SUİ436

School of Economics and Administrative Sciences \ Political Science and International Relations

3

6

Elective

English

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The course is departmenal elective for SUİ program. Students from other departments can take it as an elective course

This course takes an interdisciplinary approach to examining Japan and global discussions related to Japan. Although the course is titled "Japanese Foreign Policy," it is designed to provide students with fundamental knowledge about Japan in a broader context.

To achieve this, the course begins with an introduction to Japan’s historical, geographical, demographic, and cultural foundations. It then covers key topics such as Japan’s early modern period, Japanese modernization, Imperial Japan, post-war economic development, and domestic politics, all of which are analyzed within the framework of Japan’s foreign policy.

• Andrew Gordon, 2005 A
Modern History of Japan: From
Tokugawa Times to the Present,
Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
• Glenn D. Hook, Julie Gilson,
Christopher Hughes and Hugo
Dobson.2001. Japan's
International Relations: Politics,
Economics, and Security.
Routledge: London and New
York.
• G. John Ikenberry &
Mastanduno, Michael (ed),
2003, International Relations
Theory and the Asia-Pacific,
Columbia University Press: New
York.
• Peter Duus, 1998, Modern Japan,
Houghton Mifflin Company:
Boston, New York
• Conrad Totman, 2000, A history
of Japan, Malden, Mass.:
Blackwell Publishers
• Taniuchi, M., 2014, The
Japanese Economy: Then,
Now, and Beyond. Cengage:
Singapore

This course serves as a general introduction to Japan while also functioning as a practical course where students can apply the concepts and topics they have learned over four years to the study of Japan. By the end of the course, students are expected to develop a fundamental understanding of Japan and Japanese Studies, providing them with a foundation to continue their research in the field.

1. Students will be able to apply the concepts and topics they have learned over four years to the study of Japan.
2. They will be able to compare Japan’s modernization, historical processes, and foreign policy analysis with Turkey.
3. They will be able to utilize all sub-disciplines of Social Sciences as analytical tools in their studies on Japan.
4. They will be able to analyze Japan from economic, legal, and sociological perspectives while considering the connections between these sub-disciplines.
5. They will examine Japan’s foreign policy not only in relation to Asia but also in its interactions with other regions using theoretical frameworks
6. Students will conduct thematic research on Japan.
7. They will present their research in class engaging in collective discussions on presentation techniques.
8. They will make presentations in English

Week 1: Basic information about Japan: Geography, demography, climate, culture, religions, minorities, society, basic cultural elements, roots of the Japanese nation. Week 2: Ancient and Classical Japan and the Feudal Period (Edo/Tokugawa Period)
Week 3: Early Modern Japan: The end of the Tokugawa order and the Meiji Restoration, Japanese Modernization: Meiji Reforms, Japan's rise to "World Power" status, Imperial Japan: Expansionism and collapse
Week 4: Early Modern Japan: The end of the Tokugawa order and the Meiji Restoration, Japanese Modernization: Meiji Reforms, Japan's rise to "World Power" status, Imperial Japan: Expansionism and collapse
Week 5: Early Modern Japan: The end of the Tokugawa order and the Meiji Restoration, Japanese Modernization: Meiji Reforms, Japan's rise to "World Power" status, Imperial Japan: Expansionism and collapse
Week 6: Midterm Exam
Week 7: Post-war Japan
Week 8: Cold War Japan's global political-economic policies and domestic policy
Week 9: Japanese Economy: General Outlook and “Bubble” Economy
Week 10: Aging and Its Effect on Social State
Week 11: Aging and Its Effect on Social State
Week 12: China-Japanese Relations

• Midterm 30 %
• Final 40 %
• Participation 30 %