Funabashi Yoichi is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Asahi Newspaper and author of many books. He received his Ph.D. from Keio University, Japan and has held numerous academic positions in the US and Japan. Currently, he is chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF).
Barak Kushner teaches Japanese History at the University of Cambridge, UK and is the author ofThe Thought War - Japanese Imperial Propaganda (2006), Slurp! A Culinary and Social History of Ramen - Japan's Favorite Noodle Soup (2012) andMen to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice (2015).
