https://againstjapanism.buzzsprout.com/ I found this podcast randomly on spotify earlier today, and it's really good. really digs into the history and contemporary politics of Japan from a Marxist perspective to deconstruct a lot of orientalism and attempts by the Japanese state to obfuscate the leftist past and historical crimes of Japan. the host calls himself a Marxist and an anti imperialist and seems pretty good from the handful of episodes I listened to
Sounds interesting!
Programmed to chill has also some good episodes about Imperial Japan and its usage of spies in Korea and China. I don't know if it quite the same, but maybe also worth checking out.
This is so dope, I'm definitely going to blitz through it. The intro perfectly lays out why more people haven't even considered Japanese communism a thing