{
  "id": 1453357,
  "title": "Sparks of Tomorrow Review: A Steam-Powered Japan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/sparks-of-tomorrow-review-a-steam-powered-japan",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T08:14:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Weekender",
    "slug": "tokyo-weekender",
    "url": "https://www.tokyoweekender.com/entertainment/anime-and-manga/sparks-of-tomorrow-review/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In 1844, the Dutch informed the Tokugawa shogunate of the existence of steam ships, but the military government wasn’t interested in the idea. In 1855, the lord of the Satsuma domain commissioned a successful construction of the first Japanese steam-powered boat but news of that was mostly drowned out by the arrival of Commodore Perry […] The post Sparks of Tomorrow Review: A Steam-Powered Japan…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}