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The news of Gen. Douglas MacArthur came as a surprise to the Japanese public and was covered from a variety of angles.

JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By

Apr 1, 2026

Japan Times 1951: Truman ousts Gen. MacArthur

U.S. President Harry Truman dismissed the key player in Japan’s postwar recovery 75 years ago this month.

A portrait of Hiraga Gennai painted by the artist Nakamaru Seijuro in 1886, currently at Waseda University Library in Tokyo.

JAPAN / History / The Living Past

Mar 23, 2026

An island tale of myth, desire and the wisdom of laughter

By Michael Hoffman

A journey from Japan’s oldest myths to Edo eccentric Hiraga Gennai, who discovers the absurdity and humor at life’s core.

The traditional umbrella has played a part in many Japanese tales.

JAPAN / History / The Living Past

Mar 6, 2026

The long, humble history of the umbrella

By Michael Hoffman

From ancient courts to Meiji streets, the umbrella shelters commerce, faith, folly and fragile human longing.

The front page of The Japan Times on March 3, 1976, carries the news of a terrorist attack in Sapporo.

JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By

Mar 6, 2026

Japan Times 1976: Bomb explosion in Sapporo claims 2 lives, injures 85

A note left after the terrorist attack at a government building cited “imperialists” as the target.

The front page of The Japan Times on Feb. 6, 1976, carried the first of many stories aiming to get to the bottom of the Lockheed bribery scandal.

JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By

Feb 2, 2026

Japan Times 1976: Lockheed paid Kodama $7 million to win deal

This month 25 and 50 years ago saw the beginnings of stories that would go on to become significant historical moments.

After a busy couple of weeks on the public lecture circuit, German-born physicist Albert Einstein took a few days of relaxation on Hiroshima Prefecture’s Miyajima island.

JAPAN / History / Longform

Jan 20, 2026

When Einstein came to Hiroshima

By Patrick Parr

Einstein saw Hiroshima before it was history — not a symbol but a place, quiet and charming.

A statue of Saint Francis Xavier in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture. Christianity spread rapidly in Kyushu before facing brutal suppression under the Tokugawa shogunate.

JAPAN / History / The Living Past

Jan 16, 2026

How Tokugawa Japan learned to fear faith

By Michael Hoffman

The Shimabara Rebellion reveals how faith, fear and power converged in Tokugawa Japan, ending in martyrdom, massacre and historical memory.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.

The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan’s culture of conformity

By Tomoko Otake

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