From the Tale of Genjii to Godzilla, Kenzaburo Oe to Yoko Tawada …
Matthew Sweet and guests on Chaplin's 1941 film, The Great Dictator, and rising populism.
Christopher Harding investigates the feminine divine with Ronald Hutton and others.
Rana Mitter talks to historians of China Jung Chang and Julia Lovell, and Cindy Yu.
Democracy and dissent in Hong Kong and the USA. Are confrontational politics here to stay?
Samira Shackle, Ejaz Haider and Majed Akhter talk about Karachi, power, crime and energy.
Two Buddhism scholars and British socialist feminist Sheila Rowbotham join Rana Mitter.
Pankaj Mishra discusses his new novel about four friends in an age of upheaval.
Rana Mitter looks at a new play at the National Theatre about the man who murdered Gandhi.
Japanese cultural experimentation: painter KyĹŤsai 1831-1889 and writer Mishima 1925-1970.
David Peace and Natasha Pulley look at the writing of Akutagawa and the film by Kurosawa.
Tomoyuki Hoshino, Suzanne Mooney, Mariko Nagai and Kyoko Miyake on representing city life.
Nick Luscombe takes us on a personal journey through the music and sounds of Japan.
Susan Greaney draws parallels between ancient peoples of Britain and Japan
An exploration of the rich and surprising history of jazz in Japan.
How American experimental composer John Cage came to write his infamous, silent 4’33”.
Elizabeth Alker traces the hidden history of Japan’s environmental music scene.
Rana Mitter visits Tokyo to explore how Japan remembers World War Two today through film.
An alternative look at modern Japan's uneasy relationship with ghosts and ghost stories.
The 11th-century courtier who wrote what is thought to be the world's first novel.
The terrifying warlord who brought much of Japan under his control
The creator of Atom Boy, who brought Japanese cartoons to the world.
The early powerful ruler who summoned spirits as well as armies.
The brutal coach who achieved a gold medal for Japan at the 1964 Olympics.
Hiromi Ito, Tomoko Sawada, Yukiko Motoya and Motoyuki Shibata
