Japan, Beyond the Genkan: An Insider's Guide to the Soft Power, Strong Market, and Social Harmony of America's Asian Partner
Language: English
Published by Amplify Publishing, 2026
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- Title
- Japan, Beyond the Genkan: An Insider's Guide to the Soft Power, Strong Market, and Social Harmony of America's Asian Partner
- Author
- Joshua W Walker Phd
- Publisher
- Amplify Publishing
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798891387904
- Item weight
- 397 grams
At a time when America’s international policy is undergoing rapid change, and Japan, having elected its first female prime minister, determines how to respond and assert itself, Japan, Beyond the Genkan couldn’t be more timely.
Part memoir, part diplomatic and political treatise, and part love letter to a society he grew up in as a bicultural and bilingual American, Dr. Walker provides the tools needed to fully understand and appreciate what Japan represents to the United States and to the world today.
He explores Japan’s concepts of soft power and social harmony, and the strong markets that allow the nation to have global relevance as America’s largest investor. In Japan, the genkan is the semi-public lobby entrance leading to the private space within a house where guests are received. Dr. Walker as an adopted dosanko—the title of someone from Hokkaido, Japan—invites us beyond the genkan into a rare insider’s view of Japan.
Through the lens of his life and experience as a global citizen and a leader in the U.S.–Japan space, Dr. Walker examines the U.S.-Japan relationship as both an outsider and an insider. This is a deep, personal appreciation of Japan that connects the head and the heart of the country—and a studied plea by a geopolitical expert to keep the U.S.–Japan relationship strong.
As America’s global role and alliances become increasingly transactional, Japan can no longer rely on the United States as its sole strategic anchor. The U.S.–Japan relationship that began eighty years ago after the end of World War II must now be fundamentally recast because the world in which that alliance was brought to fruition no longer exists, even at a time when Japan’s appeal has never been higher.
Drawing on its soft power, cultural depth, and history of resilience, Japan needs to define and act in its own national interest. In some ways, this book is also the opening chapter for what lies ahead for U.S.–Japan and for everyone who cares deeply about that relationship, whether their interest is personal, cultural, or professional.
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About the Author
Joshua W. Walker, PhD, is president and CEO of Japan Society. He has held leadership positions at Eurasia Group, the USA Pavilion of the 2017 World Expo, and APCO Worldwide, previously serving in the State Department and the Defense Department.
He is Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Presidential Leadership Scholar, David Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission, Munich Security Conference Young Leader, British-American Project Fellow, and Nakasone Yasuhiro Award Winner. He was previously a Professor of Leadership and the American Presidency at George Mason University and the Reagan Foundation, Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, and cofounder of the Yale Journal of International Affairs.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond, a master’s degree from Yale University, and a doctorate from Princeton University.
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