Episode 82 - The Shadow Shogun, Redux

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2014

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

After the fall of Tanaka Kakuei, one man has become known as the heir to his tradition. One man has attempted to manipulate the flow of politics in order to either serve as a populist champion for Japan or embody the worst of the Japanese political process (depending on who you ask). His name is Ozawa Ichiro, and he is our topic for this week.

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1:28.4	Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast.
1:32.7	Episode 82, The Shadow Shogun Redux.
1:40.1	This week, we're going to do something rather unusual for this podcast and talk about someone who's still alive.
1:47.4	He's a figure who's come up more than once in our story, as befits someone who had such a large impact on post-war politics.
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