「持続捕鯨こそが最良の選択肢だ」日本鯨類研究所の大隅清治・名誉顧問インタビュー
半世紀以上にわたりクジラの研究に携わり、日本の捕鯨史の生き字引として知られる日本鯨類研究所（東京都中央区）の名誉顧問、大隅清治氏が１１月２日、急逝した。８９歳だった。大隅氏は生前、産経新聞と英語ニュース・オピニオンサイト「JAPAN
Author Archives for Yasuo Naito
Mr. Yasuo Naito is editor in chief of JAPAN Forward, and is also a deputy editor of the Sankei Shimbun. He served as Sankei’s London Bureau chief correspondent (May 2012~Dec.2015), Moscow Bureau chief correspondent (Feb.2003~Jul.2009) and Fulbright Visiting fellow at the Institute of Russia and Eurasia Studies, George Washington University (Jul.2001~Aug.2002). Mr. Naito has won the 2015 Foreign Press Association’s Media Award “Story of the Year by a Full Member of the FPA” in London with the stories of the reconciliation and friendship between British sailor and the family of Kamikaze pilot. Mr. Naito was born on 20 March, 1964 in Tokyo and is married, has three children.
Culture
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Culture
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Robert Morton Wins 5th Annual Kokkiken Japan Study Award
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Aum Cult Leaders’ Execution: Why Now? Why Only 7?
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Death Toll Reaches 200 in Western Japan Floods, Dozens Still Missing
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Economy & Tech
Okimoto: Passing On the Issei Legacy and the Future of Japan-US Relations
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Economy & Tech
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JAPAN Forward recently had a one-on-one interview with Dr. Daniel Okimoto, professor emeritus at Stanford University.