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What is Japan? Its National History Until 1868 (Getting to Know Japan Webinar Series)

Professor Michael Cucek (Temple University Japan) will deliver an overview of Japanese history until 1868 and the start of the Meiji Restoration, followed by Q&A and discussion.

This event is a part of YCAPS' "Getting to Know Japan Series" co-sponsored by The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.

Michael Cucek is an analyst and writer who had spent half a lifetime looking at Japan and the Japanese. A graduate of Stanford University with graduate studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Columbia University, he has lived in the Tokyo Metropolitan District since 1994. An employee of a boutique research institute for 15 years, he now serves as an independent consultant on politics, government policy and trans-cultural understanding. He is the author of the beloved blog Shisaku: Marginalia on Japanese Politics and Society, is a contributor to Foreign Policy, the East Asia Forum Al-Jazeera and the International Herald Tribune’s Latitude blog. He also serves as an advisor to Langley Esquire K.K. in their government affairs business. His research interests include the economic development of prewar Japan, the politics of personality and lineage, land management, the manual arts and the Japanese sense of humor.

Apr 27, 2021 10:00 AM in Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo