{"podcast":{"title":"History of Japan","slug":"history-of-japan-1062379","podcast_index_feed_id":1062379,"rss_url":"https://historyofjapan.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://historyofjapan.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/9/8/1/3981da3b9bd48926/10901442_923654577645646_1675601057_o.jpg","author":"Isaac Meyer","episode_count":641,"summary":"This podcast, assembled by a former PhD student in History at the University of Washington, covers the entire span of Japanese history. Each week we'll tackle a new topic, ranging from prehistoric Japan to the modern day.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T22:20:41.658848+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-japan-1062379"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 625 - An Ocean Between Us, Part 2","slug":"episode-625-an-ocean-between-us-part-2","published_at":"2026-04-24T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-japan-1062379/episode-625-an-ocean-between-us-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-japan-1062379","url":"https://historyofjapan.libsyn.com/episode-625-an-ocean-between-us-part-2","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/historyofjapan/Episode_625_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=135800","summary":"This week: rumors swirled around Port Angeles for decades after WWII that a Japanese man, Osasa Masaru, who had lived there from 1930-39 was in fact a Japanese spy who'd been sent to Port Angeles to report on the movements of the American Pacific Fleet. The reality is at once far more interesting and far more mundane. Show notes here .","meta_description":"This week: rumors swirled around Port Angeles for decades after WWII that a Japanese man, Osasa Masaru, who had lived there from 1930-39 was in fact a Jap…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2103,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-of-japan-1062379/episodes/episode-625-an-ocean-between-us-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-of-japan-1062379/episode-625-an-ocean-between-us-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}