It’s 70 years after World War II, and the whole world has been keenly watching Japan’s remembrance of this period. I’m quoted in this NYT article by Martin Fackler about the Japanese Emperor and Empress’s[…]
Inclusion and the US-Japan Alliance
My reflections, in this latest article in the National Interest, on the March 18, 2015 symposium at Waseda University — on what has changed, and not changed, since Robert Kennedy stood on the Okuma auditorium[…]
Relaying Grief
One of the lessons I took from the symposium honoring John F. Kennedy in Tokyo last week was the effect of his assassination on the Japanese people. I knew that JFK was popular in Japan[…]