News

April 2013

April 4th 2013
Abe Fellows Richard Samuels (1998) and Narushige Michishita (2006) comment on Japan's increased military assertiveness in an article for the New York Times
April 2nd 2013
Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen: New book by Abe Fellow Barak Kushner (2007) on Japan's favorite noodle soup as a symbol of its long history with China →

March 2013

March 15th 2013
On PBS NewsHour — watch Emily Taguchi's Abe Fellowship for Journalists (2011) project on post-Fukushima recovery in Minamisoma, Japan: "Japanese Town Hit Hard by Natural and Nuclear Disaster Imagines Renewable Future" →

August 2012

August 27th 2012
2011 Abe Journalist Fellow Emily Taguchi reports on changes in the Japanese energy industry for Public Radio International's The World

June 2012

June 14th 2012
2010 Abe Fellow Jennifer Robertson authors "From Uniqlo to NGOs: The Problematic ‘Culture of Giving’ in Inter-Disaster Japan" for The Asia Pacific Journal

May 2012

May 31st 2012
2006 Abe Fellow Daniel P. Aldrich writes OpEd for CNN on "Hard Lessons for U.S. Nuclear Safety from Fukushima Meltdown" →

April 2012

April 17th 2012
2003 Abe Fellow Bruce Cumings discusses the failed North Korean satellite launch on WBEZ public radio in Chicago →

March 2012

March 13th 2012
2006 Abe Fellow Daniel P. Aldrich writes for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the transformation of Japanese civil society in the wake of the Fukushima disaster →

January 2012

January 20th 2012
2006 Abe Fellow Daniel P. Aldrich continues his analysis of post-crisis Japanese nuclear policy →
January 5th 2012
2005 Abe Fellow Joshua Muldavin writes op-ed for the New York Times on the roots of social unrest in China →

December 2011

December 8th 2011
2007 Abe Fellow Jacques E.C. Hymans examines nuclear policy in Japan for the Belfer Center →

October 2011

October 12th 2011
2007 Abe Fellow Jacques E.C. Hymans writes "Veto Players, Nuclear Energy, and Nonproliferation" for International Security [PDF] →

September 2011

September 26th 2011
Read "Rubble, Radiation and Robots" by 2010 Abe Fellow Jennifer Robertson for The American Interest (subscription required) →
September 20th 2011
Attend the NYC screening of a short film about one of the last remaining singers of the Tibetan epic poem, "Gesar of Ling," by 2009 Abe Journalist Fellow Rob Schmitz
September 1st 2011
2008 Abe Fellow Mika Shimizu stresses resilience-based policies and approaches to disaster management planning for Nikkei Weekly, with Allen Clark →

August 2011

August 25th 2011
Listen to 2006 Abe Fellow Daniel P. Aldrich discuss disaster preparedness, recovery and social capital on Southern California Public Radio →
August 23rd 2011
2010 Abe Journalist Fellow Mark Pendergrast examines the potential of renewable energy in Japan for the Japan Times
August 11th 2011
Abe Fellows Daniel P. Aldrich (2006) and Mika Shimizu (2008) compare public and private recovery efforts in Japan after the Tohoku disaster →
August 9th 2011
2001 Abe Fellow Etel Solingen elected to serve as president of International Studies Association →
August 5th 2011
2006 Abe fellow Sheila A. Smith examines "Japan's Nuclear Quandary (continued)" for the Council on Foreign Relations blog →