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Hikikomori
#109 - Minamata Disease (Part 2)

Hikikomori

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2025 52:17


We continue covering the environmental disaster that resulted in Minamata Disease, how those responsible knowingly continued to harm all living things around them with mercury, and the legacy that the dozens of mass poisonings by corporations left on Japan Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Ministry of the Environment - Minamata Disease Minamata, by W Eugene Smith and Aileen M Smith National Institute of Minamata Disease - What We Have Learned from the Experience of Minamata Disease Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo, by Nick Kapur (2018) The Lancet - Japan remembers Minamata, by J McCurry PubMed - Minamata disease: methylmercury poisoning in Japan caused by environmental pollution, by M Harada Kumamoto Prefectural Government - Minamata Disease for Beginners Wikipedia - Four Big Pollution Diseases Wikipedia - Itai-Itai Disease Wikipedia - Minamata Disease Wikipedia - Niigata Minamata Disease

Hikikomori
#108 - Minamata Disease (Part 1)

Hikikomori

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 57:22


We start a 2-parter on what might be the most terrifying man-made environmental disaster in Japanese history, namely the purposeful, prolonged and secret dumping of toxic waste into coastal waters by multiple Japanese chemical companies, some of which are still around and thriving. Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Ministry of the Environment - Minamata Disease Minamata, by W Eugene Smith and Aileen M Smith National Institute of Minamata Disease - What We Have Learned from the Experience of Minamata Disease Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo, by Nick Kapur (2018) The Lancet - Japan remembers Minamata, by J McCurry PubMed - Minamata disease: methylmercury poisoning in Japan caused by environmental pollution, by M Harada Kumamoto Prefectural Government - Minamata Disease for Beginners Wikipedia - Four Big Pollution Diseases Wikipedia - Itai-Itai Disease Wikipedia - Minamata Disease Wikipedia - Niigata Minamata Disease

Graduate Institute What Matters Today
Lebanon at a Crossroads: Conflict, Crisis, and the Future of Stability

Graduate Institute What Matters Today

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 14:46


Welcome to this episode of What Matters Today, where we delve into the complexities of the current crisis between Israel and Lebanon. As tensions escalate, Lebanon faces profound challenges to its stability, governance, and ability to provide essential services. In this episode, we explore how the ongoing conflict is reshaping the Lebanese state, examining the government's response, the factors influencing its decisions, and the critical role of public opinion—especially concerning Hezbollah's involvement. We'll also consider how Lebanon's position at the heart of regional tensions might lead to shifts in alliances and potentially transformative changes within its own political landscape. To help unpack these pressing issues, we are joined by Christiana Parreira, Assistant Professor of International Relations and Political Science here at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Christiana joined the Institute in 2022, following her role as a Post-doctoral Associate in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and a Pre-Doctoral Associate with the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School.

The Tipping Point with Jimmy Evans
Israel at a Crossroads: Conflict and the Search for Peace | Tipping Point with Brian Schrauger

The Tipping Point with Jimmy Evans

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 25:27


Join me as I sit down with Brian Schrauger for an insightful talk on Israel's 76th Independence Day. Despite the somber mood due to the ongoing conflict, we dive into biblical prophecies that are unfolding, the rejection of the two-state solution, efforts to avoid civilian casualties, and the importance of praying for peace and comfort for the people of Israel during these traumatic times. Don't miss this powerful conversation shedding light on the reality of the situation in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond Japan with Oliver Moxham

Oliver is joined by Nick Kapur, Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University, to discuss failed revolutions, drawing comparisons between the 1960 ANPO riots of Japan over US-Japan relations with the Capitol Hill Riot we saw on 6 January 2021. Although more than 60 years apart and in totally different contexts, Nick argues that there are several factors worthy of comparison, such as the role of polarising heads of state, the nationwide shocked response to televised political violence and how the media, state and people respond to these movements which never met their goals. Nick's research profile You can order Nick's book, Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo, here Image credits: [L] 1960 Protests against the United States-Japan Security Treaty by Asahi Shimbun Company [R] Proud Boy Demonstrator, May Day 2017 by AdamCohn Copyright © 2021 Oliver Moxham, ℗ 2021 Oliver Moxham. May be freely distributed in a classroom setting. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beyond-japan/message

New Books in National Security
Nick Kapur, “Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo” (Harvard UP, 2018)

New Books in National Security

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 65:55


Nick Kapur’s Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018) is an ambitious look at the transformations of Japanese society after the massive protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty (abbreviated as “Anpo” in Japanese) in 1960. The treaty was renewed despite fifteen months of protest that involved 30 million people—1/3 of Japan’s population. The treaty, rammed through by the government of Kishi Nobusuke, but Kapur argues that the aftermath of this political paroxysm fundamentally changed Japan in complex and lasting ways. Kapur’s narrative begins with political changes both at home and in the US-Japan relationship, but the book addresses the economy, society, the labor movement literature, the arts, the mass media, the conservative establishment of the police and courts, and even the revitalization of right-wing forces like the yakuza. Kapur argues that the sometimes violent and ultimately failed protests against Anpo helped delegitimize extra-parliamentary protest and ushered in a turn toward the depoliticization of public society. Most provocatively, Kapur challenges the idea of the “1955 system” of one-party conservative rule under the Liberal Democratic Party, arguing instead that 1960 was the real landmark moment in the creation of a broader “Anpo system” that is the book’s subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in World Affairs
Nick Kapur, “Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo” (Harvard UP, 2018)

New Books in World Affairs

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 65:55


Nick Kapur’s Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018) is an ambitious look at the transformations of Japanese society after the massive protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty (abbreviated as “Anpo” in Japanese) in 1960. The treaty was renewed despite fifteen months of protest that involved 30 million people—1/3 of Japan’s population. The treaty, rammed through by the government of Kishi Nobusuke, but Kapur argues that the aftermath of this political paroxysm fundamentally changed Japan in complex and lasting ways. Kapur’s narrative begins with political changes both at home and in the US-Japan relationship, but the book addresses the economy, society, the labor movement literature, the arts, the mass media, the conservative establishment of the police and courts, and even the revitalization of right-wing forces like the yakuza. Kapur argues that the sometimes violent and ultimately failed protests against Anpo helped delegitimize extra-parliamentary protest and ushered in a turn toward the depoliticization of public society. Most provocatively, Kapur challenges the idea of the “1955 system” of one-party conservative rule under the Liberal Democratic Party, arguing instead that 1960 was the real landmark moment in the creation of a broader “Anpo system” that is the book’s subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in History
Nick Kapur, “Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo” (Harvard UP, 2018)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 65:55


Nick Kapur’s Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018) is an ambitious look at the transformations of Japanese society after the massive protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty (abbreviated as “Anpo” in Japanese) in 1960. The treaty was renewed despite fifteen months of protest that involved 30 million people—1/3 of Japan’s population. The treaty, rammed through by the government of Kishi Nobusuke, but Kapur argues that the aftermath of this political paroxysm fundamentally changed Japan in complex and lasting ways. Kapur’s narrative begins with political changes both at home and in the US-Japan relationship, but the book addresses the economy, society, the labor movement literature, the arts, the mass media, the conservative establishment of the police and courts, and even the revitalization of right-wing forces like the yakuza. Kapur argues that the sometimes violent and ultimately failed protests against Anpo helped delegitimize extra-parliamentary protest and ushered in a turn toward the depoliticization of public society. Most provocatively, Kapur challenges the idea of the “1955 system” of one-party conservative rule under the Liberal Democratic Party, arguing instead that 1960 was the real landmark moment in the creation of a broader “Anpo system” that is the book’s subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in East Asian Studies
Nick Kapur, “Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo” (Harvard UP, 2018)

New Books in East Asian Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 65:55


Nick Kapur’s Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018) is an ambitious look at the transformations of Japanese society after the massive protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty (abbreviated as “Anpo” in Japanese) in 1960. The treaty was renewed despite fifteen months... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books Network
Nick Kapur, “Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo” (Harvard UP, 2018)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 65:55


Nick Kapur’s Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018) is an ambitious look at the transformations of Japanese society after the massive protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty (abbreviated as “Anpo” in Japanese) in 1960. The treaty was renewed despite fifteen months of protest that involved 30 million people—1/3 of Japan’s population. The treaty, rammed through by the government of Kishi Nobusuke, but Kapur argues that the aftermath of this political paroxysm fundamentally changed Japan in complex and lasting ways. Kapur’s narrative begins with political changes both at home and in the US-Japan relationship, but the book addresses the economy, society, the labor movement literature, the arts, the mass media, the conservative establishment of the police and courts, and even the revitalization of right-wing forces like the yakuza. Kapur argues that the sometimes violent and ultimately failed protests against Anpo helped delegitimize extra-parliamentary protest and ushered in a turn toward the depoliticization of public society. Most provocatively, Kapur challenges the idea of the “1955 system” of one-party conservative rule under the Liberal Democratic Party, arguing instead that 1960 was the real landmark moment in the creation of a broader “Anpo system” that is the book’s subject. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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New Books in Japanese Studies
Nick Kapur, “Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo” (Harvard UP, 2018)

New Books in Japanese Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 65:55


Nick Kapur’s Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo (Harvard University Press, 2018) is an ambitious look at the transformations of Japanese society after the massive protests against renewal of the US-Japan Security Treaty (abbreviated as “Anpo” in Japanese) in 1960. The treaty was renewed despite fifteen months... Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies

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