Mansfield Foundation Podcast
By Mansfield Foundation
Discrimination Studies and Pathways to Japan, with Charles Crabtree
We’re speaking with Doctor Charles Crabtree, Associate Professor of Government at Dartmouth College.
Charles shares his story of being a first-generation graduate in academia, his gradual introduction to Japan Studies, and his work on gender and other discrimination issues.
A journalist's look at the U.S.-Japan relationship, with Noriko Akiyama
Today’s episode features Noriko Akiyama, Senior Political Writer at the Asahi Shimbun. We talk about her career in journalism and research into politics, diversity, and civil society. Akiyama-san then interviews us about the Mansfield Foundation, the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future program, and a shared passion for expanding mutual understanding between our countries.
This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Lessons from modern history, with Dr. Nick Kapur
We're joined by Nick Kapur of Rutgers University to discuss modern Japanese history, and how the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty continues to impact policy debates in 2024.
John Dower's book, Embracing Defeat, is available here.
Nick's book, Japan at the Crossroads, is available here.
Chelsea Schieder's book, Coed Revolution, is available here.
Japan's Nuclear Things, with Dr. Ryo Morimoto
Our guest is Dr. Ryo Morimoto, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. His work looks at environmental anthropology, including a recent project on what he terms “Atomic Livelihoods in Fukushima’s Gray Zone."
Dr. Morimoto's book, Nuclear Ghosts, is available from University of California Press.
This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Is Japanese pacifism a myth? With Dr. Tom Le
Our guest is Dr. Tom Le, Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College. Our conversation touches on his book, titled Japan’s Aging Peace, and the ongoing debate over Japan’s role in regional security.
Read more about Dr. Le's book here This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Japan's role in cybersecurity policy, with Dr. Benjamin Bartlett
Dr. Benjamin Bartlett joins us to talk about cybersecurity policy in Japan. Dr. Bartlett is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Miami University in Ohio, where he focuses on international cooperation on cybersecurity.
Read more about The Cuckoo's Egg here. This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Recovery and Public Spaces, with Dr. Paul Christensen
Our guest is Doctor Paul Christensen, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. We discuss his work studying issues in contemporary Japan, including recovery from substance use. We also consider how Japanese policymaking can better incorporate the needs of its people.
This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Expanding Japan Studies, with Dr. Lauren McKee
Our guest on the Mansfield Podcast is Doctor Lauren McKee, Associate Professor of Political Science at Berea College. Lauren talks about ways to grow Japan studies, both at her institution and across America. We also discuss Japan’s electoral system and the connections between the U.S. and Japan.
This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Director of Communications Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
U.S.-Japan Student Exchange, with Tom Mason
Our guest on the Mansfield Podcast is Dr. Tom Mason, Executive Director of the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation. This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Director of Communications Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Anthropology, Language, and Health Policy, with Cindi SturtzSreetharan
Our guest on the Mansfield Podcast is Dr. Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University. Dr. SturtzSreetharan joins us to talk about her path in Japan Studies, as well as her research on language, identity, and stigma in Japan. This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Director of Communications Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Japan's Silver Democracy, with Charles McClean
Our guest on the Mansfield Podcast is Dr. Charles McClean, incoming Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Director of Communications Tim white and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Cybersecurity with Mihoko Matsubara
Our guest on the Mansfield Podcast is Mihoko Matsubara, Chief Cybersecurity Strategist at NTT Corporation. This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Director of Communications Tim White and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Our editor is Selena Hasan. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Episode 13: Fukushima food safety, with Dr. Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna
Our conversation touches on his initial interest in Japan as an exchange student, his work on Fukushima food safety, and Japan’s relationships to robotics and technology.
This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Director of Communications Tim white and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Special thanks to Nick Velez for editing support. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Episode 12: Nonprofits and Japan's role in global health, with Kazuyo Kato
Today on the Mansfield Podcast, we’re joined by Kazuyo Kato, Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange USA. She is a member of the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future here at Mansfield, and has spent more than two decades at nonprofit organizations dedicated to U.S.-Japan relations and international affairs.
In 2023, we spoke about the work of JCIE and specifically how Japan is playing an increasingly larger role in global health.
Ms. Kato's commentary on Japan's leadership at the Tokyo International Conference on International Development is available at https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/08/29/commentary/japan-commentary/japan-ticad-pledge/
This season of the Mansfield Podcast is hosted by Director of Communications Tim white and was made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Special thanks to Nick Velez for editing support. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Episode 11: Ports and Japan's diplomatic history, with Akira Inayoshi
Today on the Mansfield podcast, we’re joined by Dr. Akira Inayoshi, Professor Japanese Political and Diplomatic History at Niigata University.
Dr. Inayoshi studies how Japan’s policies are influenced by regional preferences and the role of infrastructure in migration.
Books mentioned in this interview include Dr. Inayoshi's 港町巡礼 (Port Town Pilgrimage), in Japanese: https://www.kinokuniya.co.jp/f/dsg-01-9784910590073
John Darwin's Unlocking the World: Port Cities and Globalization in the age of Steam (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/130909/unlocking-the-world-by-darwin-john/9781846140877)
And Empires on the Waterfront: Japan's Ports and Power, 1858-1899 by Catherine L. Phipps (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674417168)
This season, we will be speaking with a dozen experts, academics, and practitioners in the field of Japan Studies. We’ll be looking at their work, as well as the professional experiences that have shaped their career paths.
These individuals all participated in the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program here at Mansfield.
This season of the Manfield Podcast is made possible with support from the Japan Foundation. Special thanks to Nick Velez for editing support. Music is courtesy of Laura Schwartz and Bellwether Bayou.
Episode 10: Okinawa and Entrepreneurship, with Anna Nagamine
Anna Nagamine of the OIST Innovation Team at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology joins us to discuss her work, the challenges facing entrepreneurship and startups in Japan and Okinawa in particular.
Anna's opinion piece, "Okinawa in Position to be Asia’s Next Hotbed for Innovation,” is available at https://mansfieldfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/Nagamine_op-ed.pdf
Episode 9: U.S.-Japan Coast Guard Cooperation, with John Bradford
CDR John Bradford (U.S. Navy, retired), joins the Mansfield Podcast to discuss his career from military to maritime security researcher, and his thoughts on recent trends in U.S.-Japan Coast Guard cooperation in Southeast Asia.
Our guest's biography is available at https://www.ycaps.org/john-bradford
His Pacific Forum piece, "Southeast Asia's Maritime Security Should be a US-Japan Alliance Agenda," is available at https://pacforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/PacNet37.2021.08.26.pdf
His chapter on Expanding U.S.-Japan Coast Guard Cooperation Globally is available via the German Marshall Fund's "Governing the Global Commons: Challenges and Opportunities for US-Japan Cooperation" and is available here: https://www.gmfus.org/news/governing-global-commons-challenges-and-opportunities-us-japan-cooperation#
Episode 8: The echoes of Japan's political history, with Dr. Ryosuke Maeda
We're joined by Dr. Ryosuke Maeda of Hokkaido University. Our discussion focuses on his work as a historian of Japanese politics, and the ways Japan's past continue to be reflected in modern politics.
Dr. Maeda, like each of our guests this season, is a member of the fifth cohort of the Mansfield Foundation’s U.S.-Japan Network for the Future.
His academic profile is available at https://researchers.general.hokudai.ac.jp/profile/en.9c24fcc44fc2cc70520e17560c007669.html
A translation of his Hokkaido Shimbun piece on former Prime Minister Abe's assassination is online at https://mansfieldfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/Maeda_op-ed-EN.pdf
Dr. Maeda recommends Junji Banno's book, Empire and Constitution in Modern Japan. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/empire-and-constitution-in-modern-japan-9781350240407/
This episode was recorded in spring 2023.
Episode 7: Economic Security, with Kristi Govella
The Mansfield Podcast welcomes Kristi Govella to talk about economic security and the prospects for Japan-South Korea-United States cooperation in a dynamic field.
Publications mentioned in this episode include:
● Kristi Govella, ed., Governing the Global Commons: Challenges and Opportunities for US-Japan Cooperation https://www.gmfus.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Govella%20et%20al%20%20-%20US%20Japan%20cooperation%20-%20paper%20-%20web.pdf
● “Technology and Tensions in the Global Commons,” https://www.fletchersecurity.org/_files/ugd/c28a64_6154a757eb5b48acb0dcd117a68bd9c3.pdf
● “China’s Challenge to the Global Commons: Compliance, Contestation, and Subversion in the Maritime and Cyber Domains,” https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00471178211036228.
● Kristi Govella and Bonnie Glaser, “How to Mend the Rift Between Japan and South Korea,” Foreign Affairs, May 17, 2022, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/japan/2022-05-17/how-mend-rift-between-japan-and-south-korea.
● Kristi Govella, “From Trade Laggard to Trade Leader: Japan’s Role in Countering the Backlash Against Globalization,” https://www.routledge.com/Non-Western-Nations-and-the-Liberal-International-Order-Responding-to-the/Kusano-Katsumata/p/book/9781032160047
Ep. 6: Japanese kinship and child welfare, with Kathryn Goldfarb
We're joined by Dr. Kathryn Goldfarb, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder. Our discussion focuses on how an anthropologist approaches Japan, how kinship is defined in Japan, and the issues facing child welfare systems.
Dr. Goldfarb, like each of our guests this season, is a member of the fifth cohort of the Mansfield Foundation’s U.S.-Japan Network for the Future.
Her academic profile is available at https://www.colorado.edu/cas/kathryn-e-goldfarb. Her analysis of COVID-19 on foster care alumni is available via the International Foster Care Alliance at https://mansfieldfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/Goldfarb-IFCA-foster-care-alumni-project-publication-Winter-2022-vol8.pdf
This episode was recorded in March 2023.
Episode 5: Digital Economy and Trade, with Jordan Heiber
We're joined by Jordan Heiber, Vice President of International Digital Economy Policy at the U.S. Chamber of commerce. Our discussion focuses on key areas of cooperation between the United States and Japan on digital economy and trade.
Jordan is a member of the fifth cohort of the Mansfield Foundation’s U.S.-Japan Network for the Future, and was a Mansfield Fellow in Japan from 2010-2011.
This episode was recorded in March 2023.
Episode 4: U.S. and Japanese Export Controls, with Crystal Pryor
The Mansfield Podcast welcomes Crystal Pryor (Senior Fellow, Center for Policy Research, University at Albany, SUNY) for a discussion of her career in both academia and nonprofit think tanks, including her work on export control regulations.
Dr. Pryor's 2022 commentary on allied efforts to respond to the "Made in China 2025" plan is available online at https://mansfieldfdn.org/wp-content/uploads/Pryor_op-ed.pdf
Her Chapter in World ECR on Japan's revisions to arms export regulations is available at https://www.cistec.or.jp/english/service/report/1604Japan_Revising_arms_export_regulation_in_WorldECR_issue49.pdf
This season, the podcast speaks to a dozen experts, academics, and practitioners in the field of Japan Studies. We’ll be looking at their work, as well as the professional experiences that have shaped their career paths.
Experts this season all participated in the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program here at Mansfield.
This interview was recorded in spring 2023.
Episode 3: Japan-South Korea Relations, with Anand Rao
For this episode of the Mansfield Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Anand Rao of SUNY Geneseo for a discussion of Japan-South Korea relations and modern geopolitics. Dr. Rao's academic profile is available at https://www.geneseo.edu/political_science/anand_rao
Dr. Rao's 2021 commentary piece in the Times-Union is online at https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Shadow-of-Japanese-colonialism-may-16341299.php The book mentioned by Dr. Rao, Joyce Libra's Ōkuma Shigenobu: Statesman of Meiji Japan, is available via Australian National University Press at https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/114873
This season, our podcast will be speaking with a dozen experts, academics, and practitioners in the field of Japan Studies. We’ll be looking at their work, as well as the professional experiences that have shaped their career paths.
Experts this season all participated in the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program here at Mansfield.
This interview was recorded in early 2023.
Episode 1: Timothy Webster and international law in World War II Reparations
For this episode of the Mansfield Podcast, we’re joined by Tim Webster, Professor of Law at Western New England University. Professor Webster is also a lawyer, and previously practiced international dispute resolution in Tokyo and New York. His research interests include the intersection of international law and the domestic legal systems of East Asian nations including Japan and China. Most recently, he’s been examining current movements on World War II reparations. To read more of Professor Webster's work on this topic, see: https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/08/formula-resolve-south-korea-japan-wartime-forced-labor-issue
Episode 2: Japan's Immigration and Gender Equality, with Hilary Holbrow
For this episode of the Mansfield Podcast, we are joined with Dr. Hilary Holbrow of Indiana University for a discussion of Japan's Immigration Policies and gender equality. Her academic profile is available at https://ealc.indiana.edu/people/holbrow-hilary.html
Recent articles by Dr. Holbrow include https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-s-women-will-not-reach-workplace-equality-by-starting-at-the-top and https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Japan-s-successes-in-boosting-birthrates-should-not-be-overlooked
This season, our podcast will be speaking with a dozen experts, academics, and practitioners in the field of Japan Studies. We’ll be looking at their work, as well as the professional experiences that have shaped their career paths.
These individuals all participated in the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future Program here at Mansfield.
This interview was recorded in early 2023, and some information may not have been updated.