Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
HISTORY OF JAPAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGBORING COUNTRIES UJPN334 6. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Elective
Mode of delivery
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Goals to make students grasp the general points of Japanese diplomacy between 1952-1990.
Course Content Relations between Japan-Korea, Japan-Communist China, Japan-Soviet Union and Japan-Southeast Asian countries after 1945.
Learning Outcomes 1) Dominate the history of Japanese political and diplomacy with keywords
2) Understand the occupation in Japan
3) to understand the background of Japanese political and economic situations today
4) to understand the Japanese-Korean relations after the WWII
5) to understand the background of Chinese-Japanese relations today
6) to understand in general Soviet-Japanese relations
7) to understand the relations between Japan and Southeast Asian countries

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Basic concepts Lecture
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Basic concepts Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework Presentation (Including Preparation Time) Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Explanation of Japan's occupation period between 1945-52 Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
4. Week Explanation of Japan's occupation period between 1945-52 Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
5. Week Japanese political history and Japanese economy between the years 1952 and 1965 Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
 Homework
6. Week Japanese political history and Japanese economy between the years 1952 and 1965 Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
7. Week The Normalization Process of Japan-Korea Relations Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
8. Week The Normalization Process of Japan-Korea Relations Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
9. Week The Normalization Process of China-Japan Relations Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
10. Week The Normalization Process of China-Japan Relations Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
11. Week Japan-Soviet Union Relations Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
12. Week Japan-Soviet Union Relations Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
13. Week Japan-Southeast Asia Relations Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium
Problem Based Learning 		Homework
14. Week Japan-Southeast Asia Relations Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Brainstorming; Colloquium; Debate
Problem Based Learning 		Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Amakawa Akira. 2014. Senryōka no Nihon -Kokusai Kankyō to Kokunai Taisei-, Tokyo: Gendai Shiryō Shuppan.
Andō Yoshio and others (edit). 1976. Shōwa Keizaishi, Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha.
Gluck, Carol. 1993. "The Past in the Present", Gordon, Andrew (edit.). Postwar Japan as History. Berkeley, Los Angeles and Oxford: University of California Press, 64-95.
Kawashima Shin and Hattori Ryūji (edit.)．2007．Higashi Ajia Kokusai Seijishi, Nagoya: Nagoya Daigaku Shuppankai．
Miura Yōichi. 1996. Yoshida Shigeru to San Furanshisuko Kōwa -Jō-, Tokyo: Ōtsuki Shoten.
Tuncoku, A. Mete, 2013. Japon Dış Politikası: Sistemik ve Bölgesel Aktörlerle İlişkiler, Ankara. Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık.
Yoshizawa Seijirō. 1973. Nihon Gaikōshi 29 -Kōwago no Gaikō (I) Tai Rekkoku Kankei (Ge)-, Tokyo: Kajima Kenkyūjo.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 4 4
Homework 4 4
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 1
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 14 2
Midterm Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 1
Final Exam 1 1
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 1
1 1
Dönem Sonu Sınavı (DSS) 1 1
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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