Daily: From shogun to Sony, JAPAN explained

<p>Few countries exercise such world-wide fascination while being as little understood outside their own borders as Japan. <strong>Christopher Harding</strong>, author of <em>The Japanese: A History In 20 Lives</em>, talks to Ros Taylor about the key figures who shaped Japan over the centuries, from princesses and samurai to pop culture visionaries.</p><ul><li>“<em>A British delegate who visited Japan in the 1990s said </em>‘<em>If this is a recession, then I want one’”</em></li><li>“<em>Japan needs more babies, more immigrants, more robots.”</em></li><li>“<em>People fall in love with some element of Japan… but we don</em>’<em>t have a joined up sense of Japanese history.”</em></li></ul><p><em>Presented by Ros Taylor. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>