Assistant Professor, Political Science
Northeastern Illinois University
“Human Security in East Asia: Japan Leading the Way?”
Mary Alice Haddad
Assistant Professor, Government
Wesleyan University
“Environmental Politics and Civic Participation in East Asia”
Koichi Hamada
Tuntex Professor, Economics
Yale University
“Ignorance or Vested Interests: A Comparison of Economic
Crisis Management in Japan and the United States”
Miwako Hosoda
Research Fellow, Global Heath and Population
Harvard University
“Empirical Research on Social Movements around
Health Issues in the U.S. and Japan”
Yoko Ibuka
Postdoctoral Associate, Epidemiology and Public Health
Yale University
“Cost-Effective Strategies for Influenza Vaccinations in the
U.S. and Japan”
Akihiro Ogawa
Assistant Professor, Japanese Studies
Stockholm University
“Lifelong Learning and Globalization: A Comparative
Study of Europe and Japan”
Andrew Oros
Associate Professor, Political Science
Washington College
“Trilateralism in the U.S.-Japan-China Security
Relationship”
Mitchell Sedgwick
Senior Lecturer, Anthropology;
Director, Europe Japan Research Center
Oxford Brookes University
“Organizing Globalization: Anthropologies of Cross-Cultural
Relations in Japanese Corporations”
Tomomi Tanaka
Assistant Professor, School of Global Studies
Arizona State University
“An International Comparative Study of the Relationship
between Economic Growth and Incentives to Work Save
and Redistribute”
Kathleen Thelen
Ford Professor of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“The Future of Egalitarian Capitalism, in Light of its Past”
Yuma Totani
Assistant Professor, History
University of Hawaii at Manoa
“Justice in the Balance: Lessons from the Allied War Crimes
Trials in the Asia-Pacific Region”
Honami Yoshida
Research Fellow, Epidemiology
Harvard University
“Effects of Gender Disparity on Birthrate Declines and
Reproductive Health Analyzed in U.S.-Japan Comparison”
Mari Yoshihara
Professor, American Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
“Political Economy of the Arts in Japan and the United States”
Abe Fellowship for Journalists Awards
Robert Boynton
Professor/Director of Literary Reportage, School of Journalism
New York University
“Abduction: North Korea’s Kidnappings of South Korean
and Japanese Citizens”
Roy W. Howard Professional-in-Residence
School of Journalism
Indiana University
“The Silver Bullet? Putting the Elderly to Work
in Aging Japan”
Peter Freiderici
Assistant Professor, School of Communication
Northern Arizona University
“Ocean Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide”
Setsuko Kamiya
Staff Writer
The Japan Times
“Law-Related Education in the United States and
the Roles of Legal Professionals and Citizens”