A nation must think before it acts.
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Japan’s Place in Asia and the World: The Long Path to the Current Crossroads
Jacques deLisle, Director, FPRI Asia Program
Resilience and Regeneration: Japan’s Economic Challenges and the Road Ahead
Shihoko Goto, Senior Associate for Northeast Asia, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Japanese Culture in a Nutshell; Kyoto: Brief History of a City
Frank Chance, Adjunct Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, UPenn
Associated Readings:
Isaac Chotiner, “How Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II,” Slate. May 11, 2016.
Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture
Linda H. Chance, Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature, East Asian Language and Civilizations, UPenn
Associated Readings:
Selections from The Tale of Heike
Korea and Japan: An Unhappy History. Relationships of Ups and Downs, Mostly Downs
Mark Peterson, Brigham Young University
Japan in Focus
Gilbert Rozman, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
Hokkaido Cultures
Frank Chance, Adjunct Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, UPenn
Political and Social Stability in Japan
Robert J. Pekkanen, Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington