Click here to read my feature article on climate tech startups in The Asahi Shimbun! For this article, I conducted an interview with a co-founder of the climate tech job board Climatebase. The article is only in Japanese, and marks my third byline in a Japanese article for Asahi. 「産業革命以来、最大の変革」　国内外で気候テックが注目される理由 市野塊、米テキサス州オースティン=合田禄／取材協力＝エイダン・リリーエンフェルド2023年9月4日 7時00分 今年の主役の一つは「気候テック」だった。 　毎年3月に米テキサス州で開かれるテックイベント「サウス・バイ・サウスウェスト（SXSW）」。過去には、ツイッターや配車サービスのウーバー・テクノロジーズ、民泊仲介のAirbnb（エアビーアンドビー）などのスタートアップ（新興企業）が世界的な注目を浴びるきっかけとなった。 　魚類にやさしい水力発電のタービン開発、溶かした塩を使った蓄熱・蓄電技術、醸造技術を使ったパーム油の代替品――。 … Continue reading 「産業革命以来、最大の変革」　国内外で気候テックが注目される理由 [The Asahi Shimbun]

Click here to read my article on a planned (2025) permanent exhibit in the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) on the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, published in the English-language section of The Asahi Shimbun. This is the English-language version of a Japanese article that made front page in Asahi's morning edition, on this … Continue reading Smithsonian museum to show A-bombed cities in 2025 [The Asahi Shimbun]

Click here to read my article, which made front-page in The Asahi Shimbun morning edition, on the planned permanent exhibit on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki--coming to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in 2025. There is also an English version, about which I will make a separate post. This news was … Continue reading 原爆投下後の写真、スミソニアン博物館が展示計画　世論反発の過去も [The Asahi Shimbun]

Click here to read my article in The Asahi Shimbun on Chinese researchers coming to the US in fewer numbers as a consequence of greater US-China geopolitical tensions and anti-Chinese legislation in the US. The article is only in Japanese, and it marks my first byline in a Japanese article for Asahi. プリンストン=合田禄 取材協力=エイダン・リリーエンフェルド 2023年6月29日 … Continue reading 中国系研究者の「米国離れ」加速、スパイ対策の「意図しない結果」[The Asahi Shimbun]

Click here to read this article in The Asahi Shimbun. I received named credit for my contribution, viewable at the bottom of the article. U.S. Representative Mark Takano, a California Democrat answers questions during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Aug. 10, 2022. (Reuters) Mark Takano, a Japanese-American who is the first … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Openly gay U.S. lawmaker: Japan needs to protect LGBT people [The Asahi Shimbun]

Click here to see the photo I took of Okinawa governer Denny Tamaki for The Asahi Shimbun [full article here]. The caption, "沖縄県の玉城デニー知事=エイダン・リリーエンフェルド撮影," in English reads "Governor Denny Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture (Photo by Aidan Lilienfeld).

Click here to read my article for The Asahi Shimbun, based on my interview with Ryan Shaffer, the president of the Japan-America Society of Washington, DC. By Aidan Lilienfeld Crowds pack the Sakura Matsuri in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2019. (photo provided by Ryan Shaffer) WASHINGTON, D.C.--In business, culture and politics, the friendship between … Continue reading Interview: Don’t neglect Japan-U.S. friendship ‘garden’ [The Asahi Shimbun]