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This week, I'm going to recommend No-No Boy by John Okada.

This is one of the classics of Japanese

American literature, and it tells the story of one Yamada Ichiro, one of the No No Boys, who

refused both to swear his allegiance to the U.S. government and to serve in the U.S. military

after being incarcerated for his Japanese heritage during the Second World War.

It's a real classic for a reason, and if you've never read it before, now's your chance.

Go to audiblechild.com slash Japan to claim your copy. Hello and welcome to the history of Japan podcast, episode 364, ABE, part four.

In this, what I promise will be my last episode on Abe Shinso, and oh, do I remember

when this was supposed to be one episode, I struggled a bit with how to frame things.

You see, there are two ways to approach a topic like this.

The first is to go year by year through the big events, sort of like I did

with the Koizumi administration. The second is to go thematically through some of the most

important aspects of the Abe administration, and this is the one I chose, for two reasons.

First, I think it flows better because you don't jump between topics as much. Second, I believe it's easier to focus in on a key idea,

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