The Final Decade of Shōwa

A History of Japan by Justin Hebert

Aug 17, 202640:30Society & Culture

This final regular episode of the podcast features the politics, economics, and cultural developments of 1980s Japan as the Shōwa Period came to a close in 1989. Thank you so much for listening, I hope you enjoyed this j...

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