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Japanology Plus

Tosa: The Life of John Manjiro (2025x12)


Air date: Jul 10, 2025

Once a poor fisher boy, John Manjiro became the first Japanese person to receive a formal education in the US and played a key role in Japan's modernization. Peter Barakan visits his hometown in Tosa.

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