Crash Course
Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227
In which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being...
Religion for Breakfast
When Shinto Became a “Religion"
In this episode we examine the topic: When Shinto Became a “Religion"
Step Back History
Japan's Lovable Communist Revolution
After World War Two, Japan was in a really rough situation. The American occupiers tried to redesign the country from the top down, but at the same time, it had to contend with a lovable revolution bubbling from the bottom up.
Religion for Breakfast
Can Shinto Become a Global Religion?
In this video we ask: Can Shinto Become a Global Religion?
Curated Video
Band 9 Sample Part 3 Answers about History
Today you’ll hear band 9 sample Part 3 answers about history, a challenging topic! Recently, a student reported to me that she had some difficult questions about the topic of history in Speaking Part 3. Whether you are interested in...
Step Back History
Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justified?
In August of 1945, we as a species entered into a new age. In many ways we achieved technological miracles orders of magnitude greater than our ancestors could ever imagine. We are also now living in the only period in our species’...
Bloomberg
IMF's Odd Per Says Japan Needs Monetary, Fiscal Balance
Nov.01 -- IMF Deputy Director of Asia Pacific Odd Per Brekk speaks with Bloomberg's Kathleen Hays at the IMF World Bank annual meetings in Washington. He discusses the typhoon, consumption tax increase, global trade wars, and fiscal vs...
Bloomberg
Japan Ahead: JTB Group CEO
Eijiro Yamakita, President and CEO at JTB Group, discusses the outlook for Japan's tourism sector as the country reopens its borders. He speaks with Kathleen Hays and Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia".
Sky News
Kazuo Ishiguro gives a press conference after being announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
CLEAN: Interior shots of author Kazuo Ishiguro speaking during a news conference after being announced as the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature on October 05, 2017 in London, England.
Bloomberg
U.S. Has Come Back As World Leader: Fmr. Japanese Ambassador
Mar.16 -- Former Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Ichiro Fujisaki discusses the role of the U.S. on the world stage, the relationship between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. and the rising tensions between the U.S. and China. He speaks on...
Bloomberg
U.S.-Japan Relations Far Bigger than Just Trade, Says Former Ambassador Fujisaki
Sep.24 -- Former Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Ichiro Fujisaki discusses the U.S.-Japan trade agreement and the relationship between President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
Curated Video
Japanese delegation at tuna conference in Cancun
1. Exterior of hotel where tuna conference is taking place
2. Man walking into conference room
3. Japanese delegation
4. Wide of conference room
5. Close of place setting for Japan
6. Japanese delegation
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kiyoshi...
Curated Video
4:3 Geithner meets Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda
1. Wide of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner seated next to Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda after a bilateral meeting
2. Pan from media in the room to Geithner and Noda
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Timothy Geithner, U.S....
Curated Video
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit acquires Japanese agent
Lake District, 11th September 2008
1. Various shots of the Lake District
2. Junko Ishiwata reading Peter Rabbit book
3. Shot of Peter Rabbit book pages turning
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Junko Ishiwata, Tour Guide:
"I like England and I...
Curated Video
Japanese prime minister at news conference
1. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi enters and walks up to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese Prime Minister
"It was the Japanese people themselves who elected me to the prime ministership of Japan and...
Curated Video
THAILAND: 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF RIVER KWAI BRIDGE BOMBING
Eng/Nat
Japanese ex-servicemen wept tears of shame Tuesday in memory of more than 100- thousand Allied troops and Asian slave labourers who died building the wartime "death railway" between Thailand and Burma .
The 200 Japanese veterans...
Curated Video
4:3 Clinton meets Japanese children, tsunami survivors
1. Wide of US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walking into room and taking seat in front of Japanese school children, alongside Japanese ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki (left) and former Major League Baseball player Cal Ripken Jr....
Curated Video
Japan's declutter queen expands her empire
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York, 11 June 2018
1. Wide of Marie Kondo's entrance
2. Wide of Marie Kondo talking to an audience
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese to English translation) Marie Kondo,...
Curated Video
Autonomous Regions - Update Wrap
An advance party of Palestinian police officers was shown the
premises they will soon be occupying under the PLO - Israel
agreement for the Gaza and Jericho autonomy, on Thursday (5/5). In a show of growing Japanese interest in Middle...
Bloomberg
Japan Opposition Chief Says Abe's Policies Failing Women
May.19 -- In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg News, Renho, the leader of Japan's
Opposition, Democratic Party said it is an embarrassment if we didn't have a
female prime minister.
Curated Video
Japan's declutter queen Marie Kondo expands her empire
JAPAN'S DECLUTTER QUEEN MARIE KONDO EXPANDS HER EMPIRE
Japanese tidying queen Marie Kondo has had quite a year, leveraging her massive popularity into a fully-fledged empire.
Her 2011 best-seller, "The...