Press, podcasts, and popular writing

Imagined Futures in Japan and Beyond – International workshop at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) in Tokyo – Fraught Narratives, Contrived Futures: Connection and the Unhoused across Tokyo (October 2024 – English)

The Asahi Shimbun – Drinking Parties Emblematic of Gender Discrimination Issues (Aug. 11, 2024 – Japanese)

The Diplomat – Jingu Gaien Redevelopment Sparks Outrage in Tokyo. Is the Backlash Too Little, Too Late? (Jan. 30, 2024 – English)

The Asahi Shimbun Podcasts – Japan’s relaxed attitude towards alcohol is inseparably linked to masculinity (Jun. 23, 2023 – English and Japanese)

East Asia Forum – The hypocrisy of Japan’s punitive drug policy (Apr. 4, 2023 – English)

The Diplomat – Japan’s Lessons for the World: Robots Won’t Save Us. Rethinking Japan’s global relevance in the 21st century (Dec. 13, 2021 – English)

Missouri Southern State University – Suffering Sobriety:Addiction and Recovery in Japan / MSSU Japan Semester (Oct. 21, 2021 – English)

University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies – Suffering Sobriety: Alcoholism and Masculinity in Japan (Feb. 23, 2017 – English)

New Books Network – Japan, Alcoholism, and Masculinity: Suffering Sobriety in Tokyo (Aug. 19, 2015 – English)

The Conversation – Battle of Okinawa’s legacy lives on 70 years later as locals chafe against Japanese rule, US arms (April 1, 2015 – English)