Stephen Johnston's blog
This quote was the title of the speech given by on November 13, 2019 Dr Yoichi Funabashi, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Initiative, which was referenced in a recent Ditchley Foundation event on the role of Japan in a changing world. It captures the rapid change of mentality caused by the demise of the ‘liberal […]
Can an exchange program change a country? In Japan’s case, it seems the answer is a resounding yes. In the dying days of the last Shogun era of Japan, a group of elders in Chōshū (what is now Yamaguchi Prefecture) picked five of their most promising Samurais and smuggled them out of the country (foreign […]