DrIan McArthur

BA (Hons Japanese language and literature), UQ; Diploma of Education (Japanese and English), UQ; PhD. (Japanese Studies), USyd

Ian McArthur is a former Tokyo correspondent for the Herald and Weekly Times group of newspapers. In 2002, he completed a PhD in Asian Studies at The University of Sydney. He has taught in Japanese language, Japanese Studies, and Asian Studies programs at universities in the Sydney area. He has also taught in Media in Asia programs at Macquarie University and at the Sydney international campus of Central Queensland University. Ian works as a translator, English language teacher, editor, and writer. In 2009, he was a recipient of the third Inoue Yasushi Award for Outstanding Research in Japanese Literature in Australia. The award was for his paper,Narrating the Law in Japan – Rakugo in the Meiji Law Reform Debate, in the Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. See:www.japanesestudies.org.uk/articles/2008/McArthur.htmlIan’s website is at henryblack.com.au