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Episode 625 - An Ocean Between Us, Part 3

Podcast: History of Japan
Published: May 1, 2026
Duration seconds: 2160
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Summary

This week: in 1988, a Japanese company bought a paper mill in Port Angeles, WA, in a story that basically nobody except one reporter from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer bothered to pay much attention to. But in fact, that story tells us a lot about US-Japan relations. Show notes here .