This week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Washington to meet with President Barack Obama for the first time in each of their new administrations. It is anticipated that during this visit, both leaders will voice their commitment to a strong bilateral relationship and to the U.S.- Japan alliance. The Summit meeting is an […]

CULCON mourns the loss of Donald Richie, a Tokyo-based expert on Japanese cinema who wrote dozens of books and articles about the country’s people and culture who died on Tuesday, February 19.   Richie reviewed Japanese films and the arts for more than 50 years.  Richie wrote books on two of Japan’s best known filmmakers, Yasujiro […]