Japanophilia
I am starting to work on my courses for next semester and am getting excited to teach one of my favorites: an upper-level seminar called “Japanophilia: Or...
Category: US-Japan
Read the Bones
Forensic anthropologists who got a look at the earliest known human remains found in North America think he looks Ainu rather than Native American. Some Ainu’s ...
The Other Apprentice
Lewis Libby, The Apprentice, Graywolf Press, St. Paul Minnesota, 1996. Libby’s novel has gotten more attention since his indictment, most of it bad. Howev...
Our Future, more or less
The head of the Japan Foundation (to whom I, like so many, owe thanks) has made some comments on the state and future of Japan Studies. It’s his job, afte...
1946 Survey Question about the Character of the Japanese People
While looking for some old Gallup polls in Lexis-Nexis, I came across the following poll question from May of 1946. Some readers may find either the results or ...
“The Apprentice”
I recently learned [29 October 2005 show, round 3] that I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, recently indicted for his role in, at the very least, the coverup ...
My Tradition’s Bigger Than Your Tradition
In an argument about Japanese-American draft-resistor internees during WWII, Eric Muller wrote in my book I argue that vocal and visible protest of government o...
Yasukuni and Japanese Flags
Rod Wilson and I visited Yasukuni on August 15 to check out the right-wing festivities, which was a pretty…interesting…experience. It was everything...