Jeff Kingston

Jeff Kingston

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A.K.A.
Jeffrey Kingston
Gender:
Male
Is:
Historian
Work field:
Social science
Birth:
26 June 1957
Star sign:
Cancer
Education:
Columbia University
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Introduction

Jeffrey "Jeff" Kingston (born June 26, 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

He is married and his wife's relatives are from Iwate Prefecture.

Academic career

Kingston is the director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Tokyo.

Writing

Kingston has written for The Japan Times since 1988. He had a weekly column called "Counterpoint" until 2017. He also writes for The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.

Views

Kingston is 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 and on Abe's historical revisionism about Japanese war crimes.