The decade of the 1920s began and ended with global economic slowdowns. Between them, Japan was hit with a devastating earthquake.
As Japan struggled with its economic problems and rebuilding from the disaster, right-wing Army commanders took it upon themselves to seize control of Manchuria, which they saw as essential to Japan’s economic and military security.
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“Kojo no Tsuki” (“Moon Over Desolate Castle”)
Composed in 1901 by Taki Rentaro. Public domain.
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I knew very little about the history of Japan during the time of the episode. Thank you.
One minor correction. You stated that Japan sits atop fault lines. It turns out, there is no such thing as a “fault line.” That is because faults are planar features. Just call the features faults. It is true that the intersection of a fault with the surface of the earth (both of which can be approximated as planes), is a line. Such a line is called the “trace of the fault.”