Yokohama, September 1st, 1923. A city of liberal ideas like labor unions, women's rights, and democracy. A city of foreign delights like chocolate and cigars. A city about to be destroyed!

The “people poem” school advocated the principles of “liberty, equality and fraternity” amid the Taisho Democracy movement and dominated the poetry circles of the first half of the Taisho ...

The Great Kanto Earthquake occurred while “Taisho democracy” was in progress. In that sense, it seems bizarre that appalling crimes, stemming from racism and suppression of thought ...