Thoughts on the United States of America: Coming Together as One
KATO Ryozo I was in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., when I heard about the assassination att…
The Ukraine Crisis and Genocide
AKASAKA Kiyotaka The word genocide is being bandied about in connection with the Ukraine crisis. The…
What Would Be Japan’s New Way to Welcome Guests: Upon Resuming People-to-People Interactions
ITO Misako Have you ever heard of the phrase “coconut wireless”? After more than two yea…
Can the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Protect Japan?
SANO Toshio SummaryThe Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (hereafter the Prohibition Treat…
The Japan Cultural Institute in Rome and Former Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru
NISHIBAYASHI Masuo In December 2017, I was appointed Director of the Japan Cultural Institute in Ro…
Shinto Revisited: Japan’s Hidden Treasure
MATSUNAGA Daisuke In the mid-nineteenth century, when Japan opened its doors to the rest of the worl…
Good and Bad Manners Are No Longer Obvious
AKASAKA Kiyotaka Recently, the situation of manners in the world and in Japan has been drastically c…
The Gender Gap in Religious Perspectives:
World’s Trend and Japan’s Path
UENO Kagefumi According to “the Global Gender Index 2021” reported in late March by the World Econom…
TOKYO 2020, the Olympic Games without Precedent:
An Observation from a Host Country Perspective
OGAWA Gotaro Postponed for one year and amid an acute aggravation of the pandemic situation, the Tok…
My perspective on the results of the “Global Attitudes” Survey on China and the United States
Eiichi Kawahara In June 2021, the Pew Research Center published the results of the “global attitudes…