Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2024Year School/Graduate School School of Law Law Day Course
Lecture Code F2139252 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 現代外交史
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ゲンダイガイコウシ
Subject Name in
English
Contemporary Diplomatic History
Instructor YUKAWA HAYATO
Instructor
(Katakana)
ユカワ ハヤト
Campus Higashi-Senda Semester/Term 3rd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Mon5-8:Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M201/202
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
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Face-to-face lecture at Higashi Senda campus and Online (simultaneous interactive)  
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week   Language of Instruction J : Japanese
Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 24 : Social Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 02 : Political Science
Eligible Students 3rd and 4th Year Students
Keywords Japanese diplomatic history 
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Class Objectives
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This class which will be focusing on the diplomatic history of postwar Japan, especially on the diplomatic thought of prime ministers during the Showa era. 
Class Schedule lesson1: Introduction
lesson2: Overview of the Japan's diplomacy between the end of the Pacific War and 1960.
lesson3: Postwar Reform/Tokyo Trials
lesson4: Constitution of Japan and Public Opinion
lesson5: Yoshida Shigeru Cabinet
lesson6: Hayoyama Ichiro Cabinet
lesson7: Kishi Nobusuke Cabinet
lesson8: Revision of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty
lesson9: Japan-China Relations
lesson10: Sato Eisaku Cabinet
lesson11: Japan-Kore Relations
lesson12: Okinawa Reversion
lesson13: Nakasone Yasuhiro Cabinet
lesson14: Problems of Historical Perception
lesson15: TBA

report examination 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
参考書:五百旗頭真編『戦後日本外交史』第3版(有斐閣、2010年)
増田弘『戦後日本首相の外交思想ー吉田茂から小泉純一郎まで』(ミネルヴァ書房、2016年) 
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Review
Preparation and review is recommended through reference books. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Grading will be based on the report examination (100%). 
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