The quest for historical truth requires healthy debates, not politicizing history and canceling others to silence. True historians do not politicize the past.
If it were to become clear to everyone that there is no evidence of “forceful taking away,” going forward we might be able to face history...
The row about Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s work on comfort women is about basic academic standards, not freedom of expression, say Professors Tessa Morris Suzuki and...
Citizen groups are trying to get Professor J. Mark Ramseyer’s paper withdrawn from an upcoming journal, and the South Korean media has initiated an attack on...
Operating off the shores of Lake Biwa, Ohmi merchants focused on interregional trade. The Tokugawa economy was growing. Producers were increasingly specializing by region....
I sympathize with my Japanese friends when they wonder what American professors could be thinking. The American professors sneer at the egalitarian entrance...
Mark Ramseyer, Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Japanese law. He is also...
For most scholars, the job description involves toiling away in obscurity. But that doesn’t mean that nobody notices the work they do. In November...
