Japan – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:49:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Japan – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Shinobi in Sengoku Japan: Espionage, Assassination, and the Historical Reality of Ninja https://brewminate.com/shinobi-warfare-ninjutsu-espionage-sengoku-japan/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 14:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=271205 In the wars of Sengoku Japan, shinobi served as covert agents gathering intelligence, spreading misinformation, and sabotaging enemies,

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]]> Wartime Propaganda and Information Control in Imperial Japan during World War II https://brewminate.com/wartime-propaganda-and-information-control-in-imperial-japan/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270875 During World War II, Japan’s government tightly controlled news, radio, and propaganda to shape public perception, sustain morale,

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]]> The Japanese Imperial Army and State Shinto in the 19th and 20th Centuries https://brewminate.com/japanese-imperial-army-state-shinto-19th-20th-centuries/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270555 In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the Japanese Imperial Army intertwined with State Shinto, fusing militarism, emperor worship,

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]]> Seppuku and the Ethics of Voluntary Death in Medieval Feudal Japan https://brewminate.com/seppuku-ethics-voluntary-death-medieval-japan/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:02:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270452 In medieval Japan, seppuku framed voluntary death as ritual honor, revealing how violence, loyalty, and morality intertwined within

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]]> Yokai Images and Depictions and Modelings of the Body Seen in Japanese Folk Religion https://brewminate.com/yokai-images-and-depictions-and-modelings-of-the-body-seen-in-japanese-folk-religion/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:58:57 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=194241 Japan is in the midst of a recurrent boom in yōkai, supernatural creatures of Japanese popular culture and

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]]> Wabi-Sabi: ‘Miserable Tea’ History in Japan https://brewminate.com/wabi-sabi-miserable-tea-history-in-japan/ Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:40:49 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=229602 ‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long histories. By Dr. Paul S. AtkinsProfessor of JapaneseUniversity of Washington

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]]> Cha and Bodhidharma: The History of Japanese Green Tea since the 8th Century https://brewminate.com/cha-and-bodhidharma-the-history-of-japanese-green-tea-since-the-8th-century/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:22:17 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=230401 Tea became popular with Zen Buddhist monks as it was thought to aid meditation and ward off sleep.

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]]> Fortune-Telling, Exorcism, Herbs: Looking at a Medieval Japanese Healer’s Toolkit https://brewminate.com/fortune-telling-exorcism-herbs-looking-at-a-medieval-japanese-healers-toolkit/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:02:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=228223 In medieval Japan, healing might mean taking medicine, undergoing an exorcism, or avoiding inauspicious days. By Dr. Alessandro

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]]> ‘Gunki Monogatari’: The Medieval Japanese Literary Tradition of War Tales https://brewminate.com/gunki-monogatari-the-medieval-japanese-literary-tradition-of-war-tales/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 17:02:40 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=193510 They can best be described as ‘literary histories’ that combined some factual information with much fiction. Introduction War tales

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]]> ‘Waste Not, Want Not’: Monsters, Meditation, and Deep Religious and Cultural Roots in Japan https://brewminate.com/waste-not-want-not-monsters-meditation-and-deep-religious-and-cultural-roots-in-japan/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:54:40 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=192042 Shinto and Buddhist ideas about interconnectedness have deeply influenced Japan, shaping centuries-old rituals and stories. Introduction The word

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