Kiyoshi Kawakami

Kiyoshi "Karl" Kawakami (河上清 "Kawakami Kiyoshi") (8 August 1873 - 12 October 1949) was a Japanese Christian journalist who published several anti-war books in the United States and the United Kingdom. He was born in Yonezawa, educated in the law in Japan, and was for a short time engaged in newspaper work in that country. In 1901 he came to the United States and studied at the universities of Iowa and Wisconsin. In 1905, engaged in journalism, he traveled extensively in China, Siberia, and Russia. He was a correspondent for leading newspapers in Tokyo and a frequent contributor to American magazines and newspapers. He is also known as K. K. Kawakami.

He was once a socialist and "Karl" (from Karl Marx) was a nickname dating from his student days.

Selected bibliography

* "Political Ideas of the Modern Japan" (1903)
* "American-Japanese Relations: An Inside View of Japan's Policies and Purposes" (1912)
* "Asia at the Door" (1914)
* "Japan and World Politics" (1917)
* "Japan and World Peace" (1919)
* "The Real Japanese Question" (1921). ISBN 0-405-11275-0
* "Jokichi Takamine: A Record of His American Achievements" (1928)
* "Japan Speaks on the Sino-Japanese Crisis" (1932)
* "Manchoukuo: Child of Conflict" (1933). ISBN 0-404-03639-2
* "Japan in China, Her Motives and Aims" (1938)

ee also

* Tanaka Memorial

External links

* [http://homepage3.nifty.com/reveal/conspiracy/1932.htm About Conspiracy of Japan] (from his "Japan Speaks" in 1932)