Jeff Kingston

Jeffrey Kingston
Occupation Writer, professor
Language English
Alma mater Columbia University
Subject Japan

Jeffrey (Jeff) Kingston (born 26 June 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.

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, which they visited on their honeymoon in 1982.[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 has a weekly column called "Counterpoint".[4] He also writes for The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.[5]

Views

Kingston has been a consistent critic of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and his moves to loosen legal restraints on Japan using force[6][7] and on Abe's historical revisionism about Japanese war crimes.[8][9][10]

Books written

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