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the podcasts. Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast, episode 245, The Summer of Rage, Part 2.

Last week, we covered the protests that brought down the Kishi government and which set the

tenor for the next half century of Japanese politics, a consensus on economic growth and nothing

else. This week, I want to talk about another protest, which also stretched into the summer of 1960, and which helped set the tone for the future of post-war Japan.

Last week we looked at what is by any measure the beating heart of Japan, Tokyo itself.

This week, our focus is about as far from that as you can get,

a small area called Mi'Ike, split between Fukuoka and Kumamoto prefectures in central Kyushu.

The area would be insignificant in the grand sweep of Japanese history except for one thing. It was one of the

few areas of Japan with serious natural resource deposits. Specifically, Miike was loaded with coal.

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