Jeff Kingston |
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| Born | June 26, 1957 (1957-06-26) (age 67) |
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| Occupation | Writer, professor |
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| Language | English |
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| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Subject | Japan, Asia |
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Jeffrey "Jeff" Kingston (born June 26, 1957) is an American professor atTemple University, Japan Campus in Tokyo and an author. He has written a number of books, wrote regularly forThe Japan Times, and frequently comments on Asian affairs in mass media outlets.
Early life and studies
[edit]He graduated with a BS in foreign service fromGeorgetown University in 1979. He then completed an MA in international affairs in 1981 and a PhD in history, both fromColumbia University.[1]
Kingston was the founding director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus in Tokyo.[2]
Kingston has published a number of academic volumes about Japan, nationalism, religion, and civil society in Asia. He started writing forThe Japan Times in 1988, and had a weekly column called "Counterpoint" from 2013 until 2017.[3] He has contributed opinion pieces toFinancial Times,The Guardian,The Atlantic,Nikkei Asian Review,Washington Post, andThe Mekong Review. He also writes forThe Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.[4]
Kingston has been a consistent critic of Japanese Prime MinisterShinzō Abe and his moves to amendArticle 9 of the Japanese Constitution, which restricts Japan's military[5][6] and on Abe's historical revisionism aboutJapanese war crimes.[7][8][9]
- The Politics of Religion, Nationalism, and Identity in Asia (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019)
- Japan (Polity Press, 2019)
- Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change Since the 1980s (Wiley-Blackwell 2010, 2012)
- Japan in transformation 1945–2020 (Routledge,2021)
- Japan in transformation 1945–2010 (Pearson, 2010)
- Japan in transformation 1952–2000 (Longmans, 2001)
- Kokka Saisei (Hayakawa 2005)
- Japan's quiet transformation: Social change and civil society in the 21st century (2004)
- The Routledge Handbook of Trauma in East Asia (Routledge 2023)
- Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019) (Routledge 2022)
- Press Freedom in Contemporary Asia (Routledge 2019)
- Japan's Foreign Relations in Asia (Routledge 2018)
- Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan (Routledge, 2017)
- Asian Nationalism since 1945 (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016)
- Contemporary Japanese Politics (4 volumes) (2013)
- Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recover After Japan's 3/11 (2012)
- Tsunami: Japan's Post-Fukushima Future (Foreign Policy, 2011)
- ^Critical Readings on Contemporary Japanese Politics (4 Vols. SET) Brills Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^Britannica Blogs – Contemporary Japan: 5 Questions for Historian and Author Jeffrey Kingston September 29, 2010 Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^Japan Times – Counterpoint Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^Kingston, JeffAbe hijacks democracy, undermines Constitution June 21, 2014Japan Times Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^Kingston, JeffStudents oppose Abe’s assault on the Constitution September 5, 2015Japan Times Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^Kingston, JeffRight-wing witch hunt signals dark days in Japan November 8, 2014Japan Times Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^Kingston, JeffWartime 'Abenesia' bad for Japan's international reputation May 1, 2015CNN Retrieved September 23, 2015
- ^Kingston, JeffAbe’s revisionism and Japan’s divided war memories August 22, 2015Japan Times Retrieved September 23, 2015
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