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Pope’s Visit to Japan: Unstated Hopes for the Church in Asia
Pope Francis’ visit to Japan this weekend marked the first time a pontiff has alighted on Japanese soil […]
Author Archives for Jason Morgan, Reitaku University
Jason Morgan is an assistant professor at Reitaku University in Chiba, Japan.
Culture
‘Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination’ at the Met in New York until September 2020
Nestled among the treasures from ancient civilizations in a museum at the heart of one of the modern world’s […
Books
BOOK REVIEW | ‘Park Statue Politics’ by Thomas J. Ward and William D. Lay
There has been a troubling lack of understanding of the comfort women issue. Indeed, given the refusal in many [&helli
Culture
Clea Roberts: Canadian Poet with Japanese Aesthetic to Speak at Kyoto University
Canadian poet Clea Roberts will be performing her poetic readings at Kyoto University on Friday afternoon, September 1
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INTERVIEW | Gordon Chang: U.S., China Have Reached Tipping Point
(First of Two Parts) The respected American scholar on Asian affairs Gordon Chang recently visited Tokyo to [&hell
Books
BOOK REVIEW | ‘China, Japan, and Senkaku Islands’ by Monika Chansoria
China has a long history of distorting its own long history. While civilizations everywhere bend the historical narra
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Yasukuni on August 15th: A Place and Time for Remembering
In the United States, the beginnings of wars are often remembered. Remember the Alamo, Remember the Maine, Remember
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Yoshiko Sakurai Keeps Leading the Way on Free Speech in Japan
Free speech is rapidly becoming a vanishing commodity worldwide. Political correctness, pandemic fake news, social
Travel
Jimbocho — A Booklovers’ Haven in the Heart of Tokyo
Japan is famous, among many other things, for its exceptionally high literacy rate. Although Japan has not conducted l
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Don’t Let Free Speech Die in Japan. I’ll Fight Alongside You
I was born and raised in the United States. Growing up, it was easy to know what America was. […]
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INTERVIEW | Harvard Professor Mark Ramseyer Asks, ‘What’s Gotten Into the Korean Judiciary?’
Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, is one of the world’s foremost au
Culture
Harvard Japanese Law Specialist Ramseyer Wins ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ Award
For most scholars, the job description involves toiling away in obscurity. But that doesn’t mean that nobody notices t