Table of Contents

Vol. 33, No. 2 (December 2013)

Why the Holocaust must not be Forgotten / Thomas Buergenthal
Interview: Kondo Seiichi “Making Tokyo a Contemporary Changan”
Seeking the Truth through Art and Science/ Shoji Sadao, Chritopher Blasdel
Toward an Asia-Pacific Community / Iriye Akira

Vol. 33, No. 1 (June 2013)

The Future of Civil Society in Asia / Imtiaz Gul 
The Future of the “Remnant” / Goenawan Mohamad
Interview: Gerald Curtis (Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University) “Changes in Postwar Japan and the Country’s Future Role in Asia”
India’s Foreign and Strategic Policy in Asia / Siddarth Varadarajan
A Remembrance of Mishima Yukio and His Death / Joyce Lebra and Donald Keene

Vol. 32, No. 2 (December 2012)

Why Does India Matter? / Kondo Masanori
Contemporary India for Business Persons
/ E.Sakakibara,T.Shimada,C.Takenaka,T.Fujii,M.Kojima,S.Sinha,T.Horimoto
Disaster and Language, Language and Disaster
/ Azuma Hiroki, Hirano Keiichiro, Kawamura Minato, Shiraishi Saya
Interview: Hamada Junichi (President, the University of Tokyo)
“Shifting to Autumn Enrollment : A Change in Global Awareness”
Built to Break: The World Industrial System in the New Era of Monopoly
/ Barry C. Lynn
Karuizawa Dreamscape / Tom Haar
Bhutan as a Model for the World in Gross National Happiness / Kusago Takayoshi
Ishimoto Yasuhiro and Postwar Modernist Art / Nakamori Yasufumi

Vol. 32, No. 1 (June 2012)

The Challenge of Leadership in a Rising Asia Brahma Chellaney
Dialogue of Civilization, Circa 2012 Ashis Nandy
Interview: Andrew Gordon (Director, Harvard University Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies)
“A Struggle That Goes Beyond Borders:The Digital Archive of Japan’s 2011 Disaster”
Staying Power : Lessons for Japan Michael A Cusumano
Transpacific Field of Dreams Sayuri Guthrie Shimizu
Japan’s Three Script Language and Our Nation’s Role in the World Ishikawa Kyuyoh

Vol. 31, No. 2 (November 2011)

Is There Life after Democracy? Arundhati Roy
The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders Masayo Duus
Change in the Middle East and Future Prospects Yamauchi Masayuki
Yanagita Kunio’s The Legends of Tono: Historical Relevance Ronald A. Morse
Interview: Mikuriya Takashi (Professor, University of Tokyo)
“Inward Focus Makes Japan a Poor Communicator”

Vol. 31, No. 1 (June 2011)

The Future of Power Joseph S. Nye Jr.
How Can Culture Become Soft Power? Kondo Seiichi
Cities of China in Rapid Transitions Ishikawa Mikiko
Interpreting Japan’s Mid-Century Modernity: Imperial Japan at its Zenith Kenneth Ruoff
Lecture by Ando Tadao
Interview: Eric J. Gangloff (Executive Director, Japan-US Friendship Commission)
“Go Abroad, Young People of Japan!”
— A Quarter of a Century Behind the Scenes of Japan-US Cultural Exchange
I-House Table Talk: The Future of Graduate Schools of Law in Japan Fujikura Koichiro

Vol. 30, No. 2 (December 2010)

The Centennial of Reischauer’s Birth: Rethinking Japan-US Relations Beyond 2010
Kent E. Calder/George Packard/Funabashi Yoichi/Kokubun Ryosei
Traditional Futures: New Indigenous Politics and the Question of Global History James Clifford
How to Save Japan from the Global Financial Crisis Hamada Koichi
Interview: Murakami Yoichiro (President, Toyo Eiwa University)
“Liberal Arts Education in the Era of Globalization”
I-House Table Talk: On the Apathy of Today’s Youth Kitagaki Muneharu

Vol. 30, No. 1 (June 2010)

The Role of Education for Global Citizenship
Drew Gilpin Faust/Glen S. Fukushima/Kitaoka Shin’ichi/Iida Tetsuji
Deng Xiaoping’s Historic Visit to Japan in 1978 Ezra F. Vogel
Rethinking the Intellectual Legacy of Maruyama Masao Rikki Kersten
On Reading Maruyama Masao Karube Tadashi
Interview: Sakamoto Yoshikazu (Specialist in International Politics)
“Who is a ‘Public Intellectual'”?

Vol. 29, No. 2 (December 2009)

Symposium Honoring the Contributions and Career of Thomas L. Blakemore:
Law and Practice in Postwar Japan–The Postwar Legal Reforms and Their Influence John O. Haley/Harada Akio
Foreigners and Civil Society in Japan Harumi Befu
Pink Globalization: Rethinking Japan’s Cute/Cool Trek Across the Pacific Christine R. Yano
Interview: Inoki Takenori (Director, International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
“Cultural Exchange at the Crossroads”

Vol. 29, No. 1 (June 2009)

Remembering Matsumoto Shigeharu: On the twentieth Anniversary of His Passing
Matsuyama Yukio/Ogata Sadako/Kato Mikio
Japanese Foreign Policy: Balancing Off Asia, Europe and the United States T. J. Pempel
Toward Greater Mutual Influence–A Vision of Our Cultural Future Richard J. Wood
Interview: Shibusawa Masahide (Director, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation)
“Who Defines the ‘Public Interest’?–The New Public Interest Corporation System”

Vol. 28, No. 2 (December 2008)

The Historical Legacy of Takahashi Korekiyo: A Liberal Visionary in the Early 20th Century Richard J. Smethurst
Interview: Akashi Yasushi (Former UN Undersecretary General; Principal, Nitobe Juku)
“Young People of Japan! Become Intellectual Warriors!”

Vol. 28, No. 1 (July 2008)

Other Asias Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Symposium: Akira Kurosawa’s Dual Legacy

Vol. 27, No. 2 (December 2007)

Auschwitz and Hiroshima: What Can the Jews and the Japanese Do for World Peace? Ben-Ami Shillony
Memories of Edward Seidensticker Donald Keene
Edward Seidensticker on the Shores of Shinobazu no Ike Donald Richie

Vol. 27, No. 1 (August 2007)

Koizumi and Blair as Political Leaders: A View from the United Kingdom J. A. A. Stockwin
Japan and China: Towards a New Era in Asia-Pacific Cooperation? Peter Drysdale

Vol. 26, No. 2 (December 2006)

Japan’s Gateway to the World: What the I-House Can Do Sadako Ogata
The Preservation and Restoration of the International House of Japan Masami Kobayashi
The International House and the Struggle to Reconcile Tradition with Modernism In Japanese Architecture Jonathan M. Reynolds

Vol. 26, No. 1 (July 2006)

East is East and West is West Robert Morton
Three Habits of Highly Effective Metaculture David Roberson
Education for the Coexistence of Plural Values: Learning from the Diversity of Peoples and Cultures in Africa Sohn Mihaeng
The Odd Couple Richard J. Samuels

Vol. 25, No. 2 (Autumn 2005)

Religious Change and Innovation in the Modern World: A Social-anthropological Perspective Peter B. Clarke
Peace and Human Rights Education in an Age of Globalization Betty Reardon

Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 2005)

Balance and Moderation in Our Public and Private Lives Nancy Kassebaum Baker
Prewar, Occupation, and Post-Occupation Japan: Three Vignettes Peter Berton

Vol. 24, No. 2 (Autumn 2004)

On Translation Edward Seidensticker
Japan’s New Cultural Diplomacy: A Personal View with a Historical Perspective Kazuo Ogoura

Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring 2004)

Rethinking “Japan”: Frontiers and Minorities in Modern Japan Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Value-based Leadership in a Changing World Walter Isaacson
Value-based Leadership in the Twenty-first Century Tomonobu Imamichi

Vol. 23, No. 2 (Autumn 2003)

U.S. Policy Toward a Changing World: A new American Century or the End of American Era? Charles A. Kupchan
The Grey Zone and the Legacy Project Clifford Chanin
Kaisha Missionary James C. Abegglen

Vol. 23, No. 1 (Spring 2003)

New York City after September 11: Impact and Response John H. Mollenkopf
America after September 11, 2001: A Religious Perspective Harold W. Attridge
Japan at Midcentury Ronald P. Dore
Staying On: Reminiscences of Early Post-Occupation Japan Richard W. Rabinowitz

Vol. 22, No. 2 (Autumn 2002)

Taking Emergencies Seriously: Crises, Humanitarian Interventions, and Social Science Craig Calhoun
The Nobel Prize as a Reflection of 20th-Century Science and Culture Svante Lindqvist
One Hundred Years of Japanese Cinema Donald Richie
Cultural Policy after September 11 Kwok Kian-Woon
Tokyo Viewed from Toriizaka Ian Nish

Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 2002)

Hackers, Crypto, Privacy and the Internet Revolution Steven Levy
Risk Perception and Risk Management in Politics, Business and the Media Manfred Lahnstein
Postwar Japan: A Reminiscence Hans H. Baerwald

Vol. 21, No. 2 (Autumn 2001)

Football Hooliganism as a Global Problem Eric Dunning
EU-Japan Relations: The Swedish EU Presidency Krister Kumlin
Remembrances Edward Seidensticker
Recollections of Postwar Japan Burton Watson

Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 2001)

Kenzaburo Oe: In Search of a Spiritual Saviour Hisaaki Yamanouchi
Recollections of Postwar Japan Donald Richie
Marius Berthus Jansen 1922-2000: A Scholarly Appreciation Martin Collcutt, et al.
The Misplaced Problems of Aging Society: Crisis or Opportunity? Chikako Usui

Vol. 20, No. 2 (Summer/Autumn 2000)

Telling the Twentieth Century Carol Gluck
Globalizing the Post Modern: Reflections on Consumer Culture and Post Modernism Mike Featherstone
Recollections of Postwar Japan Ulrich A. Straus
Remembrances of Michio Nagai Donald Keene

Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter 2000)

Building the Europe of Tomorrow Theo Sommer
The Creole Japan of Lafcadio Hearn S. Frederick Starr
Collecting Rare Books about Japan John Lowe

Vol. 19, No. 2 (Summer 1999)

Health and Human Services: U.S.A. and Japan Donna E. Shalala
Globalization in an Era of Fragmentation Hiroshi Inose
Paul Blum: A Remembrance Robert Greene
Brand Name Books for the General Reader: The Book-of-the-Month Club and Middle Class Literary Taste in an Age of Mass Culture Janice Radway

Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter 1999)

Japan and the United States: Partnership in Need of Repair Takakazu Kuriyama
The Question of the “We” Liu Xin
What Are We Going To Do About It? Janadas Devan
Some Remarks on “The Man Who Might Have Been” Shigeto Tsuru

Vol. 18, No. 2 (Summer 1998)

The Survey of American Studies in Japan: An Assessment Steven Wheatley/Sheila Smith
American Studies in Japan: An Outsider’s View Ryosei Kokubun
Survey of American Studies in Japan: A Summary Report

Vol. 18, No. 1 (Winter 1998)

Baldwin’s Garment: Identity and Fetishism and Other Issues of Difference Goenawan Mohamad
Globalization and Human Development Ishak Shari
Nation in Doubt, Identity in Question and Hybrid Society Yoshinobu Ota

Vol. 17, No. 2 (Summer 1997)

Old New Orders and the Future of Japan and the United States in Asia Kenneth B. Pyle
Asia and America: Four Decades of Cultural Exchange Beate Sirota Gordon
Japan and the United States: Adventures and Reflections of a Diplomatic Correspondent Don Oberdorfer

Vol. 17, No. 1 (Winter 1997)

The United States and East Asia in the New World Order Robert G. Gilpin, Jr.
The Spirit of Capitalism: West vs. East?The Immaturity of Modernization in Asia Kenichi Tominaga
Beyond Orientalism and Globalization Kang Sang-jung

Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer 1996)

The Role of the Media in the U.S.: A Place for Civility Robert MacNeil
Japanese Images of the United States, Europe, and Asia: Change and Diversity in an Historical Context Takeshi Ishida
The Future of International Leadership G. John Ikenberry

Vol. 16, No. 1 (Winter 1996)

Experiencing Others and Ourselves: The Depoliticization of Difference in Everyday Life Yoshiko Ashiwa
Within the Crucible of the “Culture Wars” Ronald Takaki

Vol. 15, No. 4 (Autumn 1995)

Hiroshima at Fifty: The Politics of History and Memory Martin J. Sherwin
On Professor Sherwin’s “Hiroshima at Fifty” Tadashi Aruga

Vol. 15, No. 3 (Summer 1995)

Truman’s Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Melvyn P. Leffler

Vol. 15, No. 2 (Spring 1995)

A New Partnership for a New Age James W. Morley

Vol. 15, No. 1 (Winter 1995)

Spreading “The American Dream” to Asia Emily S. Rosenberg
Singapore: Emerging National Identity in a Global City Ernest Chew

Vol. 14, No. 4 (Autumn 1994)

Multiculturalism: A Challenge and Opportunity for Democratic Renewal in U.S. Society James Early

Vol. 14, No. 3 (Summer 1994)

Germany and the European Union: Has Unification Altered Germany’s European Policy? A. J. Nicholls

Vol. 14, No. 2 (Spring 1994)

What Does It Mean to Understand America?–A Japanese View Nagayo Homma

Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter 1994)

Two Streams of Russian Culture Dmitrii S. Likhachev
Men and Women: Boredom, Violence and Political Power: Prospects for the Twenty-First Century Linda K. Kerber

Vol. 13, No. 4 (Autumn 1993)

The Legacy of Edwin Reischauer Marius B. Jansen

Vol. 13, No. 3 (Summer 1993)

The Middle East: Two Years after the Gulf War Philip S. Khoury

Vol. 13, No. 2 (Spring 1993)

The Changing Intellectual Climate in Postwar Japanese Social Sciences and U.S.-Japan Cultural Relations Takeshi Ishida
I. House–Some Personal Reflections Makoto Saito

Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter 1993)

Japanese Studies in the United States: The Loss of Irrelevance Patricia G. Steinhoff
Four Decades of Vision and Service Jackson H. Bailey

Vol. 12, No. 4 (Autumn 1992)

America, Israel and the Middle East David Schoenbaum
Local Education, Global Concerns: The Search for Transcultural Values, Japan and the United States Ihab Hassan
Forty Years with International House Otis Cary

Vol. 12, No. 3 (Summer 1992)

Prospects for Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region Hisashi Owada
The European Community in the 1990’s: Partner or Rival? Michael Palliser

Vol. 12, No. 2 (Spring 1992)

Pacific Asia in the Post-Cold-War World Masahide Shibusawa
The Dilemma of National Development and Democracy Umar Kayam

Vol. 12, No. 1 (Winter 1992)

The Pacific War in Twentieth-Century History Akira Iriye
The Pacific War and Japanese-American Relations: Victors and Losers in the War Kitaoka Shin’ichi

Vol. 11, No. 4 (Autumn 1991)

Globalization, Localization and Democratization Yuji Suzuki
Challenges and Opportunities for Youth Surichai Wun’gaeo

Vol. 11, No. 3 (Summer 1991)

An American Domestic Agenda for the 1990s Donna E. Shalala

Vol. 11, No. 2 (Spring 1991)

Initiatives for Improving Japan-U.S. Communication: The Major Obstacles–An Identification William Watts
Factors Impeding U.S.-Japanese Communication Nagayo Homma

Vol. 11, No. 1 (Winter 1991)

A Confucian Perspective on Global Consciousness and Local Awareness Tu Wei-ming

Vol. 10, No. 4 (Autumn 1990)

Re-thinking the Japanese Image of Blacks John G. Russell
Can the U.S. and Japan Remain Friends? Robert S. Ingersoll

Vol. 10, No. 3 (Summer 1990)

The Japanese Question Kenneth B. Pyle

Vol. 10, No. 2 (Spring 1990)

The Enigma of Japanese Power: A Response to Misunderstandings Karel van Wolferen
The American Revisionists’ Hostile View of Japan Nagayo Homma

Vol. 10, No. 1 (Winter 1990)

The Burden of Mutual Perceptions: Japan and the United States Ihab Hassan
The Berlin Conference on Information Tamiyo Togasaki

Vol. 9, No. 4 (Autumn 1989)

The Problem of Japan in an Era of Structural Change Chalmers Johnson
The Idea of Showa–The Past in Present Perspective Carol Gluck

Vol. 9, No. 3 (Summer 1989)

The Future of the Police in Industrial Democracies David H. Bayley
U.S.-Japan Cultural Relations–Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It Jumpei Kato

Vol. 9, No. 2 (Spring 1989)

Japanese Publishing, Yesterday and Today Donald Keene
Isamu Noguchi and Japan Isamu Noguchi

Vol. 9, No. 1 (Winter 1989)

Regional Conflicts: The Need for a New Philosophical Approach Evgeny Primakov
Assessing the Quality of American Universities–Possible Lessons for Japan Stephen H. Ives/Donald M. Stewart

Vol. 8, No. 4 (Autumn 1988)

The United States and Japan: One Foundation Stone for a New World Order David MacEachron

Vol. 8, No. 3 (Summer 1988)

The Role of British Intellectuals in Recent Years Lord Annan

Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 1988)

Political Reform in China–In the Primary Stage of Socialism Stuart Schram

Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 1988)

Cultural Differences: An Overview Edward T. Hall

Vol. 7, No. 4 (Autumn 1987)

Interpreting Japan James Joll

Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer 1987)

The Internationalization of Japanese Business Yohei Mimura
Artists and the I. House Christopher Blasldel

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 1987)

Formulas for Success in Japan: P5 & DPP = S! Lawrence F. Snowden

Vol. 7, No. 1 (Winter 1987)

Tradition and Modernity in Japan and the United States Seymour Martin Lipset

Vol. 6, No. 4 (Autumn 1986)

Undercurrents in American Politics and Their Meanings for Japan James M. Fallows
Arrogance vs. Self-confidence in Japan Kiyoaki Murata

Vol. 6, No. 3 (Summer 1986)

Myth and Memory in Soviet Society Nina Tumarkin

Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring 1986)

Reflections on the Dilemma of Japanese Defense Chalmers Johnson
The U.S.-Japan Trade Conflict: A View from Washington Glen S. Fukushima

Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter 1986)

Telecommunications and the Future: The Dynamics of Information Technology, Enterprise and Public Policy Charles L. Brown
Telecommunications and the Advanced Information Society Yasusada Kitahara
Electronic Hijacking and Other Signs of New Technologies for Political Communication Michael Rice

Vol. 5, No. 4 (Autumn 1985)

U.S.-Japan Trade Friction: Its Background and Context George R. Packard
Japan and Southeast Asia: Forty Years Ago and Now: A View from Thailand Sulak Sivalaksa
A View from the Philippines Teodoro F. Valencia

Vol. 5, No. 3 (Summer 1985)

The Japanese and the Jews: Two Societies that Surprised the World Ben-Ami Shillony
Is China Going Capitalist? Rpbert B. Oxnam

Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring 1985)

The Difficulties Women Face in Balancing a Career and a Family in the United States Barbara Lazarus
Sex-Role Differentiation in Japan Takako Sodei

Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter 1985)

Modernization and the Dynamics of Civilization S. N. Eisenstadt

Vol. 4, No. 4 (Autumn 1984)

Pitfalls of Internationalization Onuma Yasuaki
The Japan-U.S. Trade Partnership Robert S. Ingersoll
Conference Report: Religion and Change–The Pacific Community in the Year 2000 Samuel Howe

Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 1984)

The Case for Japanese Creativity Makoto Kikuchi
Japan’s Venture Businesses Forge Ahead Yoshimitsu Kuribayashi
How to Succeed in Japanese Business Taichi Sakaiya

Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring 1984)

The Prospects of War and Peace and the Future of National Defense as an Institution Kenneth E. Boulding
Class or Hierarchy–Britain and Japan Hugh Cortazzi

Vol. 4, No. 1 (Winter 1984)

The United States and Japan: A New Realism? William Watts
Japan’s Insularity: Two Views Yukio Matsuyama

Vol. 3, No. 4 (Autumn 1983)

The Burden of Success: Japan’s Changing Image in the United States Robert Christopher
Nitobe Inazo and His Legacy John F. Howes

Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer 1983)

What Can America Learn from Japan David MacEachron
Too Much and Too Little: Defense Spending Robert W. Barnett

Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring 1983)

Reflections on the “Learn from Japan” Boom Ronald Dore
Minds and Brains: Men and Machines Mortimer J. Adler

Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter 1983)

The Problem of Japanese-American Relations Garry Wills

Vol. 2, No. 4 (Autumn 1982)

Higher Education in the United States Henry Rosovsky

Vol. 2, No. 3 (Summer 1982)

Japan, U.S. Probing for New Relationships Kaname Saruya
Problems in International Communications Kiyoaki Murata

Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring 1982)

Some Reflections on Cultural Relations between Japan and the United States Robert E. Ward
Changes in the Chinese Family Structure Fei Xiaotong

Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 1982)

Some Thoughts on Modernization: With a Special Emphasis on Education Michio Nagai
ASEAN-Japan Relations: An Indonesian View Mochtar Lubis

Vol. 1, No. 2 (Autumn 1981)

Towards Promoting Mutual Understanding in the 1980s Yukio Matsuyama
Western Spirit and Eastern Means Ezra F. Vogel

Vol. 1, No. 1 (Summer 1981)

What is Cultural Diplomacy? Peter Martin

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