Jeffrey "Jeff" Kingston (born June 26, 1957) is an American professor at Temple University, Japan Campus in Tokyo and an author. He has written a number of books, wrote regularly for The Japan Times, and frequently comments on Asian affairs in mass media outlets.
Jeff Kingston
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| Born | June 26, 1957 (1957-06-26) (age 66) |
| Occupation | Writer, professor |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Subject | Japan, Asia |
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]
Kingston was the founding director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus in Tokyo.[2]
Kingston has published a number of academic volumes about Japan, nationalism, religion, and civil society in Asia. He started writing for The Japan Times in 1988, and had a weekly column called "Counterpoint" from 2013 until 2017.[3] He has contributed opinion pieces to Financial Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Nikkei Asian Review, Washington Post, and The Mekong Review. He also writes for The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.[4]
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Kingston has been 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[5][6] and on Abe's historical revisionism about Japanese war crimes.[7][8][9]