We will target Japan societies around the US and universities with strong Japan Studies programs. We also will target the diplomatic community and progressive media, billing Morita as a Japanese Howard Zinn. His message of building a healthy democracy in Japan that isn't controlled by one party should resonate with voters in the US who still remember the 2000 election fiasco. Morita can do interviews in English, although he might not be able to do live radio effectively. We plan to have him tour some campuses on the west coast in fall 2008, before the US elections.
Minoru Morita used to appear on Japanese TV regularly as a political commentator, but his progressive views and outspoken criticism of the popular former prime minister Koizumi alienated major media outlets. He now runs a thinktank, Morita Research Institute, and lectures and writes. He has published more than 30 books in Japanese on politics, media and society.
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