Jeremy Yellen
Historian of modern Japan in Hong Kong.
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenPossibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet. h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenTōgō Shigenori’s wartime notebook (91 pages) has been deciphered by Katō Yōko-sensei and a former specialist at the National Archives of Japan. Entries from the outbreak of the war begin at the front; end-of-war records 373news.com/news/local/d...
- Reposted by Jeremy Yellen【近刊】 波多野澄雄『日本終戦史1944-1945』中公新書、2025年7月 「大陸での日中戦争、真珠湾攻撃に始まる日米戦争、東南アジアでの日英戦争、原爆投下、敗戦前後の日ソ戦争。米英中ソとの複合戦争はいかに推移し、度重なる和平工作にもかかわらず、なぜ早期に終戦できなかったか。反対に本土決戦を目前に、なぜ「聖断」で終戦が可能となったか。新史料をふまえ、昭和天皇・近衛文麿・木戸幸一・鈴木貫太郎らの足跡を辿り、日本が対米和平を優先して大戦争を終結させた軌跡を巨細に描く」 @jeremyyellen.bsky.social www.hanmoto.com/bd/isbn/9784...
- Reposted by Jeremy Yellen【近刊】 『外務官僚たちの大東亜共栄圏』新潮選書、2025年5月21日 「日露戦で満蒙権益を獲得した日本は、その維持を最重要課題として勢力拡張に舵を切る。だが国益追求に邁進する外務省は、次々と変化する情勢の中で誤算を重ね、窮地を打開するため無謀な秩序構想を練り上げていく。小村寿太郎から幣原喜重郎、重光葵まで、国際派エリートたちが陥った「失敗の本質」を外交史料から炙り出す」 @jeremyyellen.bsky.social www.shinchosha.co.jp/book/603926/
- I was surprised and grateful to learn that the first (and a splendid) review of JAPAN AT WAR, 1914-1952, came out in the Chinese edition of The Economist. Yay! mp.weixin.qq.com/s/fN2gNtcsxb...
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenThis is very exciting news! Selected parts of Operation Imphal - the Defense of Burma, Vol. 15 of the Senshi Sosho, has been translated into English. The free PDF can be found at the bottom of this article. www.spf.org/asia-islam/p...
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- Reposted by Jeremy YellenBeing able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
- This article is definitely worth your time.
- I’ve gifted all of you this article, because I really think it is essential reading for understanding what is going on with the US government right now. I sincerely hope that we can all agree that incompetence and corruption is unacceptable and leads to worse. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Awesome thread on an event of critical importance in Japanese political and military history
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- Reposted by Jeremy YellenMy daughter said one of her middle school teachers is always saying that “to be cringe is to be free” and damn if that ain’t a quality educator meeting these kids where they’re at and telling them something they really need to hear.
- When satire feels both funny and also a little too close to reality for comfort... theonion.com/elon-musk-an...
- This whole situation is absolutely insane, and here’s a good deep dive into why we should care about the consequences of DOGE’s actions foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/11/d...
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenNEW COLUMN: Tariffs on friends. Threats to invade allies. Freezing foreign aid. Ignoring Congress. Trump is the U.S. president China fantasizes about. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenMJHA is thrilled to announce that the 2025 Modern Japan History Association Book Prize has been awarded to Ryo Morimoto's book "Nuclear Ghost: Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima's Gray Zone"! @ucpress.bsky.social mjha.org/Book-Prize
- Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox is so good!
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenMy new book has arrived!
- At the Nagoya Army Preparatory School in 1901, students from Ishikawa and Aichi Prefectures got into a fight over failure to give the proper greeting. One student was stabbed twice with a knife in the back of the head... For not giving a proper greeting? 😱 Both were expelled from the school
- Apparently the Nagoya army preparatory school could be a brutal place. In May 1910, after the evening roll call, 48 3rd year students began punching (beating up?) pretty much every second year student in the schoolyard and study rooms.
- All 48 students were reprimanded and given a week (a whole week!) of self-study. I guess that's essentially a week of detention?
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenWe are delighted to announce that MJHA's inaugural F. Hilary Conroy First Book Prize has been awarded to Hannah Gould (University of Melbourne) for her book "When Death Falls Apart: Making and Umaking the Necromaterial Traditions of Contemporary Japan"!
- This is hilarious www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenReminder! MJHA members, please vote by January 24.
- Official ballots for the 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecturer are now available to MJHA members! Each MJHA member gets one vote and votes are anonymous. Vote here (member login required): mjha.org/Sys/Poll/58701
- Reposted by Jeremy YellenOfficial ballots for the 2025 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecturer are now available to MJHA members! Each MJHA member gets one vote and votes are anonymous. Vote here (member login required): mjha.org/Sys/Poll/58701
