named “operation starvation”. Hirohito knew full well how bad his people were suffering but he did not surrender for so long.   After Hiroshima was bombed, Hirohito delayed for 2 days before telling Kido at 10am on August 9th “quickly control the situation, the Soviet Union has declared war and today began hostilities against us”. Now here is a piece of Hirohito's surrender proclamation to the citizens of Japan    “Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are We to save the millions of Our subjects, or to atone Ourselves before the hallowed spirits of Our Imperial Ancestors? This is the reason why We have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the Joint Declaration of the Powers... The hardships and sufferings to which Our nation is to be subjected hereafter will be certainly great. We are keenly aware of the inmost feelings of all of you, Our subjects. However, it is according to the dictates of time and fate that We have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is unsufferable ”.   Hirohito wanted to obfuscate the issue of accountability, to prevent expressions of strife and anger and to strengthen domestic unity around himself, to protect and raise the kokutai. Did you know there was a rescript of this proclamation that was made to the entire IJA and IJN? Yes Emperor Hirohito gave out two different proclamations for surrender, here is what the armed forces heard.   “ Now that the Soviet Union has entered the war against us, to continue . . . under the present conditions at home and abroad would only recklessly incur even more damage to ourselves and result in endangering the very foundation of the empire's existence. Therefore, even though enormous fighting spirit still exists in the Imperial Navy and Army, I am going to make peace with the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, as well as with Chungking, in order to maintain our glorious national polity”.   The proclamation does not speak of the atomic weapons, but emphasizes the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Hirohito was presented as a benevolent sage and an apolitical ruler that had ended the war. Hirohito sought to justify the surrender upon the bombs to the public, but did he believe so, did his armed forces believe so? People debate to this day why the surrender occurred, I love the fact there are two message offered because both are true. Hirohito's decision to surrender was based on numerous variables, the atomic bombs, the invasion of Manchuria by the soviets, but above all else, what really was important to the man, the emperor, the god? The kokutai. The Soviets were more of a threat to the kokutai, thus Hirohito jumped into the arms of the Americans. The language between the Americans and Japanese in the communications for unconditional surrender were ambiguous, but Hirohito and the high commanders knew there was zero chance of the kokutai surviving if the Soviets invaded Japan, perhaps the Americans would allow it to continue, which is just what they ended up doing. The entire purpose of this series would to emphasize how Hirohito definitely had a active role in the war of 1931-1945, he had numerous occasions where he could put the hammer down to stop the situation from escalating. But in the end when his back was against the wall, he did what he did to cling on to the Kokutai.   I shall leave you with this. On August 12th, as Hirohito came to inform the imperial family of his decision to surrender, Prince Asaka asked him whether the war would continue if the Kokutai could not be preserved, what do you think he said? “Of Course”. 

A week-long commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the war was held at the University of Sydney. We spoke with two participants from Japan : actress Tokiko Tsuchiya, who works to preserve “atomic bomb literature” and organises reading groups, and Ryoko Nakayama, who works as a journalist in Japan while sharing her grandmother's memories of the bombing. - シドニー大学で行われた戦後80年の記念イベントに日本から参加した二人、「原爆文学」の保全に取り組み朗読の会をまとめる俳優の土屋時子さんと、日本で記者として働きながら祖母の被爆の記憶を伝えている中山涼子さんにお話を聞きました。

Dans ce nouvel épisode, Vincent Gabriel et Simon Desplanque reçoivent Julian Alvarez, Professeur des Universités et président de Ludoscience, association dédiée à l'étude du jeu et du serious game. Ensemble, ils explorent les multiples liens entre géopolitique et jeux vidéo.Dans cette deuxième partie, ils explorent le potentiel du jeux vidéo comme outil d'influence en analysant trois cas particulièrement édifiants : America's Army, Energyville et Clap for Xi. Ils enchainent ensuite en étudiant la portée et les limites du jeu vidéo comme instrument du soft power. Bonne écoute !Invité : Julian Alvarez. Son article est disponible ici.Le lien pour participer à l'enquête est ici.Avec Vincent Gabriel & Simon DesplanqueSuivez le podcast ! Il est désormais sur X/Twitter : @20MPC_podcast & LinkedIn !   Générique : Léopold Corbion (15 Years of Reflection)Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

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Send us your feedback — we're listeningPsalm 46:10 — Be Still: National Prayer for Japan“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'” — Psalm 46:10 (NIV)Recorded live here in London, England with Reverend Ben Cooper.As evening settles across Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo and Hiroshima, many search for “prayer for my nation,” “peace for Japan,” “healing for the land,” and “God guide our future.” Psalm 46:10 speaks directly into that longing. God calls a nation to stillness, to peace, to trust, and to the knowledge that He alone is God. His presence brings calm where the culture feels pressured, healing where hearts feel tired, and strength where people feel stretched.Japan carries beauty, discipline and resilience, yet many face quiet emotional pressure, uncertainty and restlessness. But the Lord has not forgotten Japan. He speaks peace over its cities, comfort over its people and hope over its future. His promise stands: He will be exalted in the nations and His presence will lead the way.Lord Jesus, stretch Your hand over Japan. Bring peace to cities, healing to families, unity to communities and rest to anxious hearts. Strengthen pastors, leaders, young adults and students. Let revival rise in homes, workplaces and churches. Pour out Your Spirit on this nation and awaken hearts to Your presence.Prayer focus: Pray for peace across Japan; pray for healing from stress, anxiety and emotional pressure; pray for unity in families and communities; pray for spiritual awakening in cities and universities; pray for wisdom for leaders; thank God that He will be exalted in Japan.Life application: Speak Psalm 46:10 over Japan today. Pray with stillness and trust, knowing the nation is in God's hands.Declaration: Jesus is Lord over Japan. His peace will reign, His Spirit will move and His name will be exalted.Call to action: Share this national prayer and help others stand with Japan through DailyPrayer.UK.Tags: Psalm 46:10, prayer for Japan, national prayer, peace of God, DailyPrayer.UK, revival in Asia, healing for nations, global intercession, hope in Christ, spiritual awakeningSupport the showFor more inspiring content, visit RBChristianRadio.net — your home for daily devotionals, global prayer, and biblical encouragement for every season of life. We invite you to connect with our dedicated prayer hub at DailyPrayer.uk — a place where believers from every nation unite in prayer around the clock. If you need prayer, or would like to leave a request, this is the place to come. Our mission is simple: to pray with you, to stand with you, and to keep the power of prayer at the centre of everyday life. Your support through DailyPrayer.uk helps us continue sharing the gospel and covering the nations in prayer. You can also discover our ministry services and life celebrations at LifeCelebrant.net — serving families with faith, dignity, and hope. If this devotional blesses you, please consider supporting our listener-funded mission by buying us a coffee through RBChristianRadio.net. Every prayer, every gift, and every share helps us keep broadcasting God's Word to the world.

This week, the Krewe is joined by Loretta Scott (aka KemushiChan on YouTube Channel) for a personal, insightful, and often funny look at what it's like raising kids in Japan as an American parent. We dig into birth experiences, cultural differences from the U.S., unexpected parenting moments, and tips for families living in or visiting Japan. Curious about family life abroad or considering a trip to Japan with the munchkins? This episode is packed with helpful insight just for you!------ About the Krewe ------The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, LinkedIn: Krewe of Japan LinkedIn Page, Blue Sky Social: @kreweofjapan.bsky.social, & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy!------ Support the Krewe! Offer Links for Affiliates ------Use the referral links below!Zencastr Offer Link - Use my special link to save 30% off your 1st month of any Zencastr paid plan! ------ Links for Tobias Harris ------Loretta on InstagramKemushiChan YouTube Channel------ Past Language Learning Episodes ------Inside Japanese Language Schools ft. Langston Hill (S6E3)Japanese Self-Study Strategies ft. Walden Perry (S5E4)Learn the Kansai Dialect ft. Tyson of Nihongo Hongo (S4E14)Heisig Method ft. Dr. James Heisig (S4E5)Prepping for the JLPT ft. Loretta of KemushiCan (S3E16)Language Through Video Games ft. Matt of Game Gengo (S3E4)Pitch Accent (Part 2) ft. Dogen (S2E15)Pitch Accent (Part 1) ft. Dogen (S2E14)Language through Literature ft. Daniel Morales (S2E8)Immersion Learning ft. MattvsJapan (S1E10)Japanese Language Journeys ft. Saeko-Sensei (S1E4)------ JSNO Upcoming Events ------JSNO Event CalendarJoin JSNO Today!

Danielle describes a two-week trip across Japan where she and her husband explored major cities, cultural landmarks, hot springs, and Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park. Highlights included Osaka's food tour, Fukuoka's canal illumination, and an exciting finale at Tokyo Disney with memorable rides and a stunning nighttime spectacular.   Post trip begins: 43 minutes   Links: Walt Disney World Crowd Calendar   Leave me a message (including trip report submissions) Please use the SpeakPipe link below to leave us a message with your first name, location, and trip info. Be sure to include your exact trip dates, who is in your party, where you will stay, and anything unique about the trip. You can do that using your computer or phone at https://www.speakpipe.com/WDWPrepToGo   Subscribe to get new episodes There are a few ways to get new episodes of WDW Prep to Go (if you're used to listening on the website, subscribe so you can take new episodes with you on your phone) Subscribe in iTunes  (and please leave a review!) Subscribe to the podcast   Follow on social media Instagram Facebook Pinterest Bluesky YouTube   Ways to support us Become a Patron Get a quote request for a future trip from Small World Vacations Subscribe to the WDW Prep School weekly newsletter Podcast Episode Finder WDW Prep Merch Visit the site Things we recommend   Affiliate Links: Amazon DVC Rentals Quicksilver Tours and Transportation Small World Vacations Designer Park Co - Use code "WDWPrep" to save 10%

Throughout history small close approaching space rocks have been a part of our environment. Now, thanks to improved telescopes and cameras, asteroid hunters are routinely discovering these small asteroids as they pass closer than the Moon is to us. Since these tiny asteroids are only bright enough to detect for a few days out of their long, many month duration paths about the Sun, astronomers have had difficulty in determining how many of these small space rocks may exist in near Earth space. This effort received more emphasis when a house sized space rock exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013 releasing about 10 times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Although this asteroid was tiny compared to the one that ended the dinosaurs rule of the planet, the air blast the Chelyabinsk bolide produced caused nearly 1,500 human injuries and damaged more than 7,000 buildings. In a 2017 paper in the Astronomical Journal, Dr. David Trilling of Northern Arizona University and his group of researchers present data from the Blanco 4 meter telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile which they use to estimate that there are approximately 3.2 million Earth approaching asteroids similar in size to the Chelyabinsk impactor. My team the Catalina Sky Survey uses 4 telescopes, 24 nights per month, in the mountains north of Tucson, Arizona with the goal to provide warnings for people to stay away from doors and windows should a Chelyabinsk sized space rock be on an impact trajectory with planet Earth.

Los estallidos de Hiroshima y Nagasaki más que por razones militares estratégicas fueron impulsados por los intereses comerciales de las multinacionales del Complejo Militar Industrial norteamericano, en especial las armamentistas, que cuentan con un lobby militar permanente en la Casa Blanca. La carrera armamentista (nuclear, convencional y espacial), cuyo presupuesto hoy supera el billón de dólares, tuvo su punto de partida en Hiroshima y Nagasaki. Cómo se articuló y quienes son los que lucran con el "negocio nuclear". Los estallidos de Hiroshima y Nagasaki así lo demuestran las investigaciones independientes más que por razones militares estratégicas fueron impulsados por los intereses de las corporaciones del Complejo Militar Industrial norteamericano, en especial las armamentistas, que cuentan con un lobby militar permanente en la Casa Blanca. Las bombas de Hiroshima y Nagasaki no fueron arrojadas para "evitar más muertes" ni para precipitar la "rendición" del Japón: fueron lanzadas para iniciar la carrera armamentista (y consecuentemente el incremento sideral de la tasa de ganancias de las corporaciones del Complejo Militar Industrial que financiaron el proyecto de bombardeo), y lanzar un alerta amedrentador a la Unión Soviética, la otra potencia con capacidad nuclear. El genocidio aterrador de Hiroshima y Nagasaki le sirvió a los bancos y corporaciones (amparados por el Estado Nacional norteamericano) para instalar la carrera armamentista y la carrera espacial debajo de los acuerdos de "coexistencia pacífica" que mantenía al poder nuclear como efecto "disuasivo". El marco nuclear de la "coexistencia pacífica" (además de alimentar el negocio de las corporaciones aeroespaciales) sirvió de cáscara para desarrollar la confrontación por "áreas de influencia" entre EEUU y la URSS durante la Guerra Fría, mediante la cual la "industria de la guerra" (convencional y nuclear) facturó ganancias en armamento cuyo presupuesto mundial hoy supera el billón de dólares. En términos prácticos, y en números, la masacre nuclear de Hiroshima y Nagasaki sirvió a las trasnacionales y bancos para instalar la industria y la financiación del armamentismo (nuclear y convencional) tomado como "efecto disuasivo" para "evitar que sucedan" otras tragedias similares. La carrera armamentista (nuclear y convencional) alimenta los contratos y las ganancias de los consorcios agrupados en ese monstruo llamado Complejo Militar Industrial norteamericano. En su último informe Project on Government Oversight (POGO, Proyecto de Supervisión Gubernamental), un grupo con sede en Washington que vigila el gasto militar, señaló que, entre enero de 1997 y mayo de 2004, sólo 20 grandes proveedores recibieron más del 40 por ciento de los 244.000 millones de dólares en contratos del gobierno federal estadounidense. Entre los consorcios que se benefician en primer lugar de esta práctica se cuentan Lockheed Martin, la gigante aeroespacial Boeing, Northrop Grumman, contratista de la Fuerza Aérea, Raytheon, y General Dynamics. Boeing fabricó los bombarderos que transportaron las bombas de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, e integró el "lobby militar" que promovió e impulsó el proyecto compuesto entre otros por, Carnegie, Dupont, Westinghouse, Union Carbide, Tenesee Eastman, Kellogg, y Monsanto.

In this episode of Restored, Corie Weathers speaks with author and filmmaker Victoria Kelly, and producer/director Beatrice "B" Becette, the creators of the documentary Atomic Echoes: Untold Stories of World War II. Their journey began when Karin Tanabe and Victoria discovered that their families were connected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — one as an American medic sent into the ruins, the other as a Japanese educator helping rebuild after the war. Together with producer Beatrice Becette, they set out to uncover the forgotten voices of the Japanese atomic bomb survivors and the American atomic veterans who lived in the aftermath. Through shared storytelling, their work explores how reconciliation begins — not through politics, but through listening, empathy, and remembering. This conversation reminds us that peace isn't just the absence of war — it's the hard, human work of facing history, honoring grief, and choosing hope.

Air Date 11/7/2025 The most dangerous part of nuclear weapons has always been the people in charge of them. As we potentially enter a new arms race, some of the worst people in the world are in charge of the vast majority of nuclear weapons. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991, message us on Signal at the handle bestoftheleft.01, or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Full Show Notes Check out our new show, SOLVED! on YouTube! BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Use our links to shop Bookshop.org and Libro.fm for a non-evil book and audiobook purchasing experience! Join our Discord community! KEY POINTS KP 1: Will Trump Spark a New Nuclear Arms Race - TLDR News Global - Air Date 11-9-25 KP 2: A History of the Doomsday Clock in 4 Minutes - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Air Date 1-30-24 KP 3: The Lie of Nuclear Deterrence - ICAN's Melissa Parke in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & Korea for Atomic Bomb 80th Commemorations, Hibakusha Part 1 - Nuclear Hotseat - Air Date 8-13-25 KP 4: Voices of Hiroshima - Scene On Radio - Air Date 8-6-25 KP 5: Marshall Islands: Paradise Interrupted Part 1 - At the Brink - Air Date 12-5-23 KP 6: The Lie of Nuclear Deterrence - ICAN's Melissa Parke in Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & Korea for Atomic Bomb 80th Commemorations, Hibakusha Part 2 - Nuclear Hotseat - Air Date 8-13-25 (00:44:32) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR On the morality of facts we don't question DEEPER DIVES (00:56:09) SECTION A: CONSTANT PERIL (01:22:44) SECTION B: THE NEW ARMS RACE, WORSE THAN THE FIRST (02:05:41) SECTION C: THE DETERRENCE MYTH (02:44:12) SECTION D: THE AFTERMATH 80 YEARS LATER SHOW IMAGE CREDITS Description: Image of a president's hand reaching out to press a big red button. Credit: “war-nuclear-war” by geralt, Pixabay | Pixabay license   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow BotL: Bluesky | Mastodon | Threads | X Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

Japan's political scene is changing—from new parties rising in visibility to historic moments in national leadership—so the Krewe is bringing you a timely crash course. Political analyst Tobias Harris (Founder & Principal of Japan Foresight) joins the pod to break down the foundations of Japan's government system, how it compares to the U.S., and why voters view politics the way they do. We explore the major and emerging parties shaping the landscape, the issues driving debate today, and how international pressures and global events influence domestic policy. Tobias also sheds light on the media's role in shaping public perception and political accountability.------ About the Krewe ------The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, LinkedIn: Krewe of Japan LinkedIn Page, Blue Sky Social: @kreweofjapan.bsky.social, & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy!------ Support the Krewe! Offer Links for Affiliates ------Use the referral links below!Zencastr Offer Link - Use my special link to save 30% off your 1st month of any Zencastr paid plan! ------ Links for Tobias Harris ------Japan ForesightObserving Japan on SubstackThe Iconoclast on AmazonTobias Harris on BlueSky------ Past History/Society Episodes ------The Castles of Japan ft. William de Lange S5E19)Foreign-Born Samurai: William Adams ft. Nathan Ledbetter (Guest Host, Dr. Samantha Perez) (S5E17)Foreign-Born Samurai: Yasuke ft. Nathan Ledbetter (Guest Host, Dr. Samantha Perez) (S5E16)Change in Urban & Rural Japanese Communities ft. Azby Brown (S5E15)Inside Japanese Homes & Architecture ft. Azby Brown (S5E6)Kendo: The Way of the Sword ft. Alexander Bennett, 7th Dan in Kendo (S4E16)Jokichi Takamine: The Earliest Bridge Between New Orleans & Japan ft. Stephen Lyman (S4E13)The Chrysanthemum Throne ft. Dr. Hiromu Nagahara [Part 2] (S2E18)The Chrysanthemum Throne ft. Dr. Hiromu Nagahara [Part 1] (S2E17)The Age of Lady Samurai ft. Tomoko Kitagawa (S1E12)------ JSNO Upcoming Events ------JSNO Event CalendarJoin JSNO Today!

As memórias de quem viveu um centenário e presenciou o bombardeio a Hiroshima ultrapassam fronteiras de tempo, espaço e linguagem, mas ganharam forma sensível e poética no curta-metragem  'Alma Errante - Hibakusha'. O documentário mergulha no imaginário de Takashi Morita, sobrevivente da bomba atômica, ex-soldado da Guarda Imperial japonesa e ativista pela paz, que faleceu no Brasil, em 2024, aos 100 anos. Dirigida pelo cineasta Joel Yamaji, a produção fez sua estreia internacional no 26º Festival de Cinema Asiático de San Diego, na Califórnia, no domingo (9). Cleide Klock, correspondente da RFI em Los Angeles O projeto começou há quase três décadas, quando o cineasta conheceu a família Morita em São Paulo, em 1996. Desde lá, Yamaji acumulou horas de imagens e depoimentos até encontrar a forma que desejava. Mais do que um registro histórico, o filme é um poema visual. “Não queria explorar o sofrimento em forma de espetáculo. Queria um filme sobre a paz, sobre aqueles que passaram pela guerra e continuaram. É sobre a superação", conta o diretor. Yamaji define o curta como uma obra que ultrapassa o documentário tradicional, mistura gerações em uma metáfora de convivência. “Eu sempre acho que a poesia no cinema é necessária, ainda mais num mundo em guerra. O Sr. Takashi sempre professou a paz, então quis fazer um filme que fosse um poema, não uma denúncia", diz Yamaji. A herança da memória e a mensagem de paz A filha do Sr. Takashi, Yasuko Morita, veio a San Diego para a apresentação de 'Alma Errante - Hibakusha'. Ela acompanha a trajetória do filme, do legado e das memórias dos pais que ouvia desde criança, ambos sobreviventes de Hiroshima. “Além deles serem um casal muito unido, eram companheiros da mesma lembrança. Eu e meu irmão crescemos ouvindo essas histórias. Eles eram vítimas de uma mesma tragédia, mas unidos pela esperança. Meu pai nunca falou mal de ninguém. Quando perguntavam se ele tinha raiva dos Estados Unidos, ele dizia: ‘Não. Eu tenho raiva da guerra', contou Yasuko. Ela relembrou ainda que seu pai dedicou a vida a campanhas sobre a paz e à Associação de Sobreviventes da Bomba Atômica no Brasil, criada por ele para garantir assistência médica e promover campanhas de conscientização. “As nossas campanhas pela paz sempre foram voltadas aos jovens, para entenderem que a bomba atômica não pode andar com a humanidade. Meu pai dizia: ‘Hiroshima foi a primeira. Nagasaki tem que ser a última", disse ela. Yasuko reforça o simbolismo de trazer o filme agora aos Estados Unidos, país que lançou a bomba e que há poucos dias o presidente Donald Trump falou em retornar os testes nucleares. Ela relembra a última conversa que teve com o pai. "As últimas falas do meu pai antes de falecer me tocaram bastante. Ele falou assim: 'A gente não fez o suficiente, olhe como está o mundo agora'. Eu disse: 'Mas o senhor fez o que podia. E o resto tem que ficar para outras pessoas continuarem.' Depois de dois meses que ele tinha falecido, uma entidade de sobreviventes lá do Japão, com quem nós tínhamos bastante contato, foi premiada com o Prêmio Nobel da Paz. Eu pensei, papai, o senhor iria ficar tão orgulhoso!", finaliza.

Ua 80 tausaga talu ona fa'aaogāina se pomu atomika i se osofa'iga ina ua fa'apa'ū e Amerika pomu atomika i taulaga o Hiroshima ma Nagasaki i Iapani ma i'u ai le taua lona 2 o le lalolagi.

durée : 00:58:48 - Le Book Club - par : Marie Richeux - Inspiré de l'expérience de son auteur Keiji Nakazawa, rescapé du bombardement atomique à Hiroshima le 6 août 1945, ce long manga explore avec un réalisme saisissant la violence, la souffrance des civils et l'endoctrinement idéologique imposé par le régime impérial japonais. - réalisation : Vivien Demeyère - invités : Benoît Peeters Écrivain, scénariste de bandes dessinées et éditeur, biographe d'Hergé; Pauline Croquet Journaliste au Monde rubrique Pixels

Dans Musée Duras, Julien Gosselin retraverse l'œuvre protéiforme de Marguerite Duras à travers onze propositions scéniques. Aux côtés de seize interprètes issus de la promotion sortante du Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, le directeur de l'Odéon nous fait découvrir l'œuvre complète de Marguerite Duras sur une journée, avec les élèves de la promotion 2025 du Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris. Un spectacle fleuve de dix heures assez hypnotique avec un rythme : celui des mots, celui de la musique, de la techno et des lumières stroboscopiques. Il y a aussi des scènes filmées en vidéo et projetées sur les écrans autour de la scène ; pour chaque texte, le dispositif change. On peut s'immerger dans l'homme Atlantique, la douleur, Hiroshima mon amour ou La Musica deuxième. Ce qui m'intéresse quand je monte un texte, ce n'est pas de rendre hommage à un auteur ou à une autrice, c'est de faire un théâtre d'aujourd'hui : c'est faire un théâtre vivant. Julien Gosselin    Julien Gosselin explore aussi les thèmes de l'amour fou, «aimer à en mourir» un thème très durassien: «Je crois qu'une des choses fondamentales pour le théâtre, c'est qu'au fond, le théâtre n'est pas là pour montrer des sentiments raisonnables. On ne vient pas au théâtre pour voir des choses qui ressemblent de manière identique et molle à la vie. On vient voir des zones d'extrémité dont on pourrait dire qu'elles sont presque interdites». Marguerite Duras, née Marguerite Donnadieu le 4 avril 1914, près de Saigon (Vietnam), est une autrice, dramaturge, scénariste et réalisatrice française. Elle passe son enfance en Indochine française, une expérience qui marquera son œuvre. Après des études de droit, elle s'engage dans la Résistance pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et adopte le nom «Duras». Son mari, Robert Antelme, sera arrêté par la Gestapo et conduit vers les camps de Dachau et Buchenwald d'où il ressortira vivant. Elle s'inspirera de ces années pour écrire La douleur. L'œuvre de Marguerite Duras aborde les questions de la passion, de désir, de la solitude.  Elle obtient le prix Goncourt en 1984 pour l'Amant. En 1959, elle écrit le scénario du film Hiroshima, mon amour, qui sera réalisé par Alain Resnais. Elle est également l'autrice de romans tels que Un barrage contre le Pacifique, Moderato cantabile, son style épuré a considérablement renouvelé la littérature française. Elle milita aussi activement contre la guerre en Algérie et s'engage pour les droits des femmes en signant le manifeste des 343, réclamant l'abrogation de la loi de 1920 interdisant l'avortement et toute contraception.   Elle décède à Paris en 1996.  Invité : Julien Gosselin, metteur en scène français né en 1987. En 2009, il fonde le collectif Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœur avec six comédiens de sa promotion. Il se fait connaître avec l'adaptation du roman de Michel Houellebecq Les particules élémentaires présentée au Festival d'Avignon en 2013. En juin 2025, il est nommé directeur du Théâtre National de l'Odéon pour une durée de cinq ans.   Musée Duras à voir à l'espace Berthier jusqu'au 30 novembre 2025. Programmation musicale : L'artiste montréalaise Laura Lefevre avec le titre Un séjour. 

Dans Musée Duras, Julien Gosselin retraverse l'œuvre protéiforme de Marguerite Duras à travers onze propositions scéniques. Aux côtés de seize interprètes issus de la promotion sortante du Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, le directeur de l'Odéon nous fait découvrir l'œuvre complète de Marguerite Duras sur une journée, avec les élèves de la promotion 2025 du Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris. Un spectacle fleuve de dix heures assez hypnotique avec un rythme : celui des mots, celui de la musique, de la techno et des lumières stroboscopiques. Il y a aussi des scènes filmées en vidéo et projetées sur les écrans autour de la scène ; pour chaque texte, le dispositif change. On peut s'immerger dans l'homme Atlantique, la douleur, Hiroshima mon amour ou La Musica deuxième. Ce qui m'intéresse quand je monte un texte, ce n'est pas de rendre hommage à un auteur ou à une autrice, c'est de faire un théâtre d'aujourd'hui : c'est faire un théâtre vivant. Julien Gosselin    Julien Gosselin explore aussi les thèmes de l'amour fou, «aimer à en mourir» un thème très durassien: «Je crois qu'une des choses fondamentales pour le théâtre, c'est qu'au fond, le théâtre n'est pas là pour montrer des sentiments raisonnables. On ne vient pas au théâtre pour voir des choses qui ressemblent de manière identique et molle à la vie. On vient voir des zones d'extrémité dont on pourrait dire qu'elles sont presque interdites». Marguerite Duras, née Marguerite Donnadieu le 4 avril 1914, près de Saigon (Vietnam), est une autrice, dramaturge, scénariste et réalisatrice française. Elle passe son enfance en Indochine française, une expérience qui marquera son œuvre. Après des études de droit, elle s'engage dans la Résistance pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et adopte le nom «Duras». Son mari, Robert Antelme, sera arrêté par la Gestapo et conduit vers les camps de Dachau et Buchenwald d'où il ressortira vivant. Elle s'inspirera de ces années pour écrire La douleur. L'œuvre de Marguerite Duras aborde les questions de la passion, de désir, de la solitude.  Elle obtient le prix Goncourt en 1984 pour l'Amant. En 1959, elle écrit le scénario du film Hiroshima, mon amour, qui sera réalisé par Alain Resnais. Elle est également l'autrice de romans tels que Un barrage contre le Pacifique, Moderato cantabile, son style épuré a considérablement renouvelé la littérature française. Elle milita aussi activement contre la guerre en Algérie et s'engage pour les droits des femmes en signant le manifeste des 343, réclamant l'abrogation de la loi de 1920 interdisant l'avortement et toute contraception.   Elle décède à Paris en 1996.  Invité : Julien Gosselin, metteur en scène français né en 1987. En 2009, il fonde le collectif Si vous pouviez lécher mon cœur avec six comédiens de sa promotion. Il se fait connaître avec l'adaptation du roman de Michel Houellebecq Les particules élémentaires présentée au Festival d'Avignon en 2013. En juin 2025, il est nommé directeur du Théâtre National de l'Odéon pour une durée de cinq ans.   Musée Duras à voir à l'espace Berthier jusqu'au 30 novembre 2025. Programmation musicale : L'artiste montréalaise Laura Lefevre avec le titre Un séjour. 

Eighty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the shadow of nuclear weapons has re-emerged on the world stage. Once thought to be relics of a bygone era, they are again the subject of fierce rhetoric between Washington, Moscow and Beijing.

Hablamos con la gallega Lucía Solla Sobral de su debut en la literatura, Comerás flores (Ed. Libros del Asteroide), novela sobre las muchas formas -a veces camufladas de amor- que puede adoptar el maltrato psicológico dentro de la pareja. Luego Javier Lostalé abre su ventanita poética a Vida ávida, la poesía reunida de Ángel Guinda que publica la editorial Olifante ahora que se cumplen tres años de la muerte del autor aragonés. Por su parte, Ignacio Elguero nos recomienda varias lecturas: la edición bilingüe e ilustrada de Haikus de la bomba atómica (Ed. Hiperión), en los que la japonesa Seiko Ota sintetiza los conocimientos y testimonios de los supervivientes de los bombardeos de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, y la versíón del clásico Hansel y Gretel (Ed. Lumen) que ha hecho Stephen King a partir de los diseños de escenografía y vestuario que el mítico ilustrador estadounidense Maurice Sendak concibió en su momento para una ópera.En Peligro en La estación nuestro colaborador Sergio C. Fanjul nos invita a pensar en las diferencias entre lo que llamamos literatura comercial y "literaria" al hilo de la polémica por el último Premio Planeta.Terminamos el programa en compañía de Mariano Peyrou, que hoy nos sorprende con De las cosas pálidas (Ed. La Bella Varsovia), el nuevo poemario de Alberto Santamaría, en el que el escritor cántabro aborda asuntos de calado como la identidad, la autopercepción y las relaciones con los demás a través de detalles aparentemente banales.Escuchar audio

Filosoferna Torbjörn Tännsjö, Jonna Bornemark och Lyra Ekström Lindbäck svarar på lyssnarnas frågor. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Per-Daniel frågar: Varför ska vi bry oss om kommande generationer? De har ju inte gjort särskilt mycket för oss och vi vet inte ens om de kommer att finnas.Efter en sommar av mer eller mindre intensiv samvaro behöver signaturen ”mamman” filosofernas hjälp. Vad är en familj och var börjar och slutar den, frågar hon. De amerikanska atombomberna som detonerade över Hiroshima och Nagasaki 1945 krävde 100 000-tals japanska dödsoffer, den absoluta majoriteten civila. Anfallet försvarades med att en invasion av Japan hade krävt ännu fler dödsoffer, och att bomberna tvingade fram en kapitulation. Filosofen Elizabeth Anscombe kritiserade detta resonemang och menade att mord på oskyldiga alltid är fel, även om det innebär att färre människor får sätta livet till. Håller ni med Anscombe, undrar Joel.Karin frågar: Hur värderar ni den svenska kulturkanon som nyligen publicerades?  Hur kommer den påverka hur vi svenskar agerar tillsammans?  Medverkande: Torbjörn Tännsjö, Jonna Bornemark och Lyra Ekström LindbäckProgramledare: Cecilia Strömberg WallinProducent: Marie Liljedahl

Step into the world of tokusatsu with Ultraman Max director Takeshi Yagi! The Krewe chats with Yagi-san about the artistry, imagination, and behind-the-scenes magic that bring Ultraman and Japan's iconic heroes & monsters to life. Discover how tokusatsu continues to inspire fans around the world.------ About the Krewe ------The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, LinkedIn: Krewe of Japan LinkedIn Page, Blue Sky Social: @kreweofjapan.bsky.social, & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy!------ Support the Krewe! Offer Links for Affiliates ------Use the referral links below!Zencastr Offer Link - Use my special link to save 30% off your 1st month of any Zencastr paid plan! ------ Links for Takeshi Yagi ------Takeshi Yagi on InstagramTakeshi Yagi on X/TwitterTakeshi Yagi's WebsiteTakeshi Yagi's Blog (JP)Takeshi Yagi's New Book (Releasing Nov 19, 2025)Wikizilla Page on AKARI------ Past Tokusatsu/Pop Culture Episodes ------Enjoying Shojo Anime & Manga ft. Taryn of Manga Lela (S5E18)Akira Toriyama: Legacy of a Legend ft. Matt Alt (S5E3)The History & Evolution of Godzilla ft. Dr. William (Bill) Tsutsui (S5E1)Thoughts on Godzilla Minus One ft. Dr. William (Bill) Tsutsui (S4Bonus)The History of Nintendo ft. Matt Alt (S4E18)Japanese Mascot Mania ft. Chris Carlier of Mondo Mascots (S4E8)Tokusatsu Talk with a Super Sentai ft. Sotaro Yasuda aka GekiChopper (S4E6)The Evolution of PokéMania ft Daniel Dockery [Part 2] (S4E3)The Evolution of PokéMania ft Daniel Dockery [Part 1] (S4E2)Japanese Independent Film Industry ft. Award Winning Director Eiji Uchida (S3E18)How Marvel Comics Changed Tokusatsu & Japan Forever ft Gene & Ted Pelc (Guest Host, Matt Alt) (S3E13)Talking Shonen Anime Series ft. Kyle Hebert (S3E10)Japanese Arcades (S2E16)How to Watch Anime: Subbed vs. Dubbed ft. Dan Woren (S2E9)Manga: Literature & An Art Form ft. Danica Davidson (S2E3)The Fantastical World of Studio Ghibli ft. Steve Alpert (S2E1)The Greatest Anime of All Time Pt. 3: Modern Day Anime  (2010's-Present) (S1E18)The Greatest Anime of All Time Pt. 2: The Golden Age  (1990's-2010's) (S1E16)The Greatest Anime of All Time Pt. 1: Nostalgia (60's-80's) (S1E5)We Love Pokemon: Celebrating 25 Years (S1E3)Why Japan ft. Matt Alt (S1E1)------ JSNO Upcoming Events ------JSNO Event CalendarJoin JSNO Today!

Operation Olympic was the first phase of Operation Downfall—the Allied plan to invade Japan and end World War II. Set for November 1, 1945, this massive amphibious assault on Kyushu was canceled after Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war.In this episode, MacArthur Memorial historians Amanda Williams and Jim Zobel break down the operation's objectives, scale, and historical context. This episode also includes a bonus Q&A of listener questions that were recorded after the initial program. YouTube Initial Program: Operation OlympicYouTube Q&A: Operation Olympic Q&AHave a comment about this episode? Send us a text message! (Note: we can only read the texts, we can't reply) Follow us on:Twitter: @MacArthur1880; @AEWilliamsClarkFacebook: @MacArthurMemorialwww.macarthurmemorial.org

Late last month, President Trump announced that the United States would be restarting nuclear weapons tests after a break of over 30 years. We've since learned that they won't be the explosive kind of tests, but this sent us down a rabbit hole — where we found a story about dinosaurs, Carl Sagan, and nuclear war. Because there was a moment in the not-so-distant past when we learned what drove the dinosaurs extinct... and that discovery, made during the Cold War, may have helped save humans from the same fate. This episode originally published in March 2025.Guests:David Sepkoski, Thomas M. Siebel Chair in History of Science at the University of Illinois and author of Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity. Owen Brian Toon, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.Alec Nevala-Lee, novelist, critic, and biographer and author of the forthcoming book Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs. Ann Druyan, co-writer and co-creator of the television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. Andrew Revkin, science and environmental journalist.To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Sau 80 năm Hiroshima, những căng thẳng hạt nhân giữa Mỹ, Nga và Trung Quốc lại trỗi dậy. Điều từng được xem là dấu chấm hết của thời kỳ hủy diệt giờ đây lại trở thành tâm điểm trong lời qua tiếng lại giữa Washington, Moscow và Bắc Kinh.

80 Jahre nach den Atombombenabwürfen auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki kehrt das Thema Atomwaffen auf die Weltbühne zurück. Während US-Präsident Donald Trump überraschend eine trilaterale Zusammenarbeit mit Russland und China zur Denuklearisierung andeutet, reagiert Moskau mit der Ankündigung, sich auf neue Atomtests vorzubereiten. China wiederum baut sein Waffenarsenal weiter aus und beobachtet das geopolitische Ringen aufmerksam. Expertinnen warnen vor einer gefährlichen Kettenreaktion.

Au Japon, l'arbre de vie a pris une dimension nouvelle au XXᵉ siècle, lorsque le ginkgo biloba, déjà symbole de longévité dans la culture asiatique, est devenu le témoin d'un événement tragique : la bombe atomique d'Hiroshima. Le 6 août 1945, à 8 h 15, l'explosion pulvérisa presque toute la ville. Les températures atteignirent plus de 4 000 °C, et plus de 100 000 personnes périrent instantanément. Pourtant, parmi les ruines calcinées, quelques arbres résistèrent — et parmi eux, plusieurs ginkgos.Ces arbres, situés à moins d'un kilomètre de l'hypocentre, furent entièrement brûlés à la surface, mais leurs racines restèrent vivantes. À la stupéfaction des survivants, de jeunes pousses vertes apparurent au printemps suivant, dans une ville dévastée. Ce phénomène devint un symbole national : la vie plus forte que la destruction. Ces ginkgos, appelés hibakujumoku (« arbres bombardés »), existent encore aujourd'hui. On en recense une centaine à Hiroshima, soigneusement identifiés, protégés et entretenus. Chacun porte une plaque indiquant sa distance du point d'explosion et sa date de repousse.Mais la sacralité du ginkgo ne naît pas seulement de sa survie physique : elle rejoint une tradition spirituelle japonaise ancienne. Dans le shintoïsme, la nature est habitée par les kami, les esprits divins. Les arbres, par leur longévité et leur verticalité, sont perçus comme des passerelles entre le ciel et la terre. Le ginkgo, avec sa capacité à renaître après la destruction, incarne désormais une forme moderne d'arbre de vie : il relie la souffrance du passé à l'espérance du futur.Les Japonais voient dans ces arbres rescapés une métaphore de la résilience nationale. Après la guerre, ils devinrent lieux de recueillement et d'enseignement moral. Autour de certains d'entre eux, les habitants plantèrent des jardins de paix. Des graines furent envoyées à travers le monde, jusqu'en Europe et aux États-Unis, comme symboles de réconciliation.Aujourd'hui encore, ces ginkgos rappellent la capacité humaine à se relever. Leur silhouette élégante, leurs feuilles en éventail qui jaunissent chaque automne, racontent une histoire plus vaste que celle du Japon : celle de la vie qui persiste malgré la folie des hommes. C'est pourquoi, au Japon, l'arbre de vie n'est pas seulement une métaphore spirituelle : c'est une réalité historique, gravée dans l'écorce brûlée des ginkgos d'Hiroshima, témoins silencieux de la survie du monde. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Después de una semana escuchando a los ciudadanos periodistas, me extraña mucho que el pasado domingo el Estadio Santiago Bernabéu no saltase por los aires o se hundiese en la tierra hasta desaparecer. Jamás, en estadio alguno, se había visto semejante afrenta. Lo curioso es que, según nos han contado los ciudadanos periodistas, pareciera que son ellos los agraviados, los que han sentido los gestos de Vinicius como una puñalada en el corazón. Qué tierno resulta escuchar a un montón de antimadridistas preocuparse tanto. Como dice el refrán, del enemigo, el consejo, supongo que para hacer exactamente lo contrario. Min. 01 Seg. 50 – Intro Min. 07 Seg. 53 – Un comportamiento inaceptable Min. 15 Seg. 20 - Tiene que dimitir por principios Min. 20 Seg. 36 - Solo y a los pies de los caballos Min. 28 Seg. 37 – Ni un minuto más en el Real Madrid Min. 34 Seg. 21 – Hiroshima y Nagasaki Min. 41 Seg. 14 - Un vestuario al borde de la erupción Min. 46 Seg. 01 - El club debe intervenir (en este caso) Min. 51 Seg. 10 - Lo único que les importa es el castigo Min. 55 Seg. 51 - No escuchan, sólo oyen Min. 62 Seg. 42 - Despedida Grateful Dead (Essen 28/03/1981) Mexicali Blues Good Lovin' Sugaree Shakedown Street Ship Of Fools Not Fade Away Michael Jackson - Thriller (Munich 06/07/1997)

In this episode, we share what we did in each port on our Norwegian Spirit Cruise to Japan. From spending our wedding anniversary in Hiroshima to the extreme heat viewing Mt Fuji, we saw and did a LOT on this once in a lifetime cruise to Japan! Download our shore day bag checklist and more cruise packing and planning checklists & videos by joining the CruiseTipsTV Academy at https://academy.cruisetipstv.com

What if prayer could defy physics? In this episode, Fr Columba tells the astonishing true story of eight Jesuit priests who survived the atomic blast at Hiroshima, without injury, in the open, and against every scientific law. Their secret? Living the message of Fatima and praying the Rosary daily. Discover how this miracle reveals the real power of prayer, the protection of Our Lady, and why the Rosary remains one of the Church's greatest weapons of faith, even in the darkest moments of history.

As the top flight enters the final stretch, things tightened at the top in Matchday 35, but two dogfighters saw their fates sealed in a dramatic round of games. Jonny and Ben begin the pod with an ACL review, then cover the games involving the title chasers, including Kashima's stunning late equalizer at Kyoto, Kashiwa's win over Yokohama FC, and Kobe's late collapse at already relegated Niigata (to 28:28). Then in Part 2, Yokohama F.Marinos correspondent Stuart Woodward joins us again after his side's 3-0 home win over Hiroshima took them to the brink of securing safety, while we also discussed Shonan's relegation (to 58:58). And finally, Jonny and Ben round up the other five games, and look ahead to the Levain Cup final on Saturday.

“Anachronistic d’amour” es la última entrega de Jaime Cristobal, J’aime. Este “Amor por el anacronismo” sirve para enfocar la música de este músico pamplonés que bebe de referentes del pasado manejando esas influencias con filtros más actuales. Un gran disco de pop con el que iniciamos un paseo por la huerta ibérica en busca de variopintas novedades.Playlist;J’AIME “Amplified heart”J’AIME “Distant star”J’AIME “Sweethearts and high ends”MUTAGÉNICOS “Rumore”LE GRAND MIERCOLES “Kid Chocolate”THE BUCANNAN “Confital Bay”THE BO-DEREKS “Hiroshima”EH MERTXE! “Reza al pop”JUVENTUDE “Ana mi amor”DEPRESIÓN SONORA “Sin volverme loco”RATA NEGRA “Hawai”UKELELE ZOMBIES “¡Y con mi hacha!” ANA CURRA “Amor, odio”ANA CURRA feat ÁLVARO BIZNAGA “Unidos”BIZNAGA “Máquinas blandas”JOSÉ LANOT “Conjuro” Escuchar audio

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Driving through Gaza is like "driving through the ruins of Hiroshima, or Stalingrad, or Dresden"Tom Fletcher has been the United Nations humanitarian chief for almost a year and speaks to Nick two weeks into his organisation's efforts to get as much aid as possible into the Gaza Strip.He gives a behind-the-scenes account of how he works with the Trump White House and how the ceasefire deal was struck in Sharm el-Sheikh.Fletcher also shares his lessons learned from his years as foreign adviser to Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.Producer: Daniel Kraemer Research: Chloe Desave Editor: Giles Edwards Sound: Hal Haines and Ged Sudlow

durée : 00:10:34 - Le Fil de l'histoire - par : Stéphanie Duncan - Le 9 août 1945, les Américains font exploser sur Nagasaki une seconde bombe atomique. Le même jour, Staline déclare la guerre au Japon et l'Armée rouge envahit la Mandchourie. Pris en tenailles entre les bombes américaines et l'assaut soviétique, le Japon se voit acculé à déposer les armes. - invités : Olivier WIEVIORKA - Olivier Wieviorka : Historien, professeur à l'École normale supérieure de Cachan - réalisé par : Claire DESTACAMP Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:10:13 - Le Fil de l'histoire - par : Stéphanie Duncan - Paul Tibbets, le pilote de l'Enola Gay, a eu le temps, juste après avoir largué la bombe, de regarder derrière lui et d'apercevoir le champignon nucléaire au-dessus d'Hiroshima… Mais il ne sait rien de l'apocalypse que sa bombe a provoquée en quelques secondes. - invités : Olivier WIEVIORKA - Olivier Wieviorka : Historien, professeur à l'École normale supérieure de Cachan - réalisé par : Claire DESTACAMP Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

The history of film calls to mind unforgettable photographs, famous directors, and the glitz and hustle of the media business. But there is another tale to tell that connects film as a material to the twentieth century's history of war, destruction, and cruelty. This story comes into focus during World War II at the factories of Tennessee Eastman, where photographic giant Kodak produced the rudiments of movie magic. Not far away, at Oak Ridge, Kodak was also enriching uranium for the Manhattan Project--uranium mined in the Belgian Congo and destined for the bomb that fell on Hiroshima. While the world's largest film manufacturer transformed into a formidable military contractor, across the ocean its competitor Agfa grew entangled with Nazi Germany's machinery of war. After 1945, Kodak's film factories stood at the front lines of a new, colder war, as their photosensitive products became harbingers of the dangers of nuclear fallout. Following scientists, soldiers, prisoners, and spies through Kodak's and Agfa's global empires, Alice Lovejoy links the golden age of cinema and photography to colonialism, the military-industrial complex, radioactive dust, and toxic waste. Revelatory and chilling, Tales of Militant Chemistry shows how film became a weapon whose chemistry irrevocably shaped the world we live in today. Alice Lovejoy is author of the award-winning Army Film and the Avant Garde: Cinema and Experiment in the Czechoslovak Military. A former editor at Film Comment, she is Professor of film and media studies at the University of Minnesota. Caleb Zakarin is editor of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

durée : 00:09:31 - Le Fil de l'histoire - par : Stéphanie Duncan - 6 août 1945, trois heures du matin. Trois bombardiers américains décollent de la base de Tinian dans les îles Mariannes, un archipel du Pacifique-Est. Deux avions sont là pour prendre des mesures et des photos. Le troisième est celui qui, dans la soute, transporte la bombe A, surnommée "Little Boy". - invités : Olivier WIEVIORKA - Olivier Wieviorka : Historien, professeur à l'École normale supérieure de Cachan - réalisé par : Claire DESTACAMP Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:10:47 - Le Fil de l'histoire - par : Stéphanie Duncan - Comment faire céder l'empire du soleil levant ? En juillet 1945, à la conférence de Potsdam qui réunit les dirigeants des 3 pays vainqueurs, le nouveau président américain Harry Truman, en aparté, informe Staline que son pays possède une arme secrète nouvelle d'une puissance inédite... - invités : Olivier WIEVIORKA - Olivier Wieviorka : Historien, professeur à l'École normale supérieure de Cachan - réalisé par : Claire DESTACAMP Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Short English Summary : In this episode, Noriko talks about negative heritage/negative legacy - sites that preserve tragic history, such as Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Auschwitz. Why do we keep these painful memories? To forget, or to remember? She shares her own experiences and invites listeners to reflect on the meaning of preserving dark heritage.Takeaways負の遺産は悲しい歴史を伝える場所である。世界遺産には美しい自然や歴史的な文化価値がある場所だけでなく、負の遺産も含まれる。広島の原爆ドームはその一例である。過去の悲劇を忘れないために、歴史的な場所を残す意義がある。教育目的で訪れることが重要である。人間の判断ミスが引き起こした災害について考える必要がある。悲しい歴史を学ぶことは未来にとって重要である。

durée : 00:10:20 - Le Fil de l'histoire - par : Stéphanie Duncan - En 1945 la première bombe atomique était larguée sur Hiroshima. Pour les uns, Hiroshima, symbole poussée à son paroxysme de la barbarie humaine, aurait pu être évité. Pour les autres c'était le seul moyen de faire capituler les Japonais et d'épargner des centaines de milliers de vies... - invités : Olivier WIEVIORKA - Olivier Wieviorka : Historien, professeur à l'École normale supérieure de Cachan - réalisé par : Claire DESTACAMP Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Lawfare Contributor Mykhailo Soldatenko sits down with Serhii Plokhii, Harvard History Professor and a leading authority on the history of the Cold War and Ukraine, to discuss his new book, "The Nuclear Age: An Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival," that tells a history of nuclear proliferation and international efforts to tame it. They discuss the role of fear and prestige in a country's decision to acquire nukes, nuclear strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, preventive wars against nuclear aspirants, Ukraine's decision to give up nuclear weapons it inherited from the Soviet Union, and more. You may also want to look at the following Lawfare pieces about this topic:"Filling the Security Void of the Budapest Memorandum," by Mykhailo Soldatenko "Ukraine's Nuclear Moment," by Eric CiaramellaTo receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.