A former director of the U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program as well as Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute (then known as the East Asian Institute), Curtis has been honored with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the government of Japan for his outstanding contrib...
A former director of the U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program as well as Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute (then known as the East Asian Institute), Curtis has been honored with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the government of Japan for his outstanding contributions to the study of Japan and the promotion of intellectual and political exchange between Japan and the United States. His political commentaries appear in both English and Japanese media.