On this day, Jan. 15, the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 89 years old. His life and nonviolent philosophy have interested me for many years.
To gain a bit more clarity on how King is viewed in Japan, a while back I corresponded with two Japanese professors who have written about King and the civil rights movement in America.
According to Makoto Kurosaki of Kanda University of International Studies, the common Japanese student's experience of learning about King in school is limited.