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Translating Japan

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Eamonn Fingleton

It took an earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster to reveal how little the West understands the land of the rising sun. (This article first appeared in the June 2011 edition of the American Conservative.) TOKYO. The art of reading between … Continue reading →

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The New York Times on Japan: Continuing fallout

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Eamonn Fingleton

Expert observers Holstein, Fallows, and Baker express their dismay at the Times’s miscues. I am not alone in challenging the New York Times’s recent account of a “disheartened” Japan. William J. Holstein, former president of the Overseas Press Club of America … Continue reading →

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