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Introduction to newsletters and essays related to reconciliation studies.

Director ＆ Collaborators' Essey

The Foundations of Diplomacy and Democracy: The Nation as an Imagined Community and Japan’s Four “Openings”, by Toyomi ASANO (in Japanese)

Toyomi ASANO
Director ＆ Collaborators' Essey

Japan’s Three “Openings” and Its Political History: The Vision of Ōkuma Shigenobu, by Toyomi ASANO (in Japanese)

Toyomi ASANO
Director ＆ Collaborators' Essey

[Lecture Overview]The Dismantling of Empire and Japan’s Overseas Assets through U.S. Military Eyes: The Origins of Postwar Japan–South Korea Relations, by Toyomi ASANO (in Japanese)

Toyomi ASANO
International Society for Reconciliation Studies 2026 Cyprus-IARS

Visiting the Divided City of Nicosia: A Report on IARS Cyprus 2026

Ayako Tomizuka
International Society for Reconciliation Studies 2026 Cyprus-IARS

Rethinking Reconciliation after State Recognition

MAISAWA Tatsuya
International Society for Reconciliation Studies 2026 Cyprus-IARS

Why Is Reconciliation Understood as Mutual Transformation?～At the Intersection of Japan–South Korea Relations and the Island of Cyprus～

Ikegami Keitoku
International Society for Reconciliation Studies 2026 Cyprus-IARS

Conference Reflection Report

Kaori KOHYAMA
International Society for Reconciliation Studies 2026 Cyprus-IARS

International Association of Reconciliation Studies Conference in Nicosia, Cyprus

CAO Thi Minh Chau
International Society for Reconciliation Studies 2026 Cyprus-IARS

Sitting with Incompleteness: Reflections on Epistemic Reconciliation and Researcher Positionality at IARS 2026

TEH, Huijia
International Society for Reconciliation Studies 2026 Cyprus-IARS

From International Commitments to Everyday Practice: Reflections from the IARS 2026 Cyprus Conference

PHAM, Thi Lan Huong

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