Isolationism is stupid and I think less of anyone who thinks otherwise.

James Clavell’s Shogun is a great novel about the isolation of Japan.

Except for when they didn’t and had Dutch, Chinese and Korean enclaves and trade.

Knock knock.

Open the country. Stop having it be closed.

Supernova in the East tells the rest of the story.

TIL North Korea: Nippon Edition existed before actual North Korea