Podcasts about Nakamura

Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (Australian Centre on China in the World, 2025) explores four transformative decades of photography in Taiwan, tracing its evolution amid the island's emergence from Japanese colonialism and integration into Nationalist China, largely under martial law (1949–87). Through a dozen richly illustrated essays and interviews, the book bridges the gap between vigorous Chinese-language scholarship on photography in Taiwan and its limited representation in English. Essays on photographers in the 1950s–60s, including Long Chin-San (Lang Jingshan) (1892-1995), Deng Nan-Guang (1907-1971), Chang Chao-Tang (1943-2024), Liu An-Ming (1928-2022), Hwang Pai-Chi (b. 1931), Hsu Yuan-Fu (1932-2018) and Tsai Hui-Feng (1928-2005), reveal photography's pivotal role in documenting ‘local' culture and shaping cultural identity, while challenging ideas of ‘amateur' and ‘realist' practices and recognising the importance of transnational connections. Meanwhile, essays on Hsu Jen-Shiu (b.1946), Lin Bo-Liang (b. 1952), Kao Chung-Li (b. 1958), Lien Hui-Ling (b. 1961) and Hou Tsung-Hui (b. 1960), along with interviews sharing the firsthand experiences of Liu Chen-Hsiang (b.1963), Lulu Shur-tzy Hou (1962-2023) and Yao Jui-Chung (b.1969), highlight the experience of photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan, as both witness and agent of social transformation, addressing issues such as environmental protection, mental health and gender politics, as well as being a crucial vehicle for the transdisciplinary nature of contemporary art, theatre, cinema and performance in Taiwan at that time. Chen Shuxia is a historian and curator of Chinese art. Her research concerns art collectives, diasporic artistic practice, and reciprocal relations between people and objects. Her most recent books include Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025), Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2024) and A Home for Photography Learning: the Friday Salon, 1977-1980 (2024). Her most recent curated exhibitions include “Merchants of Haymarket: the Making of Sydney's Chinatown” (2026), “The trace is not a presence…” (2025), “Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature” (2024). Chen is the inaugural curator of the Chau Chak Wing Museum's China Gallery, and a Senior lecturer in the Master's degree programme in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Olivier Krischer is a historian and curator of art from East Asia and the Asian Australian diaspora, whose research concerns modern and contemporary transcultural art, photography and intermedia practices. His curatorial projects include “Assembly” (2023), featuring eight Hong Kong-born artists, “Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan” (2021) and “Between: Picturing 1950-1960s Taiwan” (2016). His publications include John Young: The History Projects (2025), Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video (2019) and Asia through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders (with F. Nakamura and M. Perkins, 2013). Krischer is currently a lecturer and program convenor for the Master's degree programe in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Li-Ping Chen is a visiting scholar in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include literary translingualism, diaspora, and nativism in Sinophone, inter-Asian, and transpacific contexts. Li-Ping's NBN episodes on Taiwan Studies are supported by the Chun and Jane Chiu Family Foundation Taiwan Studies Program at Oregon State University. Relevant Links: Open Access for Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan 1950s−1980s Wayfaring 找路: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan Exhibition Webpage Wayfaring Exhibition Pamphlet Wayfaring Exhibition Video Tour | Part 1 — Overview “Between: Picturing 1950s-60s Taiwan / 間：臺灣五六十年代面影” 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

Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (Australian Centre on China in the World, 2025) explores four transformative decades of photography in Taiwan, tracing its evolution amid the island's emergence from Japanese colonialism and integration into Nationalist China, largely under martial law (1949–87). Through a dozen richly illustrated essays and interviews, the book bridges the gap between vigorous Chinese-language scholarship on photography in Taiwan and its limited representation in English. Essays on photographers in the 1950s–60s, including Long Chin-San (Lang Jingshan) (1892-1995), Deng Nan-Guang (1907-1971), Chang Chao-Tang (1943-2024), Liu An-Ming (1928-2022), Hwang Pai-Chi (b. 1931), Hsu Yuan-Fu (1932-2018) and Tsai Hui-Feng (1928-2005), reveal photography's pivotal role in documenting ‘local' culture and shaping cultural identity, while challenging ideas of ‘amateur' and ‘realist' practices and recognising the importance of transnational connections. Meanwhile, essays on Hsu Jen-Shiu (b.1946), Lin Bo-Liang (b. 1952), Kao Chung-Li (b. 1958), Lien Hui-Ling (b. 1961) and Hou Tsung-Hui (b. 1960), along with interviews sharing the firsthand experiences of Liu Chen-Hsiang (b.1963), Lulu Shur-tzy Hou (1962-2023) and Yao Jui-Chung (b.1969), highlight the experience of photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan, as both witness and agent of social transformation, addressing issues such as environmental protection, mental health and gender politics, as well as being a crucial vehicle for the transdisciplinary nature of contemporary art, theatre, cinema and performance in Taiwan at that time. Chen Shuxia is a historian and curator of Chinese art. Her research concerns art collectives, diasporic artistic practice, and reciprocal relations between people and objects. Her most recent books include Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025), Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2024) and A Home for Photography Learning: the Friday Salon, 1977-1980 (2024). Her most recent curated exhibitions include “Merchants of Haymarket: the Making of Sydney's Chinatown” (2026), “The trace is not a presence…” (2025), “Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature” (2024). Chen is the inaugural curator of the Chau Chak Wing Museum's China Gallery, and a Senior lecturer in the Master's degree programme in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Olivier Krischer is a historian and curator of art from East Asia and the Asian Australian diaspora, whose research concerns modern and contemporary transcultural art, photography and intermedia practices. His curatorial projects include “Assembly” (2023), featuring eight Hong Kong-born artists, “Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan” (2021) and “Between: Picturing 1950-1960s Taiwan” (2016). His publications include John Young: The History Projects (2025), Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video (2019) and Asia through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders (with F. Nakamura and M. Perkins, 2013). Krischer is currently a lecturer and program convenor for the Master's degree programe in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Li-Ping Chen is a visiting scholar in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include literary translingualism, diaspora, and nativism in Sinophone, inter-Asian, and transpacific contexts. Li-Ping's NBN episodes on Taiwan Studies are supported by the Chun and Jane Chiu Family Foundation Taiwan Studies Program at Oregon State University. Relevant Links: Open Access for Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan 1950s−1980s Wayfaring 找路: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan Exhibition Webpage Wayfaring Exhibition Pamphlet Wayfaring Exhibition Video Tour | Part 1 — Overview “Between: Picturing 1950s-60s Taiwan / 間：臺灣五六十年代面影” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (Australian Centre on China in the World, 2025) explores four transformative decades of photography in Taiwan, tracing its evolution amid the island's emergence from Japanese colonialism and integration into Nationalist China, largely under martial law (1949–87). Through a dozen richly illustrated essays and interviews, the book bridges the gap between vigorous Chinese-language scholarship on photography in Taiwan and its limited representation in English. Essays on photographers in the 1950s–60s, including Long Chin-San (Lang Jingshan) (1892-1995), Deng Nan-Guang (1907-1971), Chang Chao-Tang (1943-2024), Liu An-Ming (1928-2022), Hwang Pai-Chi (b. 1931), Hsu Yuan-Fu (1932-2018) and Tsai Hui-Feng (1928-2005), reveal photography's pivotal role in documenting ‘local' culture and shaping cultural identity, while challenging ideas of ‘amateur' and ‘realist' practices and recognising the importance of transnational connections. Meanwhile, essays on Hsu Jen-Shiu (b.1946), Lin Bo-Liang (b. 1952), Kao Chung-Li (b. 1958), Lien Hui-Ling (b. 1961) and Hou Tsung-Hui (b. 1960), along with interviews sharing the firsthand experiences of Liu Chen-Hsiang (b.1963), Lulu Shur-tzy Hou (1962-2023) and Yao Jui-Chung (b.1969), highlight the experience of photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan, as both witness and agent of social transformation, addressing issues such as environmental protection, mental health and gender politics, as well as being a crucial vehicle for the transdisciplinary nature of contemporary art, theatre, cinema and performance in Taiwan at that time. Chen Shuxia is a historian and curator of Chinese art. Her research concerns art collectives, diasporic artistic practice, and reciprocal relations between people and objects. Her most recent books include Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025), Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2024) and A Home for Photography Learning: the Friday Salon, 1977-1980 (2024). Her most recent curated exhibitions include “Merchants of Haymarket: the Making of Sydney's Chinatown” (2026), “The trace is not a presence…” (2025), “Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature” (2024). Chen is the inaugural curator of the Chau Chak Wing Museum's China Gallery, and a Senior lecturer in the Master's degree programme in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Olivier Krischer is a historian and curator of art from East Asia and the Asian Australian diaspora, whose research concerns modern and contemporary transcultural art, photography and intermedia practices. His curatorial projects include “Assembly” (2023), featuring eight Hong Kong-born artists, “Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan” (2021) and “Between: Picturing 1950-1960s Taiwan” (2016). His publications include John Young: The History Projects (2025), Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video (2019) and Asia through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders (with F. Nakamura and M. Perkins, 2013). Krischer is currently a lecturer and program convenor for the Master's degree programe in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Li-Ping Chen is a visiting scholar in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include literary translingualism, diaspora, and nativism in Sinophone, inter-Asian, and transpacific contexts. Li-Ping's NBN episodes on Taiwan Studies are supported by the Chun and Jane Chiu Family Foundation Taiwan Studies Program at Oregon State University. Relevant Links: Open Access for Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan 1950s−1980s Wayfaring 找路: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan Exhibition Webpage Wayfaring Exhibition Pamphlet Wayfaring Exhibition Video Tour | Part 1 — Overview “Between: Picturing 1950s-60s Taiwan / 間：臺灣五六十年代面影” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (Australian Centre on China in the World, 2025) explores four transformative decades of photography in Taiwan, tracing its evolution amid the island's emergence from Japanese colonialism and integration into Nationalist China, largely under martial law (1949–87). Through a dozen richly illustrated essays and interviews, the book bridges the gap between vigorous Chinese-language scholarship on photography in Taiwan and its limited representation in English. Essays on photographers in the 1950s–60s, including Long Chin-San (Lang Jingshan) (1892-1995), Deng Nan-Guang (1907-1971), Chang Chao-Tang (1943-2024), Liu An-Ming (1928-2022), Hwang Pai-Chi (b. 1931), Hsu Yuan-Fu (1932-2018) and Tsai Hui-Feng (1928-2005), reveal photography's pivotal role in documenting ‘local' culture and shaping cultural identity, while challenging ideas of ‘amateur' and ‘realist' practices and recognising the importance of transnational connections. Meanwhile, essays on Hsu Jen-Shiu (b.1946), Lin Bo-Liang (b. 1952), Kao Chung-Li (b. 1958), Lien Hui-Ling (b. 1961) and Hou Tsung-Hui (b. 1960), along with interviews sharing the firsthand experiences of Liu Chen-Hsiang (b.1963), Lulu Shur-tzy Hou (1962-2023) and Yao Jui-Chung (b.1969), highlight the experience of photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan, as both witness and agent of social transformation, addressing issues such as environmental protection, mental health and gender politics, as well as being a crucial vehicle for the transdisciplinary nature of contemporary art, theatre, cinema and performance in Taiwan at that time. Chen Shuxia is a historian and curator of Chinese art. Her research concerns art collectives, diasporic artistic practice, and reciprocal relations between people and objects. Her most recent books include Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025), Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2024) and A Home for Photography Learning: the Friday Salon, 1977-1980 (2024). Her most recent curated exhibitions include “Merchants of Haymarket: the Making of Sydney's Chinatown” (2026), “The trace is not a presence…” (2025), “Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature” (2024). Chen is the inaugural curator of the Chau Chak Wing Museum's China Gallery, and a Senior lecturer in the Master's degree programme in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Olivier Krischer is a historian and curator of art from East Asia and the Asian Australian diaspora, whose research concerns modern and contemporary transcultural art, photography and intermedia practices. His curatorial projects include “Assembly” (2023), featuring eight Hong Kong-born artists, “Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan” (2021) and “Between: Picturing 1950-1960s Taiwan” (2016). His publications include John Young: The History Projects (2025), Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video (2019) and Asia through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders (with F. Nakamura and M. Perkins, 2013). Krischer is currently a lecturer and program convenor for the Master's degree programe in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Li-Ping Chen is a visiting scholar in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include literary translingualism, diaspora, and nativism in Sinophone, inter-Asian, and transpacific contexts. Li-Ping's NBN episodes on Taiwan Studies are supported by the Chun and Jane Chiu Family Foundation Taiwan Studies Program at Oregon State University. Relevant Links: Open Access for Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan 1950s−1980s Wayfaring 找路: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan Exhibition Webpage Wayfaring Exhibition Pamphlet Wayfaring Exhibition Video Tour | Part 1 — Overview “Between: Picturing 1950s-60s Taiwan / 間：臺灣五六十年代面影” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art

Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (Australian Centre on China in the World, 2025) explores four transformative decades of photography in Taiwan, tracing its evolution amid the island's emergence from Japanese colonialism and integration into Nationalist China, largely under martial law (1949–87). Through a dozen richly illustrated essays and interviews, the book bridges the gap between vigorous Chinese-language scholarship on photography in Taiwan and its limited representation in English. Essays on photographers in the 1950s–60s, including Long Chin-San (Lang Jingshan) (1892-1995), Deng Nan-Guang (1907-1971), Chang Chao-Tang (1943-2024), Liu An-Ming (1928-2022), Hwang Pai-Chi (b. 1931), Hsu Yuan-Fu (1932-2018) and Tsai Hui-Feng (1928-2005), reveal photography's pivotal role in documenting ‘local' culture and shaping cultural identity, while challenging ideas of ‘amateur' and ‘realist' practices and recognising the importance of transnational connections. Meanwhile, essays on Hsu Jen-Shiu (b.1946), Lin Bo-Liang (b. 1952), Kao Chung-Li (b. 1958), Lien Hui-Ling (b. 1961) and Hou Tsung-Hui (b. 1960), along with interviews sharing the firsthand experiences of Liu Chen-Hsiang (b.1963), Lulu Shur-tzy Hou (1962-2023) and Yao Jui-Chung (b.1969), highlight the experience of photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan, as both witness and agent of social transformation, addressing issues such as environmental protection, mental health and gender politics, as well as being a crucial vehicle for the transdisciplinary nature of contemporary art, theatre, cinema and performance in Taiwan at that time. Chen Shuxia is a historian and curator of Chinese art. Her research concerns art collectives, diasporic artistic practice, and reciprocal relations between people and objects. Her most recent books include Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan, 1950s–1980s (2025), Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature (2024) and A Home for Photography Learning: the Friday Salon, 1977-1980 (2024). Her most recent curated exhibitions include “Merchants of Haymarket: the Making of Sydney's Chinatown” (2026), “The trace is not a presence…” (2025), “Chinese Toggles: Culture in Miniature” (2024). Chen is the inaugural curator of the Chau Chak Wing Museum's China Gallery, and a Senior lecturer in the Master's degree programme in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Olivier Krischer is a historian and curator of art from East Asia and the Asian Australian diaspora, whose research concerns modern and contemporary transcultural art, photography and intermedia practices. His curatorial projects include “Assembly” (2023), featuring eight Hong Kong-born artists, “Wayfaring: Photography in 1970s-80s Taiwan” (2021) and “Between: Picturing 1950-1960s Taiwan” (2016). His publications include John Young: The History Projects (2025), Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video (2019) and Asia through Art and Anthropology: Cultural Translation Across Borders (with F. Nakamura and M. Perkins, 2013). Krischer is currently a lecturer and program convenor for the Master's degree programe in Curating and Cultural Leadership, at the University of New South Wales School of Art & Design. Li-Ping Chen is a visiting scholar in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include literary translingualism, diaspora, and nativism in Sinophone, inter-Asian, and transpacific contexts. Li-Ping's NBN episodes on Taiwan Studies are supported by the Chun and Jane Chiu Family Foundation Taiwan Studies Program at Oregon State University. Relevant Links: Open Access for Wayfaring: Photography in Taiwan 1950s−1980s Wayfaring 找路: Photography in 1970s–80s Taiwan Exhibition Webpage Wayfaring Exhibition Pamphlet Wayfaring Exhibition Video Tour | Part 1 — Overview “Between: Picturing 1950s-60s Taiwan / 間：臺灣五六十年代面影” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/photography

In this week's Interview Classic podcasts, we jump back to ten years ago this week (6-16-2016) when PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed pro wrestling podcast host and SiriusXM Satellite prime time host Sam Roberts, formerly of the Opie & Anthony show, discussing his history and how he got into wrestling interviewing, some stories from his interviews, who he'd most like to interview in the future, and more about his career. Throughout the 100 minutes, they also previewed various aspects of Sunday's Money in the Bank PPV, look at future potential big stars, discuss Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, Roman Reigns, John Cena, New Day, Alberto Del Rio, and others in particular. Live callers, email questions, and Twitter topics are sprinkled in throughout.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast--3076978/support.

In this week's episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show from five years ago (6-18-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Nick Barbati from PWTorch.com to discuss WWE Friday Night Smackdown with live callers including reaction to the last-second move of the Roman Reigns vs. Rey Mysterio match to Smackdown and some speculation on the reason why, Commander Azeez's in-ring debut, a brawl with Bayley and Bianca Belair, a debate about a beard-less Otis, a Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn match added to Sunday's PPV, and more with live callers throughout.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-post-shows--3275545/support.

Le comédien, amoureux de la langue française, s'est lancé dans une analyse d'Aya Nakamura, la chanteuse surnommée "reine de France" par ses fans ! Tous les jours, retrouvez le meilleur de Laurent Gerra en podcast sur RTL.fr, l'application et toutes vos plateformes.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

durée : 00:58:12 - LSD, la série documentaire - En ce début de siècle, Aya Nakamura a renversé les codes de la pop. En revenant sur le lien avec son public issu des quartiers populaires, et en particulier des femmes noires, qui l'a portée à ses débuts, cet épisode décrypte comment elle est devenue une star mondiale.

Les notes du match Pays-Bas - Japon, premier match du Groupe F de la Coupe du Monde 2026 en Amérique du Nord. Quelles notes pour Summerville, Havertz, Sané, Wirtz ou encore Suzuki ?Ce podcast est hébergé par Podcastics, la plateforme pour créer et diffuser votre podcast facilement.

Débrief du match Pays-Bas - Japon, premier match du Groupe F de la Coupe du Monde 2026 en Amérique du Nord. Les Japonais arrachent le nul (2-2) face aux Néerlandais. Ce podcast est hébergé par Podcastics, la plateforme pour créer et diffuser votre podcast facilement.

Japanese actress Tamao Nakamura, known for her roles in historical movies and her unique character in television variety shows, died of pneumonia Tuesday. She was 86.

[Skip to 20:14 for actual Nakamura talk]We got a funny one this week - the currently-airing, retry-styled Go For It, Nakamura-Kun. It's BL that's a little about reading BL. Episodes 1-3, of course. We also talk about the 67 pope, online backlashes, turning on red, and who reads BL. | Follow us on Apple Podcasts | Support us on Patreon | Follow us on BlueSky | We're on Threads/Instagram | Subscribe to us on YouTube | Join the fan Discord

durée : 00:58:12 - LSD, la série documentaire - En ce début de siècle, Aya Nakamura a renversé les codes de la pop. En revenant sur le lien avec son public issu des quartiers populaires, et en particulier des femmes noires, qui l'a portée à ses débuts, cet épisode décrypte comment elle est devenue une star mondiale. - réalisation : Maryvonne Abolivier, Anahi Morales Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Aries and Nakamura square off, The Revival regain gold, Asuka defends her title, and Joe and Finn battle in a cage as Joey takes a look at NXT Takeover: The End. Paypal Patreon Email: cupofjoewrestlingshow@gmail.com Twitter

A bonus episode with a quick rant from Scott and an amazing conversation with musician, actor, and composer, Goh Nakamura. Goh scored the forthcoming documentary, Diamond Diplomacy which details the role baseball has played in bridging cultural and political divisions between Japan and the U.S. Goh talks about how working on this documentary has given him a new appreciation for baseball and its stars like Shohei Ohtani, and he talks about his creative process creating music for a baseball documentary.

NXT TakeOver: The End is remembered as one of the key events of the Black & Gold era, but the real question is…Did it matter?This week on The It Doesn't Matter Podcast, Dom, Ringside, His Choice, BDC, Platano, and Strap Facts revisit NXT TakeOver: The End and debate the lasting impact of every match on the card.

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup just around the corner, Dan Orlowitz re-joins the Krewe to preview Japan's tournament outlook. We break down Samurai Blue's final roster, key players to watch, group-stage matchups, and what a successful World Cup would look like for Japan. Plus, Dan shares his predictions for the tournament's biggest surprises, disappointments, and who he thinks will be lifting the trophy when it's all said and done. Whether you're a diehard soccer fan or a once-every-four-years World Cup viewer, this episode is the perfect primer before kickoff. ------ 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 & our promo code from the episode! Support your favorite NFL Team AND podcast! Shop NFLShop to gear up for football season! Zencastr Offer Link - Use my special link to save 30% off your 1st month of any Zencastr paid plan!  ------ Past KOJ Sports-Related Episodes ------ Bridging Communities Through MLB Players Trust ft. Amy Hever & Chris Capuano (S6E18) Japanese Soccer on the World Stage ft. Dan Orlowitz (S6E6) Meet the J.League ft. Dan Orlowitz (S6E4) Kendo: The Way of the Sword ft. Alexander Bennett, 7th Dan in Kendo (S4E16) The Life of a Sumotori ft. 3-Time Grand Champion Konishiki Yasokichi (S4E10) Talking Sumo ft. Andrew Freud (S1E8) ------ About Dan Orlowitz ------ Dan's Socials & Writings J-Talk Podcast ------ JSNO Upcoming Events ------ JSNO Event Calendar Join JSNO Today!

On today's show, Ben sits down with Dr. Iván Chaar López, Assistant Professor with the Department of American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss his research on the history and politics of computing and information infrastructures. Iván's recently published book, The Cybernetic Border: Drones, Technology, and Intrusion (Duke University Press), draws on his archival research to show how, as he writes, “the matter of ‘the border' is as much a technological question as it is a cultural one.” During our conversation, we reflect on how cybernetics—the study of circular processes or the “system of systems” in organisms, machines, and organizations—has played a significant role in shaping border and immigration enforcement. Iván discusses the development of technologies like drones, ground sensors, and surveillance networks that turn people into data and depict them as “intruders” in the landscape. This timely conversation grapples with the lineages of the border's violent history and also considers how art and activism challenge us to think about the ways these brutal systems might someday be undone. Works referenced in this episodeChaar Lopez, I. (2024). The Cybernetic Border: Drones, Technology, Intrusion. Duke University Press. Chaar Lopez, I. (2025). “Borders are a War by Other Means.” Public Books.De Andrade, O. (2025). “Anthropophagic Manifesto (1928),” Luszo-Brazilian Review, 62 (1).Irani, L. (2013). “The Cultural Work of Microwork.” New Media & Society, 17 (5).Mbembe, A. (2003). “Necropolitics.” Public Culture, 15 (1), 11-40.Nakamura, L. (2014). “Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture.” American Quarterly, 66 (4), 919-941.St. John, R. (2012). Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border. Princeton University Press. Star, S. L. (1999). “The Sociology of the Invisible: The Primacy of Work in the Writings of Anselm Strauss.” In David Maines (ed.): Social Organization and Social Process: Essays in Honor of Anselm Strauss. Aldine de Gruyter, 265–283.University of Texas at Austin Border Tech LabAn accessible transcript of this episode can be found here (via Descript): https://share.descript.com/view/EQYznoqcyau

This week Brayden discusses the political theory that Ethan Nakamura's role in the Percy Jackson books represents, with help from Niamh and Ava as they dissect this unique character's arc.returntocamp.com

The jungle DJ and trumpeter talks about late-career popularity, jazz in Japan and what it means to build a life in music. You probably know Takuya Nakamura first and foremost as a viral sensation. The Tokyo-born, New York-based trumpeter has achieved minor internet fame in recent years for playing live trumpet over jungle records on The Lot Radio. But Nakamura was composing and performing for more than 30 years before becoming one of the most talked-about acts of the contemporary Jungle revival. In this RA Exchange, Nakamura dives into his musical journey: growing up in Tokyo, the Japanese jazz scene, and studying at the New England Conservatory of Music under the great composer and theorist George Russell. He also reflects on how jungle has evolved, why he loves performing in the UK, and how a new generation is breathing life into jazz. Listen to the episode in full.

The jungle DJ and trumpeter talks about late-career popularity, jazz in Japan and what it means to build a life in music.You probably know Takuya Nakamura first and foremost as a viral sensation. The Tokyo-born, New York-based trumpeter has achieved minor internet fame in recent years for playing live trumpet over jungle records on The Lot Radio. But Nakamura was composing and performing for more than 30 years before becoming one of the most talked-about acts of the contemporary Jungle revival.In this RA Exchange, Nakamura dives into his musical journey: growing up in Tokyo, the Japanese jazz scene, and studying at the New England Conservatory of Music under the great composer and theorist George Russell. He also reflects on how jungle has evolved, why he loves performing in the UK, and how a new generation is breathing life into jazz. Listen to the episode in full. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nana on Ai Yazawan shoujoklassikko, joka kertoo kahden Tokioon muuttaneen 20-vuotiaan tytön ystävyydestä sekä heidän ystäviensä ja bänditoveriensa suhdeverkostosta. Ajankohtaisina aiheina puhumme mangaka Kamome Shirahaman UNESCO-haastattelun synnyttämästä keskustelusta siitä, onko manga-ala miesvaltainen, sekä Ylen tuoreesta dokumenttisarjasta Japani-efekti!!, jossa käsitellään japanilaisen popkulttuurin harrastamista ja suosion syitä. Lukujonossa aloitamme Taro Nogizakan sarjan Natsume Arata no kekkon, jossa sosiaalityöntekijä menee vankilanaimisiin murhista tuomitun naisen kanssa selvittääkseen tämän mysteerin. --- Kommentoi | Bluesky | Mastodon | X | Threads | Instagram --- (01:25) – KUULUMISET: DESUCON – Desucon 2026:n ohjelmakartta – Ohjelmamme Tytöille vai pojille? Kohdeyleisöjen nelikentän murentuminen (06:20) – NANA: ESITTELY – Nana (11:19) – NANA: AI YAZAWAN URA JA TYYLI – Ai Yazawa – Pokkarien lopusta löytyy tiedotuskulma kaikista uusista Nanaan ja muihin Ai Yazawan sarjoihin liittyvistä tuotteista (kuva) – Jakso 100, jossa puhuimme One Piece -sarjan tekijä Eiichiro Odan uniikista piirrostyylistä – Ai Yazawan tuotannon alkupään piirrostyyli näyttää huomattavasti tyypillisemmältä shoujotyyliltä – Myös JoJo's Bizarre Adventure -sarjan tekijä Hirohiko Arakin tyyli on kehittynyt alkutuotannon aikalaisshounen-tyylitrendien mukaisesta hyvin omanlaisekseen – Fist of the North Star – Maailman rumimmat valokuvataustat (kuva) – Vivienne Westwoodin koristesytkäri – Sarjan 25-vuotisjuhlan kunniaksi Vivienne Westwood järjesti sarjan kanssa myös yhteistyön, joskaan tuotteita ei pidetty erityisen nätteinä – Yasun käyttämä vuoden 2000 PowerBook (tai ainakin joku vastaava malli) – Rocking horse -kengät – Ayumi Hamasaki (28:36) – NANA: KANNET – Sarjan kannet (33:08) – NANA: TARINA JA TEEMAT YLEISESTI – Jakso 111, jossa puhuimme Mitsukazu Miharasta ja hänen Doll-sarjastaan, ja kuvasimme hänen tyyliään kyynisenromanttiseksi – Samaa tyyliä edustaa Setona Mizushiro, jonka sarjasta The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese puhuimme jaksossa 71 ja sarjasta Black Rose Alice jaksossa 47 – Monesti kaikille tulee paha mieli, vaikka kukaan ei tehnyt mitään väärin (kuva) (41:31) – NANA: NANA JA HACHI – Nana on räikeä rokkityttö, mutta vastuullinen; Hachi taas on pehmoinen kodinhengetär, mutta huithapeli (huomaa tökerö digiefekti tupakansavussa) (kuva) – Ystävyyttä ja rakkautta (kuva) – Omistushalua ja mustasukkaisuutta Hachin suunnalta (kuva) – Omistushalua ja mustasukkaisuutta Nanan suunnalta (kuva) – Mythcreants-podcast, jota kuuntelimme aikoinaan, kunnes puhujien tapa katsoa muita alaspäin alkoi tuntua rasittavalta – Jakso 38, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Tokyo Tarareba Girls (59:44) – NANA: HACHI, SHOUJI, JUNKO JA KYOUSUKE – Junko ja Kyousuke tuntuvat olevan enemmän Hachin huoltajia kuin ystäviä (kuva) – Shouji ei tunnu yhtään tykkäävän siitä, että Hachi muutti Tokioon (kuva) – "Sachikosta" puhuminen alkaa vitsailuna, mutta sitten Shoujin elämään ilmestyy oikeasti tyttö nimeltä Sachiko (kuva) (01:09:12) – NANA: NANA JA REN – Vaikka oli vaikea erota, Ren lähti silti unelmiensa perään Tokioon, eikä Nana tullut mukaan (kuva) – Eron jälkeen palataan lopulta yhteen, vähän vastointahtoisesti (kuva) – Viikkolehti Searchin paparazzit jahtaavat julkkisjuoruja väsymättä (kuva) (01:15:41) – NANA: NANA JA BLAST JA HACHI – Nana tukeutuu aina vaikean paikan tullen Yasuun (kuva) – Nobu oli lukiossa Nanan ainoa ystävä (kuva) – Edelleen Nanan ja Nobun ystävyys on hauskan kasuaalilla tavalla läheinen (kuva) – 15-vuotias nättipoika Shin on kyynistynyt vaikean perhetaustansa vuoksi (kuva) (01:25:45) – NANA: HACHI, NOBU JA TAKUMI – Takumi soittaa Hachille (kuva) – Hachin innostus alkaa muuttua epäröinniksi (kuva) – Hachi ei kehtaa kertoa Nanalle (kuva) – Takumi töksäyttää törkeästi (kuva) – Kaikki ajattelevat suhtautuvansa positiivisesti, mutta asettavat samalla paineita Hachille toistellessaan, että hän meni sänkyyn Takumin kanssa varmasti koska oli rakastunut (kuva) – Shin on ainoa, joka ei nosta Hachin rakkautta jalustalle (kuva) – Hachi toivookin Takumin jättävän hänet, jotta voisi olla Nobun kanssa (kuva) – Nobun kanssa Hachi miettii, että ensimmäistä kertaa tekee mieli parisuhteessa antaa eikä vain saada (kuva) (01:39:20) – NANA: TAKUMI JA LEILA – Takumi ja Leila ovat lapsuudenystävät, ja Leila oli Takumille syy lähteä musiikkibisnekseen (kuva) – Takumi haluaa nostaa Leilan korkeuksiin ja pitää tämän lähellään, mutta sen takia Leila ei pääse eteenpäin omista tunteistaan Takumia kohtaan (kuva) (01:45:17) – NANA: LEILA JA SHIN – Leilan ja Shinin ensikohtaaminen tuntuu lähinnä vitsiltä (kuva) – Shinin Vivienne Westwood -sytkäri (kuva) – Leila ja Shin päätyvät kuitenkin rakastumaan syvästi (kuva) (01:50:55) – NANA: JULKAISU (01:57:38) – NANA: LIVELEFFAT JA ANIME – Petterin arvostelu ensimmäisestä Nana-elokuvasta – Nana-elokuvassa kuultava musiikki ei ole ihan punk-rockia (YouTube) – L'Arc-en-Ciel (02:02:45) – NANAN SPOILERIOSIO: HACHI, NOBU JA TAKUMI JATKUU – Jakso 121, jossa puhuimme sarjasta In So Deep, It's Love Already – Takumi lukitsee Hachin kylppäriin ja on perseestä (kuva) – Takumin omistushalu (kuva) – Nobu keskittyy itseensä eikä Hachiin (kuva) – Hän oli ainoa joka oli siinä tilanteessa minulle kiltti (kuva) – Domestiilia parisuhde-elämää (kuva) – Riita Shinin ja Leilan synttärijuhlissa (kuva) – Nimi "Sachiko" jatkaa omaa elämäänsä (kuva) (02:19:41) – NANAN SPOILERIOSIO: NANA JA HACHI JATKUU – Mansikkalasit menevät rikki (kuva) (02:27:53) – NANAN SPOILERIOSIO: BLASTIN UUDET TUULET – Nana painostaa Nobua Hachin suhteen (kuva) – Nobu ja Yuri/Asami (kuva) – Yasu ja Miu (kuva) (02:35:45) – NANAN SPOILERIOSIO: YASU JA NANA JA REN – Nana ja Ren eivät ole onnellisia (kuva) – Nana ja Yasu ja Ren (kuva) – Nanan ja Renin riita (kuva) – Renin ja Leilan ystävyys (kuva) – Ren ja huumeet (kuva) – Nana näkee valokuvat (kuva) (02:48:24) – NANAN SPOILERIOSIO: MISATO – Misato Uehara (kuva) – Ja Misato Uehara myös…? (kuva) (02:55:09) – NANAN SPOILERIOSIO: LOPPUA KOHTI – Shinin ja Leilan välirikko (kuva) – Kannabiksen käyttö kriminalisoitiin Japanissa itse asiassa vasta 2022, vaikka hallussapito on tietysti aina ollut laitonta – Nana pyytää Reniä apuun (kuva) – Suojeli käsiään (kuva) – Nana shokissa (kuva) – "Älkää kysykö Nanalta mitään" (kuva) (03:07:34) – NANAN SPOILERIOSIO: TULEVAISUUS – Tulevaisuudessakin keräännytään asuntoon 707 (kuva) – Aiemmin Hachi ei meinannut uskaltaa tulla paikalle (kuva) – Jakso 116, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Orange – Hachiko-koira (03:19:46) – NANA: YHTEENVETO (03:23:48) – WOKE HAT ATELIER – Jakso 43, jakso 46 ja jakso 114, joissa puhuimme sarjasta Witch Hat Atelier – Eräät ennustivat jo vuosia sitten sarjan päätyvän ennen pitkää kulttuurisodan hampaisiin (kuva) – UNESCOn haastattelu Kamome Shirahaman kanssa – Äärioikeisto yrittää todistella, että Witch Hat Atelier ei oikeasti ole suosittu – Äärioikeisto uskoo, että sarjaa yritetään markkinoida "poliittisten syiden" vuoksi, koska se on "industry plant" – Äärioikeistoa ahdistavat Kodanshan ESG-tavoitteet – Yhtäkkiä äärioikeisto ja feministit ovatkin riidassa samalla puolella – Jakso 53, jonka kuulijakommenttiosiossa puhuimme dekkarimangasta – Full Metal Panic! -ranobesarjan kuvittaja Shikidoujilta kysyttiin kerran ulkomaisen median haastattelussa onko hän naispuolisena taiteilijana kohdannut seksismiä, ja kun ei ollut, kysymys ei päätynyt lopulliseen haastatteluun lainkaan (Petteri sanoi tässä että haastattelua ei julkaistu lainkaan, mutta se oli väärin) – Hiromu Arakawan oikea nimi on Hiromi Arakawa – Osamu Tezuka lisäsi ylimääräisen kanjin taiteilijanimeensä, vaikka se ei muutakaan nimen lausumistapaa verrattuna hänen virallisen nimensä kirjoitusasuun – Jakso 122, jossa puhuimme Shogakukanille mangaa tehneen mangantekijän ahdistelukohusta – Monkey Punch – Länsimaiset ihmiset eivät aina ole tietoisia siitä, että Japanissa KAIKKI taiteilijat käyttävät yleensä jonkinlaista taiteilijanimeä – Japanilaiset ymmärtävät välittömästi, että hassut nimet kuten "Gege Akutagami" tai "Koyoharu Gotouge" ovat taiteilijanimiä, mutta länsimaiset eivät huomaa eroa (03:42:14) – JAPANI-EFEKTI!! – Dokumenttisarja Japani-efekti!! Yle Areenassa – Gen Takagin YouTube-kanava – Manzai-komediatyyli – Japanissa mangaa piirtänyt suomalainen Enewald oli myös vieraana Animurot-podcastin jaksossa 73 – Suomalainen taiteilija Heikala – Jakso 42, jossa puhuimme Ylen Kulttuuricoctailin animejutusta, johon Petteriä haastateltiin aikoinaan – Jakso 119, jossa puhuimme siitä, miten One Piecen Olkihattupiraattien lippu on noussut maailmassa mielenosoitusten tunnusmerkiksi (03:59:11) – HAMPAANKOLOSSA: SYUNDEI – Jaksossa 123 puhuimme Go For It, Nakamura! -sarjan tekijä Syundeihin keskittyneestä someraivosta – Syundein kommentti verkkolehden kautta – Jaksossa 122, jossa puhuimme tapauksesta, jossa opettajana toiminut mangaka oli seksuaalisesti hyväksikäyttänyt lukioikäistä oppilastaan, johon Syundei varmaankin viestissään viittasi – Jakso 35, jossa puhuimme mangakasta, jonka oli somepainostuksen tuloksena täytynyt kertoa julkisesti olevansa näkövammainen, kun hänen näkövammaisesta päähenkilöstä kertovaa mangaansa oli syytetty epärealistiseksi – ANN: Creators Speak Out After Go For it, Nakamura-kun!! Creator Syundei's X Exodus – Huolta BL-mangojen animesovitusten tulevaisuudesta (04:04:50) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: YOSHIHARU TSUGE – Jakso 123, jossa puhuimme Yoshiharu Tsugen urasta ja kuolemasta (04:05:51) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: YSTÄVÄT Mainittuja ystävyyksiä: – Trigun Stampede & Stargaze: Vash ja Wolfwood – Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (pääaiheena jaksossa 113): Nene ja Kou – Sugar Sugar Rune (pääaiheena jaksossa 78): Chocola ja Vanilla – Parasyte (pääaiheena jaksossa 75): Shinichi ja Migi – Pandora Hearts: – Oz Vessalius ja Elliot Nightray – Sharon Rainsworth ja Xerxes Break, ja Maaretin blogipostaus heidän tärkeästä kohtauksestaan – Xerxes Break ja Oz Vessalius – Xerxes Break ja Reim Lunettes – Elliot Nightray ja Leo – Vanitaksen kirja (pääaiheena jaksossa 20): Vanitas ja Noé – Witch Hat Atelier (pääaiheena jaksossa 43): Qifrey ja Olruggio – Land of the Lustrous: Fosfofylliitti ja Sinooperi – Saiyuki Gaiden (pääaiheena pääsarja Saiyukin kyljessä jaksossa 62): – Hakkai ja Gojyo – Tenpou ja Kenren (04:27:07) – LUKUJONOSSA: NATSUME ARATA NO KEKKON – Natsume Arata no kekkon – Jakso 105, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Seirou Opera – Tsumi to batsu, ja Maaretin arvostelu sarjasta Anime-lehdessä 1/2015 (kuva) – Montage – Jakso 47, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Museum – Jakso 109, jossa puhuimme mangan päähenkilöistä – Redditissä jotkut ovat sanoneet sarjan piirtojälkeä miinukseksi, kumma kyllä – Sarjan liveleffasovitus ja sen traileri (YouTube) (04:46:37) – LOPETUS

Worum geht's? 1994 erscheint mit Bomberman '94 der krönende Abschluss der Bomberman-Reihe auf der PC Engine, nach Meinung von Fabian und Gunnar möglicherweise auch schon der Höhepunkt der gesamten Serie. In dem Multiplayer-Klassiker legen kleine Figuren Bomben in rechteckigen Labyrinthen, sprengen Wände weg, sammeln Power-ups ein und versuchen dabei, alle Gegner zu erwischen ohne sich selbst in die Luft zu jagen. Fabian und Gunnar beleuchten, warum das Spielkonzept seit Jahrzehnten funktioniert – auf dem Bierdeckel erklärbar, aber mit einem taktischen und strategischen Tiefgang, der sich erst im Spiel entfaltet. Außerdem kommt der SFT-Technikerklärer dazu, die PC Engine vorzustellen und zu erläutern, was die Konsole von NEC technisch so besonders machte. Daneben erzählen die beiden die Geschichte von Hudson Soft: vom Funkgeräteladen zweier Brüder in Sapporo über die Erfindung des Bomberman-Konzepts bis hin zur engen Verflechtung mit NEC und der Entstehung der PC Engine. Infos zum Spiel: Thema: Bomberman '94 Erscheinungstermin: 1993 (Japan) Plattform: PC Engine Entwickler: Hudson Soft Publisher: Hudson Soft Genre: Action Designer: Shigeki Nakamoto, Shinichi Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki Kawaguchi, Shoji Mizuno u.a. Musik: June Chikuma Produktions-Credits: Sprecher, Redaktion: Fabian Käufer, Gunnar Lott und als Gast: Henner Thomsen Audioproduktion: Johannes DuBois, Christian Schmidt Titelgrafik: Paul Schmidt Intro & Outro: Nino Kerl (Ansage); Chris Hülsbeck (Musik)

We catch up on Tokusatsu, talk about the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway movie, and Jel gets cut due to technical difficulties (and not because of the Go For It, Nakamura-kun! episode 8 discourse).

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

Tohru Nakamura über die Entwicklung seines Stils, kulturelle Zwischenräume und die Frage, wie sich kulinarische Präzision, Führung und wirtschaftlichen Realismu

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Meditation on friendliness and kindness

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Meditation on friendliness and kindness

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Meditation on friendliness and kindness

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Morning instructions

In this episode, host Peter Bauman (Le Random's editor in chief) speaks with Regina Harsanyi (Associate Curator of Media Arts at the Museum of the Moving Image), Michael Connor, Executive Director of Rhizome, and artist Karyn Nakamura about Frieze Week in New York. In particular the discussion focuses on the week's programs on May 16th, with Rhizome's 7 on 7 at New Museum, as well as MoMI's Open Worlds: An Afternoon of Digital Art Encounters.They cover an anatomy of Frieze Week itself, (art fair, satellite fairs, Whitney Biennial, and all) before zeroing in on what each guest is bringing to the table. Connor traces the sixteen-year arc of 7x7, this year organized around the theme of "Containment." Nakamura discusses her own 7x7 project with Lucas Gelfond, which probes the geometry of meaning inside language models and the possibilities of interpretability research as artistic material. Harsanyi walks through the museum programming in depth.See our "New York Digital Art Guide"Monday's Editorial this week is an essay by Bauman on the relationship between protocol art and worldbuilding: The Cerebral SambaChapters

Kristy Nakamura shares how she built a relationship and referral-based business, with a special focus on serving military families and multi-generational households in Hawaii. Kristy breaks down how she uses VA loans, seller credits, and strategic structuring to help clients build long-term wealth through real estate, even in a high-cost market. Kristy also reveals how she and her husband Austin divide roles in their husband-and-wife team and leverage AI to scale marketing, CMAs, and daily operations. If you'd prefer to watch this interview, click here to view on YouTube! Kristy Nakamura can be reached at (808) 829-6819 and kristy@kahomegroup.com. This episode is brought to you by Real Geeks and Courted.io.

Mitsugi and crew are falling into a terrible trap with Mason's Trivia Game of DEATH! Will they survive the gauntlet? Then, it's time to begin impressions from the Spring 2026 season with: --Dorohedoro Season 2 --LIAR GAME --The Drops of God --Daemons of the Shadow Realm --Go For It, Nakamura! --The Ramparts of Ice --Observation Records of My Fiancée: The Misadventures of a Self-Proclaimed Villainess You can support the podcast in the following ways: Patreon: www.patreon.com/AAAPodcast Discord: www.AAADiscord.com Subscribe: www.aaapodcast.com/join Donations: www.aaapodcast.com/donate Thank you for your generosity and kindness

(Gaia House) The Buddha called the noble eightfold path the middle way. The middle way stands for a basic principle that can be applied to many areas of our life. Our relationship to sense pleasures, energy, emotions, social responsibilities and hope vs. fear. It means not getting caught in dualities or polarities, not fixating on any extreme, but finding creative ways to deal with the complexities and ambiguities of human life.

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(Gaia House) This recording also includes Jaya Rudgard

(Gaia House) Right or wise intention is the second path factor in the noble eightfold path and it comprises the three qualities of renunciation, non-ill will and non-cruelty. They are wholesome qualities that lead to our own welfare and the welfare of others. The talk discusses the discourse MN 19 in which the Buddha describes how he came to this understanding and how they can be cultivated.

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(Gaia House) Being Aware of the 5 Hindrances

When I read on GM Eugene Perelshteyn's blog that his amateur friend had signed up to compete against players like Hikaru Nakamura and Hans Niemann in the Naroditsky Memorial, I knew I had to hear this story. That friend is NM Mike Mahoney. Mike is a pharmacist by day and a devoted online blitz player by night. For Mike, chess is usually a way to unwind, not something he takes too seriously. But he couldn't pass up the chance to test himself in one of the strongest blitz tournaments the U.S. has ever seen.  Eugene will be mentoring Mike and traveling with him to Charlotte, and they both joined me to discuss: Why Mike decided to jump into such a stacked field How Eugene is preparing him for the challenge How Mike defines “success” in a tournament like this We also talk about Mike's unconventional path to becoming a National Master, starting relatively late, as well as some great stories from the Boston blitz scene. I'm excited to follow how this unfolds, and Eugene and Mike will be back after the tournament for a trip report. In the meantime, you can follow Mike's journey on Eugene's blog.  Be sure to check out the Perpetual Chess YouTube channel where Eugene goes over one of Mike's model games against the Caro-Kann. (The video will be out later this week)  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtcudElmRsQYTwULtd_gnFw 00:00 Introduction to the Guests and Their Journey 02:50 Mike's Decision to Compete in the Naroditsky Memorial 05:41 Eugene's Support and Coaching Role 08:41 Mike's Past Experiences with Top Players 11:35 Analyzing Mike's Strengths and Weaknesses 14:37 Training and Preparation for the Tournament 17:31 Opening Strategies and Game Analysis Mentioned: The Hungarian Dragon  The Dragodorf 20:32 Eugene's Philosophy on Gimmicky Openings 23:21 Defining Success in the Tournament Mentioned: IM Marc Esserman 27:04 Excitement in Facing Strong Opponents 31:35 Setting Performance Goals as a Coach 34:02 The Importance of Blitz Clock Management 35:33 The Origin Story of a Late Chess Starter Mentioned: Ilya Koyfman  36:39 Factors Contributing to Success in Chess 39:16 The Value of Community in Chess 40:56 The Evolution of Chess Accessibility 43:25 The Importance of a Fun and Relaxed Approach 43:37 Learning from Losses and Honest Reflection 46:02 Stories about legendary  GM Roman Dzindziashvilli and Bobby Fischer  Mentioned: Dzindzi-Jansa move 25 https://lichess.org/study/Th7i9fr2/kxMPOEjA 49:00 Upcoming Projects and Future Endeavors 50:00- Thanks to Eugene and Mike for joining me! You can follow Mike's training and progress on GM Eugene Perelshteyn's blog.  https://eugeneperel.substack.com/ If you would like to help support Mike's dream trip you can do so via this Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/send-chess-rocky-to-fight-supergms-in-charlotte?lid=nlkk8jxujhda&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TXN_User_Messaging_Thank_You_Option_A&utm_content=internal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last time we spoke about the first battle of Changsha. Japanese forces under General Okamura Yasuji, including the 6th, 13th, and 33rd Divisions, launched a multi-pronged offensive, crossing the Xin Qiang River and capturing Yingtian amid brutal fighting. Chinese defenses, commanded by Xue Yue in the Ninth War Zone, employed gradual resistance strategies, with units like the 195th Division under Qin Yizhi holding key positions such as Bijia Mountain and Fulinpu, inflicting heavy losses. Battalion Commander Luo Wenlang recaptured Dongtang in a midnight assault, grieving his fallen brother amid Mid-Autumn moonlight. Chiang Kai-shek, from Chongqing, oversaw operations while hosting a festive banquet, buoyed by international support like U.S. loans. By October, Japanese advances stalled; Okamura ordered a retreat on October 2, exposed by a downed plane yielding critical documents. Chinese forces pursued, reclaiming lines by October 8, annihilating over half the invaders per Chiang's commendation.   #198 The Battle of South Guangxi Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. In January 1939, the Japanese General Headquarters, responding to naval needs, ordered the 21st Corps to seize Hainan Island. The goal was to establish a base for air operations against southwestern China and to enforce blockade measures. Supported by the Japanese Navy, the Corps deployed the Taiwan Brigade, which landed at Haikou on February 10. After initial defeats, Chinese peace preservation units withdrew to the island's interior and conducted harassment operations. Japanese troops soon occupied northern counties including Qiongshan, Wenchang, Ding'an, Qionghai, and Chengmai, followed by the port of Yulin, which positioned them for southward advances toward Guangxi.   This invasion was part of a broader strategy to disrupt Chinese supply lines and secure a foothold in southern China. Although Chinese resistance on Hainan ultimately failed to repel the invaders, it highlighted the resilience that would define regional fighting.   After the costly Battle of Wuhan, the Sino-Japanese War reached a stalemate in central China, despite ongoing large-scale conflicts and Japanese strategic bombings that caused heavy casualties without breaking the deadlock. Politically, Japan's alignment with the Axis powers and the start of World War II in Western Europe led European nations to bolster ties with China. With major coastal ports under Japanese control, the Nationalist government's main overseas supply route became the Haiphong-Kunming railway in French Indochina, which transported four times more war materials in 1938 than in 1937, including heavy equipment purchased abroad.   The Hainan occupation negatively impacted Japan's war efforts, though diplomatic pressure on Britain and France proved ineffective. Meanwhile, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed a southward advance: invading from Nanning to Longzhou County in Guangxi by sea to establish an airfield for strategic bombing. An April 15, 1939, Navy Department assessment deemed large-scale inland army operations challenging, recommending instead that the army and navy collaborate to occupy Shantou—the largest trading port on the South China coast—before pushing into Guangxi to seize Nanning and sever China's vital Indochina supply line.   In June, the Japanese General Staff's "Military Geography" emphasized that occupying Nanning would provide convenient transportation in all directions, reaching Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou, and Yunnan. The Nanning-Lang Son road had become a major artery for Chiang Kai-shek's regime to connect with the southwest. To cut it off directly, Nanning must be captured first. Once occupied, heavy troops near Tokyo Bay would not be needed to achieve the operation's purpose. This idea gained considerable support both politically and tactically. The Army's northward policy had been defeated by the Soviet Union in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in September 1939. Major General Tominaga Kyoji, the newly appointed head of the First Department of the General Staff, sought to avoid further embarrassments. Supporting the proposal involved transferring the 5th Division of the Kwantung Army, originally intended for Khalkhin Gol, to the south. This prevented front-line units from misjudging higher-ups' positions and allowed implementation without affecting existing troops.   In September, the European war broke out. The Japanese General Headquarters ordered the 21st Army to capture the vicinity of Nanning, cut off the international passage between Guangxi and Vietnam, and obtain a base for air operations in southwest China. Japan aimed to completely sever China's most important supply route. According to Japanese intelligence, the French Indochina line accounted for 85% of China's foreign aid in late 1939, with 12,500 tons transported in September alone.   On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland; on September 3, Britain and France declared war on Germany, igniting World War II. Japan, eager to resolve the China issue and free up troops to seize Western colonies in Asia and the Pacific, stated through Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe on September 4: "At the outbreak of the European war, the Empire will not intervene and has decided to focus on resolving the China Incident." In Nanjing, the China Expeditionary Army Headquarters was established, with General Nishio Hisazo as Commander-in-Chief and Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro as Chief of Staff, overseeing the North China Area Army, the 11th Army, the 13th Army, and the 21st Army.   On September 23, the Japanese General Headquarters issued an order to prepare for a swift response to the China Incident. On October 16, "Continental Order No. 375" directed the Commander-in-Chief of the China Expeditionary Army to swiftly cut off enemy supply routes from Nanning to Longzhou with a portion of the navy. Also on October 16, "Continental Order No. 582," a central Army-Navy agreement, aimed to cut off enemy routes along the Nanning-Longzhou line and strengthen naval air operations against the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and the Burma Road. The operation was scheduled for mid-November. On October 19, Nishio Juzo issued orders for the Guangxi operation, involving the 5th Division, Taiwan Mixed Brigade, supporting units, the 5th Fleet (renamed the 2nd Expeditionary Fleet in mid-November), and the 3rd Combined Naval Air Group. Total strength: about 30,000 men, over 70 warships, 2 aircraft carriers, and about 100 aircraft. Tominaga Kyoji announced: "This is the last battle of the China Incident."   Politically, the Guangxi Army was a key pillar of the National Government after retreating to Sichuan. Attacking Guangxi could impact the Guangxi clique's stance on continuing the war. Cutting off the Nanning-Longzhou line would affect Vietnam-China transportation security and allow actions against French Indochina amid Europe's distractions. With tactical and political alignment, the plan was approved.   In September 1939, the Chinese repelled the Japanese attack on Changsha. In October, the National Government held the Second Nanyue Military Conference in Hengshan, summarizing the First Changsha Campaign and deciding on a new offensive. On October 29, Chiang Kai-shek announced: "Our future strategic application and the mentality of officers and soldiers must be completely transformed. We must start to turn defense into offense, turn stillness into movement, and actively take offensive measures." On November 5, after the meeting, intelligence indicated Japan's intention to invade the south. U.S. and British agencies reported the Japanese fleet gathering in Tokyo Bay, signaling an imminent operation against Nanning. Chiang flew from Hengshan to Guilin to arrange defenses.   At this time, coastal defense was guarded by the 16th Army Group under Xia Wei (transferred, with Cai Tingkai taking over), a Guangxi clique force comprising the 46th and 31st Armies. Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin Headquarters, was in Chongqing for the Sixth Plenary Session of the Fifth National Congress of the Kuomintang, while Chief of Staff Lin Wei was in Rong County mourning Xia Wei's mother. The headquarters was essentially deserted. Zhang Fakui, commander of the Fourth War Zone, and Chief of Staff Wu Shiyuan were in Shaoguan, Guangdong. The three-tiered command structure—headquarters, war zone, army group—was practically non-existent.   The Chinese forces north of the pass were commanded by Bai Chongxi's Guilin Headquarters, with Lin Wei as Chief of Staff; they included the Fourth War Zone under Zhang Fakui and the 16th Army Group under Xia Wei. They commanded: the 31st Army (Commander Wei Yunsong; 131st Division under He Weizhen; 135th Division under Su Zuxin; 188th Division under Wei Zhen); the 46th Army (Commander He Xuan; 170th Division under Li Xingshu; 175th Division under Feng Huang; New 19th Division under Huang Gu); and a portion of the 200th Division of the 5th Army (Commander Dai Anlan). Together with the 1st-4th Independent Infantry Regiments of the Guangxi Training Corps, total strength was approximately 60,000 men.   After the Japanese landing, Bai Chongxi was stationed in Qianjiang, while the 16th Army Group headquarters in Xiawei was at Heishiyan near Binyang.   In early November 1939, the Japanese 5th Fleet and the aircraft carrier Kaga escorted the 5th Division and the Taiwan Brigade to concentrate in Haikou. Japanese aircraft bombed important cities in Guangxi. At that time, the Chinese army defended the coast from Nanning to Qinzhou Bay and Fangcheng with part of the 16th Army Group of the Fourth War Zone. The 46th Army was responsible for the coastline of Fangcheng, Qinxian, Hepu, and Liankou, and the 31st Army for key points along the Xijiang River.   On November 9, Japanese troops assembled at Sanya Bay on Hainan Island. Lieutenant General Ando Rikichi, commander of the 21st Army, personally commanded from Sanya. On the 13th, the fleet set sail. On the 14th, vanguard ships feinted at Beihai with over ten ships. A battalion of the 175th Division retaliated and was ordered to destroy Beihai, but Commander Chao Wei of the 524th Regiment believed no landing was intended, avoiding complete destruction. That night, Japanese ships turned toward Qinzhou.   To safeguard the international communications link between Guangxi and Indochina, the Chinese Generalissimo's Headquarters in Guilin assigned defensive missions. The 46th Corps of the 16th Army Group was tasked with defending the coastline from Fangcheng to Qinzhou, Hepu, and Lianjiang. The 31st Corps was responsible for key positions along the Xi River. Defensive positions were prepared in advance, and communications infrastructure was sabotaged to facilitate gradual resistance, aiming to attrition Japanese forces before a decisive engagement along the Yong River.   On November 15, under air and naval fire support, the Japanese 5th Division and Taiwan Brigade executed a forced landing on the west coast of Qinzhou Bay. Following intense resistance, the Chinese New 19th Division withdrew to Pancheng and Shangsi. After capturing Qinzhou, the Japanese 5th Division advanced north along the Yong-Qin Highway, while the Taiwan Brigade moved along Xiaodong–Baiji–Bujin Road. On November 17, the Japanese army captured Qinzhou and Fangcheng. The 5th Division immediately split into three routes along the Yongqin Highway, while the Taiwan Brigade advanced north along Xiaodong-Baekje-Pujin. On the 18th, they attacked Xiaodong, the headquarters of the New 19th Division. Division Commander Huang Gu fled alone in the face of battle. His troops were routed, and the Japanese continued northward. Meanwhile, bandits from the Shiwan Mountains formed numerous plainclothes teams to lead the Japanese advance, accelerating their northward movement. By November 21, they approached the south bank of the Yu River. On December 1, they occupied Gaofeng Pass. On December 4, they occupied Kunlun Pass and then adopted a defensive posture.   On November 16, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Bai Chongxi in Chongqing, ordering him to return to Guilin immediately to command the battle, without attending the plenary session. Bai requested full command without intervention from Zhang Fakui, and that all armies obey the Headquarters directly. Chiang approved and transferred his elite Fifth Army and other units to Bai's command. Bai telegraphed Du Yuming to lead troops by train from Hengyang to southern Guilin and reinstated Xia Wei as commander of the 16th Army Group, with Cai Tingkai awaiting orders. The 16th Army Group assembled, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wei Yunsong arrived in Nanning on the 19th. Units rushed to block Japanese advances. Bai flew to Guilin on the 19th and Qianjiang on the 21st, establishing the command post. Thus, as Japanese arrived in Nanning, Chinese reinforcements like the 170th Division reached Yongning on the 22nd, two regiments of the 135th Division entered Nanning on the 23rd, and the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division arrived at Ertang on the afternoon of the 24th. Other armies assembled in Liuzhou and Binyang.   On November 21, Japanese troops approached the south bank of the Yu River. Wu Zongjun, commander of the 405th Regiment of the 135th Division, arbitrarily ordered his regiments to abandon positions and retreat. Wei Yunsong ordered Su Zuxin to intercept, but Wu disobeyed. No troops defended Nanning's front lines. At dawn on the 24th, the 170th Division fought fiercely in Yongning. In the morning, the Japanese 21st Regiment crossed the river. By afternoon, Nanning had fallen. Over the next two days, they swept surrounding positions. On the morning of the 25th, the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division fought alone against Japanese regiments at Ertang. Under air cover, Japanese attacked, but Chinese resisted stubbornly. Regiment Commander Shao Yizhi and Adjutant Wu Qisheng were killed. Given the situation, Division Commanders Li Xingshu and Dai Anlan retreated to Gaofeng Pass after dusk. Though they failed to stop the advance, this was the fiercest resistance since the landing, lasting two days and nights. On November 25, Japanese attacked the 175th Division near Luwu from Xiaodong and the highway. The division moved to Nalong, assembling in villages there. The 175th attacked key points along the Yongqin Highway, including Datang, Naxiao, Dongya, Nabian, Xincheng, Xiaodong, Dadong, and Bancheng.   On November 20, the 21st Army opened its headquarters in Qinzhou. On November 26, Ando Rikichi announced the formation of the Yongqin Corps under Imamura Hitoshi. Ando left for Guangzhou on the 27th. Starting on the 26th, Japanese attacked Gaofeng Pass with aircraft cover. Despite fierce resistance, Chinese lost Gaofeng Pass on December 1. On the 4th, Japanese occupied Kunlun Pass, then adjusted deployment. The two sides confronted each other along the Kunlun Pass mountainous boundary. According to statistics up to December 1, Japanese suffered 145 dead and 315 wounded; Chinese had 6,125 dead bodies and 664 prisoners (but Japanese casualties were underreported; the 41st Infantry Regiment received 727 replacements on January 19, likely matching killed and wounded sent back). Seized in Nanning: 300 tons lead, 200 tons coal, 500 bundles cotton, 321 tons cotton thread, 30 tons iron, 60 tons tin. On December 2, the Japanese 5th Cavalry Regiment and Morimoto Battalion were attacked by about 1,500 Chinese with four tanks at Batang. Japanese dispatched the 21st Brigade (Nakamura Detachment), repelling a mixed force of the 200th and 188th Divisions. Japanese occupied Kunlun Pass but left only a battalion to defend it, withdrawing the rest to Nanning.   Bai Chongxi, director of the Guilin Headquarters and deputy chief of staff, proposed a counter-offensive plan, which was approved by Chiang Kai-shek.   On November 24, when Japanese had just occupied Nanning, Bai Chongxi demanded an immediate counterattack while Japanese were unstable and weak. After failing to gain approval, Bai asked Du Yuming to submit a request. Du sent a telegram on December 1: "The enemy occupying Nanning is less than two divisions. They succeeded by exploiting our dispersed forces, but lack heavy weapons and supplies. Our army should gather superior forces and launch a counter-offensive quickly (before December 10) to defeat them and restore international transportation." Chiang decided on a counter-offensive on December 7. On the 8th, Bai conveyed the objective: "capturing Kunlun Pass and then recovering Nanning." By mid-December, assembly was complete. Chiang dispatched Chen Cheng and Li Jishen to supervise, and Zhang Fakui arrived in Qianjiang.   In the early stages, Guangxi lacked heavy armored forces for counterattacking beyond Guangxi clique troops. The fall of Kunlun Pass prompted Chongqing to deploy the reorganized Fifth Army and its armored corps for a strong attack. The Fifth Army was the main force at Kunlun Pass, with the National Revolutionary Army providing cover while launching a full-scale counterattack in Nanning.   To recapture Kunlun Pass and Nanning, Bai Chongxi dispatched approximately nine armies and twenty-seven divisions, totaling 300,000 troops: Xia Wei of the 16th Army Group, Ye Zhao of the 37th Army Group, Deng Longguang of the 35th Army Group, and Cai Tingkai of the 26th Army Group (31st, 5th, 64th, 46th, and 43rd Armies, etc.) to attack Kunlun Pass. The Japanese, with the Nakamura Brigade as main force and special forces, had strong fortifications. Xu Tingyao of the 38th Army Group, with Li Yannian of the 2nd Army, Gan Lichu of the 6th Army, Yao Chun of the 36th Army, and Fu Zhongfang of the 99th Army. The 5th Army, plus the 1st Honorary Division (Zheng Dongguo), New 22nd Division (Qiu Qingquan), and all armored, cavalry, artillery, and engineer regiments, arrived.   The Japanese forces consisted of the 5th Division (Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura; 9th Brigade under Major General Genichiro Ogawa; 21st Brigade under Major General Masao Nakamura; Taiwan Mixed Brigade under Major General Sadashiro Shiota), Marine Corps (over 70 warships), and Air Force (100 aircraft), totaling about 30,000. Later reinforcements: Imperial Guard Division and a brigade from the 18th Division. Total about 100,000, but only 45,000 fought. After a traitor reported over 100,000 Nationalist troops north of Kunlun Pass, Imamura dismissed it as "impossible." Higher Japanese ranks hoped to instigate rebellion by the Guangxi clique. On December 10, Imamura issued a telegram "Letter to Generals Li and Bai," expressing respect and stating the attack on Nanning was to cut off Chiang's lines, hoping for Japan-China cooperation. If insisted, the Japanese garrison would win. Finally: "The more than 4,200 brave soldiers who died in Nanning have been buried in Zhongshan Park and solemnly offered sacrifices. Please rest assured."   On December 15, Bai Chongxi took a decisive step in the escalating conflict by issuing the first counter-offensive order, setting the stage for a coordinated push against enemy positions. He organized the forces into three main route armies, with additional reserves held back for support.   The Northern Route Army, under Xu Tingyao's command, focused its efforts on Kunlun Pass. The 5th Army led the direct assault there, while the 92nd Division from the 99th Army skirted around Lingliwei to strike at Qitang, effectively flanking the pass and adding pressure from the side.   Meanwhile, the Western Route Army, led by Xia Wei, split into two columns to cover multiple fronts. The First Column, commanded by Zhou Zuhuang, targeted Gaofeng Pass in a bold advance. The Second Column, under Wei Yunsong, positioned itself at Suwei to block any reinforcements heading toward Nanning, cutting off potential enemy supply lines.   On the eastern flank, Cai Tingkai's Eastern Route Army aimed to disrupt key logistics. The 46th Army moved against Luwu and Lingshan, intent on severing the vital Yongqin Highway. At the same time, the 66th Army joined the assault on Kunlun Pass before pushing onward to Gula and Gantang. To bolster these efforts, the remaining two divisions of the 99th Army were kept in reserve, ready to reinforce wherever needed.   The very next day, on December 16, Du Yuming—now serving as army commander—gathered his officers for a critical conference within the 5th Army. There, they crafted a clever encirclement strategy dubbed "close the gate and fight the tiger," designed to trap and overwhelm the opposition. The plan's core involved the 200th Division, led by Dai Anlan, and the 1st Honorary Division under Zheng Dongguo launching the primary attack on Kunlun Pass. Flanking from the right, Qiu Qingquan's New 22nd Division would seize Wutang and Liutang, then turn to intercept any incoming reinforcements. On the left wing, Peng Bisheng commanded two regiments in a daring bypass of Gantang and Chang'an, aiming to strike at Qitang and Batang and seal off the enemy's retreat routes.   The enemy at Kunlun Pass was the Matsumoto Sozaburo Battalion of the 21st Brigade. Its 42nd and 21st Regiments were along Jiutang-Nanning. On December 16, Imamura ordered Major General Kawai Genshichi of the 9th Brigade to lead thousands in a surprise attack on Longzhou and Zhennan Pass, departing on the 17th.   At 8 p.m. on December 17, the Battle of Kunlun Pass began.   On December 18, Chinese forces began their attack and captured Kunlun Pass and Jiutang on the same day. On December 19, it captured Gaofeng Pass. On December 20, Gaofeng Pass, Jiutang, and Kunlun Pass fell into the hands of the Japanese army again. At dawn on December 18, the artillery of the 5th Army opened fire. After extension, the 200th and 1st Honorary Divisions attacked. Hundreds of Japanese planes bombed. By night, the 1st Honorary captured Fairy Mountain, Laomaoling, Wanfu Village, Luotang, and Hill 411; 200th captured Hills 653 and 600, taking Kunlun Pass. At noon on the 19th, massive Japanese air raid. Imamura dispatched the 21st Regiment under Colonel Miki Yoshinosuke, recapturing it. Positions were contested repeatedly. The New 22nd occupied Wutang and Liutang; Wutang recaptured by Japanese, but Liutang held, blocking reinforcements. When Imamura ordered Taiwan Mixed Brigade reinforcement, they were blocked at Liutang by Qiu Qingquan. Du Yuming ordered Zheng Dongguo to send Zheng Tingji's 3rd Regiment to encircle Jiutang from the right. They captured high ground west of Jiutang at night. On December 20, enemy at Kunlun Pass weakened, sending urgent reports. Imamura ordered Nakamura Masao with 42nd Regiment to reinforce, but blocked at Wutang for two days, reaching Qitang on the 22nd, blocked again. Nakamura was wounded on the 23rd morning. At 1:30 pm, Miki reported: "If the brigade cannot arrive before dusk, the front line will be difficult to secure."   Imamura ordered Colonel Lin Yixiong's 1st Regiment and Colonel Watanabe Nobuyoshi's 2nd Regiment of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade to reinforce, but blocked by 175th Division on Yongqin Road. Watanabe's regiment blocked at Luwu by 524th Regiment (Chao Wei), and after three days, couldn't pass. Watanabe was killed, remnants fled to Qin County. On the 20th, Imamura ordered the 9th Brigade's 3rd Battalion of Ito's unit back in 105 vehicles to reinforce.   The Japanese confirmed the attack and Imamura ordered Nakamura Detachment rescue. Over two weeks, encirclement and breakout battles occurred on the Nanning-Kunlun Pass highway.   On the 18th, the 170th Division launched the Battle of Gaofeng Pass, capturing a hill on the 19th but ambushed that night. On the 20th, the pass fell, retreating to Gewei. Bai inspected but no improvement; failed to capture Gaofeng Pass or block reinforcements. Ito's unit on Yonglong Road intercepted by 131st at Xichangwei. On the 22nd, Imamura sent two companies from Nanning, intercepted by 188th near Suwei. Ito's battalion besieged in Xichangwei for three days, spared because 131st avoided close combat. Under air cover, both broke through to Nanning on the 26th.   On November 21, Chiang was dissatisfied with Kunlun Pass progress, ordering: "If front-line troops and artillery fail to attack or complete tasks, they shall be punished for cowardice."   By the 23rd, two divisions of 5th Army had over 2,000 casualties; Japanese over 1,000. Six days yielded no results, with reinforcements arriving. Du changed tactics to concentrate forces, tightening encirclement.   On the 24th, Oikawa Detachment ordered back to Nanning, destroying captured materials and withdrawing from Longzhou and Zhennanguan. Bai learned some escaped, telegraphing Wei Yunsong: "If the second batch escapes, it affects the main force. The deputy commander-in-chief should be punished." Main force still escaped; local troops preserved strength, benefiting Japanese.   On the main position, Zheng Tingji spotted Japanese officers meeting and ordered fire, inflicting heavy casualties, requiring airdropped officers.   On the 25th, Second Regiment of First Division captured Luotang South Heights, annihilating over 200. From December 25, Fifth Army and 159th and 92nd Divisions occupied key high grounds. Fierce battle until December 31, capturing Kunlun Pass and Tianyin, killing Nakamura Masao, annihilating over 5,000.   Following the intense clashes at Kunlun Pass, the battle's toll on the Japanese forces became starkly evident in the weeks that followed. On January 19, just a month after the fighting peaked, the Japanese rushed in 3,389 fresh replacements to replenish their battered 5th Division. This influx was distributed unevenly: 1,848 went to the 21st Infantry Regiment and 814 to the 42nd, figures that likely corresponded directly to the number of dead and seriously wounded who had been evacuated back home—though those with minor injuries weren't factored into these counts. The ferocity of the engagement was further underscored by the capture of numerous Japanese strongholds, where Chinese forces found that every defender had been killed, leaving no survivors behind.   In many ways, this outcome represented a stunning annihilation for the Japanese, particularly the 21st Brigade, which was effectively wiped out. Key figures fell in the fray, including Brigade Commander Masao Nakamura, Acting Commander Sakata Genichi, Miki Yoshinosuke, along with various deputies and battalion commanders. The leadership losses were catastrophic: over 85% of officers above the squad leader level were killed. Japanese records themselves acknowledged more than 4,000 soldiers dead, painting a grim picture that their own war histories later described as "the darkest era for the army." On the Chinese side, the victory came at a heavy price, with over 10,000 casualties suffered, yet remarkably, the core officer corps remained largely intact, preserving command structure for future operations.   Zooming out to the broader theater in December 1939, the Japanese 5th Division and the Taiwan Mixed Brigade found themselves holding the line against an overwhelming force of more than 150,000 Nationalist troops. At the same time, the Japanese 21st Army was shifting its focus to Guangdong Province in preparation for Operation Weng Ying, while the Oikawa Detachment—primarily composed of the 11th Infantry Regiment—pushed forward to Longzhou. They captured Zhennanguan on November 21, securing valuable stocks of fuel and arms in the process. However, these stretched deployments and insufficient troop numbers left the Japanese without adequate reserves when encirclement loomed at Kunlun Pass. Ultimately, they were forced to abandon their offensive plans in Guangdong, pulling back to consolidate defenses around Nanning. Meanwhile, from their base in Chongqing, Chinese commanders had meticulously planned the recapture, turning the tide through careful strategy and sheer determination. Shocked, Japanese dispatched Vice Chief of Staff Sawada Shigeru to Guangzhou. On December 29, 21st Army sent staff to Nanning. Failed to change 21st Brigade's defeat. Imamura planned personal charge for revenge on January 1, but Ando ordered holding Nanning for reinforcements: "The 21st Army is transferring powerful force to annihilate enemy. 5th Division secure Nanning and key locations."   After capturing Kunlun Pass and annihilating two regiments of 21st Brigade, 5th Army thought to recapture Nanning. Remaining 21st Brigade and Taiwan regiments between Jiutang and Batang. At noon January 1, 1940, Oikawa's thousands arrived at Batang; Imamura ordered Oikawa replace killed Sakata. First battle on Hill 441. 1st Division held north side; Japanese south. On January 1, Japanese bombed and attacked; 1st Division reduced to hundred but held. At dawn 2nd, counterattack all day, no progress. On 3rd, Du mobilized 200th and part New 22nd; brutal fighting, heavy casualties. At nightfall, Japanese retreated to Jiutang. On 4th, Japanese abandoned Jiutang to Batang. New 22nd moved into Jiutang. 5th Army attacked Batang; by 12th, no progress. Exhausted with heavy casualties, 5th Army ordered to Silong for rest. Mission transferred to 36th Army. 5th Army withdrew.   On January 7, Chiang flew to Guilin, visiting Qianjiang on 10th to discuss plans with Bai, Chen, Zhang, Xu, Lin. Bai proposed offensive with new armies to recapture Nanning. Chiang approved. On 11th, as Bai issued orders, Chiang overturned, changing to defensive. Japanese gained time for counter-offensive.   To salvage defeat, Japanese transferred 18th Division and Konoye Brigade from Guangdong. Combined with existing, formed 22nd Corps under Seiichi Kuno, under South China Front Army commanded by Reikichi Ando, preparing counteroffensive.   On January 25, a brigade from the Japanese 18th Division and elements of the 15th Division attacked frontally along Yongbin Road, while Konoye Brigade flanked toward Guizhou via Yongyong Road, in Binyang Campaign. Konoye crossed at Tingziwei, then Yongchun County, via Gantang, Luwei, Gula, Wuling to Binyang, cutting rear. Bai Chongxi rushed 175th Division of 46th Army north to tail Konoye. After reinforcements, 21st Army launched offensive to drive and encircle south of Binyang; accumulated supplies in Nanning. On January 22, 18th and Konoye reached attack points. 38th Army Group HQ in Binyang bombed, communications cut, independent combat.   On January 28, Japanese launched offensive (Binyang Operation). On February 3, 41st Infantry of 5th Division occupied Kunlun Pass. On February 4, Ando reached captured Binyang. Nationalists lost Kunlun Pass, lines collapsed, many encircled. Battle ended with withdrawal; February 13, Japanese withdrew to Nanning, lines stalemated.   In the wake of the Binyang clashes, the 18th Division was indeed shifted to Guangzhou. Japanese records from January 28 to February 13 painted a picture of their spoils: they claimed to have captured 19 tanks, 5 light armored vehicles, 30 automobiles, 20 field or mountain guns, 13 rapid-fire guns, and 41 mortars. Additionally, they reported counting 27,041 Chinese bodies on the battlefield and taking 1,167 prisoners. The Chinese forces, for their part, regrouped with their main strength positioned east of the Yongqin Highway, while some elements maneuvered west to harass Japanese rear lines and coordinate actions from the north bank.   On February 21, 1940, Chiang arrived in Liuzhou, residing at Yangjiao Mountain. From February 22, he convened over 100 generals for a four-day Liuzhou Military Conference to review Guinan operations. Chiang demoted Bai Chongxi for poor supervision and Chen Cheng for poor guidance from first- to second-class generals. He also punished and rewarded other senior officers. The 46th Army and 175th Division were commended for discipline. On February 26, Fourth War Zone Commander Zhang Fakui announced: "No need for counterattack on Nanning currently." The entire Guinan Campaign ended.   The defeat embarrassed Chongqing; not only disrupted Guangxi-Vietnam traffic, but massive effort ended in rout. Pre-battle, Guilin Headquarters misjudged Japanese intentions; during, both Guangxi and Huangpu clique leaders showed poor performance, infuriating Chiang. Post-battle punishments were unprecedented in the war.   I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. In November 1939, Japanese forces, including the 5th Division and Taiwan Brigade, landed at Qinzhou Bay, captured Nanning, and advanced to Kunlun Pass. Chinese troops, under Bai Chongxi and reinforced by the elite 5th Army, launched fierce counteroffensives, recapturing Kunlun Pass in December with heavy casualties. 

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