Tokyo Review is a nonprofit publishing platform for academics, journalists and researchers writing in-depth, evidence based work on issues related to Japan and its place in the world. The site’s mission is to provide insightful analysis of Japan in the twenty-first century, covering current affairs, political and economic events, cultural trends and advances in technology, business and society – offering a range of voices from across the political spectrum and avoiding tired clichés about “inscrutable” or “wacky” Japan.
Tokyo Review takes no editorial position and the site’s contributors disagree on many things but find common ground in the belief that Japanese current affairs is deserving of serious, considered, and well-researched English-language coverage and analysis.
All opinions expressed in articles on Tokyo Review are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Tokyo Review or any other partner organization.
Who We Are
Tokyo Review was founded by Paul Nadeau, Robert Fahey and Eleanor Warnock in July 2017, and is now operated as by an Editorial Board of young academics and researchers. The site aims to publish original work from graduate students, young scholars and early-career academics, and a primary goal of the Editorial Board is to work with contributors (especially those for whom English may not be their native language) to help develop their writing skills and better communicate their in-depth specialist knowledge to a general audience. We also encourage our contributors to network and collaborate on future work.
Tokyo Review was supported for a number of years by a generous grant from the Asia-Pacific Initiative, and benefited immensely from the guidance and input of API’s founder, Dr. Funabashi Yoichi. We are presently exploring new options for funding the site’s activities – we regret that we cannot accept unsolicited pitches for articles at this time, but hope to be able to do so again in the near future when new funding has been secured.
Editorial Board
Emily Boon
Emily Maple Boon is a Tokyo-based independent researcher from the Netherlands with a BA and MA in Japanese Studies and an MA in International Relations, all from Leiden University. As part of her studies, she spent a year at Waseda University’s Graduate School of Political Science (GSPS) as an exchange student. Her research primarily focuses on the politics surrounding LGBTQ+ people and identities in Japan. She has previously been a research intern as well as a full-time junior researcher at the LeidenAsiaCentre, with the latter position culminating in the publication of a research report that gives both a broad overview as well as in-depth insights into current Japanese LGBTQ+ politics.
Jada Fraser
Jada Cryslynn Fraser is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Southern California. Previously, she was an Associate in The Asia Group’s Japan Practice, advising clients on Japan’s foreign and defense policy, critical and emerging technologies, and digital services. Before that, she served as Country Director for Japan in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, where her portfolio covered U.S.–Japan coordination across Indo-Pacific minilaterals. She also worked at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her work has appeared in War on the Rocks, Nikkei Asia, and the Lowy Institute. Jada is the Indo-Pacific Minilaterals Fellow with the Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS) and a Pacific Forum Young Leader. She holds a B.A. in International Relations and Global Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Asian Studies from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Rintaro Nishimura
Rintaro Nishimura is a Tokyo-based Senior Associate in The Asia Group’s Japan practice, where he researches and analyzes domestic political shifts, economic security, and technology policy developments. He is a co-founder of the U.S.-ROK-Japan Next-Gen Study Group, a platform for young professionals to regularly discuss issues pertaining to the trilateral relationship. He graduated with a MA in Asian Studies (MASIA) at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, focusing his studies on the U.S.-Japan alliance, economic security in the Indo-Pacific, and Japanese domestic politics. He has extensive writing experience, having published in the Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs, Nikkei Asia, The Interpreter, The Diplomat, The National Interest, Tokyo Review, and Asia Tech Observer. He has also been quoted in BBC, CNN, Reuters, Bloomberg, Nikkei Asia, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, and CNBC. He can be found on Twitter (@RinNishimura) and http://rintaronishimura.com.
Romeo Marcantuoni is a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University and Adjunct Lecturer of Political Science at Temple University Japan Campus. He earned his MA and BA in Japanese Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium. His current research focuses on interpretive approaches to the study of political parties from the perspective of emotions and narrative.
Contributors
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Media Enquiries
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To find out more about the reasons why we launched Tokyo Review and our original mission for the site, read our launch-day introduction: Well, Here We Are.
