Episode 295 - Into Thin Air

History of Japan

Isaac Meyer

Japan, History, Japanese

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week, we cover the true story of North Korea's abduction of Japanese civilians. Who was taken, and why? What do we know about their lives in the north? And how does their disappearance still affect the relationship between Japan and North Korea today?

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1:31.3	Hello and welcome to the History of Japan podcast, episode 295 into thin air.
1:35.9	Before we get started, I just want to put something out there real quick.
1:42.7	So we're on episode 295, which means, of course, we're only five episodes from episode 300,
1:45.7	and I think since it's been a while since we've done one, it would be fun to do another Q&A. So if you're interested in doing a Q&A for episode
1:51.7	300, great. Shoot me some questions you'd love to see me talk about on the show. I'll add them to a list,
1:57.9	and that'll be episode 300. You can use the Facebook page, Facebook.com slash history of Japan, the website,
2:05.6	isaacmyre.net, or Twitter, where I use the very serious handle of at giant enemy underscore
2:12.5	crab, and shoot me anything you'd like to hear me talk about.
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