The Press Office of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo produces "American View," a quarterly online Japanese-language magazine providing readers with articles about the United States and its close ties with Japan. Here we provide links to English-language versions of the articles where available.

Spring 2008

• From the Editor
• Stop Bullying Now: An Interview with Dr. Dorothy Espelage
• Japan’s Fight against Modern-Day Slavery (Part II)
• Lifting Someone Else: Government Encouragement of Volunteer Efforts
  
  • Volunteer Spirit in the Embassy

Winter 2008

• From the Editor
• American Presidential Elections
• Japan's Fight against Modern-Day Slavery (Part I)
• Provenance of Okinawan Artifacts in the United States
• Did You Know ... ?

Fall 2007

• From the Editor
• The Issue of International Parental Child Abduction: An Interview with Michele T. Bond, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizens Services, U.S. Department of State
• The Mansfield Fellowship Program: Building U.S.-Japan Cooperation
• The Digital Revolution
• Did You Know ... ?

Summer 2007

• Free Trade Agreements and US Commercial Policy
• A New Framework for Global Efforts on Climate Change
• The Japan Bowl: Organizer Robin Berrington explains the Japan Bowl competition for high school students in the US, and members of the two winning teams discuss how they became interested in the Japanese language and culture.

Spring 2007

• RIMPAC and US-Japan Cooperation: Two SDF officers who took part in the RIMPAC 2006 joint military exercise talk about the experience and what they learned from it.
• Overseas Training and Mutual Understanding: Financial Services Agency Commissioner Hirofumi Gomi discusses the six months he spent at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in 1979-80 and the need for transparency in government today.
• History of the Tokyo American Center: A photo essay outlines the history of TAC on the occasion of its move to new premises.

Winter 2007

• Megumi Director Speaks Out: American View interviews Chris Sheridan, codirector of the documentary film Megumi, which looks at the personal impact of the abduction issue on one family, about the making of the film and reaction to it.
• Reinventing the Wheel
• Japan Hands: From new employees to experienced veterans, a variety of Foreign Service Officers talk about their own unique experience with Japan and how it has affected them.

Fall 2006

• The Ichiro Factor: Famed baseball writer Robert Whiting examines US-Japan relations through the prism of baseball, focusing on the impact Ichiro Suzuki and Bobby Valentine have had in the US and Japan, respectively.
• Two Views of Food Safety: Two agriculture experts present the US and Japanese views toward food safety, shedding light on the difference between safety and peace of mind.
• Inter-faith Dialogue in the Post-9/11 World