Daniel Sneider in Japan

Daniel Sneider, a lecturer in East Asian Studies at Stanford University, has focused his studies on U.S. foreign policy in Northeast Asia, the foreign policy of Japan and Korea, and the formation of wartime historical memory in Asia. The son of a diplomat, he lived in Japan and elsewhere in Asia for much of his childhood, worked in Japan and Korea as a journalist and traveled to Japan frequently in the last decade as an academic, including an extended stay there to work on a book about U.S.-Japan relations during the Cold War.

A frequent contributor to several major U.S. periodicals, as well as a leading Japanese magazine, Dan says, “Japan is one of the greatest places for travelers—a complex and fascinating culture, great cuisine and natural man-made beauty. I’m excited to discover, together with the group, some of the less-traveled parts of Japan that this program explores.” During our program he will touch upon World War II’s lingering impact on Japan, its rivalry with China, relations with the U.S., and the challenges facing Japanese society today—from the role of women to the problems of its aging population.

• Lecturer and associate faculty member, Center for East Asian Studies and affiliate of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

• Former associate director for research, and director, the Divided Memories and Reconciliation project and the Nationalism and Regionalism project, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

• Former national/foreign editor, The Mercury News; former syndicated columnist, Knight Ridder; Moscow bureau chief, 1990-1994 and Tokyo correspondent, 1985-1990, The Christian Science Monitor

• Contributor, Toyo Keizai, East Asia Forum, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Slate, The National Interest, International Economy and The Christian Science Monitor

• BA, East Asian history, 1973, Columbia University

• MPA, public administration, 1985, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University