Social Sciences
Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa?s cameo in a music video of ?Fall-in-Love Fortune Cookie,? by J-pop?s most popular girl group AKB48 has been viewed by 2.4 million people since it was launched in October. The Wall Street Journal's Japan RealTime Blog gives a good history of viral video.
- Tobias Harris Is Back!
Tobias Harris whose detailed blog posts on Japanese politics at Observing Japan that helped explain LDP and DPJ antics is back! And we are indeed better for it. He had stopped blogging in 2011. Rumor had it that certain Washington think tankers objected...
- Abenomics Explained
The catchy, clever phrase "Abenomics" is being marketed hard by the Abe team. The new Japanese Administration is trying to position its economic policy as something new and distintive; as more of a catch phrase than a fragile complex of monetary maneuvers....
- Abe In The Tank
Americans snickered this week at the viral photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a tank wearing a helmut. It recalled a similar image of failed presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. Above is the full event of Abe boarding and then disembarking...
- Mike Mochizuki On Pbs
APP Board Member Dr. Mike Mochizuki was interviewed on February 22nd on the PBS NewsHour regarding Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Washington and the tensions in the Senkakus/Daioyus....
- Remembering Bataan And Corregidor
In late April of this year, five former POWs of Japan who fought on Bataan and Corregidor visited Washington, DC to commemorate these historic battles. The commemoration events for the 70th anniversary of the defense of the Philippines was a project of...
Social Sciences
Not so stuffy Japanese bureaucrats
Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa?s cameo in a music video of ?Fall-in-Love Fortune Cookie,? by J-pop?s most popular girl group AKB48 has been viewed by 2.4 million people since it was launched in October. The Wall Street Journal's Japan RealTime Blog gives a good history of viral video.
- Tobias Harris Is Back!
Tobias Harris whose detailed blog posts on Japanese politics at Observing Japan that helped explain LDP and DPJ antics is back! And we are indeed better for it. He had stopped blogging in 2011. Rumor had it that certain Washington think tankers objected...
- Abenomics Explained
The catchy, clever phrase "Abenomics" is being marketed hard by the Abe team. The new Japanese Administration is trying to position its economic policy as something new and distintive; as more of a catch phrase than a fragile complex of monetary maneuvers....
- Abe In The Tank
Americans snickered this week at the viral photo of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a tank wearing a helmut. It recalled a similar image of failed presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. Above is the full event of Abe boarding and then disembarking...
- Mike Mochizuki On Pbs
APP Board Member Dr. Mike Mochizuki was interviewed on February 22nd on the PBS NewsHour regarding Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to Washington and the tensions in the Senkakus/Daioyus....
- Remembering Bataan And Corregidor
In late April of this year, five former POWs of Japan who fought on Bataan and Corregidor visited Washington, DC to commemorate these historic battles. The commemoration events for the 70th anniversary of the defense of the Philippines was a project of...