"American View" Online Magazine

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.

Summer 2008

•	From the Editor	Japanese
•	Economic Growth at the Heart of Development: An Interview with Henrietta Fore	Japanese
•	The U.S. Foreign Assistance Spectrum	Japanese
•	U.S.-Japan Partnerships for the Environment	Japanese

Spring 2008

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

Winter 2008

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

Fall 2007

•	From the Editor	Japanese
•	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	Japanese
•	The Mansfield Fellowship Program: Building U.S.-Japan Cooperation	Japanese
•	The Digital Revolution	Japanese
•	Did You Know ... ?	Japanese

Summer 2007

•	Free Trade Agreements and US Commercial Policy	Japanese
•	A New Framework for Global Efforts on Climate Change	Japanese
•	The Japan Bowl

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
•	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
•	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