Jeff Kingston

Articles

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  Downsizing Shinzō Abe

  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe built an image of a creative disruptor. He disrupted a lot, but he didn’t create much.

  Jeff KingstonDec 2, 2020

  • Around the World

  • Biography & Autobiography

  • Politics

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  Exhuming Lafcadio Hearn

  Jeff Kingston looks at three new books by and on the extraordinary Lafcadio Hearn.

  Jeff KingstonNov 5, 2019

  • Around the World

  • Fiction

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  Renovating Hiroshima’s Atomic Memories

  Jeff Kingston walks through the newly renovated Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

  Jeff KingstonJul 31, 2019

• A High-Stakes Gamble: Jeff Kingston on Eri Hotta’s Japan 1941

  Jeff KingstonAug 16, 2014

  • History

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  Krys Lee on South Korea, Writing, and Disaster

  From "Around the World"

  Jeff KingstonJun 20, 2014
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  Japan’s Capital Unveiled

  Tokyo is hot, and Tokyo is cool.

  Jeff KingstonJan 15, 2014