(Second of Two Parts) Read Part 1 at this link. The...
Earl Kinmonth
Earl H. Kinmonth is professor emeritus at Taisho University. Before moving to Japan in 1997, he was reader in Japanese Studies at the University of Sheffield (1989-1997) and professor of history at the University of California-Davis (1977-1989). His research is in the history and sociology of Japanese education from the Meiji period to the present, with an emphasis on 1930s-1940s Japan. He is a Japanese citizen and writes commentary in English and Japanese, and does Japanese English translation. He is currently writing a book on foreign media coverage of Japan under the working title Japan in the Foreign Imagination.
(First of Two Parts) Read Part 2 at this link. At its peak,...
The allegedly very large gender gap in Japan, as reported by the...
On June 6, the lower house of the Japanese Diet (Parliament) voted unanimously...
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I originally rented my SOHO (small office) to avoid three hours of...
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Thanks to the passionate interest of my two sons in all things pertaining...
(Second of Two Parts) Part 1: [Mythbusters] The ‘Happiness Report’ that Makes...
(First of Two Parts) Journalists and pundits writing about Japan seem to...
