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Paul Martin on Japanese Swords
Episode 39
Paul Martin is a Japanese sword expert who has worked at the British Museum and traveled extensively in Japan to study swords and armor. Martin's new…
1 year, 7 months ago
Burritt Sabin on Yokohama and Kamakura
Episode 38
Burritt Sabin was born in New York City and came to Japan as a naval officer in 1975. His professional career in Japan started as a journalist, and h…
1 year, 8 months ago
Lesley Downer and How Empresses shaped Japan
Episode 37
Amy Chavez speaks with Lesley Downer, an expert on Japanese culture and history who writes both fiction and non-fiction. Her novels transport readers…
1 year, 10 months ago
Robert Whiting—Gangsters, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies
Episode 36
Amy Chavez talks with Robert Whiting about his recently released book Gangsters, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Healing Power of Female Poet Otagaki Rengetsu
Episode 35
In this episode of the Books on Asia podcast, host Amy Chavez talks to author John Stevens about his new book The Lotus Moon: Art and Poetry of Buddh…
1 year, 11 months ago
Angus Waycott Walks Sado Island
Episode 34
Author and travel-writer Angus Waycott talks about his 8-day walk around Sado Island off Niigata Prefecture in the Japan Sea. He gives us in-depth a…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Future of Books and AI
Episode 33
We talk with publisher Peter Goodman and author/translator Frederik L. Schodt about artificial intelligence as it relates to writing and publishing b…
2 years, 8 months ago
Fred Schodt on His Historical Non-Fiction on Japan
Episode 32
In this episode of the Books on Asia podcast, host Amy Chavez talks with author and translator Frederik L. Schodt, who has written/translated many bo…
2 years, 8 months ago
John Grant Ross on Taiwan & Japan
Episode 31
In this episode of the BOA podcast, host Amy Chavez talks with John Ross, a New Zealand writer based in Taiwan. Ross has spent three decades in Asia,…
3 years, 1 month ago
Japan's 31 Passions, with John Rucynski
Episode 30
In 2021 John Rucynski--who has been living in Japan on and off since 1994--self-published A Passion for Japan through Blue Sky Publishing. In this an…
3 years, 2 months ago