Jeff Kingston is the 'great white man who knows best handing down knowledge' format and Koichi Nakano is the only Japanese....

 

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but typical white dude professor quotee is above all hoping to give a clever sound byte that will fit the story and win them another 23 seconds on CNN, next time CNN pretends to care about Japan. in the meantime prof will hold court w/undergrads and hang out in an expat bubble

— Derek Wessman (@dwvcd) September 30, 2021

mass media won't wean themselves of the  'great white man who knows best handing down knowledge' format and no, political scientists in japan are not afraid to criticize the govt, nor are they all unable to speak english

 Jeff Kingston is the 'great white man who knows best handing down knowledge' format and Koichi Nakano is the only Japanese political scientist who is  not afraid to criticize the govt, and is able to speak English....for foreign correspondents in Japan.