Japan’s 2011 Disasters Commentary by RIJS Faculty & Associates
Walter Hatch
Associate Professor of Government and Director, Oak Institute for the Study of Intl. Human Rights, Colby College
Culture Matters as Two Countries - China and Japan - Deal with Disasters
The Seattle Times / August 12, 2011
Daniel P. Aldrich
Associate Professor of Political Science, Purdue University
The March 2011 Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: A Political Economy Perspective
The Political Economist (as posted in H-Japan) / July 31, 2011
Daniel P. Aldrich
Associate Professor of Political Science, Purdue University
Point of View: A crisis silver lining: Volunteerism, smarter building and open debate
Asahi Shimbun / May 5, 2011
A crisis silver lining: Volunteerism, smarter building and open debate
The New Republic / March 19, 2011Andrew Gordon
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
"Our Severest Crisis Since World War II": the earthquake and tsunami of 2011
A Modern History of Japan Blog (Oxford Univ. Press) / April 11, 2011
Andrew Gordon
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
Confronting Unimaginable Disaster (in Korean)
Dong-A Daily News (Korea) / April 8, 2011
Daniel P. Aldrich
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Purdue University
With a Mighty Hand: The Japanese Government's Influential and Manipulative Role in Commercial Nuclear Power
The New Republic / March 19, 2011
Ian Jared Miller
Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University
Bitter Legacy, Injured Coast
New York Times / March 19, 2011
Andrew Gordon
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
Lições do círculo de fogo (Lessons from the Ring of Fire)
Estadão (Brazil) / March 19, 2011
Matthew Fraleigh
Assistant Professor of East Asian Literature and Culture, Brandeis University
Science's Arrogance by Satoru Ikeuchi, translated by Matthew Fraleigh
New York Times / March 19, 2011
Susan Napier
Professor of Japanese Program, Tufts University
History of Tsunami: The Word and the Wave
NPR / March 19, 2011
Jonathan E. Abel
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Japanese, Pennsylvania State University
For a Change, Proud to be Japanese by Hiroki Azuma, co-translated by Shion Kono)
New York Times / March 16, 2011
Richard J. Samuels
Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies, MIT
Japan's Black Swan: The earthquake changed everything. What will Tokyo do next? (co-authored with Robert Madsen)
Foreign Policy / March 16, 2011
Susan Napier
Professor of Japanese Program, Tufts University
Land of Disaster
Foreign Policy / March 14, 2011