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"American View" Online Magazine
(日本語)

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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.

Winter 2010

•  From the Editor  Japanese
•  United States Law Regarding Custody of Children Following Divorce  Japanese
•  Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction  Japanese
•  My Experience of Discovering NPOs and Groups Working to Resolve Parental Child Abduction Cases in Japan  Japanese
•  Rapid Increase in Child Abductions to Japan  Japanese

Fall 2009

•  From the Editor  Japanese
•  Remarks by the President in a National Address to America's Schoolchildren  Japanese
•  English Education in Elementary Schools: An Interview with Dr. Jane Blyth Warren  Japanese
•  Building a Bridge between Languages: Careers in Japanese-English Interpreting  Japanese
•  Change Is Gonna Do Ya Good  Japanese
•  Youth Speak  Japanese

Summer 2009

•  From the EditorJapanese
•  Account of Apollo 11 Lunar Landing MissionJapanese
•  Remarks by the President with the Crew of the Space ShuttleJapanese
•  U.S. Agencies, Companies Work to Commercialize Space Travel (Part 1, Part 2)Japanese

Spring 2009

•  From the EditorJapanese
•  Early Challenges for a New AdministrationJapanese
•  The President and the PressJapanese
•  Eleanor Roosevelt: A ProfileJapanese

Winter 2009

•  From the EditorJapanese
•  Barack Obama - An American LifeJapanese
•  Barack Obama’s Vision for the FutureJapanese
•  Meet the Obama FamilyJapanese
•  Vice President Joseph BidenJapanese
•  In His Own WordsJapanese

Fall 2008

•  From the EditorJapanese
•  Absentee VotingJapanese
•  Political Polls: Why We Just Can't Live Without ThemJapanese
•  Congressional ElectionsJapanese

Summer 2008

•  From the EditorJapanese
•  Economic Growth at the Heart of Development: An Interview with Henrietta ForeJapanese
•  The U.S. Foreign Assistance SpectrumJapanese
•  U.S.-Japan Partnerships for the EnvironmentJapanese

Spring 2008

•  From the EditorJapanese
•  Stop Bullying Now: An Interview with Dr. Dorothy EspelageJapanese
•  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 EditorJapanese
•  American Presidential ElectionsJapanese
•  Japan's Fight against Modern-Day Slavery (Part I)Japanese
•  Provenance of Okinawan Artifacts in the United StatesJapanese
•  Did You Know ... ?Japanese

Fall 2007

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

Summer 2007

•  Free Trade Agreements and US Commercial PolicyJapanese
•  A New Framework for Global Efforts on Climate ChangeJapanese
•  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