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Explore English-language articles written by or featuring JCIE staff and senior fellows, coverage of JCIE events, and stories written by JCIE’s US-Japan Journalism Fellows. For Japanese language articles click here.

Japan Trade Officials and Companies Take a Nuanced Approach to US Tariffs
Adrian Ma | Marketplace
September 4, 2018
Adrian Ma explores the impact of the Trump administration’s 25 percent tariff on imported steel on Japan. How are Japanese companies and trade officials feeling about the president’s efforts to turn t…

Take Me Out to the Japanese Ball Game
Byron Tau | Wall Street Journal
August 24, 2018
Journalism Fellow Byron Tau dove into the world of Japanese baseball, exploring four stadiums around the country where visitors can take in the surreal rituals of Japanese baseball.

Abe’s Window of Time for Amending Japan’s Pacifist Constitution Narrows
Byron Tau | Wall Street Journal
August 12, 2018
Wall Street Journal’s Byron Tau examines Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push to amend the country’s pacifist constitution and the political realities he’s facing.

Why This Hiroshima Survivor Dedicated His Life to Searching for the Families of 12 American POWs
Ibby Caputo | PRI's The World
August 6, 2018
A moving portrait by our 2018 Journalism Fellow Ibby Caputo of Shigeaki Mori, a man who survived the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and made it his life’s mission to seek recognition for the 12 Amer…

Postcard from a Japanese Steel Town
By Adrian Ma | Marketplace
August 1, 2018
JCIE Journalism Fellow Adrian Ma, a reporter based in the American Midwest, explores Japan’s oldest steel town, Kamaishi.

Tokyo’s Best Karaoke Is Karaoke Sung Alone
Susie Armitage | Daily Beast
August 3, 2018
A 2017 JCIE Journalism Fellow discovers the joys of “hitokara,” the private karaoke rooms for those who want to sing alone.