Read Japanese Literature
A podcast about Japanese literature and some of its best works
New episodes more-or-less monthly
Podcasting since 2021 • 39 episodes
Read Japanese Literature
Latest Episodes
LGBTQ+ Stories from Japan, Part 1
RJL is excited to bring you this two-parter about LGBTQ+ stories from Japan. Part one covers some of the earliest writing in Japanese through the end of the Meiji Period in 1912.Part two (coming soon) covers Taisho Japan (when women fin...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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54:40
Japanese Crime and Mystery Writing
Today, we’re talking about crime and mystery novels from Japan. We’ll start with the development of the crime and mystery genre in the English-speaking world. We’ll move on to Japanese crime and mystery writing—how it was inspired by Anglo-Amer...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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53:56
Atomic Bomb Literature
This episode is marked mature.In this episode, we take a look at Japanese writing about the American bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that killed as many as 215,000 people in August 1945. We’ll start with the history of the ato...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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59:28
Zainichi Literature—Koreans Writing in Japan
In this episode, we take a look at the history of Koreans writing in Japan. We’ll start with the history of Koreans in Japan, including anti-Korean prejudice before and after WWII. We’ll move on to Zainichi Korean writing. And we’ll finish with...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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55:16
The End of the World! Japanese Apocalypse, Part 3
In part three of this episode, we’ll finish our story of Japanese apocalyptic and dystopian fiction. First, stories from the mid-90s and 20-aughts. Then, stories from after the March 2011 Triple Disasters. We’ll end with a look ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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56:58