Our Crowdfunding Groups
Thank you to everyone who helped us reach 77% of our goal for the Brad Richardson Memorial Fund in February by raising $2,310! It is amazing to see how many lives he impacted throughout his career on campus and in the community.
Our giving page is no longer active, but if you would like to provide any additional support to our project, please do so here.
Thank you to the generous donations of those on and off campus, we have raised almost $1,500 during the month of February! These funds will be used to propel the Institute toward the same goals that Brad promoted: supporting academic and outreach activities that promote Japanese Studies on campus and that enhance the interest, knowledge and discourse on Japan-related topics in academic communities and the general public. As today is the last day in the campaign, please forward this on to anyone you think might be interested in donating. With your help we can finish strong.
Here are some of Brad Richardson’s outreach efforts:
Honorary Consul General of Japan for Ohio: Brad Richardson was appointed Honorary Consul General of Japan for Ohio from 1999- 2004 to further strengthen the U.S.–Japan relations, particularly through Japan’s growing ties with the State of Ohio.
Japan-America Society of Central Ohio (JASCO): Brad Richardson was a founding Executive Board Member of the Japan-America Society of Central Ohio (JASCO) in 1997 and served many roles on its board and programming committee through 2015.
Comments from Isao Shoji, President, Japan-America Society of Central Ohio (JASCO):
“Dr. Richardson was the one of the first people who showed me that there are people in Central Ohio who truly care about the U.S.-Japan relationship. More than simply having Japanese friends or having done business with Japanese companies, he was someone who worked diligently and tirelessly to promote this critical relationship because he saw the strategic importance of it. As someone who immigrated from Japan, I know that I benefited tremendously from what people like he did in Central Ohio for someone like me.
“His work is a reminder to me that I, along with others in Central Ohio from Japan, should never forget how fortunate we are here. We cannot take it for granted that this is a such a comfortable, welcoming place. It is a result of decades of relationship building and cultural outreach that made Central Ohio what it is for Japanese natives today. Dr. Richardson was at the forefront of that effort, and I am forever grateful.”
Brad Richardson giving remarks at 2009 Japanese Language Speech Contest
Brad Richardson Lecture 2012: “Can Japan Survive?” Lecture Q&A
We are thrilled to report that the Second Brad Richardson Memorial Lecture had a great turnout with over 95 attendants on Friday, February 17. We would like to translate this enthusiasm into crowd-funding strengths. Brad Richardson made great contributions to the OSU, the State of Ohio, the community of scholars and professionals, and the Ohio-Japan relations. We endeavor to promote the same goals and visions that Brad envisaged, and we would thus like to elevate the Brad Richardson Memorial Fund to the endowment level. The Fund will support academic programs and outreach activities that can enhance the interest, knowledge and discourse on Japan among the campus and general public.
Please consider giving to Brad Richardson Memorial Fund. Our crowd funding closes on February 28, next Tuesday. Your contributions can also be made by a check made payable to “The Ohio State University”. Please include "Buckeye Funder: Richardson" in the memo field of your check and mail it to “The Ohio State University Alumni Association, The Office of Annual Giving, Attn. Megan Murphy, The Longaberger Alumni House, 2200 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, OH 43210”. Please consider giving in any amount to the Brad Richardson Memorial Fund to continue Brad's legacy with engaging lectures such as this one.
2017 Brad Richardson Memorial Lecture:
2017 Brad Richardson Memorial Lecture:
Title: "Japan’s Grand Strategy and the US-Japan Alliance"
When: Friday, February 17, 2017, (Meet & Greet 2:00-2:30), Lecture (2:30 -4:00) and Reception (4:00-5:00)
Where: Mason Hall Rotunda (250 W Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH 43210)
Who: Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director,
Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract: For the past 70 years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan’s security policies would reinforce American interests in Asia. The political and military profile of Asia is changing rapidly, however. North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs, China’s rise, and the relative decline of U.S. power have commanded strategic review in Tokyo just as they have in Washington. What is the next step for Japan’s security policy? Will confluence with U.S. interests-- and the alliance-- survive intact? Will it be transformed? Or will Japan become more autonomous? Professor Samuels will explore how changes in the regional security environment have intersected with changes in domestic Japanese politics to shape Japan’s grand strategic choices.
Bio: Richard Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies. He has been head of the MIT Political Science Department, vice-chair of the Committee on Japan of the National Research Council, and chair of the Japan-US Friendship Commission. He has also been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and was awarded an imperial decoration, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese Prime Minister. His study of the political and policy consequences of the 2011 Tohoku catastrophe, 3:11: Disaster and Change in Japan, was published by Cornell University Press in 2013. Samuels' Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia, was a finalist for the Lionel Gelber Prize for the best book in international affairs. Machiavelli's Children won the Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies and the Jervis-Schroeder Prize from the International History and Politics section of American Political Science Association. Earlier books were awarded prizes from the Association for Asian Studies, the Association of American University Press, and the Ohira Memorial Prize. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, International Security, Political Science Quarterly, International Organization, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, National Interest, Journal of Japanese Studies, and Daedalus. Since 2014 he has been Einstein Visiting Fellow at the Free University of Berlin, where he directs a research group on East Asian Security during the summer.
Free and open to the public.
This event made possible in part by the Brad Richardson Memorial Fund, the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant to The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.
Who was Brad Richardson?
Bradley M. Richardson, Professor Emeritus in Political Science, the founding Director of the OSU Institute for Japanese Studies and a former Honorary Consul General of Japan for Ohio who promoted Japanese studies and raised awareness of U.S./Japan, including and especially the Ohio-Japan, relations. We seek to continue his legacy through various academic, educational and outreach programs made possible with this funding.
Leadership on campus: Brad Richardson was the Director of the Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) from its inception in 1985 till 2002. He also was the Director of the East Asian Studies Center (EASC) during 1977-1980 and 1999-2002.
Scholarly pursuits: Brad Richardson was a leading scholar in Japanese politics as well as a notable academician, lecturer and author on Japanese culture, business and politics, and received the Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award in 1996.
Education: Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1966; M.A., Columbia University, 1960; A.B., Harvard College, 1951.
University Service: Director, East Asian Studies Center; Founding Director, Institute for Japanese Studies
Languages: Japanese, Spanish, German, French
Specialization: Japanese politics: comparative political behavior, policy-making in Japan; event analysis.
Publications: “Political Parties in Japan,” in Political Parties, eds. L. Diamond and R. Gunther, John Hopkins University Press, 2002; “Japan’s 1955 System and Beyond,” in Political Parties and Democracy, eds. L. Diamond and R. Gunther, John Hopkins University Press, 2002; “Political Traditions and Political Change: The Significance of Postwar Japanese politics for Political science,” Annual Review of Political Science, co-auth. D. Patterson, 4, 93-115, 2001; Japanese Democracy: Power, Coordination & Performance, Yale University Press, 1998; The Japanese Voter, co-auths. J. Watanuki, S. Flanagan, et al., 1991. [Career Publications: 22]
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