Next Thursday, 10/17, 1-2.30pm AEST. We are excited to bring back Shin Takahashi to the ANU campus for his seminar on Okinawa and the Cold War on Japan’s oceanic borderlands. Join us in-person and online: japaninstitute.anu.edu.au/event/re-art...

The pleasure was mine mate, truly.

I really enjoyed this piece Tobias, one of the best I have read on contemporary Japanese politics. I was struck you wrote the LDP is wedded to bureaucratism - given the last bureaucratic premier was Miyazawa. Does not the supremacy of party politicians suggest something different?

先日、歴史学者の伊藤隆先生が亡くなられました。博士論文を研究していた時期に伊藤先生にご指導をいただき、 心から感謝しております。謹んでご冥福をお祈り致します。 The historian Ito Takashi has passed away. When I was conducting my dissertation research, Ito-sensei provided guidance for which I remain most grateful. May he rest in peace. www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/202...

歴史学者で東大名誉教授の伊藤隆さんが死去、９１歳…日記や証言で実証的な近現代史研究

【読売新聞】　日本近現代史の史料発掘に努めた歴史学者で、東大名誉教授の伊藤隆（いとう・たかし）さんが１９日、合併症で死去した。９１歳だった。葬儀は近親者で済ませた。 東京出身。東京都立大助教授、東大教授などを歴任した。１９６０年代、

I wrote a piece in The Diplomat on the UK-Japan bilateral relationship, the historical and geopolitical significance of Emperor Naruhito’s visit to the UK, and Britain’s lasting influence in Asia, with monarchical diplomacy as one of its dimensions. thediplomat.com/2024/08/mona...

Monarchical Diplomacy in Japan-UK Relations

A recent state visit by Emperor Naruhito recalls the long history of monarch-to-monarch relations in Japanese and British foreign policy.

Really interesting piece Reyhan, threads history and geopolitics to remind us of the ties that bind.

I completely agree, but it’s a nonstarter politically. What is the concrete interest of the mainstream of the Democratic Party to reverse the “defunding and devaluation of humanities” when even the practitioners and universities don’t seem able or willing to defend themselves?

Will have to make time :)

Very much looking forward to giving this talk next week in Princeton.

I mean Nick, said like this, it’s almost an incentive 😂