Kiyoteru Tsutsui is the Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi professor of Japanese studies at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University and director of its Japan program. He is also a professor of sociology at the university and deputy director of the center.
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