INRL 250M Topics in Modern Japanese Politics
Explores a variety of topics in the context of modern Japanese culture and politics, with a changing focus every other year. Students participate in seminars in politics and culture in Japan, and engage in cultural immersion activities with fellow Japanese students. Topics will include gender, diversity, and identity in Japan, comparative politics in Japanese contexts, or modern Japanese foreign policy. Students will explore these in terms of the impact of global economic structures, WWII, Nuclear Disarmament and Peace movements in Japan, US-Japanese relationships, women's role in business, politics, and society, minority and indigenous rights in Japan, and Japan's relationships with its neighbors.