i Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 12:46 PM To: [P%) @state.gov> Subject: RE: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan (Jason Morgan} Thanks --| will follow-up with Matt This email is UNCLASSIFIED. TT day, May 15, 2015 12:42 PM Sent: Tope ‘Subject: RE: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan {Jason Morgan} | think we need to know more from[X9_pbout the nature of Morgan's blog posts, who would find them offensive, are they totally out of line with the views of Japanese politicians, etc. to see if they rise to the level of grounds for suspension/termination under FSB policies (probably not], or whether intervention byPBIT] as he suggests is sufficient. This email is UNCLASSIFIED. From: [PX Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 11:04 AM Tosa ‘Subject: FW: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan {Jason Morgan} Lets discuss. From:[) on Behalf Of Matthew Sussman JUSEq Fulbright Program ([email protected]); (Be. ‘Subject: Re: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan Thanks for letting us know about this, Yes, Jason is getting some attention on blogs about his views on this sensitive issue. It looks like he gave a talk which was critical of U.S. scholars at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24 and that story has spread around the intemet by Japanese nationalistsupporters. His view seems to be quite different than the majority of U.S. scholars and thus put himself in contrarian position Our Term and Conditions stipulate that grantees have complete academic freedom to express themselves. It also asks grantee to be respectful of the Fulbright mission. I suppose I could ask him to be mindful of being a Fulbrighter to bring understanding and steer away from controversy but ultimately he has the right to say his opinion, even if people find it offensive ETT Tat do you think? Do you think I should talk with him? Regards, Do) BRGY Executive Director Fulbright Japan ‘The Japan-United States Educational Commission Sano Grand Bldg. 207, 2-14-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 TelfOo www fulbnightp www. facebook.com/fulbrightjap: On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:35 AM, P© iie.org> wrote: Hettof How have you been? T received the message below from [Xho seems concerned about the activities of one of their PhD grantees in Japan (Jason Morgan). I'm not sure if JUSEC has heard anything from Waseda or from other Sources, but I just wanted to pass along the information to you If you'd like me to follow up with the adviser at UW, just let me know, Thanks, TET ‘Senior Program Officer - USS. Student Programs DiInstitute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phon? Pax (212) 984-5305 hup://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/ -----Original Messagi From] finite Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1:44 PM so Subject: Fulbrighter in Japan 1 just left a phone message, but thought it might be easier to set up a time to speak with you through email. I've spoken with and she thought it'd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves a current grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan. He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around the issue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women." Some of the historians have been threatened--bomb threats, sexual violence--through the blogs (but not as I understand it in one of his posts). He does so in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University (this information is in the blog posts). He also attended a film sereening in the US this, April of a documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn’t related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people at the university out of concern and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow. Best, eT PTET This email is UNCLASSIFIED.From{ss——— Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 10:27 AM Tos{ov0) Jastate.gov> Subject: RE: Fulbrighter in Japan jason Morgan ‘Makes sense ~ thanks for the good input. This email is UNCLASSIFIED. nO Tonday, May 18, 10:21 AM ‘Subject: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan -- Jason Morgan [BiB}for my two cents, | think it’s a good idea forfBHT fo meet/talk with Jason and note that there has ‘been concern expressed about some of the comments attributed to him online. Would be interested to hhear how that goes. Thanks. -f%5_] From:[50) Jon Behalf of[°5 Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 4:25 AM Top FET Fulbright Program ([email protected]); [PX] ‘Subject: Re: Fulbrighter in Japan ~- Jason Morgan Hie ue. Thanks for getting back with me on thi From what I can see from a quick search online, the student, Jason Morgan, has not written online on a blog himself. It seems he gave a talk on April 24 at a conservative nationalist leaning institution meeting and they posted this as news on their website. They report that he said American scholars have a mistaken and racist perspective on Japanese history based only unquestionably accepting the Tokyo War Trials and that the scholars are prejudiced against any counterarguments to issues such as the visits to Yasukuni shrine, comfort women, the history of Nanking, etc. They quote him as asserting that most U.S. scholars do not read resources or books in Japanese and that the book by Chinese American Irisu Chang "the raping of Nanking" is a lie. They identified him as a grad student on a Fulbright at Waseda from UW-Madison. hups://jinf.jp/news/archives/15808 On May 2 an article came out in the Sankei News stating that Mr. Morgan submitted a paper to the American Historical Association (AHA) in which he criticizes 19 scholars for a textbook they contributed to for U.S. Publisher McGraw Hill. It states that the criticism is about how factsare represented in the textbook for which there is no proof conceming comfort women. I tried to search for this paper on the AHA website but could not find anything. Subsequently it appears this story has spread and been repeated on some right leaning websites that allow all kinds of comments. Thave met Jason several times during his grant. He is a very kind and mild-manner person so T have difficult reconciling the comments from these websites with the person I have met. His research is about a Taisho era (1920s) lawyer so again I am perplexed as to how or why he ‘would get involved in these controversial historical matters. Thad another matter to contact him by email about today and arranged for us to talk on Wednesday by telephone. First I would like to confirm if this news about his comments is true and if he knows about this. If he stands by this and plans to continue to comment on these sensitive topics I could ask him to do so without identifying himself as a Fulbrighter. In either case, I doubt it will be very hard to get this removed but perhaps we can do damage control from this point forward. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, oo) On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:55 AMP) Jestate.zow> wrote: PO Fully agree with you that freedom of speech/stating one’s opinion is paramount ‘even if people find it offensive.’ That said, if he is identifying himself/is doing so ‘in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University’, it warrants our being mindful of it. ___Jand | think it would be valuable for us to get a better sense from your end as to the nature of Morgan’ blog posts/public comments (e.g. who would find them offensive, are they totally ut of line with the views of Japanese politicians, etc.). Then we can gauge if they potentially rise to the level of some form of formal action (hopefully/probably not), or, as you suggest, you reiterating/reminding him of the Fulbright mission and the role of being a Fulbrighter would be an appropriate course of action. Best regards,=] P_ Senior Program Officer East Asian & Pacific Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EAP) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs US. Department of State 2200 Street, NW Washington, DC 20522-0504 Phone{™”” Fax: (202) 632-9411 PO Jostatezov Te) On Behalf oF [7 iday, May 15, 2015 12:03 AM JUSEC ([email protected]); Fulbright Program ([email protected]); | ‘Subject: Re: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan iE Thanks for letting us know about this Yes, Jason is getting some attention on blogs about his views on this sensitive issue. It looks like he gave a talk which was critical of U.S. scholars at the Japan Institute for NationalFundamentals on April 24 and that story has spread around the internet by Japanese nationalist supporters. His view seems to be quite different than the majority of U.S. scholars and thus put himself in contrarian position. Our Term and Conditions stipulate that grantees have complete academic freedom to express themselves. It also asks grantee to be respectful of the Fulbright mission. I suppose I could ask him to be mindful of being a Fulbrighter to bring understanding and steer away from controversy but ultimately he has the right to say his opinion, even if people find it offensive. PTET ‘What do you think? Do you think I should talk with him? Regards, ERGY rer Executive Director Fulbright Japan ‘The Japan-United States Educational Commission Sanno Grand Bldg. 207, 2-14-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 raf | www. fulbright,jp www. facebook.com/fulbrightjapanOn Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:35 AM, ]iie.org> wrote: HelloP_____] How have you been? I received the message below from 7 who seems concemed about the activities of one of their PhD grantees in Japan (Jason Morgan). I'm not sure if JUSEC has heard anything from Waseda or from other sources, but I just wanted to pass along the information to you. If you'd like me to follow up with the adviser at UW, just let me know, Thanks, ou) Pacific ei ‘Senior Program Officer - East As U.S. Student Programs Division Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York. NY 10017 Phond?™™ Pax (219) 984-3305, hup://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/ Original Messai From: fee finatto ‘a Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1-44 PM To PS Subject: Fulbrighter in Japan 1 just left a phone message, but thought it might be easier to set up a time to speak with you through email. I've spoken win for Jand she thought itd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves XCUAEAT grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan. He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around theissue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women." Some of the historians have been threatened~bomb threats, sexual violence--through the blogs (but not as I understand it in one of his posts). He does so in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University (this information is in the blog posts), He also attended a film screening in the US this April of a documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn't related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people at the university out of concen and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow. Best, P_l [Per 7 This email is UNCLASSIFIED.From [email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 3:07 PM pe Jorategov> Te Subject: RE: Fulbrighter in Japan ~Jason Morgan ’m not sure why he's giving talks on these topics. | suppose it’s not prohibited but are these topics he’s speaking on relevant to the Fulbright research he was selected for or are they taking him away from that. primary purpose? Shouldn't he focus on the actual research for which he was selected and for which he is being funded? What doesfO7® think? This email is UNCLASSIFIED. [BGT jednesday, May 20, 2015 3:04 PM ‘Subject: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan -- Jason Morgan Let me know your thoughts From: [1 |On Behalf OF Matthew Sussman Fulbright Program (programa@fulbrightio) gM —————=* ‘Subject: Re: Fulbrighter in Japan -- Jason Morgan pe T spoke with Jason just a few minutes ago. He confirmed that he stands by the written accounts on those two websites but says he was not aware of the other blogs that also picked up this story. He apologized many times and said he meant his comments to be those of a private individual and not to be representing Fulbright. I told him we respect his right to academic freedom but that in the future if he gives any talks or comments about sensitive political topics that he make sure he is not identified as a Fulbrighter, He was very understanding and said he will be careful to do so in the future, He offered to ask the websites to remove the sentence that identifies him as a Fulbright scholar. I think that if we ask to have that removed now, it might look like we pressured him and fan the flames. Perhaps it is best to leave it and just be careful going forward. In fact, it is good that I talked with him today because he said he will meet with another newspaper reporter this aftemoon, He said he gave two talks in April. One to the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies http://www jfss.er.jp/teirei.htm) on April 14 and the other at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24. For the former, he spoke about his grandfather who served in the war and about his good memories of Japan. He spoke about how it is not possible to compare theNuremberg and Tokyo trials. He fielded one question about "Cool Japan.” In the later, he spoke about the textbook issue and that he has a different point of view than the 19 U.S. scholars from the AHA. He said he has received some emails from people saying they agree with him and no threats. He says he knows the writer of the Sankei newspaper articles and that he confirmed some bullet points with him before he wrote the article, He said that in the future he will be sure to mention he is only expressing his own personal views and be explicit that Fulbright not be mentioned. He acknowledged that in U.S. academia he is a bit of a lone wolf for his opinions on these kind of matters. Please let me know your thoughts about this. Regards, a) On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:24 PM, P17 Jofulbright.jp> wrote: HiPO] Thanks for getting back with me on this issue. From what I can see from a quick search online, the student, Jason Morgan, has not written online on a blog himself. It scems he gave a talk on April 24 at a conservative nationalist leaning institution meeting and they posted this as news on their website. They report that he said American scholars have a mistaken and racist perspective on Japanese history based only unquestionably accepting the Tokyo War Trials and that the scholars are prejudiced against any counterarguments to issues such as the visits to Yasukuni shrine, comfort women, the history of Nanking, etc. They quote him as asserting that most U.S. scholars do not read resources or books in Japanese and that the book by Chinese American Irisu Chang "the raping of Nanking" is a lie. They identified him as a grad student on a Fulbright at Waseda from UW-Madison hups://jinf.jp/news/archives/ 15808 On May 2 an article came out in the Sankei News stating that Mr. Morgan submitted a paper to the American Historical Association (AHA) in which he criticizes 19 scholars for a textbook they contributed to for U.S. Publisher McGraw Hill, It states that the criticism is about how facts are represented in the textbook for which there is no proof concerning comfort women. I tried to search for this paper on the AHA website but could not find anything, hup://www. sankei.com/world/news/150502/wor1505020018-n1.humlSubsequently it appears this story has spread that allow all kinds of comments, nd been repeated on s me right leaning websites Thave met Jason several times during his grant. He is a very kind and mild-manner person so T have difficult reconciling the comments from these websites with the person I have met. His research is about a Taisho era (1920s) lawyer so again I am perplexed as to how or why he ‘would get involved in these controversial historical matters. Thad another matter to contact him by email about today and arranged for us to talk on Wednesday by telephone. First I would like to confirm if this news about his comments is true and if he knows about this. If he stands by this and plans to continue to comment on these sensitive topics I could ask him to do so without identifying himself as a Fulbrighter. In either case, I doubt it will be very hard to get this removed but perhaps we can do damage control from this point forward. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:55 AMP Jastate.gov> wrote: poner Fully agree with you that freedom of speech/stating one’s opinion is paramount ‘even if people find it offensive.’ That said, if he is identifying himself/is doing so ‘in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University’, it warrants our being mindful of it PTET Jand | think it would be valuable for us to get a better sense from your end as to the nature of Morgan's Blog posts/public comments (e.g. who would find them offensive, are they totally ut of line with the views of Japanese politicians, etc.). Then we can gauge if they potentially rise to the level of some form of formal action (hopefully/probably not), or, as you suggest, you reiterating/reminding him of the Fulbright mission and the role of being a Fulbrighter would be an appropriate course of action. Best regards, DIG)fPrer Senior Program Officer East Asian & Pacific Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EAP) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs US. Department of State 2200 Street, NW Washington, DC 20522-0504 Pre Phone} Fax: (202) 632-9411 PO pstatezov BO JO hati OF Hatnew Susman May 15, TO a) USEC Fulbright Program ([email protected]); FW: Fulbrighter in Japan Hip Thanks for letting us know about this, Yes, Jason is getting some attention on blogs about his views on this sensitive issue. It looks like he gave a talk which was critical of U.S. scholars at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24 and that story has spread around the internet by Japanese nationalist supporters. His view seems to be quite different than the majority of U.S. scholars and thus put himself in contrarian positionOur Term and Conditions stipulate that grantees have complete academic freedom to express themselves. It also asks grantce to be respectful of the Fulbright mission. I suppose I could ask him to be mindful of being a Fulbrighter to bring understanding and steer away from controversy but ultimately he has the right to say his opinion, even if people find it offensive PRET ‘What do you think? Do you think I should talk with him? Regards, PRET a ecutive Director Fulbright Japan ‘The Japan-United States Educational Commission Sanno Grand Bldg. 207, 2-14-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 Tel NO www. fulbrightjp www. facebook.com/fulbrightjapanOn Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:35 AM, PO laiie.org> wrote: Hello How have you been? Ireceived the message below from sho seems concerned about the activities of one of their PhD grantees in Japan (Jason Morgan). I'm not sure if JUSEC has heard anything from Waseda or from other sources, but I just wanted to pass along the information to you. If you'd like me to follow up with the adviser at UW, just let me know Thanks, WET Senior Program Officer - East Asia-Paci USS. Student Programs Division Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phone[P™®) Fax (212) 984-5305 hup:/www.us.fulbrightonline.org/ Original Message- From: [mailto Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1:44 PM To: Prd Subject: Fulbrighter in Japan HPO 1 just left a phone message, but thought it might be easier to set up a time to speak with you through email. I've spoken with OX land she thought itd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves a curren grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan. He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around the issue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women." Some of the historians have been threatened--bomb threats, sexual through the blogs (but not as [ understand it in one of his posts). He does so in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda violenesUniversity (this information is in the blog posts). He also attended a film screening in the US this April of a documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn't related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people at the university out of concern and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow. Best, DET 767 This email is UNCLASSIFIED.From state. gov> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 5:30 PM To: le.org> cefee estate.gov> Subject: RE: Fulbrighter in Japan ~- Jason Morgan Thanks PX __ } appreciate the feedback PET This email is UNCLASSIFIED. Per it: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 4:34 PM ne iie.org] Ce: ‘Subject: RE: Fulbrighter in Japan ~ Jason Morgan Hello fO) haven't had a chance to look back in the application to see what the research proposal was focused on, but | think tha{X8)_}nentioned that it wasn’t related to what Mr. Morgan is speaking out about. I don’t think that a couple of talks/press interviews could really be construed as taking so much time as to be taking away from the grant’s purpose, but that's JUSEC’s call. | think that[BR®}s correct in anticipating that requesting changes to what's already been published could just generate more coverage and accusations of censorship, and Mr. Morgan sounds like he’s being cooperative and understanding with regard to not introducing himself as a Fulbrighter in future public forums on this issue. Regards, = — Program Officer - East Asia-Pacific US. Student Programs Division Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 PhoneftXe) Fax (212) 984-5325, httExe state.gov) Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 4:16 PM To: [0% Ce 57 Subject: =e: sunwter? 7 FuIbTIght@r in Japan - Jason Morgan aT Do you have any thoughts regarding this situation and/or similar past experiences? We will check wit RTs well, but in this specific case, are these topics he's speaking on relevant to the Fulbright research he was selected/funded for? If not, is there a potential issue regarding his extra activities taking him away from that primary purpose? We From: [07 ]On Behai of" juesday, May 19, 2015 9:54 PM Fulbright Program ([email protected]); EX ‘ulbrighter in Japan -- Jason Morgan fPrer 1 spoke with Jason just a few minutes ago. He confirmed that he stands by the written accounts on those two websites but says he was not aware of the other blogs that also picked up this story. He apologized many times and said he meant his comments to be those of a private individual and not to be representing Fulbright. I told him we respect his right to academic freedom but that in the future if he gives any talks or comments about sensitive political topics that he make sure he is not identified as a Fulbrighter. He was very understanding and said he will be careful to do so in the future He offered to ask the websites to remove the sentence that identifies him as a Pulbright scholar. I think that if we ask to have that removed now, it might look like we pressured him and fan the flames. Perhaps it is best to leave it and just be careful going forward. In fact, it is good that I talked with him today because he said he will meet with another newspaper reporter this afiemoon, He said he gave two talks in April. One to the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies http://www jfss.er.jp/teirei.htm) on April 14 and the other at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24, For the former, he spoke about his grandfather who served in the war and about his good memories of Japan. He spoke about how it is not possible to compare the ‘Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. He fielded one question about "Cool Japan.” In the later, he spoke about the textbook issue and that he has a different point of view than the 19 U.S. scholars from the AHA. He said he has received some emails from people saying they agree with him and no threats. He says he knows the writer of the Sankei newspaper articles and that he confirmed some bullet points with him before he wrote the article. He said that in the future he will be sureto mention he is only expressing his own personal views and be explicit that Fulbright not be mentioned. He acknowledged that in U.S. academia he is a bit of a lone wolf for his opinions on these kind of matters. Please let me know your thoughts about this. Regards, pre On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:24 PM, [> @fulbright.jp> wrote: Hi Po Thanks for getting back with me on thi suc. From what I can see from a quick search online, the student, Jason Morgan, has not written online on a blog himself. It seems he gave a talk on April 24 at a conservative nationalist leaning institution meeting and they posted this as news on their website. They report that he American scholars have mistaken and racist perspective on Japanese history based only unquestionably accepting the Tokyo War Trials and that the scholars are prejudiced against any counterarguments to issues such as the visits to Yasukuni shrine, comfort women, the history of Nanking, etc. They quote him as asserting that most U.S. scholars do not read resources or books, in Japanese and that the book by Chinese American Irisu Chang "the raping of Nanking" is a lie. They identified him as a grad student on a Fulbright at Waseda from UW-Madison (On May 2 an article came out in the Sankei News stating that Mr. Morgan submitted a paper to the American Historical Association (AHA) in which he criticizes 19 scholars for a textbook they contributed to for U.S. Publisher McGraw Hill, It states that the criticism is about how facts are represented in the textbook for which there is no proof concerning comfort women. I tried to search for this paper on the AHA website but could not find anything, hup://www. sankei.com/world/news/150502/wor1505020018-n1.huml Subsequently it appears this story has spread and been repeated on some right leaning websites that allow all kinds of comments, Thave met Jason several times during his grant. He is a very kind and mild-manner person so have difficult reconciling the comments from these websites with the person I have met. His,research is about a Taisho era (1920s) lawyer so again I am perplexed as to how or why he ‘would get involved in these controversial historical matters. Thad another matter to contact him by email about today and arranged for us to talk on Wednesday by telephone. First I would like to confirm if this news about his comments is true and if he knows about this. If he stands by this and plans to continue to comment on these sensitive topics I could ask him to do so without identifying himself as a Fulbrighter. In either case, I doubt it will be very hard to get this removed but perhaps we can do damage control from this point forward. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, PVeY On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:55 AM, Pr lastate.gov> wrote: per Fully agree with you that freedom of speech/stating one’s opinion is paramount ‘even if people find it offensive.’ That said, if he is identifying himself/is doing so “in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University’, it warrants our being mindful of it. IT nd | think it would be valuable for us to get a better sense from your end as to the nature of Morgar’s Blog posts/public comments (e.g. who would find them offensive, are they totally ut of line with the views of Japanese politicians, etc.). Then we can gauge if they potentially rise to the level of some form of formal action (hopefully/probably not), or, as you suggest, you reiterating/reminding him of the Fulbright mission and the role of being a Fulbrighter would be an appropriate course of action. Best regards, DIG) PNT Senior Program Officer East Asian & Pacific Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EAP)Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs US. Department of State 2200 € Street, NW Washington, DC 20522-0504 EXOT Phoni Fax: (202) 632-9411 PP Patatezov From: [Jn Behalf of (2) Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 12:03 AM PO} Fulbright Program ([email protected]); ‘Subject: Re: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan HPO Thanks for letting us know about this. Yes, Jason is getting some attention on blogs about his views on this sensitive issue. It looks like he gave a talk which was critical of U.S. scholars at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24 and that story has spread around the internet by Japanese nationalist supporters. His view seems to be quite different than the majority of U.S. scholars and thus put himself in contrarian position Our Term and Conditions stipulate that grantees have complete academic freedom to expres themselves. It also asks grantee to be respectful of the Fulbright mission. I suppose I could ask him to be mindful of being a Fulbrighter to bring understanding and steer away from controversy but ultimately he has the right to say his opinion, even if people find it offensive.rer What do you think? Do you think I should talk with him? Regards, pre PHOT Executive Director Fulbright Japan The Japan-United States Educational Commission Sanno Grand Bldg. 207, 2-14-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 i www. fulbright.ip www facebook.com/fulbrightjapan On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:35 AMP ]@iie.org> wrote: Hello How have you been?Treceived the message below fromPI dh seems concerned about the activities of one of their PhD grantees in Japan (Jason Morgan). I'm not sure if JUSEC has heard anything from Waseda or from other sources, but I just wanted to pass along the information to you. If you'd like me to follow up with the adviser at UW, just let me know Thanks, = ne Senior Program Officer - East As USS. Student Programs Division. Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phong? Fax (212) 984-5325 hup://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/ iginal Message~ Fromf?”*) [mailto PR Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1-44 PM ToPO Subject: Fulbrighter in Japan HiPO | just left a phone message, but thought it might be easier to set up a time to speak with you through email. I've spoken with P7®) ind she thought it'd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves a Current grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan, He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around the issue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women." Some of the historians have been threatened--bomb threats, sexual violence--through the blogs (but not as I understand it in one of his posts). He does so in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University (this information is in the blog posts). He also attended a film screening in the US this April of a documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn't related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people at the university out of concer and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow.Best, Pre ROT Her This email is UNCLASSIFIED.a. Graduate Research Fellows - Ph.D. Students (18) in IIE rank order Name Fiold US. Aflaton Princisa | Aten | Sstect + | Morgan, Jason | Japanese Histo: U. of Wisconsin-Madison x ee eee x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 x : 8 x 9 x 10 x 14 x) 12 x - 13 XQ) 14 x 15 x 16 x 7 x - 18 x) SubTotal:| 14 3 1Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:56:56 +0000 nN Fw: Fulbrighter in Japan ~ Jason Morgan 2of2. From{5@)______]Pstate.gov> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 4:16 PM To bere» cefem———_Jastate gor Subject: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan ~ Jason Morgan PTET Do you have any thoughts regarding this situation and/or similar past experiences? We will check with[®F® ss well, but in this specific case, are these topics he’s speaking on relevant to the Fulbright research he was selected/funded for? if not, is there a potential issue regarding his extra activities taking him away from that primary purpose? Pa] er ] On Behalf Off) juesday, May 19, 2015 9:54 PM Fulbright Program ([email protected]); [7 ‘Subject: Re: Fulbrighter in Japan ~- Jason Morgan I spoke with Jason just a few minutes ago, He confirmed that he stands by the written accounts. on those two websites but says he was not aware of the other blogs that also picked up this story. He apologized many times and said he meant his comments to be those of a private individual and not to be representing Fulbright. 1 told him we respect his right to academic freedom but that in the future if he gives any talks or comments about sensitive political topics that he make sure he is not identified as a Fulbrighter. He was very understanding and said he will be careful to do so in the future. He offered to ask the websites to remove the sentence that identifies him as a Fulbright scholar. T think that if we ask to have that removed now, it might look like we pressured him and fan the flames. Perhaps it is best to leave it and just be careful going forward. In fact, it is good that 1 talked with him today because he said he will meet with another newspaper reporter this afternoon,He said he gave two talks in April. One to the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (http://www jfs.grjp/teirei.htm) on April 14 and the other at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24. For the former, he spoke about his grandfather who served in the war and about his good memories of Japan. He spoke about how it is not possible to compare the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. He fielded one question about "Cool Japan." In the later, he spoke about the textbook issue and that he has a different point of view than the 19 U.S. scholars from the AHA. He said he has received some emails from people saying they agree with him and no threats. He says he knows the writer of the Sankei newspaper articles and that he confirmed some bullet points with him before he wrote the article, He said that in the future he will be sure to mention he is only expressing his own personal views and be explicit that Fulbright not be mentioned. He acknowledged that in U.S. academia he is a bit of a lone wolf for his opinions on these kind of matters. Please let me know your thoughts about this. Regards, PET ‘On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Px HiPOr wrote: Thanks for getting back with me on this issue. From what I can see from a quick search online, the student, Jason Morgan, has not written online on a blog himself. It seems he gave a talk on April 24 at a conservative nationalist leaning institution meeting and they posted this as news on their website. They report that he said American scholars have a mistaken and racist perspective on Japanese history based only unquestionably accepting the Tokyo War Trials and that the scholars are prejudiced against any counterarguments to issues such as the visits to Yasukuni shrine, comfort women, the history of Nanking, etc. They quote him as asserting that most U.S. scholars do not read resources or books in Japanese and that the book by Chinese American Irisu Chang "the raping of Nanking" isa lie. They identified him as a grad student on a Fulbright at Waseda from UW-Madison, hutps://jinf,jp/news/archives/15808 the Sankei News stating that Mr. Morgan submitted a paper to the American Historical Association (AHA) in which he criticizes 19 scholars for a textbook they contributed to for U.S. Publisher McGraw Hill. It states that the criticism is about how facts are represented in the textbook for which there is no proof concerning comfort women. | tried to search for this paper on the AHA website but could not find anything,m/world/news! Subsequently it appears this story has spread and been repeated on some right leaning websites that allow all kinds of comments Thave met Jason several times during his grant. He is a very kind and mild-manner person so I have difficult reconciling the comments from these websites with the person I have met. His research is about a Taisho era (1920s) lawyer so again I am perplexed as to how or why he would get involved in these controversial historical matters. Thad another matter to contact him by email about today and arranged for us to talk on. Wednesday by telephone. First I would like to confirm if this news about his comments is true and if he knows about this. If he stands by this and plans to continue to comment on these sensitive topics I could ask him to do so without identifying himself as a Fulbrighter. In either case, I doubt it will be very hard to get this removed but perhaps we ean do damage control from this point forward. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, pe On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:55 AM[>™_______———_—_J@state. gov> wrote: Ma Fully agree with you that freedom of speech/stating one’s opinion is paramount ‘even if people find it offensive.” That said, if he is identifying himself/is doing so ‘in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University’, it warrants our being mindful of it,@ nd I think it would be valuable for us to get a better sense from your end as to the nature of Morgan's blog posts/public comments (e.g. who would find them offensive, are they totally out of line with the views of Japanese politicians, etc.). Then we can gauge if they potentially rise to the level of some form of formal action (hopefully/probably not), or, 8s you suggest, you reiterating/reminding him of the Fulbright mission and the role of being a Fulbrighter would be an appropriate course of action. Best regards, pe vey Sentor Program Officer East Asian & Pacific Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EAP) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs US. Department of State2200 € Street, NW Washington, DC 20522-0504 Phone) Fax: (202) 632-9411 Pe state.gov Fron 0d Behalf of [PX Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 12703 AM Toei Ce: JUSEC (RT | Fulbright Program ([email protected]); Ie) ‘Subject: Re: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan Hi ‘Thanks for letting us know about this. Yes, Jason is getting some attention on blogs about his views on this sensitive issue. It looks like he gave a talk which was critical of U.S. scholars at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24 and that story has spread around the intemet by Japanese nationalist supporters. His view seems to be quite different than the majority of U.S. scholars and thus put himself in contrarian position. Our Term and Conditions stipulate that grantees have complete academic freedom to express themselves. It also asks grantee to be respectful of the Fulbright mission. I suppose I could ask him to be mindful of being a Fulbrighter to bring understanding and steer away from controversy but ultimately he has the right to say his opinion, even if people find it offensive. er iat do you think? Do you think I should talk with him? Regards, We 2 ecutive Director Fulbright Japan The Japan-United States Educational Commission Sanno Grand Bldg. 207, 2-14-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokvo 100-0014 Tape www.fulbright jp www. facebook.com/fulbrightjap:On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:35 AM, [7 [email protected]> wrote: Hello | How have you been’ [received the message below from PRT }vho seems concerned about the activities of one of their PhD grantees in Japan (lason Morgan). I'm not sure if JUSEC has heard anything from Waseda or from other sources, but I just wanted to pass along the information to you. If you'd like me to follow up with the adviser at UW, just let me know ‘Thanks, a) WET Senior Program Officer - East Asia-Pacific USS. Student Programs Division Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phon®© Fax (212) 9R4-5305 hutp://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/ [orer Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1:44 PM To: Pa Subject: Falbrighter in Japan HET | just left a phone message, but thought it might be easier to set up a time to speak you through email. I've spoken with ind she thought it'd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves a current grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan. He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around the issue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women." Some of the historians have been threatened--bomb threats, sexual violence--through the blogs (but not as I understand it in one of his posts). He does so in hiscapacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University (this information is in the blog posts). He also attended a film screening in the US this April of a documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn't related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people at the university out of concern and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow. Best, Der ERG This email is UNCLASSIFIED. This email is UNCLASSIFIED.[email protected] Sun, 8 Feb 2015 20:38:25 -0600 yo) Subject: REMINDER: Connecting Business and Generating Leads - Thoughts on Strategy in the Age of Social Media and Big Data. 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PLEASE DO NOT Reply to this em: contact us here | If you have questions or want more information, please To unsubscriber from our mailing list please click HERE.----Original Message roman) —ie.org> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:23 AM To: [051 Fulbright jp> [O° Bstate gov> Cc: Fulbright Program ; MS5[™™ Bye) state. gov> Subject: RE: 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Student Selection Thanks [OO ETT Senior Program Officer - East Asia-PacificU.S. Student Programs Division Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phone [bxar Fax (212) 984-5325 htto://www.us.fulbrightonline.or Original Message-—- From: }fulbright.jp] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 538 AM To: po Cc: Fulbright Program; MSS{"™ Subject: 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. Student Selection Dear End PHT The Japan-U.S. Educational Commission approved the selection of the U.S. students to Japan for FY2014, Please see the attached spreadsheets. The Embark has been updated accordingly. Please note that P% PRET Thank youvery much, and please let us know if you have any questions, Bestregards, Manager Fulbright Grant Program Japan-U.S. EducationalCommission ‘Sano Grand Building 207 2-14-2 Nagata-choChiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 JAPAN reL: PPO FAX: 81-3-3580-1217 E-mailf™ Grant Section E-mail [email protected] http://www fulbright jp This email is UNCLASSIFIEDFrom: ie ore> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 10:02 AM Jastate.gov> Subject: RE: FSB Notifications for Japan. {FY2014 U.S. Students} Thanks and welcome back!! We Senior Program Officer East Asia-Pacific U.S. Student Programs Division Institute of International Education £809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phone [be] Fax (212) 984-5325 htto://www_us fulbrightonline.or From:P) state.gov} ‘Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 11:59 PM To:e__ Subject: FSB Notifcations for Japan. {FY2014 U.S. Students} Importance: High DRT | just arrived back today from the regional meeting in Taipei. Unfortunately your e-mailbelow went into my “Junk E-mail’...o did not see it until today since we donot see our “Junk E-mail” on the blackberry. have reviewed/confirmed the information we received from JUSEC, and approve IIE sending out the FSB notification messagesto the candidates listed below. Please let me know if youneed anything else. Bestregards, [exer PrET ‘Senior Program Officer East Asia & Pacific Fulbright Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EAP) Office of Academic Exchanges Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs U.S. Departmentof State 2200 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20522-0504 Phone {eve Fax: (202) 632-9411 [RO Jastate.govOriginal Message——- From: [He ie. or3) Sent: Wednesday, March 26,2014 11:02 AM Tofexe) Subject: FSB Notifications for Japan, HetloP Can you please confim ECA approval orlIE to send FSB notification messages tothe following candidates: Graduate Students Name PIG) US. Affiliation 1 Morgan, Jason Japanese History U. of Wisconsin Madison 2 He He He nTPBT per PTET pur nT PTET 10 EET ROT perey EETa} a} eT 4 DIG) PIG Graduating Seniors Name Field US. Affiliation 1 PBT foxy oa [rerDET PET Bo) PET PNT Da ERG ETTThanks, Wer poner Senior Program Oificer - East Asia-Pacific US. Student Programs Division Institute of Intemational Education '809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 Phone Fax (212) 984-5325 bbtipi//us.fulbrightonline.ore! This email is UNCLASSIFIED.JOn Behalf oF [7 Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 354 PM Tom ces Fulbright Program (program@ fulbright jo) {7 Subject: Ke: FUTDTgMiter in Japan — Jason Morgan ETT I spoke with Jason just a few minutes ago. He confirmed that he stands by the written accounts on those two websites but says he was not aware of the other blogs that also picked up this story. He apologized many times and said he meant his comments to be those of a private individual and not to be representing Fulbright. I told him we respect his right to academic freedom but that in the future if he gives any talks or comments about sensitive political topics that he make sure he is not identified as a Fulbrighter. He was very understanding and said he will be careful to do so in the future. He offered to ask the websites to remove the sentence that identifies him as a Fulbright scholar. 1 think that if we ask to have that removed now, it might look like we pressured him and fan the flames. Perhaps it is best to leave it and just be careful going forward. In fact, itis good that T talked with him today because he said he will meet with another newspaper reporter this aftemoon. He said he gave two talks in April. One to the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies (http:/wwsw jfss.er,jp/teirei.htm) on April 14 and the other at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24. For the former, he spoke about his grandfather who served in the war and about his good memories of Japan. He spoke about how it is not possible to compare the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials. He fielded one question about "Cool Japan." In the later, he spoke about the textbook issue and that he has a different point of view than the 19 U.S. scholars from the AHA. He said he has received some emails from people saying they agree with him and no threats. He says he knows the writer of the Sankei newspaper articles and that he confirmed some bullet points with him before he wrote the article, He said that in the future he will be sure to mention he is only expressing his own personal views and be explicit that Fulbright not be mentioned. He acknowledged that in U.S. academia he is a bit of a lone wolf for his opinions on these kind of matters. Please let me know your thoughts about thi Regards,On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 5:24 PM,[>® \@fulbright.jp> wrote: Hee |] Thanks for getting back with me on this issue. From what I can see from a quick search online, the student, Jason Morgan, has not written online on a blog himself. It seems he gave a talk on April 24 at a conservative nationalist leaning institution meeting and they posted this as news on their website. They report that he said American scholars have a mistaken and racist perspective on Japanese history based only unquestionably accepting the Tokyo War Trials and that the scholars are prejudiced against any counterarguments to issues such as the visits to Yasukuni shrine, comfort women, the history of Nanking, etc. They quote him as asserting that most U.S. scholars do not read resources or books in Japanese and that the book by Chinese American Irisu Chang "the raping of Nanking” is a lie. They identified him as a grad student on a Fulbright at Waseda from UW-Madison. (On May 2 an article came out in the Sankei News stating that Mr. Morgan submitted a paper to the American Historical Association (AHA) in which he criticizes 19 scholars for a textbook they contributed to for U.S. Publisher McGraw Hill, It states that the criticism is about how facts are represented in the textbook for which there is no proof concerning comfort women. I tried to search for this paper on the AHA website but could not find anything, hup://www. sankei.com/world/news/150502/worl505020018-n1 hum! Subsequently it appears this story has spread that allow all kinds of comments, nd been repeated on s me right leaning websites Thave met Jason several times during his grant. He is a very kind and mild-manner person so T have difficult reconciling the comments from these websites with the person Ihave met. His research is about a Taisho era (1920s) lawyer so again I am perplexed as to how or why he would get involved in these controversial historical matters. Thad another matter to contact him by email about today and arranged for us to talk on Wednesday by telephone. First I would like to confirm if this news about his comments is true and if he knows about this. If he stands by this and plans to continue to comment on these sensitive topics T could ask him to do so without identifying himself as a Fulbrighter. In either case, I doubt it will be very hard to get this removed but perhaps we can do damage control from this point forward. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks, PoOn Sat, May 16, 2015 at 5:55 AMP) [email protected]> wrote: Fo Fully agree with you that freedom of speech/stating one’s opinion is paramount ‘even if people find it offensive.’ That said, if he is identifying himself/is doing so ‘in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University”, it warrants our being mindful of PET think t would be valuable for us to get a beter sense from your end as to the nature of Morgan's blog posts/public comments (e.g. who would find them offensive, are they totally ‘out of line with the views of Japanese politicians, etc.). Then we can gauge if they potentially rise to the level of some form of formal action (hopefully/probably not), or, as you suggest, you reiterating/reminding him of the Fulbright mission and the role of being a Fulbrighter would be an appropriate course of action Best regards, Py poner Senior Program Officer East Asian & Pacific Programs Branch (ECA/A/E/EAP) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs U.S. Department of State 2200 € Street, NW Washington, DC 20522-0504 er Phoned Fax; (202) 632-9411 OL [astate.zovOn Behalf of Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 12:03 AM Tope - ce! susec Fulbright Program ([email protected]); rer ‘Subject: Re: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan 1p] Thanks for letting us know about this. Yes, Jason is getting some attention on blogs about his views on this sensitive issue. It looks like he gave a talk which was critical of U.S. scholars at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24 and that story has spread around the internet by Japanese nationalist supporters. His view seems to be quite different than the majority of U.S. scholars and thus put himself in contrarian position Our Term and Conditions stipulate that grantees have complete academic freedom to express themselves. It also asks grantee to be respectful of the Fulbright mission. I suppose I could ask him to be mindful of being a Fulbrighter to bring understanding and steer away from controversy but ultimately he has the right to say his opinion, even if people find it offensive. TT What do you think? Do you think I should talk with him? Regards, Pai} Executive Director Fulbright Japan ‘The Japan-United States Educational Commission Sanno Grand Bldg. 207, 2-14-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 Tel P| www. fulbrightjp On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:35 AM, PO |@iie.org> wrote: Hetlo > ___] How have you been? received the message below from[RT SOS jwho seems concerned about the activities OF one of their PRD grantees in Japan (Jason Morgan). I'm not sure if JUSEC has heard anything from Waseda or from other sources, but I just wanted (0 pass along the information to you. If you'd like me to follow up with the adviser at UW, just let me know. Thanks, Ie DEY Pacific ‘Senior Program Officer - East As USS. Student Programs Division Institute of International Education 809 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017 PhondO¥ Fax (272) 984-5305 hup://www.us.fulbrightonline.org/ Original Message~ From:[P) [mailto PE Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 1-44 PM ToS) Subject: Fulbrighter in Japan 1 just left a phone message, but thought it might be easier to set up a time to speak with you through email. I've spoken with, and she thought it'd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves a current grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan. He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around the issue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women." Some of the historians have been threatened~bomb threats, sexual violence--through the blogs (but not as T understand it in one of his posts). He does so in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University (this information is in the blog posts). He also attended a film screening in the US this April of a documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn't related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people at the university out of concen and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow. Best, ERGY nN) This email is UNCLASSIFIED.TT Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:56:30 +0000 PREY FW: Fulbrighter in Japan FYI- is was the first email I received ——original Mesage feat one> Sen fra, May DOTS PM To: [Oe jiusec for P_ |; Fulbright Program (programa ulbrghtap) ——_Jand she thought itd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves a current grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan,He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around the issue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women," Some of the historians have been threatened-~-bomb threats, sexual violence~-through the blogs (but not as T understand it in one of his posts). He does so in his eapacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University (this information is in the blog posts). He also attended a film screening in the US this April of documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn't related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people atthe university out of concem and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow. Best, BRGY Bo) PG)0 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 20:56:28 +0000 pve) Favs FW: Fulorighter in Japan (Jason Morgan} fo estate gov> a 2:45 PM rol? [exer Jastate.gov> Subject: RE: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan (Jason Morgan} Thanks ~ | will follow-up with [BR] This email is UNCLASSIFIED. DIS TZ42 PM ‘Subject: RE: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan {Jason Morgan} I think we need to know more from[PX8._pbout the nature of Morgan’s blog posts, who would find them offensive, are they totally out of line with the views of Japanese politicians, etc to see if they rise to the level of grounds for suspension/termination under FSB policies (probably not), or whether intervention bby PIG) Jas he suggests, is sufficient. This email is UNCLASSIFIED. On Behalf OFfF% = JUSEC [PET |; Fulbright Program ([email protected]); ‘Subject: Re: FW: Fulbrighter in Japan Hip ‘Thanks for letting us know about this.Yes, Jason is getting some attention on blogs about his views on this sensitive issue. It looks like he gave a talk which was critical of U.S. scholars at the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals on April 24 and that story has spread around the internet by Japanese nationalist, supporters. His view seems to be quite different than the majority of U.S. scholars and thus put himself in contrarian position Our Term and Conditions stipulate that grantees have complete academic freedom to express themselves. It also asks grantee to be respectful of the Fulbright mission. I suppose I could ask him to be mindful of being a Fulbrighter to bring understanding and steer away from controversy but ultimately he has the right to say his opinion, even if people find it offensive. ‘What do you think? Do you think I should talk with him? Regards, ERGY [per Executive Director Fulbright Japan The Japan-United States Educational Commission Sanno Grand Bldg. 207, 2-14-2 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0014 reso) www. fulbright.jp www.fucebook.com/fulbrightjapan On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 3:35 AMP? laiic.org> wrote: Hellof% How have you been? I received the message below from [OO vho seems concerned about the activities of one of their PhD grantees in Japan (Jason Morgan). I'm not sure if JUSEC has heard anything from Waseda or from other sources, but I just wanted to pass along the information to you If you'd like me to follow up with the adviser at UW, just let me know. Thanks,OL TRY Senior Program Officer - East Asia-Pacific USS. Student Programs Division. Institute of International Education 809 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 a Fax (212) 984-5325 http://www us.fulbrightonline.org/ Subject: Fulbrighter in Japan I just left a phone message, but thought it might be « jer to set up a time to speak with you through email. I've spoken with[O® land she thought it'd be good to talk with you about the situation too. This involves a current grad student from UW-Madison in Japan, Jason Morgan, He has apparently been very active on several extremist right wing blogs in Japan around the issue of the open letter from US historians concerning Japan during the second world war and the Korean "comfort women." Some of the historians have been threatened--bomb threats, sexual violence--through the blogs (but not as I understand it in one of his posts). He does so in his capacity as UW-Madison History graduate student, Fulbright Fellow and researcher at Waseda University (this information is in the blog posts). He also attended a film screening in the US this April of a documentary denying the history of forced prostitution and spoke at the event (ostensibly about his research, although the topic wasn't related to his research) . There are people in Japan who have read the blogs and contacted people at the university out of concern and then I was also contacted because he is doing this in part in his role as Fulbright Fellow. Best, eo ERT DIG)