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Episode 428 - The Highest Bidder

Mar 4, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
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2
The War Between the Army and the Navy
02:43 • 3min
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3
The Ruso-Japanese War
05:22 • 3min
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4
Japanese Navy - Admiral Yamamoto Gonbe
07:56 • 3min
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5
A Brief History of the Japanese Navy
11:15 • 4min
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6
The German Navy and the Seaman's Scandal
15:24 • 4min
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7
The Bribery in Tokio, Japan
19:43 • 2min
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8
Yamamoto's Allegiance to the Seukai
21:33 • 3min
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9
The Fleet Expansion Bill Did Not Make It Through the Diet
24:53 • 2min
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10
Mitsui - A Brief History
26:48 • 4min
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11
Sito, Yamamoto, and the Seaman's Scam
30:20 • 2min
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12
Japan's Navy and the Seamen's Scandal
32:02 • 4min
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Today, we're looking at a rather unusual scandal from early 20th century Japan, and what it shows us about the power of the democratic impulse in Japan even before the country could be called a democracy. Plus, political maneuvering and corruption galore! What's not to love?

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