Academic

Auslin, Michael (Prefecture, Years) – Director of Japan Studies – American Enterprise Institute

• Books
  • Japan Society – 100th anniversary publication for the Japan Society.  Originally written by Edwin O. Reischauer, Michael Auslin wrote the history covering the last 30 years.
  • Negotiating with Imperialism:  The Unequal Treaties and the Culture of Japanese Diplomacy
• Articles
  • Can This Man Save the LDP? (9/29/08)
  • Asia’s Georgian Cold (9/12/08)
  • Asia’s “Democratic Crisis” (9/12/08)
  • Vacancy at the Helm (9/2/08)
  • Tears for Sears (7/17/08)
  • Ghengis Putin (6/25/08)
  • Japan’s Balancing Act (5/8/08)
  • Engaging the East (5/1/08)
  • Moving Backward in East Asia (4/23/08)
  • Wasting a Golden Chance (4/11/08)
  • Time for Trilateralism (3/6/08)
  • America’s Asian Opportunity (1/10/08)
  • “Caught Between Giant Elephants” (12/11/07)
  • Who Is Japan’s New Leader? (9/27/07)
  • Japan’s Future (9/13/07)
  • A New Japan? (9/13/07)
  • A Second Chance for Japan’s Leader (8/30/07)
  • Japan in the Balance (7/5/07)
  • A Beautiful Country (6/18/07)

Gabriele, Alison (Prefecture, Years) – Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department, University of Kansas (LinkedIn profile)

According to her bio:

My research examines the acquisition of syntax and semantics by second language learners and bilingual children, focusing on the issues of language transfer and learnability. I have a particular interest in tense and aspect and crosslinguistic differences in the syntax and semantics of noun phrases.

• Articles/Papers
  • Dissertation: The Acquisition of Aspect in a Second Language: a Bidirectional Study Learners of Japanese and English. Download (.pdf)

Hood, Dr. Christopher P. (Aichi-ken, 1993-94) – Director of Japanese Studies Centre – Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University

• Christopher’s website:  http://www.hood-online.co.uk/index.php
• Christopher’s bio page for Cardiff University
• Read a post about Christopher on JetWit
• Publications by Christopher
  • editor of The Politics of Modern Japan, a 4 volume collection of articles on Japanese politics, published in 2008
  • co-editor, with Prof. G. Bownas and D. Powers, of Doing Business with the Japanese, published in 2003
  • Japanese Education Reform: Nakasone’s Legacy
  • Shinkansen – From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan, was published originally in 2006, with a paperback version published in 2007
  • Dealing with Disaster in Japan: Japanese and Global Responses to the Flight JL123 Crash, due to be published in 2011

Leheny, David (Prefecture, Years) – Professor of Japan Studies – Princeton University

• Books
  • Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan
    
  • The Rules of Play: National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure

Robinson, Eleanor (CIR Aomori-ken, 1999-2002) – PhD candidate – Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan)

• Read a post about Eleanor on JetWit
• Eleanor’s blog about her research

Staples, Andrew (Fukuoka-ken, 1996-99) – Special Visiting Professor – Doshisha University Global MBA Program

• Read a post about Andrew on JetWit