Kazuya Fukuoka is Associate Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph’s University. His research interests include nation and nationalism, collective memory, and IR of East Asia.  His works appear in Asian Politics & Policy, International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, and edited volumes such as Northeast Asia’s Difficult Past: Essays in Collective Memory (Palgrave Memory Studies) and Routledge Handbook of Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia among others.