This course examines Japan's foreign policy and its relationship with the world since 1945. The class will be held as a seminar, and active participation is expected. There are three underlying perspectives/themes throughout the class, which we will refer to during each session. -Realist/Strategic perspective: The US-Japan alliance is supported by the public as the best way to keep Japan safe and secure, the “Plan A” for Japan. What does Japan need to do to keep “Plan A” viable? Or, should Japan need to consider a “Plan B” or some revisions to the “Plan A”? -Norms/Values perspective: I will discuss the four “values” inherent in Japanese foreign policy: pacifism, universal values, developmentalism, and Asianism. How do they change and intersect across time? To what extent do values matter? Are they shared by the public and reflected in policy? -Domestic Politics/Civil-Military Relations perspective: How do Japan’s foreign policy decision-making process and institutions differ from other countries? What are its historical origins, and how has it evolved?

This course examines Japan's foreign policy and its relationship with the world since 1945. The class will be held as a seminar, and active participation is expected. There are three underlying perspectives/themes throughout the class, which we will refer to during each session. -Realist/Strategic perspective: The US-Japan alliance is supported by the public as the best way to keep Japan safe and secure, the “Plan A” for Japan. What does Japan need to do to keep “Plan A” viable? Or, should Japan need to consider a “Plan B” or some revisions to the “Plan A”? -Norms/Values perspective: I will discuss the four “values” inherent in Japanese foreign policy: pacifism, universal values, developmentalism, and Asianism. How do they change and intersect across time? To what extent do values matter? Are they shared by the public and reflected in policy? -Domestic Politics/Civil-Military Relations perspective: How do Japan’s foreign policy decision-making process and institutions differ from other countries? What are its historical origins, and how has it evolved?

The purpose of this course is to examine how Japan’s transformation into a modern nation was shaped and represented through visual culture. Great emphasis is placed on group work, as students are expected to actively collaborate with peers to analyze visual materials, share perspectives, and co-construct knowledge. Through these interactive and cooperative activities, students will also have the opportunity to enhance their English communication skills and connect with a community of internationally minded peers. この授業では、日本が近代国家へと変化していく過程を、当時の絵画や写真、広告などの「視覚資料」を通して学びます。授業では、オンライン教材やビデオ講義、歴史資料を用いながら、ディスカッションや課題に取り組みます。特にグループワークを重視しており、視覚資料の分析やプレゼンテーションなどを通して、学生同士が協力しながら学びを深めていきます。これらの活動を通して、視覚的リテラシー、歴史的思考力、異文化理解力を養うとともに、英語によるコミュニケーション能力の向上も目指します。国際的な視野を広げたい方や、英語を実践的に使って学びたい方に適した内容となっています。

This course aims to provide students with a survey of Japanese society and culture in the years between the end ofthe Russo-Japanese War (1905) and the Mukden Incident (1931), often referred to with the term "Taisho Democracy." As this period was marked by social and political trends that anticipated the post-World War II democratized regime, it is hoped that the survey will afford a better understanding of contemporary Japan and its people. The period saw a rapid growth and structural transformation of Japan's economy amidst a disorderly world situation. The major economic change drew people from rural areas to cities, developing the new middle "salaryman" class and its highly Westernized consumer culture; on the other hand, the change led to regional disparities and class distinctions, which in turn created social unrest and cultural divisions on a national scale. This course will explore a wide range of texts taken from such fields as socio-political history, literature, cultural criticism, art history, popular culture, etc., in order to understand the cultural complexity of the era.

This course aims to provide students with a survey of Japanese society and culture in the years between the end ofthe Russo-Japanese War (1905) and the Mukden Incident (1931), often referred to with the term "Taisho Democracy." As this period was marked by social and political trends that anticipated the post-World War II democratized regime, it is hoped that the survey will afford a better understanding of contemporary Japan and its people. The period saw a rapid growth and structural transformation of Japan's economy amidst a disorderly world situation. The major economic change drew people from rural areas to cities, developing the new middle "salaryman" class and its highly Westernized consumer culture; on the other hand, the change led to regional disparities and class distinctions, which in turn created social unrest and cultural divisions on a national scale. This course will explore a wide range of texts taken from such fields as socio-political history, literature, cultural criticism, art history, popular culture, etc., in order to understand the cultural complexity of the era.

This course investigates the history of Japan from the seventeenth century to today. Students will study the major developments in Japan’s politics, foreign relations, society, and economy since the Tokugawa period. Moreover, students will learn how to critically analyze historical primary sources and to apply this knowledge to Japanese sources of different periods.

1920年代から1930年代にかけての日米関係に関する歴史研究は、その重要性にもかかわらずまだ十分な蓄積がないフロンティアである。また1920年代にはワシントン体制の下で軍縮、国際金融、震災の復興を通じた結びつきが強まる一方で「排日移民法」のような火種があり、1930年代にも満洲事変への不承認主義が示される一方で日本側では英米可分論に立ったアメリカへの期待が根強く残るなど、戦間期の日米関係は全体として安定的だったと評価できるのか、それとも不安定だったと評価できるのか、十分なコンセンサスはまだ存在していない。この点は、戦後の日米安保改定や日米同盟に関する歴史研究がそうしたニュアンスも汲み取りつつ実証的にも理論的にも発展し、学界（少なくとも日本の）で一定のコンセンサスを築いてきたことと、対照的かもしれない。 この授業では、戦間期国際関係史で近年注目される「国際主義」（internationalism(s)）、さらに「太平洋世界」（Pacific world）といった研究動向をふまえ、1920年代の日米関係について、先行研究、および日本側では『日本外交文書』と「外務省記録」、米国側では『FRUS』とRG59・84、といった史料を読み進めることで、日米関係史研究に今後貢献できる余地を探ることを目標とする。

「近代日本における技術革新と経済発展」 Joel Mokyrによる議論を手がかりに技術革新のための諸条件について理論枠組みを学んだ上で、近代日本の経験を具体的に検討する。 過去の技術変遷の軌跡をたどることは、単なる歴史的知見の習得に留まらず、現代社会が直面する停滞の打破や新たなイノベーション創出のための条件を再考する重要な示唆を与えるものである。本講義では、単なる機械の導入にとどまらない「現場の技能」の形成過程や、伝統的セクターと近代セクターの相互作用による技術の普及・定着プロセスに焦点を当てる。これらを通じて、制度、文化、知識のアクセスという多角的な視点から、技術革新が経済発展を牽引するメカニズムを批判的に考察する能力を養う。

本授業は、New Japanese Studiesの一環で、スイス・チューリヒ大学教授のDavid Ciavacci（ダヴィッデ・キアヴァッチ）先生による集中講義として開講します。 ----------------- In this course, we will analyze Japan immigration to Japan since the later 1980s and its political and social consequences. The goal is not only to develop an overview of immigration and immigration policy, but also to be able to situate Japan in current theoretical debates in migration research. In each session, we will look at a theoretical puzzle of migration research and discuss it using the Japanese case study. In the first session, we will address the question of how the timing of Japan’s transformation from a non-immigration country to an immigration country in the late 1980s can be explained. The second session will focus on the relationship between narratives of national identity and their interaction in the frames of immigration in public and political discourses in Japan. Subsequently, in the third session, we will discuss how a gap between official and real immigration policy has also emerged in Japan. The fourth session will be devoted to the integration patterns of new immigrants, comparing the most important theoretical approaches in integration research and their explanatory power for Japan. The liberal paradox between a democratic political order, including the preservation of the international human rights regime on the one hand, and the prioritization of national sovereignty and maintaining the nation as an imagined community on the other, will be addressed in the fifth session. The sixth session will discuss and try to explain the contradiction between Japan as the worldwide forerunner of demographic aging and its restrictive immigration policy until a few years ago. In the seventh and final session, we will take a closer look at the development and changes in Japanese immigration policy, which is characterized by an increasing salience on the national political agenda and acceleration.

This course is designed to offer an overview of Japan’s experience in modernization and how it has extended its assistance to other countries’ modernizing efforts. As the first non-western country to modernize, Japan’s experience, both positive and negative, presents an important reference point for other countries to investigate. This course is conducted in cooperation with JICA, the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Those taking part in the JICA Development Studies Program are required to take this course, while other students are most welcome to take part.