I must apologize for the dearth of posts in recent days. I have, unfortunately, been busy making preparations for my imminent departure from Japan on Tuesday — my visa is set to expire next week, so it's off to New York City to finish Ph.D. applications and contemplate ways to return to Japan as soon …
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Observing Japan in other media
Subscribers to the Far Eastern Economic Review can read my take on Mr. Fukuda's prospects in the October issue (online here).(And readers of FEER's dead-tree edition will be able to see my face in the table of contents.)
Observing Japan in audio, part two
The second part of my conversation with Trans-Pacific Radio's Garrett DeOrio is now online. It focuses mostly on foreign policy questions surrounding today's LDP presidential election.You can listen to the first part here.
Observing Japan in audio
Yesterday I met with Garrett DeOrio of the always useful Trans-Pacific Radio project to record an episode of Seijigiri, TPR's political analysis program.Listen in here to the first part of an interview that (I think) covered most of the important issues involved in forthcoming LDP presidential election. A second part will air soon on the …
Observingjapan.com
Readers can now visit this blog at http://www.observingjapan.com.The old URL will redirect you there.
I have returned
I am back in stifling Japan after spending most of August in the United States.Posting will now return to a more normal schedule, especially now that Japanese political life will be returning to normal (although I'm not quite sure what's "normal" about the present circumstances).
Change of plans
I have decided on a last-minute trip to DC on Friday, just for the day.I might have time in my schedule to meet with readers. If interested, please send an email to observingjapan@blogspot.com and I will do my best to schedule a meeting.
New month, some changes
You will, I'm sure, notice that I have decided to open the new month with a change to the layout. I thought a picture of the National Diet building bathed in sunlight might liven things up a bit.You will also notice that I am now officially a former aide to a member of the Upper …
To my readers
I want to take this opportunity to inform you that as of the end of July and the Upper House elections I will become a former aide to a member of the Japanese Diet.What will I be doing next, you ask?From August on, I am going to try my hand at life as an independent …
Bear with me…
I apologize for the relative lack of posting of late. Between the election and a health problem, I have been able to devote less time than usual in providing analysis here. I will continue to post as much as possible, but I cannot promise that I will be doing so on a predictable schedule.Now back …
Tobias S. Harris 