Families Turned Detective in Edo Japan

April 4, 2023

Societies have handled the enforcement of laws a lot of different ways in different places and times; the ubiquity of police in the 21st century can make it hard to imagine what other systems might even look like. The way the authorities tracked down suspects in Edo-era Japan (1603-1867) is particularly interesting. The system was […]

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Shanty Hunters: Ports

October 12, 2021

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Hiroo Onoda

September 28, 2021

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The Secret History of the Mountain Folk

May 18, 2021

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Weird Japanese Monsters

March 23, 2021

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The Wokou Raiders

March 3, 2020

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