Social Sciences
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 to the respect this young Japan hand received from the media and others.
His observations contradicted much of what these well-paid men and their spokesmodels said about Japan. And he did it with a grace and charm not learned through formal PR lessons or government service.
Harris reenters the fray with an op ed in the Asian Wall Street Journal on May 16th, "Shinzo Abe's Constitution Quest: Instead of focusing on economics, the Japanese leader risks it all to change the rules of governance."
This Grasshopper joins uber-blogger and The Master of Japanese politics, Michael Cucek over at Shisaku in bringing some light and storm to the understanding of today's Japan.
We look forward to The Grasshopper joining The Master in telling us about grasshoppers at our feet.
~This reference comes from the original TV series (1972?1975) Kung Fu where Shaolin Master Po tells his young student
Master Po: Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Caine: No.
Po: Do you hear the grasshopper which is at your feet?
Caine: Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
- Great News On A Colleague's Work!
Folks, I am thrilled to let you know that Professor John Wall, in the Department of English, and his colleagues Professor David Hill (Architect, College of Design) and graduate student Joshua Stephens, also an architect, received very favorable media...
- Japan And The War On Terror: New Book
CLICK TO ORDERJAPAN AND THE WAR ON TERROR Military Force and Political Pressure in the US-Japanese Alliance by Michael Penn Journalist and scholar based in Japan; President of the Shingetsu News Agency; APP member Japan?s economic...
- Outlook For The Abe Cabinet
On February 28, APP member Michael Cucek, who writes the Shisaku blog on Japanese politics, gave an analysis of the early successes of the Abe Cabinet to Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) in Tokyo that is headed...
- App On Huffington Post Live!
Today, April 4, APP director Mindy Kotler joined APP member Ms. Shihoko Goto of the Wilson Center Asia Program, Ms. Yuki Tatsumi of the Stimson Centers, and Professor Thomas Berger of Boston University on Huffington Post Live to discussion whether Japan...
- This Week In New York
TWISTS & TURNS IN JAPANESE POLITICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR JAPAN, & US REGION. 11/8, 6:00-8:30pm, Reception, New York, NY. Sponsors: Japan Society, Asia Society. Speakers: Tobias Harris, Editor, Observing Japan, Ph.D Candidate, Political Science, MIT;...
Social Sciences
Tobias Harris is Back!
He had stopped blogging in 2011. Rumor had it that certain Washington think tankers objected to the respect this young Japan hand received from the media and others.
His observations contradicted much of what these well-paid men and their spokesmodels said about Japan. And he did it with a grace and charm not learned through formal PR lessons or government service.
Harris reenters the fray with an op ed in the Asian Wall Street Journal on May 16th, "Shinzo Abe's Constitution Quest: Instead of focusing on economics, the Japanese leader risks it all to change the rules of governance."
This Grasshopper joins uber-blogger and The Master of Japanese politics, Michael Cucek over at Shisaku in bringing some light and storm to the understanding of today's Japan.
We look forward to The Grasshopper joining The Master in telling us about grasshoppers at our feet.
~This reference comes from the original TV series (1972?1975) Kung Fu where Shaolin Master Po tells his young student
Master Po: Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Caine: No.
Po: Do you hear the grasshopper which is at your feet?
Caine: Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
- Great News On A Colleague's Work!
Folks, I am thrilled to let you know that Professor John Wall, in the Department of English, and his colleagues Professor David Hill (Architect, College of Design) and graduate student Joshua Stephens, also an architect, received very favorable media...
- Japan And The War On Terror: New Book
CLICK TO ORDERJAPAN AND THE WAR ON TERROR Military Force and Political Pressure in the US-Japanese Alliance by Michael Penn Journalist and scholar based in Japan; President of the Shingetsu News Agency; APP member Japan?s economic...
- Outlook For The Abe Cabinet
On February 28, APP member Michael Cucek, who writes the Shisaku blog on Japanese politics, gave an analysis of the early successes of the Abe Cabinet to Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) in Tokyo that is headed...
- App On Huffington Post Live!
Today, April 4, APP director Mindy Kotler joined APP member Ms. Shihoko Goto of the Wilson Center Asia Program, Ms. Yuki Tatsumi of the Stimson Centers, and Professor Thomas Berger of Boston University on Huffington Post Live to discussion whether Japan...
- This Week In New York
TWISTS & TURNS IN JAPANESE POLITICS: IMPLICATIONS FOR JAPAN, & US REGION. 11/8, 6:00-8:30pm, Reception, New York, NY. Sponsors: Japan Society, Asia Society. Speakers: Tobias Harris, Editor, Observing Japan, Ph.D Candidate, Political Science, MIT;...