Dan Carlin's Hardcore History (episode 1: https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-62-supern...) recently did a great series "Supernova in the East" on the modernization of Japan and the internal politics. If you've got some time (drive or such), it's well worth the listen and there's a great diversity of sources.
For some reason it didn't get appended to the podcast descriptions