My first book! Not directly related to the PhD, but it was fun to write. Hopefully, readers will find it useful. Published 4/10/06 from Chuo Koron Shinsho Rakure. Title roughly translated as "Biculturalism and the Japanese: Beyond English Linguistic Ability"

picture courtesty of Tanoshii Yochien

Kenji Kushida is a PhD in the Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley, Graduate Researcher at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE).

Some of the main points from my book are included in an article for The ASIJ Ambassador (Alumni magazine)
[oops, I just realized that I had the wrong file up there for months.. it's now correct.]

In February 2007, I gave a talk to high school juniors and seniors at the American School in Japan about the book. I had also given a talk sponsored by the library in September 2006. Gallery.

Here's a letter to the editor for the Financial Times that got published -- basically the theme from my book.

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By the way, ever wonder why a country as rich as Japan has so many dirt athletic fields? Here's a first cut at a crackpot political economy explanation, that might be more true than you think.