I recently had a very interesting talk with Tony Vega, host of the Japan Station Podcast, about ninjas (real and fictional), medieval police, and crime and punishment in samurai-era Japan.
Read moreCrime and Punishment in Medieval Japan

I recently had a very interesting talk with Tony Vega, host of the Japan Station Podcast, about ninjas (real and fictional), medieval police, and crime and punishment in samurai-era Japan.
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