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Ridiculous History

The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part Two: The World Takeover

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.34.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

As Matsuzo Kosuge struggled to keep his business afloat amid the chaos of war, he became incredibly inventive, using cast-off beer and soup cans as raw materials and setting up shop in abandoned cattle sheds. In the second part of this two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the rise of Japanese toys.

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1:30.0

Radiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio.

1:52.0

Welcome back to the show Radiculous Historians. Thank you as always so much for tuning in.

2:02.0

This is part two of a two part series. So please tune in to part one.

2:07.0

So the thing makes makes more sense.

2:10.0

Anyway, we got Max Dolan that is me and my job in this intro is to welcome you into the content.

2:17.0

There's not much of a Tokyo to go back to. He can't return home because the Soviet Union is taken over those disputed islands in Hokkaido.

2:31.0

And Kyoto was Japan's only metro center still standing.

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