Lecture by Prof. Toshihiro

[Iris Marin]

I appreciated hearing a different perspective from Professor Toshihiro. His view as a Japanese citizen living there and his reflections on US -Japan relations were insightful. It was interesting to note how important the United States is to Japan and how much the US benefits from this relationship. Further, it was interesting to hear how Japan will always be neutral regardless of who is president of the United States.  This is a beneficial strategy and one that will benefit them greatly.  Further, it was interesting to talk to professor Toshihiro and find out that one of his colleagues had been detained in China for who knows what and had been let go on Friday before the lecture. The press statement said " Visiting Scholar corrects himself, is released." We were discussing how much freedom we have and how we tak it for granted sometimes and forget that it is not like that elsewhere. In America you can research what you want an are encouraged to push limits somewhat. Where as in other places you are limited.