[“Show More” for timestamps] Karen Thornber, Amy Borovoy, and Andrew Gordon discuss public health and wellness in the COVID-19 era in Japan. USJP Director Christina Davis moderates. This seminar is part of the Special Series on Japanese Economic Statecraft and is co-sponsored by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University. Recorded 3/29/2021.

Karen Thornber is the Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. Amy Borovoy is Professor of East Asian Studies in the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. Andrew Gordon is the Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History at Harvard University. Moderator Christina Davis is Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Professor of Government; and the Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

0:00 Introduction and Opening Remarks, Christina Davis (Harvard)
7:20​ Karen Thornber (Harvard), “Global Healing and Humanistic Approaches to Healing and Care in Global Context”
​28:06 Amy Borovoy (Princeton University), “Public Health and Wellness in the Covid-19 Era”
​56:59 Andrew Gordon (Harvard), “The Puzzle of Vaccine Hesitancy in Japan”
​1:16:31 Q&A, Discussion, and Closing Remarks; led by Christina Davis (Harvard)

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