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Vol.100 An Arena for Intellectual Opinion and Debate：Commemorating One-Hundred Issues

Special Feature: An Arena for Intellectual Opinion and Debate：Commemorating One-Hundred Issues Preface	by Masayuki Tadokoro

I. Thirty-Eight Years of Asteion The Asteion Philosophy	by Kiyokazu Washida

A Spirit of Urbanity, Past and Future by Tadashi Karube
In Search of a Free and Intellectual Journalism by Kaori Kawai
A Bird’s Eye View of Civilization, A Dog’s Eye View of the City by Seiichi Hayashi
For True Academic Knowledge and Knowledge of the World by Junko Saeki
For a Deeper, “Day Stars” Culture by Mari Akazawa
At the Time of My Serial “Shiki no shokutaku” (Shiki Masaoka’s Table) by Kai Hasegawa
Can the Liberal Arts Bring Us Together in an Age of Division? by Eiko Imahashi
The Platform Provided by a Commentary Magazine by Ryota Yoneda
Media Like Having a Conversation Over Beer by Naota Sanbe
The Art of Intellectual Play by Akihiro Yamamoto
A Magazine Like an Evening Garden—Poised Between Daytime Orthodoxy and Nighttime Lawlessness by Ryota Fukushima

A Spirit of Urbanity, Past and Future	by Tadashi Karube

In Search of a Free and Intellectual Journalism	by Kaori Kawai

A Bird’s Eye View of Civilization, A Dog’s Eye View of the City	by Seiichi Hayashi

For True Academic Knowledge and Knowledge of the World	by Junko Saeki

For a Deeper, “Day Stars” Culture	by Mari Akazawa

At the Time of My Serial “Shiki no shokutaku” (Shiki Masaoka’s Table)	by Kai Hasegawa

Can the Liberal Arts Bring Us Together in an Age of Division?	by Eiko Imahashi

The Platform Provided by a Commentary Magazine	by Ryota Yoneda

Media Like Having a Conversation Over Beer	by Naota Sanbe

The Art of Intellectual Play	by Akihiro Yamamoto

A Magazine Like an Evening Garden—Poised Between Daytime Orthodoxy and Nighttime Lawlessness	by Ryota Fukushima

II. The Challenge of Intellectual Journalism The Future of Intellectual Debate in Print Media	by Takenori Inoki

Three Essentials for Intellectual Journalism by Yuji Genda
Intellectual Journalism and Contemporary Art by Hiroko Ikegami
Naming and Noise by Yoko Nii
Further Thoughts on Academic Journalism by Kazufumi Watanabe
Supplementing Technology With On-Site Knowledge by Sayaka Ogawa
A Million Stones Falling From the Sky by Anna Toi
Will the Day Come When It Is Cool to be Seen Carrying Around Asteion? by Yuko Obi
The Perspective of an Economist Born in 1987 by Junichi Yamasaki
America or Otherwise by Seiko Katsura

Three Essentials for Intellectual Journalism	by Yuji Genda

Intellectual Journalism and Contemporary Art	by Hiroko Ikegami

Naming and Noise	by Yoko Nii

Further Thoughts on Academic Journalism	by Kazufumi Watanabe

Supplementing Technology With On-Site Knowledge	by Sayaka Ogawa

A Million Stones Falling From the Sky	by Anna Toi

Will the Day Come When It Is Cool to be Seen Carrying Around Asteion?	by Yuko Obi

The Perspective of an Economist Born in 1987	by Junichi Yamasaki

America or Otherwise	by Seiko Katsura

III. What Was Debated in the Pages of Asteion Crumbling Civilization and the Role of the Intellectual	by Keishi Saeki

To Speak of Nations and Civilization by Ikuo Gonoï
A Forum of Public Debate for the Sake of Democracy by Shigeki Uno
Political Science and the Period of Political Reform in Japan by Ikuo Kume
Grand Narratives and Small Apocalypses—From the Cold War to “Make Japan Great Again” by Wataru Yamaguchi
Reconsidering the Article “Exporting Civilization” by Hiroyuki Itami
Thinking About Present-Day China After Reading Articles From the Heyday of “Made in Japan” and Theories About America by Kazuhiro Iwama
Society and I Thirty-Eight Years Ago, or, A Chronicle of Hindsight by Natsuki Ikezawa
Breaking Down Walls Through Journalism by Terunobu Fujimori
The Face of City, Region, and Nation in a Mature Society by Hidenobu Jinnai
Everything Started With My Serial “Taisho Gen’ei” (Taisho-period Dreaming) by Saburo Kawamoto
The Advancing “Deodorantization” of Tokyo by Mayumi Mori
Theatrical Fears of Extinction by Yoshio Ozasa
On Reading Yawarakai kojinshugi no tanjo (Birth of Soft Individualism) After Working at a Distribution Warehouse by Keita Watano

To Speak of Nations and Civilization	by Ikuo Gonoï

A Forum of Public Debate for the Sake of Democracy	by Shigeki Uno

Political Science and the Period of Political Reform in Japan	by Ikuo Kume

Grand Narratives and Small Apocalypses—From the Cold War to “Make Japan Great Again”	by Wataru Yamaguchi

Reconsidering the Article “Exporting Civilization”	by Hiroyuki Itami

Thinking About Present-Day China After Reading Articles From the Heyday of “Made in Japan” and Theories About America	by Kazuhiro Iwama

Society and I Thirty-Eight Years Ago, or, A Chronicle of Hindsight	by Natsuki Ikezawa

Breaking Down Walls Through Journalism	by Terunobu Fujimori

The Face of City, Region, and Nation in a Mature Society	by Hidenobu Jinnai

Everything Started With My Serial “Taisho Gen’ei” (Taisho-period Dreaming)	by Saburo Kawamoto

The Advancing “Deodorantization” of Tokyo	by Mayumi Mori

Theatrical Fears of Extinction	by Yoshio Ozasa

On Reading Yawarakai kojinshugi no tanjo (Birth of Soft Individualism) After Working at a Distribution Warehouse	by Keita Watano

IV. In a Changing World American Century, My Father’s Style	by Satoshi Udo

Responding to the Changing Problems of the Times by Masashi Miura
Engagement as a Member of Humanity by Yuri Nagura
Gaiatsu and the Future by Yoriko Meguro
For a New Consciousness Raising—MRSDH+ (Migrant, Refugee, Stateless People, Dual/Multiple Citizenship, Half/Double/Mix) by Chen Tienshi
America, Ideal and Reality by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
One Globalization Story by Fukiko Aoki
Living in the Tides of History by Keiko Yoshioka
Who Will Fill the Void of the Middle in Society? by Ryuichi Kanari
The Political Decline of the World’s Leading Nation by Margarita Estévez-Abe
Professor Daniel Bell and the American University by Takako Hikotani
The Eternal Issue of Thinking About America by Seiko Mimaki
Insight to Read the Times by Yuichi Hosoya

Responding to the Changing Problems of the Times	by Masashi Miura

Engagement as a Member of Humanity	by Yuri Nagura

Gaiatsu and the Future	by Yoriko Meguro

For a New Consciousness Raising—MRSDH+ (Migrant, Refugee, Stateless People, Dual/Multiple Citizenship, Half/Double/Mix)	by Chen Tienshi

America, Ideal and Reality	by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney

One Globalization Story	by Fukiko Aoki

Living in the Tides of History	by Keiko Yoshioka

Who Will Fill the Void of the Middle in Society?	by Ryuichi Kanari

The Political Decline of the World’s Leading Nation	by Margarita Estévez-Abe

Professor Daniel Bell and the American University	by Takako Hikotani

The Eternal Issue of Thinking About America	by Seiko Mimaki

Insight to Read the Times	by Yuichi Hosoya

Special Feature Roundtable Looking Back Over the Time Since 1986—The Period of Suntory Hall and Asteion	A discussion with Morihide Katayama, Masashi Miura, and Masayuki Tadokoro

Photographic Report Continuing to Make a Print Magazine in the Digital Age ：An interview with early Asteion designer Hideya Arata	by Kaoru Kobayashi

Serials Revisiting the History of Jiangnan (Southern China) Final Part. The Do-or-Die Interior	by Takashi Okamoto

The Beginnings of Entomology Final Part. The People Who Supported Japanese Entomology	by Daisaburo Okumoto

Asteion was launched in 1986, a time when intellectual endeavor was still being held back by competing ideologies. Things have moved on since then. By adopting a more flexible approach and tuning our senses to a broad range of global issues, rather than churning out articles focusing solely on current affairs, we have developed a keen understanding of contemporary trends. The name Asteion comes from the Ancient Greek "ASTEION," meaning sophisticated and refined. This reflects our desire to stimulate intelligent discourse among those who are independent and yet share the same public space as fellow citizens through active but sensible exchanges of diverse opinions. A quarter of a century on, the competing ideologies that marked the twentieth century have now converged, leaving us free to express our opinions on an endless range of subjects. Our mission to promote genuine debate is all the more important for shedding light on the mega-waves of our time. We hope that more and more people, each interested in public issues in their own way, will come to share the spirit of Asteion and support our efforts. Masayuki Tadokoro Chair, Asteion Editorial Committee

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Chapter4 To The Continuing Crisis of Liberal Democracies

As a part of correspondence, Bill Emmott, a former editor of the Economist, and Masayuki Tadokoro, the Chair of Asteion Editorial Committee discussed the continuing crisis of liberal democracies in the world.

dialogue

Professor Mellissa Williams, the contributor of “Democracy's Global Future” (Asteion 77), and Professor Masayuki Tadokoro, the Chair of Asteion Editorial Committee talked about the democratic movements around the world.

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