History

Historical Periods, Era Names, and How Japan Remembers the Past How Japan divides, names, teaches, reconstructs, and remembers its past—and why historical labels may carry different meanings across generations and regions. 2 questions → Idols, Celebrities, Fandom, and the Entertainment Industry How idols, celebrities, agencies, fan clubs, live events, scandals, and oshikatsu create relationships between performers, businesses, media, and devoted audiences. 1 question → Immigration, Foreign Residents, Multiculturalism, and Japanese Identity How growing foreign communities, permanent settlement, naturalization, mixed backgrounds, and multicultural policies are changing ideas about who belongs in Japanese society. 1 question → News Media, NHK, Press Clubs, and Public Information How television, newspapers, public broadcasting, press clubs, official announcements, weekly magazines, and online news shape what information reaches the Japanese public. 2 questions → Prefectures, Municipalities, Tokyo, and Regional Government How prefectures, cities, towns, villages, Tokyo’s special wards, governors, mayors, and local assemblies divide responsibility and shape regional identity across Japan. 1 question → The Constitution, the Diet, Elections, and Political Participation How Japan’s Constitution, parliamentary system, political parties, elections, campaigns, constitutional amendment, protests, and petitions organize democratic power and public participation. 1 question → War Memory, Pacifism, the Self-Defense Forces, and Security Debate How memories of war, Article 9, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Self-Defense Forces, the United States alliance, military bases, and pacifism remain connected in Japan’s security debates. 1 question →