Tag: March First Movement

The Pax Taishō

May 29, 2025 justin-david-hebert Season 14, Taisho Comments Off on The Pax Taishō
Season 14, Episode 10: The Pax Taishō
A photograph of Taiwanese prisoners being escorted by Japanese troops after the failure of the Tapani Incident. Source: Public Domain
A public health notice featured in a United States periodical informing its readers how to prevent the spread of the so-called “Spanish Flu,” which caused millions of deaths in the late 1910s. Source: Public Domain
A page from a Red Cross pamphlet about the March First Movement. Two Korean men are crucified as Japanese soldiers look on as punishment for their involvement in the mass protests. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of a Korean Uibyeong (Righteous Army) in 1907. Although the March First Movement was a peaceful protest, some Koreans were growing desperate enough under Japanese domination to take up arms. Source: Public Domain

A League of Their Own

May 19, 2025 justin-david-hebert Season 14, Taisho Comments Off on A League of Their Own

Japan emerges as a major player among world powers as their ambassadors helped finalize the postwar treaties and create a new international body meant to stop large-scale wars before they began: The League of Nations. However, trouble continued brewing on the Korean Peninsula as a new mass movement for national liberation took to the streets.