DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES Yoichi Funabashi: Japan’s New Course in the Coming Century

Yoichi Funabashi is Columnist and Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of the Asahi Shimbun and a leading journalist in the field of Japanese foreign policy. A former Washington Correspondent and American General Bureau Chief of the Asahi Shimbun, he has received numerous awards for his reporting on international affairs, including the Japan Press Award, known as Japan’s “Pulitzer Prize,” for his columns on foreign policy. Drawing from his newest book Japan’s Postwar Dreams, Dr. Funabashi reflects on Japan’s postwar history and nation-building aspirations and their significance for Japan’s new course in the coming century.

Followed by a reception.

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