Hokkaido’s future as a “great dairy district” was already foreseen by an American academic in November 1925. In 2000, the founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group was arrested in Osaka after years on the run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/history/japan-television-hokkaido-strike-shigenobu-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hokkaido #dairyindustry #television #japanesenationalrailways #rail #unions #fusakoshigenobu #japaneseredarmy #osaka

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