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Interview Archives: Japan
Monday January 30, 2012, 10:06 AM
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Ezra F. Vogel, Ph.D., Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Host: David Inge
This interview was recorded on January 26, 2012
We’ll bring you a conversation with one of America’s leading scholars of East Asia, Ezra Vogel, emeritus professor of social sciences at Harvard. His 1979 best-selling book "Japan as Number One," predicted the rise of Japan as an economic powerhouse. His most recent book looks at China’s development and role Deng Xiaoping played in that country’s modernization. The first book, he says, played a role in educating America about Japan. His hope is that the new book will do the same for China.
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Categories: Economics • History • International Affairs • Politics • Asia • China • Japan
Wednesday April 13, 2011, 11:06 AM
The Origins of Japan's Transformation to a Nation State
David L. Howell, Ph.D., Professor of Japanese History, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • Asia • Japan
Thursday March 17, 2011, 10:06 AM
The Japan Nuclear Crisis and the Future of Nuclear Power
James F. Stubbins, Ph.D., Department Head and Professor of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois
Rizwan Uddin, Ph.D., Professor, Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Bonus video: Professor James Stubbins assesses the nuclear reactors in the U.S.
Focus: Japan's Nuclear Crisis and the Future of Nuclear Power from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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Categories: Energy • Nuclear • Environment • Nuclear waste • Asia • Japan
Monday May 10, 2010, 11:06 AM
Post-Disaster Recovery in the United States and Abroad
Robert B. Olshansky, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Head of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Architecture • Community • Disasters • Environment • Land Use • Water resources • Infrastructure • Asia • Japan • Caribbean • Haiti
Tuesday May 04, 2010, 10:06 AM
Aging in Japan
L. Keith Brown, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
David W. Plath, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthroplogy, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Aging/Seniors • Asia • Japan
Thursday October 22, 2009, 10:06 AM
The Growth Idea: Purpose and Prosperity in Postwar Japan
Scott O'Bryan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History; Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Business and Economy • Cultural Studies • Economics • Asia • Japan
Wednesday December 27, 2006, 11:06 AM
BREAKING OPEN JAPAN: COMMODORE PERRY, LORD ABE, AND AMERICAN IMPERIALISM IN 1853
George Feifer, Writer
Host: David Inge
This is a repeat broadcast from Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 11 am
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Categories: History • Asia • Japan
Tuesday December 12, 2006, 11:06 AM
BREAKING OPEN JAPAN: COMMODORE PERRY, LORD ABE, AND AMERICAN IMPERIALISM IN 1853
George Feifer, Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: History • Asia • Japan
Tuesday November 21, 2006, 11:06 AM
MISHIMA’S SWORD: TRAVELS IN SEARCH OF A SAMURAI LEGEND
Christopher Ross, Writer
Host: David Inge
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Friday October 13, 2006, 11:06 AM
SHUTTING OUT THE SUN: HOW JAPAN CREATED ITS OWN LOST GENERATION
Michael Zielenziger, Visiting Scholar at the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
Host: David Inge
