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MAY 9, 2016 Podcast

A Filmmaker's Experience on Leaving Japan

Documentary filmmaker and TV journalist Kyoko Gasha discusses her film "Mothers' Way, Daughters' Choice," which is about Japanese women (like she herself) who remade their ...

MAY 6, 2016 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: The Ethics of the Refugee/Migrant Crisis with Peter Sutherland

On the next Global Ethics Forum, Peter Sutherland, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration, discusses the ethics of the refugee crisis. ...

MAY 4, 2016 Podcast

Us and Them? Bridget Anderson on Migrants and Nation-States

Underlying people's economic fears about migrants taking their jobs are much deeper anxieties about nationality, culture, and race, says Bridget Anderson, professor of migration and ...

Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2012. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/decayoftheangel/7129004075">Lauren Anderson</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

MAY 3, 2016 Podcast

Gender Identity in Japan

Sonja Pei-fen Dale teaches at Tokyo's Hitotsubashi University, where she specializes in LGBT gender issues and identities in Japan. In this fascinating conversation about gender ...

MAY 2, 2016 Podcast

The Last Supper: The Plight of Christians in Arab Lands

There are 7.5 million Christians in the Middle East, who live under constant threat of death and humiliation. Danish journalist Klaus Wivel (not a Christian himself) ...

APR 28, 2016 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum Preview: In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond

On the next Global Ethics Forum, best-selling author Robert Kaplan discusses the challenge of Putin, the EU’s economy, and the future of Europe through ...

A family in Enoshima, Japan. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/eelssej_/2429612782">J3SSL33</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">(CC)</a>

APR 28, 2016 Podcast

Political and Cultural Challenges to Gender Parity in Japan

In the Global Gender Gap Report, Japan usually ranks around 100 out of 140 countries, says Mari Miura, a specialist on gender in Japan. The main reasons ...

APR 28, 2016 Journal Online Exclusive

The Ethics of Trump's Foreign Policy vs. Obama's Long Game

Much of the reaction to Donald Trump's foreign policy speech, beyond the campaign-related questions of whether this address makes him look more presidential or electable, ...

APR 26, 2016 Podcast

Feminism: The New "F-word" in Japan?

Senior Fellow Devin Stewart speaks with Natsumi Ikoma, the Center for Gender Studies director, International Christian University, Japan, about the state of feminism in Japanese ...

APR 25, 2016 Podcast

Islamism: What It Means for the Middle East and the World

Until the mid-19th century, Islam was the sole basis of both political legitimacy and social identity across the Middle East. Islamists--a term that doesn't ...