This month in Japanese history, a prime minister dies in 1926 and a mushroom tea craze fizzles out in 1976. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/02/japan/history/japanese-history-1926-2001/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #takaakikato #koreanwar #trends #health #k1 #martialarts
Hiroshima’s annual ceremony for world peace was canceled in 1950 due to the Korean War. Fifty years later, in 2000, land prices across Japan were still struggling to recover from the burst of the asset bubble. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/history/hiroshima-peace-tokyo-floods-land-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #floods #hiroshima #koreanwar #terrorism #malaysia #japaneseredarmy #realestate #japaneseeconomy