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Jeffrey "Jeff" Kingston (born June 26, 1957) is an American professor at Temple University in Tokyo and an author. He has written a number of books and writes regularly for The Japan Times and other publications.

Jeff Kingston
Born	June 26, 1957 (1957-06-26) (age 65)
Occupation	Writer, professor
Language	English
Alma mater	Columbia University
Subject	Japan

Early life and studies

He graduated with a BS in foreign service from Georgetown University in 1979. He then completed an MA in international affairs in 1981 and a PhD in history, both from Columbia University [1]

He is married and his wife's relatives are from Iwate Prefecture.[2]

Academic career

Kingston is the director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo.[3]

Writing

Kingston has written for The Japan Times since 1988. He had a weekly column called "Counterpoint" until 2017.[4] He also writes for The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.[5]

Views

This section relies excessively on references to primary sources. (January 2020)

Kingston is a consistent critic of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his moves to amend Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, which restricts Japan's military[6][7] and on Abe's historical revisionism about Japanese war crimes.[8][9][10]

Bibliography

Books written

• Japan's quiet transformation: Social change and civil society in the 21st century (2004)
• Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change Since the 1980s (2010)(2012)
• Japan in transformation 1952–2000 (2010)

Edited volumes

• Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recover After Japan's 3/11 (2012)
• Contemporary Japanese Politics (4 volumes) (2013)
• Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan (Routledge, 2017)[11]

References

External links

• Temple University – Jeff Kingston
• The Japan Times – Jeff Kingston

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