Academic Year |
2020Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Law Law Day Program |
Lecture Code |
F9006143 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
Subject Name |
Politics and Foreign Relations of Japan |
Subject Name (Katakana) |
ポリティックス アンド フォーイン リレイションズ オブ ジャパン |
Subject Name in English |
Politics and Foreign Relations of Japan |
Instructor |
YOSHIDA OSAMU,MORIBE SEIICHI |
Instructor (Katakana) |
ヨシダ オサム,モリベ セイイチ |
Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, First Semester |
Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1st) Thur9-10:LAW/ECO B152 |
Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style 【More Details】 |
Lecture, Discussion and Presentations by students |
Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language on Instruction |
E
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English |
Course Level |
1
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Undergraduate Introductory
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Course Area(Area) |
24
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Social Sciences |
Course Area(Discipline) |
02
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Political Science |
Eligible Students |
Japanese and non-Japanese students who have some English ability. |
Keywords |
Politics, Political Parties, Government, Foreign Relations, Japan, “husa” |
Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status within Educational Program | |
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Criterion referenced Evaluation | Business Law (Knowledge and Understanding) ・The basic knowledge・understanding on international conditions and peace.
Public Policy (Knowledge and Understanding) ・The basic knowledge・understanding on international conditions and peace.
Law and Politics Program (Knowledge and Understanding) ・The basic knowledge・understanding on modern dynamics of political process, contents of social structures and international situation. |
Class Objectives /Class Outline |
This course is aimed at providing the basic knowledge and understanding of Japanese politics, both domestic and foreign, in English for Japanese and non-Japanese students. Current policy debates on domestic and foreign policies of Japan and its new style of politics since the political reform of 1994 will be explored. Students are expected to actively participate in the discussion that follows the lecture delivered by the instructors. |
Class Schedule |
1. Introduction I: Politics in Japan 2. Structures of Japan’s Polity 3. The Diet: Carbon-Copy, Transformable Legislatures or political Arena? 4. Parties and Party System: Re-alignment or De-alignment? 5. Interest Groups: Insider or Outsider? 6. Ministries and the Cabinet: Fragmentation or Integration? 7. Politics in Changing Japanese Society 8. Summary of Part I II: Foreign Relations of Japan 9. A Member of the West: The Centrality of Bilateral Relations with US in Japan’s Foreign Policy 10. Relations with Neighbors: Asia as the Dependent Variables until the 1970’s 11. Relations with Asia and Fukuda Doctrine 12. Revivalism of Nationalist Tendency in Foreign Policy 13. Japan's Foreign Relations after the End of the Cold War 14. Future Prospect of Japan's Foreign Policy 15. Summary of Part II |
Text/Reference Books,etc. |
No course book. The second part of the lecture will be supplemented with hand-outs. |
PC or AV used in Class,etc. |
From May 7 this class will be started using remote lecturing systems of Bb9 and Microsoft Teams. |
Suggestions on Preparation and Review |
No preparation is required, but reviewing the lessons through checking distributed hand-outs or notes taken is recommended. |
Requirements |
Students are required to operate a certain level of English. |
Grading Method |
The levels of participation in the discussion will be considered for evaluation. Either presentations by the students at the class or term papers will be required for evaluation. |
Practical Experience |
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Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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Message |
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Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |