While waiting for time to determine the fate of his predictions, Wardell says he will spend this year writing a thesis on the American telecommunications industry.
During his time at Harvard, Wardell has been an officer of the Harvard Republican Club, the Harvard Philosophy Project and Lead or Leave, a youth organization whose goal is to increase awareness of the federal budget deficit.
Wardell has also been a member of the sailing team and the Adams House ultimate frisbee team.
Since his return from abroad, Wardell says his knowledge of Japan has been put to good use in his work for the campus magazine, Inside Japan.
After graduating from Harvard, Wardell says he plans to enter public service or business. He looks forward to returning to Japan at some point in his career.
Perhaps, as he says one of his teachers in Japan told him, he will return as ambassador someday.