• Advanced Topics in Finance: Japanese Financial Management , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Major current financial issues and problems. (C) Japanese financial management; (D) portfolio management theory; (E) capital asset analysis; (F) stocks, bonds, and modern instruments. Pre: BUS 617 or consent.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/fin.htm - September 18, 2004

• Economy of Japan , George Wahington University
  Analysis of Japanese economic institutions and their contribution to Japan's development.
  www.gwu.edu/~eastasia/courses/grd_desc.htm - August 12, 2004

• Introduction to the Economy of Japan , George Washington University
  Analysis of the structure and growth of the Japanese economy.
  www.gwu.edu/~eastasia/courses/ug_desc.htm - August 12, 2004

• Japanese Political Economy , Boston University
  No course description at this site.
  www.bu.edu/eas/courses.html - September 22, 2004

• Liew, Leong , Griffith University
  Associate Professor, Department of International Business & Asian Studies, Griffith University East Asian, especially Chinese and Japanese Political Economy International Business and Finance Applied Economic Modelling
  www.gu.edu.au/school/gbs/ibas/staff/leong_liew.html - November 11, 2004

• A Clash of Capitalisms: Foreign Shareholders and Coporate Restructuring in 1990s Japan , Ahmadjian, Christina L.; Robbins, Gregory E.
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” This paper examines the conflict between stakeholder- and market-based business systems that resulted from an increase in foreign portfolio investment in the Japanese economy in the 1990’s. As foreign institutions, which were more interested in investment returns than in long-term relationships, replaced domestic shareholders, one of the fundamental pillars of Japan’s stakeholder capitalism began to crack, and Japanese firms began to adopt practices more characteristic of Anglo-American market economies. In an analysis of 1626 listed Japanese firms between 1990 and 1997, we found that foreign shareholders increased a firm’s propensity to downsize and divest assets. The effect of foreign shareholders was strongest among firms less integrated into the existing Japanese system—those with lower levels of shareholding by domestic corporations and financial institutions. There is little evidence that foreigners exerted pressure directly through shareholder activism. Rather, as firms’ resource dependencies shifted from domestic to foreign capital, their behavior shifted accordingly.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Adams, Gerard F. , Northeastern University
  McDonald Professor, College of Business Administration, Northeastern University Geographic Regions: Japan, Thailand Research Areas: macroeconomics, growth, development, planning, fluctuations, quantitative economic methods and data, trade and economic relations, finance, foreign aid, investments, industry, agriculture, natural resources, energy and mineral issues.
  web.cba.neu.edu/~fgadams/ - November 17, 2004

• Aggarwal, Raj , Kent State University
  Firestone Chair in Finance, Graduate School of Management Kent State University Geographic Regions: ASEAN, Northeast Asia, Japan, South Asia, India, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Thailand Research Areas: banking, business issues, economics, finance, foreign investment, financial institutions and markets, industry, management, political economy, technology transfer, trade and economic relations
  business.kent.edu/dean/firestone/ - November 11, 2004

• Alexander, Arthur J. , Japan Economic Institute
  Arthur J. Alexander, President of the Japan Economic Institute in Washington, D.C. writes on topics such as Japan's civil aviation industry, Japanese technology, economic growth and international economic policy. Dr. Alexander holds a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.
  jei.org/AboutJEI/About_staff.html - October 11, 2004

• Aliber, Robert , University of Chicago
  Professor of International Economics and Finance, University of Chicago Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: external impact of policies, finance, financial policy and practices, growth, international economics
  portal.chicagogsb.edu/portal//server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_332_207_0_43/http%3B/portal.chicagogsb.edu/Facultycourse/Portlet/FacultyDetail.aspx?&min_year=20044&max_year=20053&person_id=151824 - November 11, 2004

• Anchordoguy, Marie , University of Washington
  Associate Professor, Chair, Japan Studies Jackson School of Interenational Studies, University of Washington. Courses: Readings in the Political Economy of Japan Japanese Business and Technology.
  faculty.washington.edu/anchor/ - October 6, 2004

• Anders, Gary Carson , Arizona State University West
  Professor, School of Management, Arizona State University West Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: economics, business issues, competitiveness policies, firm microeconomics
  www.west.asu.edu/icgca/ - November 11, 2004

• Asako, Kazumi , Hitotsubashi University
  Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University Specialization Macroeconomics, Japanese Economy Current Research: Macroeconomics and empirical analysis of the Japanese economy. He is currently involved in projects on monetary and fiscal policies, statistical issues in identifying business cycles, and the sustainability of government deficits. His other areas of interest include: accumulation of social overhead capital, global warming, and policy measures for increasing the population of younger generations.
  www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/English/research/member/asako.html - November 8, 2004

• Asano, Yukihiro , Yokohama National University
  Faculty of Business Administration Yokohama National University Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: finance, economics
  www.business.ynu.ac.jp/kyoju/asano/index_e.html - November 11, 2004

• ASEAN-Japan Competitive Strategy , Yamazaka, Ippei; Hiratsuka, Daisuke, ed.
  IDE-JETRO and research institutes from ASEAN 5 plus Vietnam conducted a joint study. This volume analyses current status of ASEAN economies and Japan in terms of industrial competitiveness and presents tasks that each country has to tackle for industrial upgrading.
  www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Books/Sympro/023.html - November 16, 2004

• Asia Pacific Fusion: Japan's Role in APEC , Funabashi, Yoichi
  Japanese journalist Yoichi Funabashi has written the first in-depth study of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum based on extensive interviews with heads of state and government officials in the region. A key force behind APEC, he argues, is a potential \"fusion\" of Asia-Pacific civilizations propelled by the region s dynamic economic integration. He recounts APEC s six-year history, assesses its potential, and examines the power politics of the region. Released just before the Osaka summit hosted by Japan in November 1995, this book looks closely at Japan\'s interests in APEC and its relations with countries in the region. It provides an intellectual framework for the future evolution of APEC itself and for Japan\'s role in that institution.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=21 - March 24, 2005

• Baxter, James C. , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research, Center for Japanese Studies Specialized Fields: Modern Japanese history Current Research Themes: Financial history; private-sector banks in modern Japan
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/James_C_BAXTER1_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Beagles, J.W. , Center for Strategic & International Studies
  Senior Associate, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC Expertise: U.S.-Japan relations, international trade and finance
  www.csis.org/experts/4beagles.htm - March 31, 2005

• Beechler, Schon K. , Columbia University
  Associate Professor, School of Business ; director of the Senior Executive Program Professor Beechler is currently involved in two major research efforts. The first is a project to measure the impact of executive education training on the global strategic leadership and management competencies of global senior executives. The second is entitled “Organizational Competitiveness: Exploring the Roles of Human Resource Management and Organization Culture in Multinational Corporations,” and is funded by the National Science Foundation.
  www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/faculty/beechler.html - January 17, 2005

• Beresford, Martin D. , Nichibei Associates
  President, Nichibei Associates, San Francisco Geographic Regions: Northeast Asia, Japan Research Areas: foreign investment, trade and economic relations
  www.nichibeiamerica.com/pages/Beresford.html - November 17, 2004

• Bienen, Henry S. , Northwestern University
  President, Northwestern University Expertise: U.S.-Japan Policy
  www.northwestern.edu/president/ - November 21, 2004

• Bones, Bombs and Break Points , Davis, Donald R.; Weinstein, David E.
  Note: In order to access the paper, select publications from the Menu on the left and choose Working Papers. We consider the distribution of economic activity within a country in light of three leading theories: increasing returns, random growth, and locational fundamentals. To do so, we examine the distribution of regional population in Japan from the Stone Age to the modern era. We also consider the Allied bombing of Japanese cities in WWII as a shock to relative city sizes. Our results support a hybrid theory in which locational fundamentals establish the spatial pattern of relative regional densities, but increasing returns may help to determine the degree of spatial differentiation. One implication of our results is that even large temporary shocks to urban areas have no long-run impact on city size.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• Branstetter, Lee , Columbia University
  Associate Professor of Business, Finance and Economics Division He conducts research in the fields of international economics and industrial organization, with a special focus on the economies of East Asia, particularly Japan . He also maintains a strong interest in the economic analysis of technological innovation. His recent research papers have examined foreign direct investment, international technology diffusion and technology promotion policy.
  www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/faculty/branstetter.html - January 17, 2005

• Brinton, Mary C. , Harvard University
  Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Research interests: Gender stratification, labor market organization, education, economic sociology, and Japanese society. She is currently working on a comparative project on the high school-work transition in Japan and the U.S., based on original field research and data collection in Japan. The project uses historical materials, interviews with high school teachers, survey data from employers, and a variety of quantitative data to analyze how the Japanese school-work transition system operates and to assess it from the viewpoints of meritocracy and labor market efficiency.
  www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/brinton/ - November 10, 2004

• Center on Japanese Economy and Business , Columbia University
  Columbia University established the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at the Graduate School of Business in April 1986 under the direction of Professor Hugh Patrick. The central mission of the Center has been to enhance understanding of the Japanese and Asia Pacific economies and their business, financial and managerial systems. An important focus is on Japan's international economic and business relationships in bilateral, Asia Pacific regional and global contexts. The website contains director and staff biographies, events, sponsorships, publications, resources, annual report, faculty in print, and alternative investments.
  www-1.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - January 18, 2005

• CEO Compensation and Firm Performance in Japan: Evidence from New Panel Data on Individual CEO Pay , Kato, Takao; Kubo, Katsuyuki
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” studies on Japanese executive compensation have been constrained by the lack of longitudinal data on individual CEO pay. Using unique 10-year panel data on individual CEO’s salary and bonus of Japanese firms from 1986 to 1995, we present the first estimates on the performance sensitivity of Japanese CEO compensation. Specifically we find consistently that Japanese CEO’s cash compensation is sensitive to firm performance (especially accounting measures), and that the sensitivity of CEO’s cash compensation to ROA is 1.3 to 1.4, which is in general agreement with prior estimates elsewhere. As such, our estimates do not support that Japanese corporate governance is unusually defunct with regard to the significance and size of the sensitivity of CEO compensation to accounting profitability. On the other hand, to be consistent with the literature on Japanese corporate governance that tends to downplay the role of shareholders and stress the role of banks and employees, we find that stock market performance tends to play a less important role in the determination of Japanese CEO compensation. Finally, we find that the bonus system makes CEO compensation more sensitive to firm performance in Japan. The finding is in contrast to the literature on compensation for regular employees in Japan which often argues that bonus is a disguised base wage.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Changing Japanese Corporate Governance , Ahmadjian, Christina L.
  Note: In orderÊ to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” This paper examines the rhetoric and reality of corporate governance reform in post-bubble Japan. I argue that the process of corporate governance reform in Japan is neither one of convergence to a \"global standard\" nor one of inertia, and rather reflects the theme of permeable insulation taken up by other contributors to this volume. Japanese firms are increasingly adopting practices long associated with U.S. corporate governance: small boards, independent directors, and stock options. While these changes have attracted much publicity, they signify relatively little for corporate governance. Boards remain insider-dominated, and the authority of boards of directors vis a visÊthe CEO has been unchanged. Despite the spread of stock options, executiveÊcompensation is only minimally tied to the stock market, and disclosure of executive pay remains far from transparent.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• Choices for Japanese Fiscal Policy , Inoue, Kengo
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” This essay will attempt to make a critical assessment of the debate and to put Japanese fiscal policy into some sort of perspective. In doing so, we look at specific arguments byÊ focusing on the following five headings which are examined in turn.Ê1. Has the effectiveness of fiscal policy been permanently eroded in recent years compared with earlier periods? 2. Does the neutrality theorem -which states rational people react to government fiscal policy in a way that offsets the policy thrust-apply in Japan? 3. Is the Japanese fiscal position so precarious that priority should be give to reducing the deficit? 4. Can there be any means to improve the way public expenditures are allocated? 5. Does an expansive fiscal policy delay necessary structural adjustments?
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Cole, Robert , Cole, Robert
  Member of the East Asian faculty. Professor Cole's research interests include: Japanese work organization, quality, organizational learning, knowledge management, organizational transformation.
  www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/cole.html - February 22, 2005

• Cole, Robert E. , University of California Berkeley
  Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Japanese work organization, quality, organizational learning, knowledge management, organizational transformation.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/cole.html - January 20, 2005

• Corbett, Jenny , The Australian National University
  Professor of Japanese Studies, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National University Research interests/expertise The Japanese economy, particularly banking, macro-economic policy and corporate governance. Banking and financial crisis.
  apseg.anu.edu.au/staff/jcorbett.php - October 6, 2004

• Currencies and Politics in the United States, Germany, and Japan , Henning, C. Randall
  International monetary coordination among the Group of Seven countries periodically falls into disrepair, due partly to the processes and institutions by which each government determines exchange rate and monetary policy. This study outlines the differences in how international monetary policy is made in the United States, Germany, and Japan, and examines how those differences complicate international policy coordination. The factors that affect exchange rate policymaking include inputs from the private sector, central bank autonomy, and the role of each country in the international system. Recommendations are made for institutional reforms that can improve cooperation. Particular attention is given to how the European economic and monetary union will affect monetary cooperation among the United States, Europe, and Japan.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=15 - March 24, 2005

• de Brouwer, Gordon , The Australian National University
  Professor, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University Research interests/expertise Open-economy macroeconomics International finance Economies of Japan, Australia and East Asia Monetary policy and central banking International relations Current Projects Future Financial Arrangements to Support Development in East Asia Monetary policy and central banking in Australia and East Asia Japan economy International and regional financial architecture.
  apseg.anu.edu.au/staff/gdebrouwer.php - October 6, 2004

• Dekle, Robert , University of Southern California
  Professor of Economics, East Asian Studies Center, University of Southern California Research Interests Professor Dekle studies international finance, open-economy and development, macroeconomics and the economies of Japan and East Asia.
  www.usc.edu/assets/college/faculty/profiles/100.html - January 7, 2005

• Destler, I.M. , University of Maryland
  Professor; Director, Ph.D. Program & Director, Program on International Security and Economic Policy He is a scholar who specializes in the politics and processes of U.S. foreign policymaking. His American Trade Politics (Institute for International Economics and Twentieth Century Fund, third edition, 1995), won the Gladys M. Kammerer Award of the AmericanPolitical Science Association for the best book on U.S. national policy.
  www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/papers/destler/destler.html - November 27, 2004

• Distribution Keiretsu, FDI and Import Penetration in Japan , Flath, David
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” An independent wholesaler with many different upstream suppliers is likely to be better at market coverage than if it were the subsidiary of just one supplier. But where wholesale efforts are focused on resolving externalities (by establishing and administering a directed marketing channel), efforts at expanding market coverage have greater marginal cost and will be commensurately retrenched, so independent wholesaling has a smaller payoff. This suggests that directed marketing channels?in Japan known as distribution keiretsu?are more likely than others to be headed by a primary wholesaler that is vertically integrated with the manufacturer. We demonstrate the empirical validity of this by showing that foreign direct investment in Japanese wholesaling is heavily concentrated in marketing channels with relatively high incidence of distribution keiretsu. These same marketing channels tend to have a slightly lower rate of import penetration which is indirect evidence that impediments to inward foreign direct investment still existed in Japan in 1997, our year of observation.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Downsizing and the Deinstitutionalization fo Permanent Employment in Japan , Ahmadjian, Christina L.; Robbins, Gregory E.
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” This study examines the process by which the Japanese permanent employment system was increasingly deinstitutionalized and replaced by downsizing among publicly listed companies in Japan between 1990 and 1997. We found that although economic pressure triggered downsizing, social and institutional pressures shaped the pace and process by which downsizing spread. The greater a firm’s legitimacy and visibility, and the more it depended on organizations and institutions that supported the institution of permanent employment , the more hesitant it was to abandon that practice, even when it had much to lose financially. Specifically, large, old, and high-reputation firms were resistant to downsizing at first, as were firms with high levels of human capital, as reflected by high wages. In contrast, firms with high levels of foreign ownership were more likely to downsize. We found that these social and institutional pressures, however, diminished as downsizing spread across the population. We argue that this is due to a \"safety in numbers\" effect. As downsizing became more prominent, the actions of any single firm were less likely to be noticed and criticized. This is one of the first studies to concurrently examine social and economic influences on deinstitutionalization in a pooled data set. It responds to the call for \"longitudinal studies of institutional activities under conditions of declining performance\" (Oliver, 1992) and adds to the empirical research on deinstitutionalization and population level organizational change.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• Eco HST JAPAN 1850-Pres , Duke University
  The economic achievements and problems of Japan in their historical and comparative context. The prewar and wartime economy; postwar and current issues. How economic development has transformed ordinary people's lives. Instructor: Partner
  www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/0980/ECON/120/ - August 22, 2004

• Economic Development of Japan , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Analysis of growth from Meiji period to present. Problems of population change, capital formation, income distribution, industrial structure.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/econ.htm - September 18, 2004

• Economic History of Japan , University of Pittsburgh
  Between 1868 and the 1990s, the Japanese economy grew from a primarily agricultural one into a sophisticated modern industrial one. In 1868, the average Japanese was a poverty-stricken peasant; in the 1990s, his great -grand children had one of the highest standards of living in the world, complete with VCRs, cellular phones, up-to-date automobiles, laptop computers, world-class health care, and regular trips to London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. The point of this course is to investigate how this remarkable transformation took place. In order to do so, we shall look at the early modern preconditions to economic change in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the beginnings of the process of modernization between 1868 and World War I, the successful rise of capitalism and its concomitant democracy in the 1920s, the world depression and the rise of militarism in the 1930s, the destruction of Japan's economy during World War II, and then Japan's "miraculous" recovery between 1945 and today. One of the major questions asked in the course will be to what extent did Japan become an economic power because of government guidance, and to what extent because of free market forces?
  www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/hist.htm#0401Modern%20East%20Asian%20Civilization - January 16, 2004

• Economic Organization and Development of Japan , Columbia University
  The course examines the growth and structural changes of the post-World War II economy; its historical roots; interactions with cultural, social, and political institutions; economic relations with the rest of the world.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Economic Regulation in Japan: Seminar , Harvard University
  This seminar will both introduce students to Japanese economic regulation and train them to use Japanese-language legal materials. During the fall, students will read a variety of materials on Japanese regulation in both English and Japanese and begin their own research projects. During the spring, they will then lead a class discussion (and complete a paper) on their research subject. Students should have at least two years of language studies or the equivalent; the class is not open to native speakers of Japanese.
  www.law.harvard.edu/academics/registrar/catalog/electives.html - August 24, 2004

• Economics of Japan , University of Pennsylvania
  The major characteristics of the Japanese economy. After a brief description of history, aspects of economic activities of the country will be examined: labor markets, financial markets, international trade, corporate decision making, etc., with special reference to comparison with the United States.Also analyzed are government policies including fiscal policy and taxation, monetary policy and, especially, industrial and trade policy.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - September 21, 2004

• Economics of Japanese Legal Institutions (The) , Harvard University
  In this course, we explore the legal structures that shape the Japanese political, economic, and social environments. Among the topics we address are the logic behind and the effect of: the organization of the legal services industry, the dynamics of adjudication and regulation, and patterns of finance and governance at Japanese firms. All readings are in English-we assume no knowledge of Japanese or of Japanese law. Although much of the analysis will be economic, we also assume no prior knowledge of economics. Because of the overlap between this course and Introduction to Japanese Law, students who received credit for that course may not register for The Economics of Japanese Legal Institutions.
  www.law.harvard.edu/academics/registrar/catalog/electives.html - August 24, 2004

• Economy Of Japan , Michener, Ronald
  This course reviews Japan's economic development from the Tokugawa Era onward, and then explores different sectors and issues of the modern Japanese economy.
  etg08.itc.virginia.edu/cod.pages/20043/ASF/ECON.html - August 26, 2004

• Elder, Mark A. , Michigan State University
  Assistant Professor of Political Economy,ÊÊMichigan State University Research Interests: Japanese and East Asian politics and political economy, comparative and international political economy, comparative economic policy making, comparative politics, business-government relations.
  www.msu.edu/~elderm/ - October 20, 2004

• Elements of the Development of the Japanese Raw Silk Industry: An Explanation by the NK Model , Togo, Ken
  This paper seeks to explain the development of the Japanese raw silk industry through a comparison of three of its major silk producing areas: Suwa, Maebashi, and Usui. The study focuses on the systemic interrelationships between elements of technology, production structure, finance, and market technology. This study highlights the importance of coordination and institutions which strengthen complementarities between elements.
  www.fasid.or.jp/english/publication/occasional/elements.html - November 16, 2004

• Evolving Corporate Governance in Japan , Patrick, Hugh
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” Like the United States, managers of Japan\'s large companies since the early 1950s have had great autonomy because shareholding is dispersed. However most Japanese companies have a s significant portion of their shares stably held by other friendly financial institutions and businesses, a significant component of the integrated, synergistic \"postwar economic system\" embodied in the permanent employment system of industrial relations, the main bank systems, and management independence. Employees rather than shareholders are the main potential constraints, so managers have given strong priority to employee interests.ÊJapan\'s mediocre economic performance since 1991, and a range of publicized corporate scandals is now undermining this system. Government policies and public pressure have improved corporate disclosure and transparency, and have made corporate governance through capital markets feasible. While managers in the future will place greater weight on shareholder interests, only a few companies are likely to adopt the Anglo-American corporateÊgovernance model. More likely is the gradual development ofÊa hybrid approach in which management retainsÊconsiderable autonomy and employee interests remain important.Ê
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - February 28, 2005

• Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Financing Constraints, Hedging, and Exports: Evidence from Firm Level Data , Dekle, Robert; Ryoo, Heajin
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.”Ê An important puzzle in internatio nal macroeconomics is the exchange rateÊ disconnectÊ puzzle. Nominal exchange rates seem to be unrelated to other macroeconomic variables,Ê for example, export quantities. This paper uses Japanese firm level data to examine whetherÊexchange rate fluctuations are strongly related to the export quantities of firms. We build a simultaneous nonlinear structural model with external financing costs, and estimate the model on 14 separate Japanese 4 digit level industries. We find that export volumes at the firm level are significantly affected by exchange rate fluctuations. We find higher elasticit ies of exports with respect to exchange rates than in previous work. Our results cast some doubt on the prevailing wisdom that exchange rates have no effect on trade. Finally, we find in our data that financing constraints play an important role in affecting the sensitivity of exports to exchange rate fluctuations. Firms that are less financially constrained -for example,Êkeiretsu firms- tend toÊhave lower exchange rate elasticities, which is consistent with our model.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Flath, David , North Carolina State University
  Professor and Director of Graduate Program, Department of Economics, College of Management, North Carolina State University Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: economy, industrial organization, microeconomic theory
  www.mgt.ncsu.edu/faculty/economics/dflath.html - November 17, 2004

• Flynn, Michael S. , University of Michigan
  Research Scientist, Transportation Research Institute, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: Studies of the automotive industry, including industry structure, manufacturer-supplier relations, global strategies, market developments, information technology, technology and economic forecasts; comparisons of North American and Japanese companies and/or industries
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=11 - February 18, 2005

• From Cozy Regulation to Competative Markets: The Regime Shift of Japan's Financial System , Patrick, Hugh
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” The Japanese banking and financial systems are substantially along the transformation process of shifting from one regime to a new one. The “postwar” financial regime was characterized by extraordinary high priority placed by the Japanese regulators on financial system safety. To that end they restricted capital market development, and established the conditions in which no bank could fail: deposits and loans to business as the predominant financial instruments; wide interest rate spreads; no entry and no exit mechanisms; close, informal, opaque, administrative guidance by the Ministry of Finance with little disclosure, is what evolved into a cozy, collusive, nontransparent relationship between regulator and those regulated…in other words, the cliché “bank convoy system.” This protected system gradually dissolved once growth in the Japanese economy in the mid-1970s shifted from being supply constrained to inadequate aggregate demand constrained. With credit becoming easily available, deregulation began its very slow, piecemeal, gradual process, evolving to the new financial system regime today based in principle on open, free, competitive financial markets. The transformation was complicated and made much more expensive by the stock and urban real estate bubbles of the late 1980s, the bursting of which destroyed the collateral value of loans, compounded by Japan’s miserable economic performance of the 1990s. Today Japan’s financial system rates on highly competitive capital and loan markets, with Japanese financial institutions weak and engaged in consolidation, and many major foreign financial institutions as active players in many Japanese wholesale financial markets.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• Garnaut, Ross , Australian National University
  Professor of Economics, Division of Economics, Australian National University Research Interests: China's economic reforms and internationalisation; Asia-Pacific economies' development and international economic relations; Australia's economic relations with the Asia-Pacific region; domestic economic adjustment to Asia-Pacific economic development.
  rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/garnr_econ.php - January 23, 2005

• Gerlach, Michael , University of California Berkeley
  Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Japan, international business, strategy and policy.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/gerlach.html - January 20, 2005

• Greaney, Theresa , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Associate Professor of Economics, Faculty, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa Recent Publications: "An Analysis of Japan's Changing Import Behavior." In Japan's Economic Recovery: Commercial Policy, Monetary Policy, and Corporate Governance "Do US-Japan Bilateral Trade Agreements Affect International Trade?" "Promoting Imports to Appease Trade Partners: Japan's New Trade Policies." "Assessing the Impacts of US-Japan Bilateral Trade Agreements, 1980-1995."
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 13, 2004

• Hagen, James A. , Cornell University
  Professor, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University Professor Hagen's research centers on inter-firm relations, especially factors that enhance or limit trust. He also combines his trust scholarship with the study of foreign market entry. A case study he wrote on the role of trust in entering the Japanese market is one of the most widely used case studies at business schools around the world. Hagen's international research focuses largely on Japan, where he has lived, and other parts of Asia.
  aem.cornell.edu/profiles/hagen.htm - December 26, 2004

• Hamada, Koichi , Yale University
  Professor of Economics, Economic Growth Center, Yale University Geographic Regions: Northeast Asia, Japan Research Areas: economics, finance, foreign investment, foreign relations, intellectual property rights, international monetary reform, international trade, law, political economy
  www.econ.yale.edu/faculty1/hamada.htm - November 27, 2004

• Hamao, Yasushi , University of Southern California
  Professor, Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California Dr. Yasushi Hamao, associate professor of finance and business economics, is actively involved in research in international finance, especially on Japanese and Asia-Pacific financial markets and corporate finance.
  www.marshall.usc.edu/web/FBE.cfm?doc_id=1403 - January 7, 2005

• Has Japan's Innovative Capacity Declined? , Nakamura, Yoshiaki
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” This paper examines Japan\'s R&D performance since the early 1980s using several complementary modes of analysis. First, we examine evidence from aggregate economic statistics concerning changes in Japanese corporate R&D. Second, we analyze comprehensive data on R&D inputs and outputs for a panel of nearly 200 Japanese firms. Microeconometric analysis of this data set allows us to examine where any downturn in R&D activity is concentrated, what Japanese firms are themselves doing to rectify the downturn in performance, and what effects these steps have had to date. Third, we relate the results of interviews with corporate R&D managers and informed industry observers concerning their perceptions of changes in Japanese innovative capacity and the reasons for these changes. We find evidence, at the micro level and the aggregate level, of a slowdown in the growth rate of Japanese research productivity in the 1990s.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Hashimoto, Masanori , Ohio State University
  Professor and Chairman, Department of Economics, Ohio State University Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: labor markets, human capital
  www.econ.ohio-state.edu/Nori/nori.html - November 17, 2004

• Hayashi, Ryouzo , Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
  After having a distinguished career with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of JapanÊ(MITI), Mr. hayashi is currently a consulting Fellow of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
  www.rieti.go.jp/users/hayashi-ryozo/index_en.html - October 21, 2004

• Helleiner, Eric , Trent University
  Associate Professor Department of Political Studies Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: political economy, finance
  www.trentu.ca/politics/faculty/helleiner.htm - November 21, 2004

• Hutchison, Michael M. , University of California Santa Cruz
  Interim Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Hutchison's research centers on topics related to international finance and open economy macroeconomics, including exchange rate regimes, international banking and financial systems, Japanese monetary and financial policies, and the economics of European economic integration. His most recent work is on the costs of financial crises, the effects of IMF programs and the effectiveness of official foreign exchange market intervention.
  econ.ucsc.edu/~hutch/ - October 27, 2004

• Idiosyncratic Risk and Creative Destruction in Japan , Hamao, Yasushi; Mei, Jianping; Xu, Yexiao
  Note: In order to access the paper, select Publications from the Menu on the left and choose Working Papers. The dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese equity market provides us with a unique opportunity to examine market-and firm-specific risks over different market conditions. Contrary to the U.S. experience, we document a surprising fall in firm-level volatility and turnover in Japanese stocks after the market crash. Accordingly, correlations among individual stocks have increased and the number of stocks needed to achieve a given level of diversification has declined. As a consequence, we suggest that it has become more difficult over the past decade for both investors and managers to separate high-quality from low-quality firms, making the Japanese market less efficient. Moreover, changes in firm-level volatilities are positively related to corporate bankruptcies, indicating that improvements in information efficiency occur when regulations on corporate bankruptcies are relaxed. These results suggest that the sharp fall in firm-level volatility during the 1990-1996 period could be due to a lack of corporate restructuring. This is more evident for firms with business group and main bank affiliations, whose firm-level volatility is less dependent on economic conditions than that of firms with no affiliations. Thus, we argue that a lack of "creative destruction" may have led to Japanese market inefficiency and a vicious cycle of capital misallocation.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Inflation Targeting Discussions in Japan - unconventional monetary policy under deflation: How People Have Argued; Why the BOJ Opposes Adoption , Fujiki, Minako
  Inflation targeting has been adopted by many centralÊbanks all over the world, and has brought about the successful result of reducing inflation rates and enhancing the central bank’s independence, transparency and accountability. Could this regime also effective work in Japan, whose economy has been suffering from deflation, by creating inflationary expectations? Krugman\'s suggestion in 1998 that Japan introduce as unconventional monetary measure to get out of a liquidity trap by fueling inflation triggered the debate about inflation targeting. A number of economists, policymakers, journalists and central banker both inside and outside Japan have hotly argued the policy and their opinions range from the mundane to the esoteric. This paper seeks to examine both sides of the inflation targeting argument and tries to sort through the confusing discussions.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - February 28, 2005

• Inoki, Takenori , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialized Fields: Labor economics; Japanese economy; history of economic thought Current Research Themes: Comparative studies on bureaucracy, human resource development of white collar workers
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/INOKI_Takenori2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Introductory Course to the Japanese Economy , Lincoln, Edward J.
  The course is a basic introduction to the Japanese economy, with a focus on contemprorary institutions and issues.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/asia/asiaoverview/readinglists/japanreadinglists/JapneseEconomyLincoln.pdf - September 20, 2004

• Is Foreign Direct Investment a Channel of Knowledge Spillovers? evidence from Japan's FDI in the U.S. , Branstetter, Lee
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” Recent empirical work has examined the extent to which international trade fosters international \\\"spillovers\\\" of technological information. FDI is an alternate, potentially equally important channel for the mediation of such knowledge spillovers. I introduce a framework for measuring international knowledge spillovers at the firm level, and I useÊthis framework to directly test the hypothesis that FDI is a channel of knowledge spillovers for Japanese multinationals undertaking direct investments in the United States. Using an original firm-level data set on Japanese firms’ FDI and innovative activity, I find evidence that FDI increases the flow of knowledge spilloversÊ both from and to the investing Japanese firms.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• Janow, Merit E. , Columbia, University
  Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Director of the Master of International Affairs (MIA), Director, Program in International Economic Policy, Co-director, APEC Study Center    She has a unique international career that spans academia, government and business. Her background combines international trade and antitrust law and policy with extensive international experience, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. She grew up in Tokyo Japan, and speaks Japanese.
  www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/RESEARCH/bios/mj60.html - January 31, 2005

• Japan and the Pacific Rim: Developmental Perspectives , University of Pennsylvania
  Examination of the economic trends and resulting social changes in the countries of the Pacific Rim. It focuses on the effects of globalism, especially in the urban environment.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Japan Financial Report , Fukao, Mitsuhiro; Harada, Nobuyuki
  The report discusses the Profitability of Japanese Industries: Non-financial Sectors, Banks and Life-Insurance Companies.
  www.jcer.or.jp/eng/ - November 18, 2004

• Japan's Economy in the New Century: A New Vision for Growth , Miyagawa, Tsutomu; Ito, Yukiko
  In order for Japan to liberate itself from these recurring crises, the country needs not only a short-term policy, but and medium to long-term vision of economic growth. If Japan can undergo a structural reform that will make efficient use of its accumulated stock of R&D and social capital, under a continuous environment of a depreciating yen, then Japan will grow at an average rate of 1.6% per year by the year 2025. A surplus will be attained in the primary balance in 2011, due to the reduction in public investment and srastic reform in the social security sector on the fiscal scale.
  www.jcer.or.jp/eng/ - November 18, 2004

• Japan's Financial Crisis and Its Parallels to US Experience , Posen, Adam; Mikitani, Ryoichi
  Japan is only one of many industrialized economies to suffer a financial crisis in the past 15 years, but it has suffered the most from its crisis—as measured in lost output and investment opportunities, and in the direct costs of clean-up. Comparing the response of Japanese policy in the 1990s to that of US monetary and financial policy to the American Savings and Loan Crisis of the late 1980s sheds light on the reasons for this outcome. This volume was created by bringing together several leading academics from the United States and Japan—plus former senior policymakers from both countries—to discuss the challenges to Japanese financial and monetary policy in the 1990s. The papers address in turn both the monetary and financial aspects of the crisis, and the discussants bring together broad themes across the two countries’ experiences. As the papers in this Special Report demonstrate, while the Japanese government’s policy response to its banking crisis in the 1990s was slow in comparison to that of the US government a decade earlier, the underlying dynamics were similar. A combination of mismanaged partial deregulation and regulatory forebearance gave rise to the crisis and allowed it to deepen, and only the closure of some banks and injection of new capital into others began the resolution. The Bank of Japan’s monetary policy from the late 1980s onward, however, was increasingly out of step with US or other developed country norms. In particular, the Bank of Japan’s limited response to deflation after being granted independence in 1998 stands out as a dangerous and unusual stance.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=319 - March 24, 2005

• Japan's Internal Debt , Beim, David
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” Does internal debt matter? Japan’s yen-denominated public debt now totals 140% of GDP, and this number continues to rise rapidly. What constraints will this growing debt finally encounter? I argue that finance can postpone but not eliminate payments owed by the government to the private sector. The combination of continuing Keynsian budget deficits, bleeding banks, over-leveraged municipalities and massive pension liabilities will ultimately bring into question the credibility of the government’s many promises. The result could be a massive issuance of new currency.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Japan's International Trade and Technology , Yoshida, Phyllis Genther
  The course examines Japan's emergence as one of the world's most advanced economies.  It provides a foundation for understanding Japan's science, technology and trade policies, and effectively applying that understanding to current policy issues.  It highlights how Japan responded to economic and technological challenges and, in turn, how the United States altered its perception of its own global competitiveness to address Japan's challenge.
  icp.gmu.edu/course/syllabi/00sp/718.htm - September 21, 2004

• Japanese Economic Development , University of Alberta
  No course description at this site.
  www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia/course_offerings.htm - September 22, 2004

• Japanese Economy , University of Pennsylvania
  The purpose of this six-week mini-course is to provide students with a basic but comprehensive understanding of main features of the contemporary Japanese economy and its relations with the United States. The course will cover most important issues such as persistent external imbalances, high yen/weak dollar, the hollowing-out of Japanese manufacturing, banking crisis in Japan, business practices, FDI-trade linkages, etc.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Japanese Economy and Economic Policy , Fujii, Eiji
  This course is designed to introduce students to the operation and management of the Japanese economy and its impact on Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. Stress will be given to the analytic and policy interest in the operation and management of an economic system built on different social and institutional foundations from that of our own and the interaction between the Japanese economy and other economies, particularly the Australian economy.
  ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=ECON2008 - August 5, 2004

• Japanese Economy and Economic Policy , Fujii, Eiji
  This course will introduce students to the operation and managment of the Japanese economy and its impact on the interational economy, including Australia and the Australia-Pacific region. Stress will be given to the analytic and policy interests in the operation and management built on different social and institutional foundations from those in Australia.
  ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=ECON8008 - August 5, 2004

• Japanese Industrialization and Economic Growth , Mosk, Carl
  Japan achieved sustained growth in per capita income between the 1880s and 1970 through industrialization. Moving along an income growth trajectory through expansion of manufacturing is hardly unique. Indeed Western Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States all attained high levels of income per capita by shifting from agrarian-based production to manufacturing and technologically sophisticated service sector activity. Still, there are four distinctive features of Japan\'s development through industrialization that merit discussion: proto-industrial base, investment-led growth,Ê and total factor productivity growth. The author analizes these stages and provides a useful analytical framework for understanding Japan\'s industrial development. Ê
  eh.net/encyclopedia/?article=mosk.japan.final - March 3, 2005

• Kato, Takao , Colgate University
  Professor and Presidential Scholar, Department of Economics, Colgate University Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: labor market, industrial relations, human resource management
  people.colgate.edu/tkato/ - November 17, 2004

• Kato, Tetsuro , Hitotsubashi University
  Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University Geographic Regions: Japan, Germany, Russia Research Areas: political economy, economics, modern history, politics (domestic issues)
  www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~katote/Home.shtml - November 28, 2004

• Katz, Richard , The Oriental Economist
  Richard Katz is the Editor-in-Chief of The Oriental Economist Report (TOE), with responsibility for coordinating the newsletter's coverage of the Japanese economy. He is also a special correspondent for the Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese weekly business magazine published by Toyo Keizai. A veteran journalist, Mr. Katz has been writing about Japan and US-Japan relations for 25 years. His articles have appeared in both Japanese and American national publications. For several years, Mr. Katz was a Visiting Lecturer in Economics at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.
  www.orientaleconomist.com/staff_katz.html - November 10, 2004

• Kawaguchi, Hiroshi , Waseda University
  Professor, Department of Economics, Waseda University, Japan Research Interests: History of Japanese economic activity and thought
  www.waseda.jp/seikei/english/faculty/pages/kawaguchi-hiroshi-e.html - January 15, 2005

• Kawahito, Kiyoshi , Middle Tennessee State University
  Professor of Economics and Director Japan-U.S. Program,  College of Business, Middle Tennessee State University Geographic Regions: Japan, US-Japan comparative education systems Research Areas: economic relations with US, business practices
  www.mtsu.edu/~kawahito/ - November 17, 2004

• Kawakatsu, Heita , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialization: Comparative socio-economic history
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/KAWAKATSU_Heita2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Keio Frontier Research & Education Collaborative Square (K-FRECS) , Keio University
  Innovation is essential to society, and to promote new approaches K-FRECS was established in 2001 at three Keio locations: the Shin-Kawasaki Town Campus of Keio, the Tsuruoka Town Campus of Keio (TTCK) in Yamagata Prefecture, and at the Nowton Court Campus of Keio (NCK) in the United Kingdom. It is at these locations where the various faculties of Keio University can come into direct contact with the local community. Under the auspices of both local industry and government, Keio University\'s superior academic and human resources are applied to leading-edge research activities in the form of collaboration that transcends the traditional barriers that surround academia.
  www.keio.ac.jp/05/07.html - November 11, 2004

• Lim, Linda , University of Michigan
  Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business, School of Business, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: Japan\'s economic relations with Southeast Asia
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=23 - February 18, 2005

• Limitations and Side Effects of Using Fiscal Policy to Adjust Business Cycle: Lessons from Japan*1 , Zhang, Shuying
  The discussion paper is made up of three parts. The first part covers the perios after World War II. It analyses the fiscal policy of Japan regarding adjusted business cycle, examining its policy basis from a historical perspective. The second part analyses public finance and how it had an adjusted effect on prosperity in Japan. The third part analyses the economic side-effects of the public investment.
  www.cass.net.cn/chinese/s30_rbs/english/publication/zhangsy-e1.htm - November 9, 2004

• Lincoln, James R. , University of California Berkeley
  Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: International business and management, particularly Japanese management; organizational design, interorganizational networks, organizational theory and research methods; labor and industrial relations.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/lincoln.html - January 20, 2005

• Masahiko, Aoki , Stanford, University
  Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies (Emeritus), Stanford University Research Interests: The theory of the firm, Japanese economy, comparative economic institutions. Current Research: Why do different institutional arrangements develop in different economies and what are their implications?
  www-econ.stanford.edu/faculty/aoki.html - October 6, 2004

• McKinney, Joseph A. , Baylor University
  Professor of International Economics,Department of Economics, Baylor University Research Areas: business issues, development, economics, international trade policies, regional economic cooperation, trade and economic relations, US policy toward
  business.baylor.edu/Joe_McKinney/ - November 3, 2004

• Measuring the Costs of Protection in Japan , Sazanami, Yoko; Urata, Shujiro; Kawai, Hiroko
  This is the companion volume to Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Kimberly Ann Elliott\\\'s Measuring the Costs of Protection in the United States (1994). It assesses Japanese trade barriers by identifying price differentials between imports and their (imperfect) domestic substitutes and then calculating the welfare effects of the implied trade barriers. The authors find that import barrier in place in 1989 cost Japanese consumers $105 billion, about 3.6 percent of GNP. If all such barriers were removed, Japanese imports could increase by $47 billion. The authors believe that the cost of import protection has increased in recent years. The book contains an overview chapter which describes parallels and differences in the US and Japanese structures of protection and compares the aggregate results.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=32 - March 24, 2005

• Milhaupt, Curtis , Milhaupt, Curtis
  Curtis J. Milhaupt is the Fuyo Professor of Law and director of the Center for Japanese Legal Studies at Columbia Law School. He holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and an editor of the Columbia Law Review. Prior to joining the Columbia Law School faculty in 1999, Professor Milhaupt practiced law in New York and Tokyo, principally in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and international finance, and began his academic career at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Milhaupt has served as visiting professor of law at University of California at Los Angeles, visiting scholar at the Bank of Japan Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, and Japan Foundation Fellow at the University of Tokyo. He has also served as a member of an international team of scholars advising on Korean unification, where he was responsible for designing a privatization plan for North Korean state-owned enterprises. His principal areas of research interest include comparative corporate governance; financial regulation; Japanese law, particularly corporate and banking law; law and economics; and institutional economics. Professor Milhaupt has written on a broad range of comparative law topics, including venture capital, deposit insurance, and organized crime, and is coauthor of Japanese Law in Context: Readings in Society, the Economy, and Politics. Professor Milhaupt published \"On the (Fleeting) Existence of the Main Bank System and Other Japanese Economic Institutions\" in Law and Social Inquiry (spring 2002). He is currently editing a volume entitled Global Markets, Domestic Institutions: Corporate Law and Governance in a New Era of Cross-Border Deals (forthcoming, Columbia University Press, 2003). This volume grew out of a major project he directed, which included two conferences on corporate governance held at the Law School in 2001-2002, culminating in a major public conference that drew corporate and finance scholars, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - February 28, 2005

• Motono, Eiichi , Waseda University
  Professor, Department of Economics, Waseda University, Japan Research Interests: Socio-economic history of Asia History of Sino-British relations Sino-Japanese relations
  www.waseda.jp/seikei/english/faculty/pages/motono-eiichi-e.html - January 15, 2005

• Mun, Se-il , Kyoto University
  Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University Research Interests: Urban Economics, Transport Policy
  www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~mun/ - February 17, 2005

• Nakamura, Masao , Sauder School of Business
  Dr. Nakamura is Chair and Professor of Konwakai Japan Research as part of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. His research and teaching interests include Japanese and Asian economies and he has published numerous books and articles concerning international business issues and economies in Asia.
  pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/nakamura/ - October 22, 2004

• Nakamura, Osamu , International University of Japan
  Associate Professor, International Relations Progtram International University of Japan Research Interests: 1) Productivity in the geriatric economy in Japan 2) Income distribution and economic growth 3) Decentralized systems and sustainable economic growth in the Japanese regional economies.
  www.iuj.ac.jp/web/iuj_section.cfm?item=130807 - October 6, 2004

• Okuno-Fujiwara, Masahiro , Tokyo University
  Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: finance
  www.e.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~okuno/index_e.html - November 17, 2004

• Ouchi, William , University of California Los Angeles
  Professor, Anderson Graduate School of Management, UCLA Research Interests: Management in Japan Management Theory (Theory Z)
  www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Ouchi.htm - January 20, 2005

• Parallel Imports and the Japan Fair Trade Commission , Flath, David; Nariu, Tatsuhiko
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” We review the facts pertaining to some recent antimonopoly cases in Japan involving interference with unauthorized imports, so-called parallel imports, and propose economic explanations for the behavior of the foreign manufacturers in these cases. The intellectual property law of Japan provides a mechanism for private obstruction of parallel imports but under the antimonopoly law of Japan as implemented by the Japan Fair Trade Commission such obstruction is per se illegal. To the extent that price discrimination is the rationale for obstruction of parallel imports the JFTC policy hasÊÊpromoted lower prices and increased economic welfare in Japan. But we argue that in several of the cases we examine the rationale for obstructing parallel imports was to preserve incentives for distributors to invest and innovate and to preserve efficient marketing arrangements that depended upon resale price maintenance.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Parker, Paul , University of WaterlooResearch Areas: energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, environment, Environmental Policy, automobile industry, foreign investment, technology transfer
  Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, environment, Environmental Policy, automobile industry, foreign investment, technology transfer
  www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/geography/Faculty/parker.html - November 17, 2004

• Patrick, Hugh , Patrick, Hugh
  Hugh Patrick is Director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, Co-Director of Columbia\'s APEC Study Center, and R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus at Columbia University. He joined the Columbia faculty in 1984 after some years as Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic Growth Center at Yale University. He completed his B.A. at Yale University in 1951, earned M.A. degrees in Japanese Studies (1955) and Economics (1957) and the Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Michigan in 1960. He has been a visiting professor at Hitotsubashi University, University of Tokyo and University of Bombay.Professor Patrick\'s current research is in three areas. One is Japanese corporate governance in comparative perspective, specifically considering the systems and practices in the United States, Korea, and Indonesia. A second is his ongoing research on Japanese banking and the financial system. Third, he is engaged as one of the five members of the organizing committee with Professors David Weinstein of Columbia, Takatoshi Ito and Mariko Fujii of the University of Tokyo, and Tokuo Iwaisako of Hitotsubashi University on a major project titled \"Solutions for the Japanese Economy.\"
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - February 28, 2005

• Patrick, Hugh T. , Columbia, University
  Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School    Research: Japan's macroeconomic performance and policy, banking and financial markets, government-business relations, and Japan United States economic relations.
  www-1.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/director/ - January 31, 2005

• Policy Challenges and the Reform of Postal Savings in Japan , Scher, Mark J.
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” This paper discusses the current policy challenges to the existence of Japan\'s postal saving system, the main repository for Japan\'s household savings.Some critics have erroneously conflated the investment function of mobilized funds that occurred under the government\'s managed by the Ministry of Finance, with the collection mechanism managed separately by the Ministry of Posts. Critically reviewed are the efficacy and wisdom of the search for market-oriented investment policies in view of the public\'s real fears for the safety of their savings; current proposals to privatize, not only the postal savings system but also the post delivery system itself and the potential loss of essential services to rural populations.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Problems of the Japanese Economy , Columbia University
  The course is primarily intended for Ph.D. students who want to specialize in Japan. Salient issues of the Japanese economy that have attracted considerable academic attention.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Public-Interest Corporations in Japan Today: Data-Scientific Approach , Sakasawa Peace Foundation
  This article describes the results of a statistical survey for public-interest corporations in Japan Today. First the brief introduction of position of public-interest corporations in non-profit organizations in Japan is given. Then, the probability sampling design and the methods to heighten the quality of data are shown with its evaluation. The multifarious features of public-interest corporations are depicted by various methods of data analysis. The characteristic features of public interest corporations, which are hidden in data, are revealed by a sophisticated method of data science. The Japanese characteristics of public-interest corporations are also elucidated.
  www.spf.org/e/special/p_interest.html - November 9, 2004

• Putting E-Commerce to Work: The Japanese Convenience Store Case , Rapp, William; ul Islam, Mazhar
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.”Investment of IT (Information Technology) came to be positively advanced in various industries after 1980. However, in the late 1980s, as for the improvement in the productivity by the investment of information systems, the economist Robert Solow developed the \"paradox of productivity theory\" which claims that the introduction of information systems does not lead to higher productivity. On the other hand, as a result of good strategy on the development of IT industries, the U.S. economy after 1991 was in good condition over a span of 10 years, until 2001. The Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan came to suggest \"the New Economy theory\", which is caused by the investment of IT. It posed a problem in the1980s about investment of IT in the industries and the companies; it is not clear whether or not it made a good impact on corporate management. In this paper, we have measured the economical effects of IT investment by industries in Japan. Consequently, in Japan, the effect of IT investment in most industries will be low or minus in the first half of the 1990s, compared with the second half of the 1980s. However, the effect of IT investment is again changed to a rise or plus after 1995. This has a big relation to the advancement of IT, such as evolution of an information network, and there is also change in the management of IT itself. These results will support our objective which is to consider the directions of more effective IT investment, as well as to give the right direction of corporate management for the future in Japan.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• Quarterly Forcast of Japanese Economy , Ishida, Kazuhiko; Nagamachi, Rieko; Iiduka, Nobuo
  The periodical provides a comprehensive analysis of trends in Japanese economy.
  www.jcer.or.jp/eng/ - November 18, 2004

• Rosenbluth, Frances , Yale University
  Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: political economy, comparative political economy, regulatory and electoral politics, liberalization and internationalization of financial markets, government-business relations
  www.yale.edu/polisci/rosenbluth/cv.htm - December 8, 2004

• Saijo, Tatsuyoshi , Institute of Social and Economic Research
  Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University Research Areas: Japan's economics and environment
  www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/~saijo/index-e.html - November 3, 2004

• Sakai, Yoshihiro , Center for Strategic & International Studies
  Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC Expertise: Financial markets, monetary policy, banking systems, U.S.-Japanese economic relations, macroeconomics, Japan
  www.csis.org/experts/4sakai.htm - March 31, 2005

• Sato, Yoichiro , Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
  Dr. Yoichiro Sato is an Associate Professor and an expert in international and comparative political economy of the Asia-Pacific region and Japanese foreign policy. He is also interested in international fishery law and negotiations, as well as general international security issues in Northeast Asia. He joined the center in 2001 after teaching at the Auckland University, Department of Political Studies. He has also taught at University of Hawaii and Kansai Gaidai Hawaii College.
  www.apcss.org/BIOS/Faculty0704/sato0704/yoichiro_sato.htm - October 18, 2004

• Saxonhouse, Gary , University of Michigan
  Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: Japanese economy; international economic relations; economic history; econometrics.
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=34 - October 6, 2004

• Schaede, Ulrike , University of California, San Diego
  Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego, IR/PS Department. Professor Schaede is an authority on business and management in Japan; Japanese financial markets and venture capital; financial regulation; antitrust and industrial policies; and corporate strategy in Japan.
  www-irps.ucsd.edu/academics/f-schaede-es.php - October 10, 2004

• Seike, Atsushi , Keio University
  Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University Research Interests: economics, labor
  www.fbc.keio.ac.jp/l3estaff/FBC0128e.html - November 3, 2004

• Shimazaki, Hiroshi , University of Lethbridge
  Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: management, cultural geography
  people.uleth.ca/~shimazaki/ - November 21, 2004

• Simeon, Roblyn , San Francisco State University
  Associate Professor, Department of International Business, College of Business Geographic Regions: Northeast Asia, Japan Research Areas:International business strategy, banking behavior, organizational learning,cross-cultural management, network business structures, internet research and market strategies, human resource practices of high technology firms, and small business entrepreneurial activity.
  userwww.sfsu.edu/~rsimeon/ - November 11, 2004

• Special Topics: Japan's Economic Crisis , Alexander, Arthur J.
  This course addresses the Japanese economic miracle and crisis in the broader perspective of economic growth and the Asian crisis. The first part of the course reviews what the recent research tells us about economic growth, the second dwells on Japan in the 19th century, when its modern development began. From there, the course moves to the post-1945 experience and consider a few specific topics such as trade and technology. The last session will consider Japan's future.
  icp.gmu.edu/course/syllabi/99fa/701_52152.htm - September 21, 2004

• Storz, Cornelia , Philipps-University of Marburg
  Professor for Japanese Economy, Philipps-University of Marburg Research Areas: small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), economics, political economy, science and technology, technology transfer, standardization
  www.uni-marburg.de/japanz/mitarb/storz_engl.htm - November 8, 2004

• Suematsu, Chihiro , Kyoto University
  Associate Professor, Kyoto University  Graduate School of Economics Dr. Suematsu became well known by predicting Japan\'s move away from mainframe computers toward the open system architecture, in his first book, Open Systems Renovation (1990) and is the author of more than 12 books. Five have been bestsellers, and several are translated into other Asian languages. His recent bestseller book, \"how does the Net change the whole financial industry?\" which describes the business applications of the Internet for financial institutions has been giving the strategic direction to the industry. He continuously pursues the subjects, open standards and systems, including organization, information systems, management systems/structures, standards and creative problems solving. Collaboration on the Internet is one of his recent important issues.
  www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~suematsu/index.html - February 17, 2005

• Takeuchi, Kazuo , Tokyo Keizai University
  Professor of Management Tokyo Keizai University Geographic Regions: Japan, US Research Areas: comparative human resource management
  www.tku.ac.jp/~ktakeuti/kazuoEng.htm - November 21, 2004

• Terpstra, Vern , University of Michigan
  Professor Emeritus, School of Business Administration, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: International marketing; business issues; Japanese firms\' international activities; American firms in Japan
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=39 - February 18, 2005

• The "Hidden" Side of the "Flying-Geese" catch-up Model: Japan's Dirigiste Institutional Setup and a Deepening Financial Morass , Ozawa, Terutomo
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” Akamatsu’s original \"flying geese (FG)\" growth model is often used as a frame of reference for both further conceptual elaborations and empirical explorations. So far have only the positive side and results of FG development been focused on and emphasized in connection with Asia’s phenomenal growth in the pre-crisis period. The Japanese economy, supposedly Asia’s lead goose, is in the eleventh consecutive year of stagnation. How has such a once successful lead goose come to be stricken by financial woes? This paper points out that Japan’s once miraculous FG growth was made possible because it established an effectiveÊdirigiste catch-up regime in the early postwar period but that Japan’s present financial predicament is paradoxically a path-dependent outcome of such an FG strategy. The institutional, especially financial, dimension of FG strategy needs to be taken into account to explain why such a strategy once proved effective but later culminated in a deepening financial morass. The FG model should encompass not only the industrial dimension of catch-up but also its institutional, particularly financial, dimension.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• The 30th Medium-term Forecast of the Japanese Economy , Masubuchu, Katsuhiko; Takeuchi, Fumihide
  The report covers two major features of the medium-term ecnomic forecest: the demand creating effects of structural reform and a concrete suggestions regarding creating a path for financial rebuilding.
  www.jcer.or.jp/eng/ - November 18, 2004

• The Difference in Taxation on Financial Transactions Between Japan and the United States , Kawakami, Naotaka
  The income taxation systems on financial transactions in Japan are much different from those in the U.S.; they adopt withholding and separated taxation systems on interest and capital gains from security transactions. These current systems reflect two characteristics of the Japanese society - an excess savings economy and the restriction of tax implementation. The U.S. comprehensive income taxation system has long been a model since Japan had an overall tax reform based on the recommendations by Columbia Professor Shoup in 1950, but recently, many proposals of overall tax reform in the U.S. seem to deviate from the conventional idea of comprehensive income taxation and prefer a consumption tax or a broad-based income tax like the Comprehensive Business Income Tax (CBIT). Also in Japan, deviating from the idea of comprehensive taxation, the Dual Income Taxation (DIT) in the Nordic countries, which taxes all capital income ay the proportional corporate tax rate lower than that on labor income, seem to attract more interest from tax specialists. Japan had major reforms of taxation on capital gains from security transitions in 2001. Focusing on teh argument over the capital gains taxation and the overall taxation on capital income, this paper surveys the arguments of U.S. economists over them and their implications, evaluates the recent reforms of capital gains taxation in Japan, and argues about the desirable future taxation system in Japan.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - February 28, 2005

• The Economy of Japan: Fluctuations , University of Cincinnati
  Review of Japan’s economic performance from the end of WWII to the present using the major theories of economic fluctuations. Special attention is paid to the institutions particular to the Japanese economy and their influence on economic decisions.
  asweb.artsci.uc.edu/economics/undergrad/ugcourses.html#500 - January 19, 2005

• The End of "Lifetime Employment" in Japan? Evidence From National Surveys and Field Research , Kato, Takao
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” Using both quantitative data from national surveys and qualitative data from our recent field research, this paper provides evidence on the recent transformation of Japan’s celebrated practice of “lifetime employment” (or implicit long-term employment contract for the regular workforce). Overall, contrary to the popular rhetoric of “the end of lifetime employment,” evidence points to the enduring nature of such practice in Japan. Specifically, we find little evidence for any major decline in the job retention rates of Japanese employees from the period prior to the burst of the bubble economy in late 1980s to the post-bubble period. In general, our field research corroborates the main finding from the job retention rates by describing vividly that large firms in Japan have been doing everything that they can to avoid laying off their workers. However, the field research also points to a potentially important measurement issue with the job retention rates wich may cause job retention rates to overstate the importance of long-term, employment in recent years. Lastly, the burden of downsizing appears to fall disproportionately on young workers and middle-age workers with shorter tenure. Ê Ê
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan , The Institute of Energy economics
  The aim of its establishment is to carry on research activities specialized in the area of energy from the viewpoint of the national economy as a whole in a bid to contribute to sound development of the Japanese energy-supplying and energy-consuming industries and to the improvement of people's life in the country by objectively analyzing energy problems and providing basic data, information and reports necessary for the formulation of policies. This site contains research papers, outlooks/forecasts, statistics, newspaper and magazine articles, press releases, publications, forum on research works, seminars and symposiums, and a library.
  eneken.ieej.or.jp/en/index.html - October 2, 2004

• The Japanese Distribution Sector in Economic Perspective: The Large Store Law and Retail Density , Flath, David
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.” This paper compiles facts on the distribution sector of Japan and puts them in historical and international context, expresses in a coherent way the conventional view that the peculiar features of Japan?s distribution sector are due to distorting government regulations, and provides new evidence that bears on the truthfulness of that proposition. We find that regulation has indeed mattered, but that fundamentals like Japan?s geographic centricity, lack of private cars and smallness of dwellings have had a larger effect. A myriad of small stores is the crucial characteristic of the Japanese distribution sector, from which other peculiarities such as the complex wholesale marketing channels with multiple steps and ubiquity of vertical restraints also follow. And regulations inhibiting stores with large floor space, in particular the Large Store Law, have been identified by many as the fundamental reason for Japan?s proliferation of small stores. That law was relaxed in 1994 and in 2000 was completely replaced by a new law that shifts responsibility for regulating large stores from the national government to the prefectures. The new law may well lead to a perpetuation of regulatory barriers. But the regulatory limits on large stores have probably mattered a lot less than many suppose. Estimates presented here show that in the period 1985 to 1997 the variation in the number of stores per person across prefectures and over time exhibited little sensitivity to variation in the numbers of large stores per person. Japan?s proliferation of small stores is fundamentally due, not to regulation, but to its relative lack of private cars and to its small dwellings. Regulatory limits on large stores are themselves the result of the ubiquity of small stores, not the other way around. The Large Store Law could survive politically precisely because its distorting effects were small (There were bound to be a lot of small stores in Japan even without government protection). This is now changing. Increased private car ownership and suburbanization in Japan are favoring large specialty super stores and convenience stores and undercutting the small, family-owned non-self service stores. This process is not only reducing the overall number of stores in Japan, it is also enlarging the distorting effects of regulatory limits on large stores, and to just that extent it is eroding the political viability of such policies.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 1, 2005

• The Japanese Economy , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Analysis of Japan's growth past and present. Does Japan's economy look different in terms of its international trade structure, industrial structure, labor market, savings patterns, government policies, etc.? Does it matter? Pre: 120 or 130 or consent.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/econ.htm - September 18, 2004

• The Japanese Economy , Georgetown University
  The cource focuses on development of quantitative and analytical understanding of the Japanese economy. Among the topics examined are: economic history, post-WWII growth, savings behavior, fiscal and monetary policies, MITI, industrial policy, the labor market, corporate culture, the distribution system, deregulation, trade imbalances and conflicts, exchange rate fluctuations, tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, foreign investment, the Heisei recession, and restructuring.
  www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/133courses.html - September 21, 2004

• The Japanese Economy , Kansas State University
  The course analyzes Japan's growth, productivity change, income distribution, government policies, agriculture, industrial structure, labor relations, education and technology, and international trade and finance. Emphases will be on U.S.-Japanese competition and comparisons.
  courses.ksu.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/econ.html - September 23, 2004

• The Recent Transformation of Participatory Employment Practices in Japan , Kato, Takao
  Note: In order to access the paper, select “Publications” from the Menu on the left and choose “Working Papers.”Using both qualitative data from national surveys and qualitative data from a field research, this paper provides evidence on the responses of Japanese firms in their use of participatory employment practices to the economic slowdown in the 1990s in general and the recent financial crisis in particular.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• Tilton, Mark , Purdue University
  Mark Tilton's teaching and research interests include comparative political economy, East Asian politics, international trade, and theories of comparative politics.His current research looks at the effects of Japanese, German and American anti-trust policy on international market access in the steel and telecommunications industries. His publications include Restrained Trade: Cartels in Japan's Basic Materials Industries (Cornell University Press, 1996), Regulation and Regulatory Reform in Japan: Are Things Changing? , co-edited with Lonny Carlile (The Brookings Institution Press, 1998) and Informal Market Governance in Japan's Basic Materials Industries in International Organization
  www.polsci.purdue.edu/Directory/Faculty/tilton.html - October 13, 2004

• Tward ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership , Yamazawa, Ippei; Hiratsuka, Daisuke, ed.
  This volume presents a board overview of ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership, whose framework has been agreed in November 2003. Part I analyses economic effect of AJCEP over ASEAN and Japan. Part II illustrates viewpoints of ASEAN countries toward AJCEP.
  www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Books/Sympro/024.html - November 16, 2004

• Uriu, Robert , University of California-Irvine
  Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California-Irvine Professor Uriu's research interests are in the field of international political economy, with an emphasis on all aspects of Japan\'s political economy and U.S.-Japan relations.  His current research concerns how new policy ideas have influenced the formulation of American trade policy toward Japan during the Clinton administration.   He has previously written on state-society relations and industrial policy in Japan.
  hypatia.ss.uci.edu/ps/personnel/Uriu/uriu.html - December 8, 2004

• Wakabayashi, Naoki , Kyoto University
  Associate Professor of Organizational Analysis, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University He is conducting the research about changes in information networks within and between organizaztion from the viewpoints of organizational sociology.
  www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~wakaba/english/e-index.html - February 17, 2005

• Weinstein, David , Columbia, University
  Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Department of Economics at Columbia, Vice-Chairman, Economics Department, Associate Director of Research, Center for Japanese Economy and Business, Research Associate and Director of the Japan Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Teaching and Research interests: Corporate finance, international trade, the Japanese economy, and industrial policy.
  www.columbia.edu/~dew35/ - January 31, 2005

• What does the consumption tax mean to Japanese society and the U.S. society? , Kawakami, Naotaka
  The Japanese tax system reflects the characteristics of postwar Japanese society. The emphasis on an equal income distribution, the concern for assets - especially land, and the dominance of corporations as a form of business are the consistent trends. More recent are the realities of the aging society and the transformation from insufficient savings to express savings. Combined with the restriction of tax implementation these two trends were the main motives for the introduction of the current Consumption Tax and the current separated taxation on a large part of capital income in the 1987-88 reform. Based on different backgrounds, the priorities of tax reforms in Japan and in the U.S. are also different. One confusing thing from a Japanese perspective is that a consumption tax also seems to attract many U.S. economists and policymakers. Mainly surveying the arguments over the consumption tax, this paper shows what is common and what is different between the debates on overall tax reforms in the two countries. While there are many problems unique to the Japanese Consumption Tax, there may be something in the U.S. arguments over a consumption tax the Japanese should learn from.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - February 28, 2005

• Yagi, Kiichiro , Kyoto University
  Professor of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan Research Interests: Evolutionary Economics, Institutional Economics Marxian Economics Academic Activities: Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics The Japanese Society for The History of Economic Thought Japan Society of Political Economy
  www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yagi/yagilabnew/aboutme.htm - November 10, 2004

• Yamamura, Kozo , University of Washington
  Professor, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Teaching Specializations: Economic Development of Japan, Economic Histroy of Japan, Comparative Economic Development and History, Industrial Organization  
  jsis.artsci.washington.edu/cv/faccv/q-z/yamamura.html - February 11, 2005

• Yamashita, Takashi , University of Nevada Las Vegas
  Assistant Professor, Economics, UNLV His research includes macroeconomics (savings and consumption), development economics, the economics of aging, and urban economics (housing).  He has received awards from rhe National Institute of Aging through RAND, as well as the Foundation for Advanced Studies in International Development from the Japanese government.  He has worked as a financial analyst in Washington DC, New York City, Tokyo, and Manila.
  liberalarts.unlv.edu/interdisciplinary/TakashiYamashitatextAsianStudies.html - January 23, 2005

• Yoshida, Kazuo , Kyoto University
  Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: economics, finance
  www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.en.html - March 31, 2005

• Yoshimori, Masaru , Yokohama, University
  Professor, Yokohama National University, Yokohama Japan He teaches Comparative Management (Japan, USA, Europe), International Management and studies of the European Union. He is specializes in the comparison of the Corporate Governance systems of Japan, the United States and Europe.
  www.business.ynu.ac.jp/kyoju/yosimori/ - November 10, 2004

• Yuki, Kazuhiro , Kyoto University
  Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan Fields of Interests: Economic Growth and Development, Income Distribution, Consumption and Savings
  www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~yuki/english.html - November 10, 2004

• Ziemba, William T. , University of British Columbia
  Alumni Professor of Financial Modeling and Stochastic Optimization, Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: business issues, economics, finance, foreign investment, international economics, trade and economic relations
  www.interchg.ubc.ca/ziemba/ - November 27, 2004

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• Energy Outlook and the Role of Coal in Northeast Asia , Fukushima, Atsushi
  The article examnines local and international concerns on role of coal as a primary energy resource in the Northeast Asia. The author analyses current energy situation based on socio-economic indicators; describes energy demans structure and outlook; andÊoutlines the current coal trade patterns. The article also provides a fairly thourough overview of theÊenvironmental issues in teh region.
  www.spf.org/e/special/philanthropy.html - November 9, 2004

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• Development and the Environment , Kojima, Reeitsu
  The volume provides an extensive discussion of the issues of economic development and environamental degradation. It uses examples of Japan and Industrializing Asia.
  www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Books/Des/001.html - November 16, 2004

• Kanie, Norichika , Tokyo Institute of Technology
  Ms. Kanie is currently an  Associate Professor of the Department of Value and Decision Science, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology. She recieved a Ph.D. in Media and Governance from Keio University. Professor Kanie published multiple works in Japanese and English on sustainable development and environment.
  www.valdes.titech.ac.jp/~kanie/indexe.htm - October 14, 2004

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• Japanese Policies and Realities , Komai, Hiroshi
  Text of speech given by Prof. Komai at the conference on "Globalization, Migration, and Human Security," UNU headquarters, Tokyo, October 6, 2003.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/2003_Komai.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Russian Migrants in Niigata and Hokkaido: A Research Update , Akaha, Tsuneo and Vassilieva, Anna
  "Russian Migrants in Niigata and Hokkaido: A Research Update" by Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva. Seminar proceedings of "Human Flows across National Borders in Northeast Asia" held at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, November 20-21, 2002.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200205AkahaVass.pdf - January 31, 2003

• Technological Superiority and the Losses From Migration , Davis, Donald R., Weinstein, David E.
  Note: In order to access the paper, select Publications from the Menu on the left and choose Working Papers. Two facts motivate this study. (1) The United States is the world's most productive economy. (2) The US is the destination for a broad range of net factor inflows: unskilled labor, skilled labor, and capital. Indeed, these two facts may be strongly related: All factors seek to enter the US because of the US technological superiority. The literature on international factor flows rarely links these two phenomena, instead considering one-at-a-time analyses that stress issues of relative factor abundance. This is unfortunate, since the welfare calculations differ markedly. In a simple Ricardian framework, a country that experiences immigration of factors motivated by technological differences always loses from this migration relative to a free trade baseline, while the other country gains. We provide simple calculations suggesting that the magnitude of the losses for US natives may be quite large, $72 billion dollars per year or 0.8 percent of GDP.
  www2.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/ - March 2, 2005

• The Korean Community in Japan and Shimane , Mervio, Mika
  "The Korean Community in Japan and Shimane" by Mika Mervio, professor at the University of Shimane, Hamada, Japan. Seminar proceedings of "Human Flows across National Borders in Northeast Asia" held at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, November 20-21, 2002.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200206Mervio.pdf - January 31, 2003

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• Modern Japanese Society , University of Victoria
  A consideration of Japan's re-emergence as an industrialized nation in the post-war period and prospects for further development in view of the world energy crisis, environmental degradation, and other domestic and foreign problems. Emphasis will be upon the socio-political effects of Japan's post-war economic transformation.
  web.uvic.ca/calendar2004/CDs/PACI/321B.html - August 6, 2004

• Abe, Mark Nornes , University of Michigan
  Associate Professor, Program in Film and Video Studies and Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cinema, film and critical studies, Japanese cinema, Japanese documentary film
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=28 - February 18, 2005

• Advanced Topics in Japanese Cinema , University of Toronto
  The focus ranges from the examination of cross-cultural theoretical problems (such as Orientalism) to a director based focus, from the examination of genre (such as documentary or the category of genre itself) to the way film intersects with other cultural forms and technologies (such as Video and New Media).
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS431H1 - January 17, 2005

• Advanced Topics in the Anthropology of Japan , University of Alberta
  No course description at this site.
  www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia/course_offerings.htm - August 22, 2004

• Akita University , Akita University
  The home page of the Akita University. The site contains information on the University's academic programs, faculty, and organization. The site will be useful for the students interested in studies in Japan.
  www.akita-u.ac.jp/english/ - September 28, 2004

• Allinson, Gary Dean , University of Virginia
  Education: B.A. Stanford 1964 M.A. Stanford 1966 Ph.D. Stanford 1971 Courses : Probing Postwar Japan Japan from Susa-no-O to Sony Current Research: "Family, Work, and Community in the Re-ordering of Japanese Civic Society."
  www.virginia.edu/history/faculty/allinson.html - October 6, 2004

• American Culture in Japan , Chalfren, Richard
  This course examines versions and varieties of American life that have become a part of Japanese society and culture. We have seen a tremendous curiosity for \"things American\" in Japanese daily life -- but how is American culture in Japan? What kinds of transformations, reformulations and re-inventions have taken place? We will review Japanese adoptions and adaptations of language, \"American\" settings, architecture and design, foods and restaurants, clothing and fashions, popular films, television and advertising, and even holidays.
  astro.temple.edu/~rchalfen/anthro272.html - February 18, 2005

• Angst, Linda Isako , Lewis and Clark College
  Assistant Professor of Anthropology, East Asian Studies, Lewis and Clark College Her research in cultural anthropology has focused on questions of ethnicity, colonialism/postcolonialism, gender, and national identity in Japan. Her dissertation for Yale University looked at questions of Okinawan women’s political subjectivity, particularly as understood through their narratives about wartime experiences and memories and postwar occupation by the U.S. military. Today she studies the effects of developing Okinawa as a tourist site for Japanese consumption. Other research includes the politics of representation in Japan’s new peace museums and a collaborative comparative study of aging and diet in Okinawa and Tohoku.
  www.lclark.edu/dept/eas/angst.html - January 26, 2005

• Approaches to Modern Japanese History , University of Toronto
  This advanced seminar analyzes contemporary and past approaches to the writing of modern Japanese history, including detailed discussion of dominant tropes, metaphors and periodization schemes in historiography, especially as it is practiced in North America. Readings include contemporary theories of historical writing and \"the event\" by Jacques Rancierre, Foucault, Blanchot and others.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS457H1 - January 17, 2005

• Arisaka, Yoko , University of San Francisco
  Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies (MAPS) Faculty, University of San Francisco Specialization: modern Japanese philosophy, Asian philosophy, modern European philosophy, ethics, and philosophy of technology.
  www.pacificrim.usfca.edu/academics/faculty.html - January 14, 2005

• Art and Religious Experience in Japan , University of Toronto
  Experience, ritual, discipline and training in Japanese art and religion. Art as religion, and religion as art. Shinto, mountain cults, shamanism, divination, esoteric Buddhism, Zen, the folk arts movement, music, internationalism in modern Japanese culture. Illustrated with slides and other material.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS342H1 - January 17, 2005

• Asian Humanities Japan , University of Iowa
  This course is an introduction to Japanese culture from early times to the modern period as presented in literature as well as drama, architecture, landscaping, tea practices, and the visual arts. Reading assignments will include translations of selected Japanese literary and dramatic works as well as background readings in cultural history. Visual presentations (videos, slides, etc.) will be used in class whenever possible.  Requirements for the course in addition to the readings will include in-class examinations and one or two short written assignments.
  isis2.uiowa.edu/isis/courses/detail/039:020:AAA - January 12, 2005

• Asian Studies Proseminar: Japan , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Note: In order to access the course description, select the course from the list. The seminar introduces the student to the major themes and research methodologies of Japanese Studies as practiced in the United States. The student will engage in a rigorous critical analysis of representative readings, including three books that look at some aspect of Japanese society from a consciously interdisciplinary perspective. Students should emerge from the course with a solid grounding in the Japanese Studies field that they can apply to further Japan-related study and research at the graduate level.
  www.hawaii.edu/shaps/asia/courses_next_sem.html - January 13, 2005

• Atomic Histories: Trinity, iIroshima, Nagasaki , Brown University
  Few events define the modern era as these do: the detonation of the world's first atomic device, the destruction of Hiroshima, and the use of a second nuclear weapon on Nagasaki. This course explores these events and their legacies through survivors' accounts, documentation in literature and film, and the troubled personal and public histories connecting Trinity, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  boca.brown.edu/nontopicsdet.asp?year=2004&term=1&crsCode=HI0197&SectCode=S011 - January 12, 2005

• Auslin, Michael , Yale University
  Assistant Professor, Department of History, Yale University Michael Auslin specializes in Japanese international history, focusing on the cultural, intellectual, and strategic dimensions of Japan\'s foreign relations in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  www.yale.edu/history/faculty/auslin.html - March 25, 2005

• Azuma, Eiichiro , University of Pennsylvania
  Assistant Professor, History, University of Pennsylvania Specialization: Modern Japanese history, immigration, U.S.-Japan relations, and the history of Asians in the United States.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/bios_azuma.html - February 2, 2005

• Barnhart, Michael , SUNY Stony Brook
  Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of History, SUNY Stony Brook Research Interests: US foreign relations, especially US-Japan relations.
  www.sunysb.edu/history/faculty/facultybio/barnhart.htm - October 6, 2004

• Barshay, Andrew , University of California Berkeley
  Professor, Department of History, Chair, Center for Japanese Studies, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Modern Japanese intellectual and economic history.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/barshay.html - January 20, 2005

• Bartholomew, James R. , Ohio State University
  Professor of modern Japanese history,Department of History, Ohio State University. He is particularly interested in the history of science in Japan and in other countries historically less central to the scientific enterprise, and has taught senior seminars in which students are required to study the history of science only in areas outside the U.S. after 1900 and most of western Europe.
  comparativestudies.osu.edu/fac_assoc_bartholomew5.htm - October 6, 2004

• Bernstein, Andrew , Lewis and Clark College
  Assistant Professor of History, East Asian Studies, Lewis and Clark College His research interests are eclectic but tend to pivot on the basic question, "What makes the modern world 'modern'?" The geographical focus of my work is Japan, an especially fruitful place to explore the relationship between "modernization" and "westernization," processes that are often conflated uncritically in the popular and academic imaginations.
  www.lclark.edu/faculty/awb/ - January 26, 2005

• Berry, Mary Elizabeth , University of California Berkeley
  Professor, Department of History, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Japan, Kyoto during the sengoku period, the Confucian family orientation.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/berry_m.html - January 20, 2005

• Boling, Patricia , Purdue, University
  Associate Professor, Purdue University Professor Boling teaches half-time in Political Science and half-time in Women's Studies. She is currently comparing family policies and democratic responsiveness in France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
  www.polsci.purdue.edu/Directory/Faculty/boling.html - October 13, 2004

• Brown, Delmer M. , University of California Berkeley
  Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Early Japanese religious history.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/brown.html - January 20, 2005

• Bryant, Taimie , University of California Los Angeles
  Professor, Department of Law, UCLA Research Interests: Contemporary Japanese law and society Japanese family law
  www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Bryant.htm - January 20, 2005

• Burns, Susan L. , University of Chicago
  Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago Expertise: Intellectual and Cultural History of Tokugawa and Meiji Japan, Nativist and Confucian discourses on society and culture, Gender, reproduction, and maternity, Medicine and the body.
  history.uchicago.edu/faculty/burns.html - January 25, 2005

• Center for Japanese Legal Studies , Columbia University
  The Center for Japanese Legal Studies, directed by Professor Curtis J. Milhaupt (CLS ’89), was established in 1980 with financial support from the Fuyo Group (a group of leading Japanese companies) and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. The Center administers a range of research-oriented, programmatic, and informal programs designed to enhance understanding of the Japanese legal system. It also maintains extensive ties with Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Center on Japanese Economy and Business. Currently, the Center is expanding its activities to reflect the dynamic process of legal reform underway in Japan—reforms which touch upon virtually every aspect of Japanese society. The website includes research and teaching, academic exchanges, conferences and speakers, affiliated researchers, upcoming events, Japanese alumni, and friends of the center.
  www.law.columbia.edu/center_program/japanese_legal - January 18, 2005

• Center for Japanese Studies , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  The Center is a coordinating unit of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, the flagship campus of the University of Hawai'i, which fosters the study of Japan across academic disciplines. It is housed among other area studies units within the School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies (SHAPS), which focuses on the international, intercultural, and multidisciplinary education of UH Students. The Center's mission is to promote a deeper understanding of Japan within a global context.
  www.hawaii.edu/shaps/enter/japanese.html - February 15, 2005

• Center for Japanese Studies, Keio University , Keio University
  This Center has provided students from around the world with the opportunity to learn not only the Japanese language, but also the particular customs and culture of Japan. In addition to a one-year language program, a summer intensive program is also offered. For regular undergraduate and graduate students who are not native speakers of Japanese, a Japanese as a Foreign Language program is available. In order to continue and improve upon the teaching of Japanese, the program for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language helps cultivate the next generation of Japanese language teachers.
  www.keio.ac.jp/05/09.html - November 11, 2004

• Center for Japanese Studies, University of California, Berkeley , University of California, Berkeley
  Founded in 1958, the Center for Japanese Studies (CJS) supports the teaching and research mission of the University in all areas of Japanese studies. This mission is sustained by approximately 20 faculty members, and it annually serves over 2,000 undergraduate and 100 graduate students in the fields of Anthropology, Architecture, Art History, Buddhist Studies, Business Administration, East Asian Languages, History, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Music, Political Science, and Sociology. This site includes events, faculty bios, student groups, Maruyama lectures, publications, visiting scholars, student support, resources, Japan-related links, and a mailing list.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/cjs/ - October 2, 2004

• Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  This webpage provides photos, e-mail addresses, and biographical information for the faculty and specialists of the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 4, 2004

• Chalfren, Richard , Temple University
  Professor, Department of Anthropology, Temple University Specializations: Visual Anthropology of Modern Japan American Culture in Japan Indigenous Media Anthropology of Mass Media
  astro.temple.edu/~rchalfen/ - February 18, 2005

• Contemporary Japanese Society , University of Pennsylvania
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html - September 21, 2004

• Cultural and Social History of Japan's Recent Past , Vanderbilt University
  Japanese culture and society from the 1930s to the present. Impact of war experiences on postwar Japan, and the political nature of cultural production. (Not currently offered)
  www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs/undergrad/history.html - August 26, 2004

• Culture and Society of Japan , University of Alberta
  No course description at this site.
  www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia/course_offerings.htm - September 22, 2004

• Current Japanology , University of Pennsylvania
  Major trends in scholarship as reflected in important recent publications, especially formative books and periodical literature. The trajectory within certain disciplines as well as the interaction among them will be critically evaluated in terms of gains and losses. Implications of these theses in planning of graduate and postgraduate research will be discussed.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Cybriwsky, Roman , Temple University
  Professor, Directors of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Dean, Temple University Japan Areas of Expertise: Urban-social geography, world cities, neighborhood change and development, cultural geography, Pacific Asia
  www.temple.edu/gus/faculty/cybriwsky.htm - February 18, 2005

• Devos, George A. , University of California Berkeley
  Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Culture and personality, mental health, ethnic problems, minority issues, social deviancy, research methods in psychological anthropology, culture and society of Japan, European ethnicity.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/devos.html - January 20, 2005

• Dierkes, Julian , University of British Columbia
  Assistant Professor and Keidanren Chair in Japanese Research, Institute of Asian Research, Associate Director, Centre for Japanese Research, Faculty Associate, Institute of European Studies    Expertise: Comparative Political Sociology and Sociology of Education Japanese and German History Education Japanese Cram Schools Canada-EU-Japan Policy Responses to Globalization Economic Sociology and Organizational Behavior The Organizational Structure of Large U.S. Firms East Asian Corporations and Organizational Behavior Implications of Japan's Malaise for Organizational Sociology
  www.iar.ubc.ca/introduction/JulianDierkes.html - January 31, 2005

• Dingman, Robert , University of Southern California
  Professor, Department of History, University of Southern California Research Interests: Professor Dingman is an American, international, military, and naval historian with a particular interest in 20th century trans-Pacific relations. His research focuses on Japanese-American relations. He is currently working on two books: Bridge to the Rising Sun is a study of World War II Japanese language officers and their impact on America’s postwar relations with Japan. Anchor for Peace traces the history and cross-cultural impact of the American naval presence in Japan since 1853.
  www.usc.edu/assets/college/faculty/profiles/210.html - January 7, 2005

• Doing Photography And Social Research In The Allied Occupation of Japan, 1948 - 1951: A Personal and Professional Memoir , Bennet, John W.
  Photographs taken by anthropologist John W. Bennett in occupied Japan, 1948-1951, (a few were made in the 1960\'s during his term at Waseda University), with comments on the photos by Bennett. Also included are extensive selections from Bennett\'s professional journal of the period, and other documents. Consisting of a personal and professional memoir, this site is also a record of a unique experiment in social analysis and research that focuses on a period of particular significance in the development of Japanese and international history, politics, economics, and culture.
  library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/japan/about.html - January 27, 2005

• Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture , Columbia University
  The Center is dedicated to advancing the understanding of Japan and its culture in the United States through university instruction, research, and public education. In addition, the Center seeks to encourage study of the interrelationships among the cultures of Japan, other Asian countries, Europe, and  the United States. The website contains an events calander, fellowships, lectures, translation prizes, visiting fellows, supporters and friends, and a mailing list.
  www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/dkc/ - January 18, 2005

• Doshisha University , Doshisha University
  This homepage contains information on academic programs and research centers of the university. The site will be useful particularly for students considering studies in Japan.
  www.doshisha.ac.jp/english/ - September 30, 2004

• Economic History of Japan: 1850 - present , Duke University
  The economic achievements and problems of Japan in their historical and comparative context. The prewar and wartime economy; postwar and current issues. How economic development has transformed ordinary people's lives.
  aas.duke.edu/reg/synopsis/view.cgi?s=01&action=display&subj=ECON&course=120&sem=0980 - August 12, 2004

• Education and Social Change in Modern Japan , The Australian National University
  The political history of Japan since 1850 serves as the main framework for the study of social change and education in modern Japan. The transformation of an agrarian society into an urban one, with the attendant reshaping of the life course of Japanese people, is studied within the context of state formation in modern Japan. The lives of representative Japanese, especially that phase of the life course spent in school, are studies in relation to the political history of the nation-state and the changing place of Japan in the modern world.
  info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Asian_Studies/Postgraduate/Courses/_ASIA6309.asp - January 11, 2005

• Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies , Harvard University
  The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University supports research on Japan and provides a forum for  related academic activities and the exchange of ideas. It seeks to stimulate scholarly and public interest in Japan and Japanese studies at Harvard and around the world.  This site includes a Japan forum and events, fellowships and grants, postdoctoral fellowships, a newsletter, links, global Japanese studies events calendar, and the Documentation Center on Contemporary Japan.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/ - January 20, 2005

• Emperor, Courtier and Samurai in Early Japan , Hamilton College
  Study of the politics, religion, and literature of classical Japan, the social and political impact of the emergence of the samurai in medieval Japan, and "restoration" of imperial authority during the Meiji era. Focuses on interaction with Chinese culture in the formation of Heian politics and religion; the contestation for political power at the imperial court; tensions among the court, the shogun and regional samurai vassals in the medieval era; and the emergence of a nativist reaction to Chinese influence beginning in the 18th century. No previous knowledge of Asian history required. Prerequisite, one 100-level history course.
  www.hamilton.edu/applications/catalogue/catalogue_search.cfm?action=CourseDisplay&ID=579 - January 25, 2005

• Engstrom, Erika , University of Nevada Las Vegas
  Associate Dean, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Associate Professor, Hank Greenspun School of Communication, UNLV. She has published articles on media representations of the Japanese, Japanese-Americans, and women, focusing primarily on television news, advertising, and other mass media messages. She has broadcasting experience in radio as a news producer, anchor, and reporter.
  liberalarts.unlv.edu/interdisciplinary/ErikaEngstromtextAsianStudies - January 23, 2005

• Family and Gender in Japan , Imamura
  This course addresses contemporary issues of family and gender in Japan. It will examine these issues as defined by both Japanese and external perspectives and include historical and contemporary definitions of family, femininity and masculinity.
  www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/184courses.html - September 21, 2004

• Feminism and Japan , McGill University
  No course description at this site.
  arts.mcgill.ca/programs/eas/crs2004updated.html - June 14, 2004

• Fetters, Michael , University of Michigan
  Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Co-Director, Nagoya University-University of Michigan Family Medicine Exchange Program RESEARCH INTERESTS: The influence of culture on medical decision making and the ethical implications of those differences
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=10 - February 18, 2005

• Fujitani, Takashi , University of California San Diego
  Associate Professor with the Department of History, University of California San Diego Expertise: Modern Japanese history. His most recent publication is Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War(s). Co-edited with Lisa Yoneyama and Geoffrey M. White (Duke University Press, 2001).
  japan.ucsd.edu/pages/people.html - January 25, 2005

• Gender and Japanese History , Harvard University
  Participants in this course will use a focus on gender and sexuality to explore important aspects of Japanese social history.  The course introduces important theoretical issues as well as covering a broad sweep of the past, starting in the medieval era and stretching up until Japan's recovery from the disasters of World War II. Students should be prepared to engage actively in discussion each week, and use the case of Japan to develop their own ideas about gender, sexuality and the state of the world we live in today.
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~hst1854/syllabus/ - August 24, 2004

• Gender and Sexuality in Japan , University of Pennsylvania
  This seminar deals with issues such as the cultural and historical constructions of femininity and masculinity; gendered division of education and labor; representation of gender and sexuality in literature, theater, and popular culture; and forms of activism for the rights of women and sexual minorities. This course will use films, videos, and manga, as well as readings from anthropological, historical, literary, and theoretical texts. All readings will be in English, but Japanese materials will be available to those interested.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html - September 21, 2004

• Gill, Thomas , Meiji Gakuin University
  Associate Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: socioeconomic issues, urban issues, popular culture
  tomgill.homestead.com/TomGill.html - November 28, 2004

• Gluck, Carol , Columbia University
  George Sansom Professor of History; director of Expanding East Asian Studies Program (ExEAS), Columbia University Expertise: Modern Japan ; intellectual history and cultural history; historiography Professor Gluck's research and teaching interests are modern Japan , from the late nineteenth century to the present, international history, and history writing in Asia and the West. Her courses cover topics such as World War II in history and memory, "Telling the Twentieth Century," and "Ideas and Society in Modern Japan, 1600-present."
  www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/faculty/gluck.html - January 18, 2005

• Goto, Kenichi , Waseda University
  Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of Asia; History of Japan-Asia Relations, Waseda University Research Interests: Modern Japanese Outlooks on Asia; Modern History of Southeast Asia; History of Asia-Pacific International Relations in the Postwar World.
  www.wiaps.waseda.ac.jp/default.asp?lang=EN&frame=110!*!0&file=Public/Staff/PS_Lmenu_EN.htm!Bin/PS_List.asp%3fLang=EN%26Section=2!Common/Dmy.htm - October 25, 2004

• Graburn, Nelson , University of California Berkeley
  Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Social structure and kinship, ethnic arts, tourism, museums; Circumpolar peoples, Japan
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/graburn.html - January 20, 2005

• Hackett, Roger , University of Michigan
  Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Michigan Research Interests: Tokugawa-Meiji Era Japan Political Development in Modern Japan Japanese Civilization Yamagata Aritomo in the Rise of Modern Japan
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=15 - February 18, 2005

• Hanashiro, Roy , University of Michigan-Flint
  Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan- Flint Research Interests: The Japanese Imperial Mint and the Coal Industry The Japanese Imperial Mint and the Issue of Jurisdiction Over Foreign Employees
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=16 - February 18, 2005

• Hanes, Jeffrey , University of Oregon
  Assistant Professor, History, East Asian Focus, University of Oregon He specializes in Japanese history and urban culture. Among his publications is the forthcoming "Urban Mass Culture of Interwar Japan," (in Japanese) in Yoshimi Shunya, ed., Toshi no kukan toshi no shintai (Urban Space, Urban Body), and "From Megalopolis to Megaroporisu," in The Journal of Urban History (February 1993).
  darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ast/faculty/hanes.html - January 25, 2005

• History of Modern Japan , Vanderbilt University
  The political, social, economic, and cultural history of Japan in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Radical changes in the state, society, and economy and the effects of these changes on Japan's place in the world.
  www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs/undergrad/history.html - October 4, 2004

• HIstory of Modern Japan: Imperial Japan from 1895 to 1945 , Li, Narangoa
  This course focuses on the changes brought by the imperialist expansion on the political, cultural, and economic fabric of Japanese society. With its successes in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05 Japan emerged as a great power in world history. Japan challenged the colonial interests of the Western powers in Asian continent and developed its expansionist ambitions. Starting from colonial bases in Taiwan and Korea, Japan launched a program of military, economic and cultural expansion, first on the Asian mainland, and then in the islands of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Although this program of expansion ended more than 50 years ago, Japan\'s activities in Asia in the first half of this century remain unfinished business in a political sense. Even beyond the boundaries of the Japanese empire, the rest of Asia was affected in one or the other way by the Japanese military interlude, and those territories occupied by Japan experienced fundamental transformations. The issue of collaboration and the questions of reparations and of textbook history remain profoundly sensitive across the Asian continent. Through lectures, discussions and films, students will gain a better understanding of these historic changes and Japan\'s political and economic relations with its Asian neighbours today.
  info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Asian_Studies/Postgraduate/Courses/_ASIA6029.asp - January 11, 2005

• Hitotsubashi University , Hitotsubashi University
  The home page of Hitotsubashi University. It covers basic information about the history of the institution, academic programs, research centers and faculty. The page will be useful for students considering undergraduate and graduate studies in Japan.
  www.hit-u.ac.jp/EnglishVersion/2001/ - September 30, 2004

• Inaga, Shigemi , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialized Fields: Comparative literature and culture; history of cultural exchange Current Research Themes: Formation process of modernism in art; Japonism and orientalism
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/INAGA_Shigemi2_e.htm - February 24, 2005

• Information Center for Social Science Research on Japan , University of Tokyo
  The page covers basic facts about on the Information Center for Social Science Research on Japan at the Department for Social Studies of the University of Tokyo. The Center works on creation and maintaining of a comprehensive database of social science data conserning Japan; conducts research of the social issues in Japan; and facilitates builing of a worldwide network of academic research on Japan. The site contains valuable information on the recent social research projects, publications and organizations focusing on Japan studies. It is a very useful resource for researchers, educators and students interested in various aspects of Japanese society.
  www.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Center/ - September 28, 2004

• Institute for Media and Comnunacations Research , Keio University
  The Institute was founded in 1946, right after World War II, to conduct research into the role of the media and other forms of mass communication in the social, political, economic and cultural life of Japan. The Institute also sponsors various educational programs for undergraduate students, and offers a special diploma course which trains some 150 students intending to become specialists in mass media.
  www.mediacom.keio.ac.jp/english/about.html - November 11, 2004

• Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies , Columbia University
  The Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies, founded in 1968, is an international liaison and research center designed primarily to serve European and American scholars whose main area of study focuses on medieval Japan. The overall purpose of the Institute is to encourage research on all aspects of premodern Japanese civilization, especially the medieval period (primarily, but not exclusively, the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, 1185-1600), centuries which, until the 1970s, had been relatively neglected among Japanese and Western scholars alike. The website contains past events, grants, publications, IMJS reports, and a Columbia Japanese Support Network
  www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/imjs/ - January 18, 2005

• Institute of Japanese Studies , Institute of Japanese Studies
  The Institute of Japanese Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, founded in 1981, is a comprehensive academic research organization with 60 fixed number of members. At present it has 46 members including 33 research fellows and 8 research assistants. Among them there are 9 research professors and 12 associate research professors. 18 research fellows have Ph.D degree and 9 have M.A degree. The institute sticks to the principle of laying equal stress on basic theory and policy studies. It is mainly engaged in the researches of Japanese politics, economy, society & culture and foreign relations. It is also engaged in educating graduate students.
  www.cass.net.cn/chinese/s30_rbs/english/english.htm - October 7, 2004

• Institute of Okinawan Studies , Hosei University
  The page of the Institute of Okinawan Studies at Hosei University. The Institute was established in l972 to do comparative research on the culture, history and linguistics of not only the Ryukyu islands, centered on Okinawa, but also surrounding areas such as China, Southeast Asia and Korea. Now that the Okinawan studies has expanded into a world-wide concern, the Institute is playing a central role in providing and exchanging information among the researchers within and outside Japan. The site will be very useful for researchers and students interested in Okinawan Culture. However, apart from introduction, all other information related to the Center's activities is in Japanese.
  www.hosei.ac.jp/english/research.htm - September 30, 2004

• International Business Lobbying: The United States, Europe and Japan , Volpe
  This course will cover topics involving federal, state, local and international business lobbying by American companies/associations/interest groups, and by foreign entities doing business in the United States. It will also survey US business lobbying abroad, including, but not limited to, Europe and Japan.
  icp.gmu.edu/course/syllabi/00sp/752.htm - September 21, 2004

• International Center, Keio University , Keio University
  The International Center is a hub for international cross-cultural activities. In addition to providing academic and pastoral support for foreign exchange students at Keio, the Center also assists Japanese students wishing to study abroad. The Center offers Foreign Studies and Japanese Studies courses, given in English, that cover culture, history, politics and economics. There are also summer school programs in both Great Britain and the United States.
  www.ic.keio.ac.jp - November 11, 2004

• Internationalism, Nationalism, and Modern Japanese Discursive Space , Cornell University
  In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, nation-states formed in Britain, France, Japan, Germany, and the United States sought to become imperial powers; and "internationalism" virtually collapsed. Focusing on Japanese examples, but not excluding other cases, we study modern national subjectivity with a view to the problems of ethnicity, colonialism, sexism, historical memory, post-coloniality, and academic knowledge.
  cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/CoSdetail.phtml?college=AS&number=483&prefix=ASIAN&title=Internationalism%2C+Nationalism%2C+and+Modern+Japanese+Discursive+Space+%40+%28III%29+%28KCM%29 - September 27, 2004

• Introduction to East Asian Civilization: Japan , Brown University
  A broad-based survey that begins with the formation of a distinctive lifestyle in prehistoric times and continues through Japan's emergence to a modern nation today. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the fundamental cultural values and aspirations of Japanese who lived in various historical periods and analyzing their attempts to create particular political, social, and economic systems that would give life to those dreams and ambitions.
  boca.brown.edu/nontopicsdet.asp?year=2003&term=2&crsCode=HI0042 - August 9, 2004

• Ivy, Marilyn , Columbia University
  Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University Expertise: Modernity, emphasis on Japan Professor Ivy approaches the anthropology of modernity from several perspectives. One is that of critical theory and its varied anatomies of the crises of the modern (most emblematically revealed by fascism). Her work on mass media, capitalism, and everyday life is informed by these approaches. Another, and related to her interests in critical theory, is her concern with questions of representation and interpretation opened up by semiotic and post-semiotic protocols of reading and textual analysis. Finally, she is committed to keeping the crucial importance of historical reflection in the forefront of her research, teaching, and ethnographic practice.
  www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/faculty/ivy.html - January 18, 2005

• Japan , University of California, Los Angeles
  Lecture, three hours. Overview of contemporary Japanese society. General introduction, kinship, marriage and family life, social mobility and education, norms and values, religions, patterns of interpersonal relations, social deviance.
  www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.asp?sa=ANTHRO+&funsel=3 - August 6, 2004

• Japan and the Internet , University of Toronto
  This course explores the political, technological, economic and cultural impacts of the Internet on contemporary Japanese society and how the Internet shapes our understanding and appreciation of Japanese culture in the global context. Offered only in summer.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS496H1 - August 11, 2004

• Japan and the Samurai , University of Georgia
  Japan's military traditions and the evolution of the warrior class.
  uga.edu/cas/courses.html - January 20, 2005

• Japan as seen by ?: Reference, Apparatus, Operation , University of Toronto
  Discusses how images of Japan, charged with varied degrees of desire for empirical knowledge, have contributed to contemporary novels and plays by David Mitchell, Ruth L. Ozeki, David Mamet, Joy Kogawa, Kazuo Ishiguro, Marguerite Duras, and David Hwang. All the readings, including Japanese literary and theoretical, are available in English.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS456H1 - January 17, 2005

• Japan Center for Michigan Universities , Japan Center for Michigan Universities
  The Japan Center for Michigan Universities (JCMU) study abroad program is a product of the strong sister-state relationship between the State of Michigan and Shiga Prefecture. It is located on the shore of Lake Biwa in the City of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture , Japan. Its programs are dedicated to building relationships between Japanese, Americans, and other nationalities through active learning and participation in language, culture, family life and society. This site includes academic programs, environmental sciences in Japan, financial aid, events, and visiting scholars.
  www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU/index.html - October 6, 2004

• Japan From Feudal to Modern State , University of British Columbia
  Japanese history from 1467 to the Meiji Restoration. Political, economic, social, and cultural forces which were involved in transforming Japan. This course is the second half of a two-semester survey of Japanese history, beginning with prehistoric times and ending with 1868, the year marked by the Meiji Restoration. The purpose of the course is to acquire a basic knowledge of the political, economic, social, and cultural lives which Japanese people have produced and experienced. Special attention will be given to the dimensions of historical factors and forces that have shaped the course of Japanese history.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Japan from War to Prosperity , Cornell Univeristy
  An interpretation of Japanese history from the late 1920s to present, emphasizing mobilization for total war and its continuing legacies, technology and organized capitalism, relations with the U.S. and Asian neighbors, social integration and exclusion, historical representation and consciousness, and political dynamics.
  cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/CoSdetail.phtml?college=AS&number=330&prefix=HIST&title=Japan+from+War+to+Prosperity+%40+%28III%29+%28HA%29 - September 27, 2004

• Japan in the 20th Century , Columbia University
  The course covers Japanese history from 1890 to the present, with particular emphasis on political, social, and economic developments.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Japan Information Access Project , Japan Information Access Project
  The Japan Information Access Project is a Washington, DC-based, independent, nonprofit research center to strengthen international understanding of Japanese and Northeast Asia science, technology, industry, security, and policy. The site contains a Washington events calendar, membership information, Asia Policy Weekly Calandar, events, Asian Science and Technology Forum, Polls, Resources for Researchers, Publications, and Special Reports.
  www.jiaponline.org/ - January 14, 2005

• Japan Since 1550 , Kansas State University
  The course examines Japan from reunification in the sixteenth century through the Tokugawa and Imperial eras to the postwar recovery. Emphasis in put  on understanding modern Japan as the product of traditional culture, the Meiji Restoration, and World War II.
  courses.ksu.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/hist.html - September 21, 2004

• Japan Statistics Research Institute , Hosei University
  The page of Japan Statistics Research Institute at Hosei University. Founded in 1946, the Institute is known as a unique research institution in Japan with outstanding achievements in many fields. Its main task is research on statistical systems and policies of foreign and domestic governments and organizations, on the theory of statistics, and on regional statistics. Research is carried out mainly by the academic staff of Hosei University in cooperation with specialists from outside including the governmental staff. The library collection -statistical materials and reference books- is open not only to University staff but to outside users interested in statistical works. The site can be a very useful resourse for students, educators and researchers.
  www.hosei.ac.jp/english/research.htm - September 30, 2004

• Japan Studies at MSU-Bozeman , Montana State University
  Welcome to the web site of the Japan Studies program at Montana State University, Bozeman.  Our mission is to help students acquire the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in Japan and in Japanese contexts. Courses are currently available in Japanese language, history, literature, and civilization.  Japan-related coursework is an excellent complement to almost any major.  Students can spend an entire year studying at a Japanese university, including our exchange partners in Kumamoto, Montana's sister state. This site includes faculty, courses, press releases, and links.
  www.montana.edu/japan/ - January 20, 2005

• Japan Studies Program , University of Washington
  The Japan Studies Program at the University of Washington offers well-rounded interdisciplinary study of Japan as well as more specialized training in each student's particular area of interest. Courses cover Japanese history, politics, economics, society, business, law, anthropology, the arts and art history, literature, linguistics, and civilization. The research interests and expertise of the faculty cover a broad historical period, from the premodern to the present day. Variety and depth are added to regular coursework by Japan Colloquia and by occasional special symposia and conferences. Because of the crucial importance of language skills in understanding Japan, students in the Japan Studies Program are strongly encouraged to study Japanese to as advanced a level as possible. The opportunity to do so is provided by strong Japanese language teaching in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, and the Technical Japanese Program of the College of Engineering. Courses in these departments focus on readings in literature and the humanities, natural and technical sciences, and the social sciences.
  jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/easc/JapanStudiesProgram.html - February 15, 2005

• Japan Studies Program, Teikyo Loretto Heights University , Teikyo Loretto Heights University
  The Japan Studies Program is designed to meet the needs of Japanese and non-Japanese students alike in better understanding the rich complexity, tradition, language, history, and societal characteristics of Japan. Through this knowledge, graduates will gain the cultural insights necessary to effectively work in a setting in which a sophisticated understanding of the nuances of Japanese culture is required. This site includes a course listing, news, contacts, and a public access catalog.
  www.tlhu.edu/academic/JPS2.phtm - February 24, 2005

• Japan Studies, University of Pittsburgh , University of Pittsburgh
  Japan Studies at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is committed to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge about the history, society, culture, political economy, and arts of Japan. With eighteen Japan specialists on the faculty, Pitt provides training in Japanese language and area studies through a variety of course and degree offerings. It encourages multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research through student scholarships and faculty grants; and itfacilitates the exchange of ideas and information through seminars, conferences, and outreach activities for members of both the academic and local communities. These activities are administered by the Asian Studies Center, which is part of Pittsburgh University Center for International Studies. This site includes sections for students, faculty, academics, educational outreach, what's new, and more.
  www.ucis.pitt.edu/asc/japan_studies.html - January 20, 2005

• Japan to 1640: Foundations of Culture and State , University of Georgia
   Introduction to the history and civilization of Japan, covering four main epochs of early Japanese history.
  uga.edu/cas/courses.html - January 20, 2005

• Japan: Age of the Samurai , University of Pennsylvania
  This course deals with the samurai in Japanese history and culture and focuses on the period of samurai political dominance from 1185 to 1868, but it in fact ranges over the whole of Japanese history from the development of early forms of warfare to the disappearance of the samurai after the Meiji Restoration of the 19th century. This course concludes with a discussion of the legacy of the samurai in the modern Japanese culture and the image of the samurai in foreign perceptions of Japan.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Japanese Bibliography and Problems of Research , University of Pennsylvania
  Weekly sessions on Japanese and English sources necessary for scholarly work in Japanese studies. Introduction to electronic access to bibliographies and databases on Japan. Review of all important Japanese reference works on religion, history, literature, social science, etc. There are weekly practical assignments. For advanced graduate students.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Japanese Civilization , University of Southern California
  Survey of the main characteristics and development of art, literature, philosophy, religion, political and social institutions through different periods
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - October 2, 2004

• Japanese Civilization , University of Southern California
  Survey of the main characteristics and development of art, literature, philosophy, religion, political and social institutions through different periods. Conducted in English.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - January 17, 2005

• Japanese Culture , University of Pittsburgh
  This one credit course on Japanese Culture will focus on the theme of continuity and change in Japanese Society and Culture. Students will learn about contemporary Japan and the historical precedents to contemporary society. The class will consist of a series of lectures by distinguished experts on such topics as the Japanese economy, history, family, politics, business, theater, religion, literature, education, and fine arts. Slide lectures and videos will also be part of this series.
  www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/anth.htm#1783Japanese%20Culture - January 16, 2004

• Japanese Department , Augustana College
  The Augustana Japanese Program offers two years of language instruction. The instructor is a native Japanese speaker who specializes in language pedagogy, so students are assured of top quality instruction. ÊÊÊÊÊThe program focuses on the basic and most important skills needed to communicate and function in Japanese. Classes are full of fun activities with chances for every student to enjoy listening to and speaking Japanese. All types of instructional technology are incorporated into classrooms to accelerate students\' learning: a language lab, computer programs, word processing, as well as audio and video tapes. The program is designed to provide students with the language skills that can be utilized in real communication.
  www.augustana.edu/academ/japanese/ - February 17, 2005

• Japanese Fiction and the Nation , University of Toronto
  The focus is on modern Japanese literature, with special attention given to literature\'s relation to the nation. Students track how this literature transforms throughout Japanese modernity and how its meaning and effects function to simultaneously tie together and pull apart national identity.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS327H1 - January 17, 2005

• Japanese for Legal ST , Duke University
  An introduction to the terminology and basic concepts of Japanese law. Reading and analysis of legal texts (codes, cases, contracts, wills). Communication about law and law-related issues in Japanese. Prerequisite: three semesters or equivalent of Japanese.
  www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/1000/LAW/650/ - September 22, 2004

• Japanese for Legal ST , Duke University
  An introduction to the terminology and basic concepts of Japanese law. Reading and analysis of legal texts (codes, cases, contracts, wills). Communication about law and law-related issues in Japanese. Prerequisite: three semesters or equivalent of Japanese. Instructor: Staff
  www.siss.duke.edu/schedule/1000/LAW/650/ - August 22, 2004

• Japanese Law and Legal Institutions , Columbia University
  Compares and contrasts Japanese and American law, with particular emphasis on the institutional and structural differences relating to regulatory control and oversight. After a brief overview of the Japanese legal system, the course compares the institutional framework within which legal issues are raised and resolved in Japan and the United States. Focuses particularly on various areas of private law and international trade.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Japanese Online Resources, Harvard-Yenching Library , Harvard University
  This site provides an extensive listing of Japan related links including library catalogs, book vendors/publishers, periodicals indexes, newspapers, dictionaries, and maps. It also provides links according to the following subjects: anthropology, art/film, East Asian Studies/ economics/finance, history, law, literature, politics/goverment, religion, sociology, statistics / public opinion polls, and other Japanese study sites.
  hcl.harvard.edu/harvard-yenching/japandatabase.html - February 24, 2005

• Japanese Popular Culture , University of Pennsylvania
  This course is based upon the premise that popular culture is a legitimate object of study in today\'s universities, and that through the careful study of objects of Japanese popular culture such as anime (animated films), manga (comic books), films, short stories and popular music, each one of us will be able to write short histories of various aspects of contemporary Japan. In order to further our individual historiographical projects, we will learn some theoretical methods for studying and writing about the relation between our everyday lives, the processes of globalization, and the pleasure or displeasure that we derive from the objects of popular culture. Through the study of Japanese popular culture, we will learn to analyze critically some of the functions of these objects as sources of meaning, escape, and identity formation in our everyday lives.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Japanese Popular Culture and Literature , Beloit College
  Dealing with popular Japanese media--manga (comics), popular novels, film, and animation--this course offers a critical examination of how they are reflected in Japanese culture through time. To approach these popular forms of expression, various theoretical readings will be assigned for discussion. Since manga and animation are very popular not only in Japan but also in the U. S. and elsewhere, studing these media is important to understanding an increasingly global youth culture. Taught in English.
  www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/majors/modern_languages_literature_courses.php - January 11, 2005

• Japanese Religion , University of Georgia
  Development of religion in Japan from earliest times to the present, with emphasis upon Shinto, the domestication of Buddhism, and the relationship of religion to the Japanese state and national identity. Particular attention given to the development of Zen in Japan.
  uga.edu/cas/courses.html - January 20, 2005

• Japanese Religions , University of British Columbia
  An introduction to traditional Japanese religions from the beginnings until modern times, including Shinto, Buddhism, Shugendo, Confucianism, new religions, and folklore, and emphasis on their roles in Japanese history, culture and society. This course will provide students with a balanced and systematic understanding of the innermost sources of values and ethics that have nurtured Japanese people.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Japanese Society , University of Pittsburgh
  Japanese social organization, including marriage and family patterns, neighborhood and community organization, gender roles, and the structure of business and labor relations in Japan, constitutes the focus of this course. Also of some concern will be other matters in the anthropological study of Japan, such as the origins of the people, language and their culture, the relationship of the Japanese language to behavior and the culture, Buddhist, Shinto and other religious beliefs and practices, the Emperor as a sacred ethnic symbol, and basic cultural values, attitudes and perceptions and their development through socialization and other means in the individual.
  www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/anth.htm#1784Japanese%20Society - January 16, 2004

• Japanese Society: Selected Topics , University of California, Los Angeles
  Social structural characteristics and functioning of contemporary Japanese society, with focus on comparison and evaluations of functional (or rational) and cultural explanations of selected social phenomena. Topics include forms of social interaction, work organization, family, education, and equality.
  www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.asp?sa=SOCIOL+&funsel=3 - August 9, 2004

• Japanese Studies Network Forum , The Japan Foundation
  This website was created for those conducting research in Japanese studies to support networking of Japan specialists and to enable easier access to information in the field. This site Japan studies related news, grants database, Japan studies associations and institutions, resources, recently published reference books, and information on Japanese-Language software.
  www.jsnet.org/ - January 20, 2005

• Japanese Thought: Cultural Topic , University of Southern California
  Seminar on the implications of major streams of thought in Japanese culture.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - October 2, 2004

• Japanese Thought: Cultural Topics , University of Southern California
  Seminar on the implications of major streams of thought in Japanese culture.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - January 17, 2005

• Johnson, David T. , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Associate Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Professor of Law; Faculty, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa Research Interests: Law, politics and society in Japan; prosecuting political corruption in Japan; Japanese Criminal Justice.
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 13, 2004

• Kamachi, Noriko , University of Michigan- Dearborn
  Professor of History, Department of Social Science, University of Michigan- Dearborn RESEARCH INTERESTS: Japanese historiography of modern China: the Japanese interpretations of Chinese history, law and legal culture in late imperial China, Sino-Japanese relations in the modern period, Ryukyu: Cultural identity in the age of nationalism
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=18 - February 18, 2005

• Kano, Ayako , Center for East Asian Studies
  Ayako Kano is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and also serves as Undergraduate Chair of its Asian Section at the University of Pennsylvania. Born in Tokyo, Japan, and raised in Frankfurt, New York, and Yokohama, Professor Kano received her B.A. from Keio University, Tokyo, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Cornell University in 1995. Professor Kano's research focuses on the intersection of gender, performance, and politics, as well as on Japanese cultural history of the late 19th to early 20th century.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/bios_kano.html - November 5, 2004

• Karan, P.P. , University of Kentucky
  Professor of Geography, Japan Studies Core Faculty, University of Kentucky He is a former chair of the Deparment of Geography at UK, and has held professorships at distinguished universities in the United States, Japan, Europe, and India.
  www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/RAE/Japan/faculty.html - February 11, 2005

• Kasaya, Kazuhiko , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies Specialized Fields: Historical science (Japanese early modern history, a sociological study of the Samurai family) Current Research Themes: The national system and imperial system in the Tokugawa period: Ideology and Behavioral Patterns in Japanese Chivalry
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/KASAYA_Kazuhiko2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Keio Communications Review , Institute for Media and Communications Research
  The periodical covers results of the most recent research on media influence on politics, language, culture, and daily life of Japanese society.
  www.mediacom.keio.ac.jp/english/publication.html - November 11, 2004

• Keio University , Keio University
  The home page of Keio University - one of the most famous and prestigious educational establishment in Japan. The site contains information about academic programs, courses, faculty and events of the University. The site will be particularly useful for the students considering recieving education in Japan.
  www.keio.ac.jp/index-en.html - September 28, 2004

• Komatsu, Kazuhiko , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialization: Anthropological Study of Folklore. Research Interest: Comparative Research on Asian Folk Religions.
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/KOMATSU_Kazuhiko2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Kuriyama, Shigehisa , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialized Fields: Comparative history of medicine; history of science Current Research Themes: Tension in western medicine and science; money and the body in Edo Japan; \"fire\" in Chinese medicine
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/KURIYAMA_Shigehisa2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Kyushu University , Kyushu University
  The home page of Kyushu University. The site contains information of the academic programs, faculty, and facilities of the university. This web page will be particularly interesting for the students considering studies in Japan.
  www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/english.new/eng/index.html - September 28, 2004

• Levin, Mark Alan , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Associate Professor of Law, Faculty, Center for Japanese Studies; University of Hawaii at Manoa Research Interests: Japanese law and society; US-Japan business transactions.
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 13, 2004

• Liu, Jianhui , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialized Fields: Comparative literature and culture between Japan and China Current Research Themes: History of cultural exchange between modern Japan and China
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/LIU_Jianhui2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Making Waves , Schencking, Charles J.
  This book examines how Japan’s naval leaders worked at both the elite political and local levels in society to secure the vast financial support necessary to assemble the world's third-largest naval force between 1868 and 1922.
  www.sup.org/cgi-bin/search/book_desc.cgi?book_id=4977%20 - February 22, 2005

• Mason, Robert J. , Temple University
  Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Urban Studies Environmental Studies Program, Temple University Dr. Mason\'s research and instructional program is related to environmental policymaking and land-use management. He teaches courses in basic human-environment interactions, environmental policy issues in the United States, environmental problems in Asia, and environmental aspects of tourism.  
  astro.temple.edu/~rmason/ - February 18, 2005

• Master of Diplomacy / Master of Asia-Pacific Studies , The Australian National University
  The Master of Diplomacy Combined Degree Program is a key under-taking of the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy and is composed of two Master degrees. The first Master Degree can be in a range of specified areas in which a knowledge of contemporary diplomacy would be an advantage. (This first degree is referred to as your field of study Master Degree.)
  info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_APCD/Postgraduate/Programs/_7885XMDIPL.asp - August 9, 2004

• Matsuo, Naoko , Monterey Institute of International Studies
  Expertise Japanese language and culture; pedagogy; business Japanese; current issues in Japanese media.
  www.miis.edu/gslel-faculty.html?id=110#top - October 2, 2004

• McClain, Jim , Brown University
  Professor of History and East Asian Studies, Brown University James L. McClain, Professor and Chair of History who teaches early modern Japan. He has taught at Brown for nearly a quarter century and is author of an award-winning book on Kanazawa: A Castle Town in Seventeenth-Century Japan (Yale University Press, 1982), and more recently a 700-page textbook, Japan: a Modern History, published in 2001 by W.W. Norton. He has further co-edited two volumes on Japanese cities, Edo and Osaka, in addition to articles in important venues. His research has won support over the y ears from Japan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
  www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/faculty.html - January 20, 2005

• Medicine, Literature and Culture in Japan , University of Pennsylvania
  This seminar is in many ways an exercise in comparison-by looking at how the practice of medicine in Japan differs from that in America. Japan, where people enjoy good health and live very long lives, not only combines "Western" with "Eastern" medical practices but also is a place where questions of medical ethics and biotechnology are often faced differently than they are in America. The fact that in modern times many Japanese writers had medical educations makes Japanese literature, studied here in translation, a rich context for exploring a wide range of such questions. Film too will be a tool for our studies.A comparative look at what we might think about the body, the mind, and healing or dying processes will be the central focus of this seminar.
  - January 5, 2005

• Meiji University , Meiji University
  The home page of Meiji University. It contains information on various activities of the University, its research centers and graduate and undergraduate schools. The page will be partucularly useful for the students considering studies in Japan.
  www.meiji.ac.jp/cip/english/ - September 30, 2004

• Milhaupt, Curtis J. , Columbia University
  Fuyo Professor of Japanese Law and Legal Institutions; director, Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia University Expertise: Comparative corporate governance, Japanese law, financial regulation, law and economics, and new institutional economics
  www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/faculty/milhaupt.html - January 18, 2005

• Modern Japan , Iowa University
  The course covers the period from the early nineteenth until the end of the twentieth century, a period when Japanese society changed enormously. We will examine such topics as the end of feudal society, the establish of the institutions of a modern nation-state after 1868, rapid industrialization and social transformation, the acquisition of a modern colonial empire, Japan's brief career as a military rival of the Great Powers, Japan's devastating defeat in the Second World War and the political, socio-economic and cultural changes in the second half of the twentieth century. Coursework includes quizzes and short writing assignments, a midterm and a final examination, and a longer paper on assigned readings.
  isis2.uiowa.edu/isis/courses/detail/39J:173:001 - January 12, 2005

• Modern Japanese History since 1800 , Universiity of British Columbia
  Modern Japanese History since 1800. The building of a modern state, its crisis in the 1930s, and its postwar recovery; topics include business institutions, politics, imperialism, intellectual syncretism, social change, and Japan\'s growing influence in the world.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Modern Japanese Intellectual History , University of Toronto
  Survey of ideas behind major problems of Japanese history since 1600. Confucianism and National Studies in the Tokugawa period, 19th century westernization, 20th century nationalistic reaction, democratic and secular thought since 1945.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Modern Japanese Society , University of Victoria
  A consideration of Japan's re-emergence as an industrialized nation in the post-war period and prospects for further development in view of the world energy crisis, environmental degradation, and other domestic and foreign problems. Emphasis will be upon the socio-political effects of Japan's post-war economic transformation.
  web.uvic.ca/calendar2003/CDs/PACI/321B.html - September 22, 2004

• Modern Japanese Society , University of Victoria
  A consideration of Japan's re-emergence as an industrialized nation in the post-war period and prospects for further development in view of the world energy crisis, environmental degradation, and other domestic and foreign problems. Emphasis will be upon the socio-political effects of Japan's post-war economic transformation.
  web.uvic.ca/calendar2003/CDs/PACI/321B.html - August 22, 2004

• Modern Japanese Society , Akami
  This course is an introductory course on modern Japanese society, which provides students with basic understanding and introduces key issues and various perspectives to analyse these issues. While it covers major economic and political events after the Meiji restoration of 1868 to the present, its main focus is on the consequences of these events on social, intellectual and cultural aspects. The course aims to provoke questions about assumptions behind the perspectives, such as the notion of an East/West dichotomy and the totality of national culture. It also tries to see the historicity of conventional understandings of modern Japanese society. It sets out to examine when, how and why these understandings were constructed, and it considers the implications of recent events. Students will be encouraged to bring in a comparative perspective in tutorials and essays.
  info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Asian_Studies/Postgraduate/Courses/_ASIA6010.asp - January 11, 2005

• Morris-Suzuki, Tessa , Australian National University
  Professor of Japanese History, Division of Pacific and Asian History Australian National University Research Interests: The social history of Japanese technology; national identity and ethnic minorities in Japan; the history of indigenous peoples in Northeast Asia; modern Japanese historiography; globalisation processes (with particular reference to Northeast Asia).
  rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/morrt_pah.php - January 23, 2005

• Napier, Susan , University of Texas
  Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas Research: Modern Japanese literature and culture
  www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/faculty/profiles/napier/susan/ - December 26, 2004

• National Association of Japan-America Societies , National Association of Japan-America Societies
  NAJAS's operations are threefold: to assist member societies centers with their administration, publicity and program implementation; to provide cultural, educational and business programs; to host an annual conference for its member organizations; and to pursue national programs on behalf of its members. This site contains an event calender, centers, sponsors, US-Japan links, FAQs, and a job bank.
  www.us-japan.org/# - November 8, 2004

• National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies - Indiana University East Asian Studies Center , Indiana University
  Funded by a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the National Clearinghouse for U.S.-Japan Studies at Indiana University specializes in providing educational information about Japan to K-12 students, teachers, specialists, and curriculum developers. This site includes state academic standards, Japan information packet, children\'s literature, online games and activities, digests, lesson plans, U.S.-Japan database, internet guides, clearinghouse publications, teaching resources, internet resources, Shinbun (a newsletter), and a \"What\'s New\" section.
  www.indiana.edu/~japan/ - January 20, 2005

• Nichibunken-International Research Center for Japanese Studies , Inter-University Research Institute Corporation-National Institutes for the Humanities
  This International Research Center for Japanese Studies site includes outreach programs and events, research activities, databases, general information, library, employment and study,sitemap, and related links.
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/welcome_e.htm - February 24, 2005

• Niigata University , Niigata University
  The home page of Niigata University. The site contains information about the university, faculty, research institutes, centers and facilities. The site will be particularly useful for students interested in studies in Japan.
  www.niigata-u.ac.jp/index_e.html - September 28, 2004

• Notehelfer, Fred , University of California Los Angeles
  Professor, Department of History, UCLA Research Interests: Pre-modern & modern Japanese history  
  www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Notehelf.htm - January 20, 2005

• O'Bryan, Scott , Indiana University
  Assistant Professor, EALC and History, Indiana University Research Interests: Twentieth-century Japan Economic nationalism Consumption and consumer culture Environmental history Peace thought and practice.
  www.indiana.edu/~ealc/people/faculty/individual/obryan.html - October 25, 2004

• Ooms, Herman , University of California Los Angeles
  Professor, Department of History, UCLA Research Interests: Tokugawa intellectual & social history
  www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Ooms.htm - January 20, 2005

• Ouchi, Takashi , Tohoku University
  Professor, Graduate School of Law, Transnational Law and Policy Research Fields: Basic Science of Law Western Legal History American Legal History Research Subjects: Historical Study on the Rise of the American Legal Profession Historical Study on the Formation of American Law
  www5.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/e_detail/1000005891.html - February 17, 2005

• Papers on Japan , Nautilus Institute
  A list of publications with active links to actual papers on various issues of political, economic and financial life of Japan. A large amount of papers is devoted to energy sector.
  www.nautilus.org/papers/regional.html#japan - November 23, 2004

• Pekkanen, Saadia , University of Washington
  Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Areas of Interest: Iinternational law; International political economy; WTO law on Japan’s foreign trade diplomacy
  depts.washington.edu/eacenter/japanf.shtml - February 11, 2005

• Piggott, Joan , University of Southern California
  Gordon L. MacDonald Chair in History, University of Southern California. Research Interests A premier Japan historian, Professor Piggott is an expert of premodern Japan and East Asia. Her specialty includes the development of kingship and church-state relations in ancient Japan. Her seminal study, "The Emergence of Japanese Kingship" combined written records with archaeological evidence to illuminate the reigns of seven ancient Japanese monarchs between the third and eighth centuries. While at Cornell, she organized a series of workshops on reading kambun, a premodern Sino-Japanese.
  www.usc.edu/assets/college/faculty/profiles/848.html - January 23, 2005

• Pincus, Leslie B. , University of Michigan
  Associate Professor of History, RESEARCH INTERESTS: Modern Japanese history, especially intellectual and social history; cultural studies; studies in nationalism and colonialism; social movements
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=31 - February 18, 2005

• Political Economy of Japan , Harvard University
  This course examines the history of Japan\'s political economy, its recent success and its current problems. Why did Japan succeed in becoming the first non-Western society to industrialize? Did Japan develop a particular brand of capitalism? What role did the political system play? What are its advantages and disadvantages of the Japanese model? Can it overcome the current technological changes and global pressures? Or is it no longer a viable model to emulate?
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov1273/ - August 24, 2004

• Politics and Political Economy in Japan , Harvard University
  This course studies Japanese politics and political economy in comparative perspective. Analyzes the: 1955 system and post-1993 changes; political economy debates; changing role of parties and bureaucracy; electoral system effects; social policy choices; and problems of marginality. Open to qualified undergraduates.
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov2262/ - July 18, 2002

• Pre-Modern Japanese History , University of Pennsylvania
  Ames 095 is a survey of Japanese history from its origins to the middle of the 19th century.This course covers not only internal Japanese development-political, social, and cultural trends-but also places Japan within the larger East Asian context. This means that influences from China and Korea, and contacts-including warfare-with these nations will be addressed as well. AMES 095 will be primarily lecture in format, but there is ample opportunity for discussion of issues of consequence in Japanese history in periodic discussion series. This course precedes HIST 091, Modern Japanese History, in the spring semester.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Premodern Japan , University of British Columbia
  Japanese history (political, economic, social, and cultural) to 1466. This is a survey course of Japanese history, beginning with prehistoric times and ending with 1868, the year marked by the Meiji Restoration. The first part of the course concerns the period up to 1466, and the second part concerns 1467 to the Meiji Restoration. The purpose of the course is to acquire a basic knowledge of the political, economic, social, and cultural lives which Japanese people have experienced. Special attention will be given to the dimensions of historical factors and forces that have shaped the course of Japanese history.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Proseminar in Japanese Cultural History , University of Southern California
  Intensive readings, chronologically arranged, in interpretive issues in the study of Japanese cultural history. Readings in English.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - January 17, 2005

• Reading Japan: Postwar Literature and Society , Brown University
  Examines works of postwar Japanese literature on four critical issues: World War II in retrospect and the continuing military presence; minorities and other outsiders; the status of women; and pressures and disruptions in a 'high-growth' economy. Students read fiction and poetry along with background essays in history and the social sciences that provide contexts for literary works.
  boca.brown.edu/nontopicsdet.asp?year=2004&term=2&crsCode=EA0146 - January 12, 2005

• Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library- Japanese Internet Resources , University of California Los Angeles
  This site includes Japan related general information, government information, statistics, humanities, social sciences, academic societies universities, libraries, museums, think tanks, books, articles, newspapers, booksellers, and image data.
  www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/eastasian/japan.htm - January 20, 2005

• Ruoff, Ken , Portland State University
  Assistant Professor, Department of History, Portland State University Fields of Expertise: Japanese History, esp. Modern Japan.
  web.pdx.edu/~murphy/history/pages/faculty/ruoff.htm - October 22, 2004

• Sasakawa Peace Foundation , Sasakawa Peace Foundation
  The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), endowed by the Nippon Foundation (formerly the Sasakawa Foundation) and the Japanese motorboat racing industry, was established in September 1986. A private nonprofit organization (NPO) that conducts international activities in the realm of the public interest from a global perspective, SPF aims to contribute to the welfare of humankind and to the development of a sound international community in order to foster world peace. This web site includes news, projects, grant opportunities, publications, and related links.
  www.spf.org/e/index.html - October 27, 2004

• Savery, Lynn , Savery, Lynn
  Lynn Savery, BA Ed (Melbourne State College), BA (Hons) (Deakin), is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of International Relations. Lynn has recently submitted her Phd entitled International Norms of Sexual Non-Discrimination and Changing State Practices: A Comparative Study of Germany, Spain, Japan, and India. This study examines the diffusion and effects of systemic norms of sexual non-discrimination on state behaviour. In particular, it investigates why these norms on the whole have had a relatively limited influence on state behaviour at a time when international human rights norms in general have increasingly defined what constitutes a legitimate state in international society. Her research interests also include international relations theory, and transitional justice and gender.
  rspas.anu.edu.au/ir/savery.htm - October 12, 2004

• Scheiner, Irwin , University of California Berkeley
  Professor, Department of History, University of California Berkeley Research Interests: Japan, Far East, intellectual, social, late Tokugawa.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/faculty/scheiner.html - January 20, 2005

• Scheiner, Irwin , Scheiner, Irwin
  A member of the East Asian Faculty, professor of the Department of History. Professional Interests include Japan, Far East, intellectual and social Tokugawa.
  history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Scheiner/ - February 22, 2005

• School of Japanese Studies , Far Eastern National University
  English-language web site of the School of Japanese Studies, a division of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=193 - September 30, 2004

• Seminar on Postwar Japan , University of Victoria
  A close examination of a major issue on post-war Japan such as the Allied Occupation, the evolution of the labour movement, the post-war political economy, or Japan in the international division of labour. Consult instructor for specific topic.
  web.uvic.ca/calendar2003/CDs/PACI/422.html - May 19, 2004

• Seminar on Postwar Japan , University of Victoria
  This course is a close examination of a major issue on post-war Japan such as the Allied Occupation, the evolution of the labour movement, the post-war political economy, or Japan in the international division of labour.
  web.uvic.ca/calendar2003/CDs/PACI/422.html - August 22, 2004

• Seminar: Japan , University of Southern California
  Social, economic, political, and cultural problems in modern Japan. Bibliographic and reference materials.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - September 21, 2004

• Seminar: Japan , University of Southern California
  Social, economic, political, and cultural problems in modern Japan. Bibliographic and reference materials.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - January 17, 2005

• Seminar: Selected Topics in Japanese Society , Boston University
  Use of primary and secondary source materials to treat changes in Japanese society since 1868, emphasizing developments since 1945. Topics include population and labor force, employment, diversity and stratification, affluence and consumer culture, ideologies and public opinion.
  bu.edu/sociology/undergrad/courses.html - August 12, 2004

• Senda, Minoru , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialized Fields: Historical geography, cultural geography Current Research Themes: Origin and genealogy of cities in East Asia
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/SENDA_Minoru2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Shimane University , Shimane University
  The home page of Shimane University. The site contains information on the academic programs, faculty, and facilities of the institution. The site will be particularly useful for the students planning to study in Japan.
  www.shimane-u.ac.jp/cgi-bin/odb-get.exe?WIT_template=UBCS1E010&t=UBCS1&l=E&f=&p=&o=155::1118::1026&r=9348 - September 28, 2004

• Smith II, Henry , Columbia University
  Professor of Japanese history, department of East Asian languages and cultures; faculty director, Donald Keene Center Chushingura and the relationship between history and legend in early modern and modern Japan; history of modern Tokyo; history of modern Japanese architecture
  www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/faculty/smith.html - January 18, 2005

• Smith, Kerry , Brown University
  Associate Professor, History (Japan Track), Brown University Kerry Smith contributed a chapter to Rural Histories: Farmers and Village Life in 20th Century Japan (Ann Waswo and Nishida Yoshiaki, eds.), published this spring by Routledge/Curzon. His article "The Showa Hall: Memorializing Japan's War at Home," received The National Council on Public History's G. Wesley Johson Prize for the best article to appear in The Public Historian in the past year. He continues work on a book about the social and cultural histories of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
  www.brown.edu/Departments/East_Asian_Studies/faculty.html - January 20, 2005

• Social Change in Japan: Conference Course , Harvard University
  This course is designed to provide an introduction to the social institutions structuring life in contemporary Japan and to engage students in some of the debates surrounding Japan's transformation in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The semester is structured around several questions: 1) How is social order created and maintained in Japanese society? How do the key institutions of family, education, work, and the state create social order through the way they are formally structured and through the social values and norms they convey? How have symbols from Japanese "tradition" been deployed by schools,  employers, the state, and others to maintain order? 2) How do the major social institutions (family, school, and work) through which all citizens pass create a common among Japanese while at the same time structuring divergent paths through life? How do characteristics such as gender, age, social class, and ethnic identification structure people's actual life experiences in contemporary Japan? 3) What are some of the major social issues facing Japan in the early 21st century? How does a "sociological imagination" help us understand these issues and the range of possible solutions to them?
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~soc180/syllabus/Soc180_Syllabus.pdf - August 24, 2004

• Social Structure and Social Change in Japan , University of Victoria
  This course will concentrate upon the transformation of Japanese society from the early 19th century up to the end of World War II, paying particular attention to the interlocking themes of economic development and political and social change.
  web.uvic.ca/calendar2002/CDs/PACI/321A.html - September 22, 2004

• Social Structure and Social Change in Japan , University of Victoria
  This course will concentrate upon the transformation of Japanese society from the early 19th century up to the end of World War II, paying particular attention to the interlocking themes of economic development and political and social change.
  web.uvic.ca/calendar2002/CDs/PACI/321A.html - August 22, 2004

• Sonoda, Hidehiro , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialized Fields: Social history, comparative social history
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/SONODA_Hidehiro2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Stalker, Nancy , University of Texas
  Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas Research: 20th-century cultural history, new religious movements, gender
  www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/faculty/profiles/stalker/nancy/ - December 26, 2004

• Steinhoff, Patricia , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Professor of Sociology, Faculty, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Research Interests: Japanese society, sociology of conflict, social movements.
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 13, 2004

• Studies in Japanese Thought , University of Southern California
  Influence of native traditions and imported Chinese traditions on Japanese civilization; religious, ethical, esthetics, and political aspects.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - October 2, 2004

• Studies in Japanese Thought , University of Southern California
  Influence of native traditions and imported Chinese traditions on Japanese civilization; religious, ethical, esthetics, and political aspects.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - January 17, 2005

• Takenaka, Toshiko , University of Washington
  Director, Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property, Associate Director, Intellectual Property Law and Policy LL.M. Program, Washington Research Foundation/W. Hunter Simpson Professor of Law, University of Washington She teaches courses on patent law, comparative patent law, intellectual property seminar and intellectual property innovation in science and technology.
  www.law.washington.edu/Faculty/Takenaka/ - February 11, 2005

• Talking in Japan and the US: Language, Identity and Beyond , St. Olaf College
  This course looks at language as it creates and responds to its cultural and social environments. Students compare and contrast major aspects of language use in Japan and the United States. Students explore the general underlying elements of talk (e.g., standard vs. regional dialects, language attitude and ideologies, politeness, gendered speech patterns, communication styles) and learn to understand how speakers convey subtle meanings, sometimes unconsciously. Knowledge of Japanese is helpful but not necessary. Taught in English.
  www.stolaf.edu/depts/asian-studies/courses/ - January 19, 2005

• Tanaka, Stefan , University of California San Diego
  Director, Japanese Studies Program, Associate Professor for the Department of History, University of California San Diego His research includes Modern Japanese History and the history of childhood.
  japan.ucsd.edu/pages/people.html - January 25, 2005

• Taylor, Veronica , University of Washington
  Director, Asian Law LL.M. Program, Professor, School of Law, University of Washington Areas of Interest: Japanese law and society; commercial law in Asia; contracts and international transactions
  depts.washington.edu/eacenter/japanf.shtml - February 11, 2005

• The Historiographical Institute , University of Tokyo
  The site of the Historiographical Institute at the University of Tokyo. The Institute has as its primary objective, rather than historiography in general, analysis, compilation, and publication of historical source materials concerning Japan. The Institute has become a major center of Japanese historical research, and makes historical sources available through its library, publications, and recently, databases. The site contains informations about the center, its organization and activities. It will be of a particular interest to researchers specializing in Japan studies.
  www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index.html - September 28, 2004

• The History of Japan's Emergence as a World Power , Matsukata, Naotaka
  The course examines series of socio-political and ideological transtions that Japan has made starting from the mid-nineteenth century, focusing on the coutry's perspectives for the future.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/asia/asiaoverview/readinglists/japanreadinglists/JapanEmergenceMatsukata.pdf - September 20, 2004

• The Journal of Japanese Studies , Project Muse
  The Journal of Japanese Studies is the most influential journal dealing with research on Japan available in the English language. Since 1974, it has published the results of scholarly research on Japan in a wide variety of social science and humanities disciplines, as well as translations of articles from Japanese and substantive book reviews.
  muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_japanese_studies/ - February 24, 2005

• The Keio Research Institute at SFC , Keio University
  The Keio Research Institute at SFC was established as a base for advanced research with the aim of making contributions to 21st century society through research results. In addition to this, the Institute promotes bi-directional coordination between education and research at the Shonan-Fujisawa Campus of Keio University and related activities conducted by businesses, government and academia in Japan and throughout the world.
  www.kri.sfc.keio.ac.jp/english/index.html - November 11, 2004

• Tonomura, Hitomi , University of Michigan
  Associate Professor of History, Asian Languages and Cultures, and Women\'s Studies, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: Premodern Japanese history; violence and gender in warrior society; peasants and merchants in medieval community and economy; family and property relations; representations of the body and sexuality; ancient myths and legends; law and sexual transgressions; reproduction and political power; modern Japanese gender relations; women\'s autobiography
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=40 - February 18, 2005

• Topics in Japanese Cultural History I , University of British Columbia
  Focuses each year on a specific topic related to the courtly or warrior culture of Japan. Aristocrats and warriors.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Topics in Japanese Cultural History II , University of British Columbia
  Focuses each year on a specific topic related to the culture of early modern Japan.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Topics in Japanese Culture and Society , University of Texas at Austin
  Study of various aspects and periods of Japanese culture and society. May be repeated for credit when the topics vary. Topic 1: Intellectual and Cultural History of Modern Japan. Same as History 382N (Topic 3: Intellectual and Cultural History of Modern Japan. Topic 2: Japan since 1945. A survey of political, social, and cultural change from 1945 to 1980. Topic 3: Japanese Culture and Identity. Only one of the following may be counted: Asian Studies 380T (Topic: Japanese Culture and Identity), 383 (Topic 3), Japanese 380 (Topic: Japanese Culture and Identity Topic 4: Japanese Politics. Same as Government 390L (Topic 20: Japanese Politics). Additional prerequisite: Twenty-four semester hours of coursework in government or related fields, and consent of the graduate adviser.
  www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/catalogs/grad03-05/ch4/la/ans.crs.html - January 18, 2005

• Topics in Japanese Thought , University of Pennsylvania
  Course focuses on a few selected topics for close attention. Topic will be examination of Japanese approach to certain kinds of social and ethical questions, for instance, the propriety of organ transplantation; abortion; political corruption; internationalization, etc. Readings will include pre-modern materials that influence the current discussions. Seminar format. Papers.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Traditional Japan , University of Pittsburgh
  Japan from prehistory to 1880. The course will emphasize the origins of the Japanese people, the influence of Chinese civilization, the rise of the warrior class, and rise and fall of centralized feudalism. Extensive required reading in the scholarly Western literature on Japan and selected readings in translation. Class time will be divided between lecture and discussion, and slides and films will be shown.
  www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/hist.htm#1431Traditional%20Japan - January 20, 2005

• Traphagen, John , University of Texas
  Assistant Professor and Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Texas Research: Medical anthropology, gender and aging, globalization, family and kinship, religion and ritual
  www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/asianstudies/faculty/profiles/traphagan/john/ - December 26, 2004

• Uno, Kathleen , Temple University
  Associate Professor of History, Temple University Her general teaching interests range from modern Japan to Third World and Japanese women\'s history and social theory. She offers graduate courses on the History of Japanese Urbanism; Japan: Revolution, Empire and War; Women in Industrializing Societies; and Seminar in Comparative Women\'s History. Her research interests center on Japanese social history -- especially women\'s, children\'s, family, and gender history -- and related conceptual frameworks.
  www.temple.edu/history/uno.html - February 18, 2005

• Upham, Frank K. , New York University School of Law
  Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, Department of Law, New York University Expertise: Property Law and Society in Japan Law and Development Global Public Service Lawyering: Theory and Practice
  www.law.nyu.edu/faculty/profiles/fulltime/uphamf.html - November 8, 2004

• Visual Anthropology of Modern Japan , Chalfren, Richard
  This course offers an anthropological approach to systems of visual communication that are central to understanding Japanese society and culture. Themes and perspectives from visual anthropology will be applied to visual sign systems of everyday life (writing, clothes, food, etc.), to the prevalence and influences of popular culture emphasizing mass mediated forms as manga (comic books), advertisements, etc. The course will also include ethnographic films about Japanese culture as well a review of how Japanese culture is communicated to mass audiences through classic and contemporary feature films as well as network television. We will try to \"unpack\" or \"unwrap\" some of the stereotypic reductions common to superficial knowledge of Japan and Japanese culture.
  astro.temple.edu/~rchalfen/anthro338.html - February 18, 2005

• Watanabe, Masako , International Research Center for Japanese Studies
  Associate Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan Specialized Fields: Sociology, comparative education Current Research Themes: A comparison of styles of reasoning in Japan, the United States, and France; international comparisons of history and language arts education
  www.nichibun.ac.jp/research/staff1/WATANABE_Masako_Ema2_e.html - February 24, 2005

• Way of Tea in Japan History and Culture , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Note: In order to access the course description, select the course from the list. Inquiry into the cultural history of Japan with focus on the evolution of the tea ceremony. Among the related subjects covered are aesthetics, Zen Buddhism, architecture, ceramics, calligraphy, and gardens.
  www.hawaii.edu/shaps/asia/courses_next_sem.html - January 13, 2005

• Witteveen, Guven Peter , University of Michigan
  RESEARCH INTERESTS: Citizen movements and civil society; Japanese social analysis (social change, cross-cultural comparison to U.S.); museum studies and the politics of cultural representations; historicity (culturally tinged understanding of the past); the intersection of language & culture (implications for Japanese language pedagogy); outreach & precollegiate (cultural) anthropology
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=42 - February 18, 2005

• Women in Japanese History , University of Georgia
  Changing political, social, and economic positions of women in Japan from ancient times to the present.
  uga.edu/cas/courses.html - August 26, 2004

• Worlds Apart: Cultural Constructions of "East" and "West" , University of Pennsylvania
  Multiculturalism increasingly characterizes our political, economic, andpersonal lives. This course will focus on real and perceived differences between the so-called "East" and "West". Taking a case study approach, we shall read and compare literary materials from classical Greece and Rome, a major source of "Western" culture, and Japan, an "Eastern" Society.Through analysis of these texts, we shall explore some of the concepts, values, and myths in terms of which "East" and "West" define themselves and each other: e.g. gender, sexuality, rationality, religion, society, justice, nature, cultural diffusion, work, leisure, life, and death. Readings will include selections from Greco-Roman and Japanese myths, poetry, drama, essays, history, and philosophy.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• WWII in American and Japanese History , Columbia University
  From the separate and differing viewpoints of the two nations, an examination of the war as a central experience in the recent history of both. Emphasis on the meaning and impact of the war on social, political, and intellectual life in the period from Versailles through the Vietnam War.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Yamaguchi, Kazuo , University of Chicago
  Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago He is interested in models (statistical models for social data and mathematical models for social phenomena), life course, rational choice, exchange networks, stratification and mobility, demography of family and employment, process of drug use progression, and Japanese society. His current research focuses on models of exchange networks and the predictors of gender-role attitudes among American and Japanese women and men.
  sociology.uchicago.edu/faculty/yamaguchi/ - January 25, 2005

• Yen, Louis , University of Michigan
  Assistant Research Scientist, Health Management Research Center, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: The differences in health behaviors and health risk between Japanese and American middle-aged workers
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=44 - February 18, 2005

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• Asian Nation Studies: Japan , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  No course description at this site.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/asan.htm - September 18, 2004

• Contemporary Japanese Studies Seminar , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Selected human and physical features that represent economic, social, and political life. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as GEOG 652)
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/asan.htm - September 18, 2004

• International Relations of Japan , University of California, Los Angeles
  Foreign policies of Japan and interests and policies of other countries, particularly the U.S., as they relate to Japan.
  www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.asp?sa=POL+SCI&funsel=3 - August 6, 2004

• Japan Politics and Foreign Policy , George Washington University
  No course description at this site.
  www.gwu.edu/~eastasia/courses/ug_desc.htm - August 12, 2004

• Japanese Culture and Society and Performance , Brown University
  An interdisciplinary overview of Japanese society drawing on insights from anthropology, sociology, literature, history, political science and economics, but focusing on continuity and change in Japanese cultural tradition, and featuring the study of Japanese culture through performance traditions.
  boca.brown.edu/nontopicsdet.asp?year=2003&term=1&crsCode=AN0118 - August 9, 2004

• Japanese Foreign Policy and International Relations of East and Southeast Asia , University of Southern California
  Research problems in political, economic, and security issues in East and Southeast Asia, with special emphasis on the role of Japan.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ir/programs/syllabus.htm - September 21, 2004

• Japanese Political Thought: 1868 to Present , University of Toronto
  Asian studies course listing in the History Department of the University of Toronto. Course 1674Y covers universal topics: the nature and sources of national identity, sovereignty in the state, authority and liberty, socialism and communism, imperialism, colonialism, militarism.Ê However, traditional Japanese thought and modern Western thought have contended for place in the definition of these matters, causing great tensions with serious practical consequences for both Japanese and their Asian neighbours. This course examines the various types of traditional Japanese thought, chiefly Confucian and Shintoist, and the many strands of Western thought, following their fortunes from the Meiji Restoration of 1868, through imperialism and authoritarianism to the peaceful democracy of the present day.Ê
  www.chass.utoronto.ca/history/graduate/courses.htm#asian - August 5, 2004

• Japanese Politics , University of Southern California
  Politics, political economy, and political processes in contemporary Japan. How the political system is organized; the roles of bureaucrats, politicians, organized interest groups, and social activists in the policymaking process. Recommended preparation: POSC 120.
  www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2003/las/LAS_POSC/coi.html - September 21, 2004

• Japanese Politics and Culture , Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
  This course is designed to be a survey of Japanese politics, society, and culture. It will cover such areas as arts, history, philosophy, but will focus on politics and problems associated with all of these areas.
  academics.sru.edu/catalog/courses_4.asp#pols - September 21, 2004

• Japanese Politics and Society , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Lectures, seminar discussion, small-team case studies, and web page construction exercises shed light on contemporary Japan. Focus on four substantive topics: politics and history, economy and technology, education and the workplace, and community/civil society.
  student.mit.edu/catalog/m17b.html#17.541 - September 18, 2004

• Japanese Studies Seminar , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  No course description at this site.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/asan.htm - September 18, 2004

• Political Economy of Japan , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Examination of the institutions of the contemporary Japanese political economy including economic policy and politics, labor-management relations, and international dimensions. Pre: 201 and 202, or consent.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/asan.htm - September 18, 2004

• Politics and Social Change in Postwar Japan , Boston University
  This course will examine the relationship between politics and social change in postwar Japan. Electoral reforms hold out the promise of a reconfiguration of the political landscape in Japan, and the course will examine the prospects for broad political change in Japanese politics.
  www.bu.edu/ir/gradcourses.html - September 22, 2004

• Seminar: Japanese Politics , Stanford University
  This undergraduate/graduate seminar explores major theories used to explain the structure and dynamics of Japanese politics, including the developmental state, bureaucratic politics, interest group coalitions, single party domination, network theory, and rational choice. Student presentations are required part of the class.
  aparc.stanford.edu/courses/747/ - September 21, 2004

• Topics in Asian and/or Pacific Politics: Japanese Politics , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  (Alpha) Topics in Asian and/or Pacific Politics (B) Japanese politics; (C) Korean politics; (D) Chinese foreign policy.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/pols.htm - September 18, 2004

• Topics in Comparative Politics: Japanese Politics , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Political, social, and economic processes in specific countries/regions. (B) Southeast Asia; (C) Pacific Islands; (D) Communism in Asia; (F) Middle East; (G) Philippines; (H) Japan; (I) Europe; (J) India; (R) Russia.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/pols.htm - September 18, 2004

• Topics in International Relations: US-Japan Relations , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  (Alpha) Topics in International Relations (B) international relations and war; (C) dependencies; (D) U.S.-China relations (E) international organization; (F) modeling international systems; (G) U.S.-Japan relations.
  www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/departments/pols.htm - September 18, 2004

• 20th-Century Japan: Conference Course , Harvard University
  Japan is the first non-Western nation to industrialize and the world's second largest economy. History 1851 explores Japanese experiences of modernity in the twentieth century, emphasizing the diversity of these experiences and of their interpretations. Themes include capitalism, imperialism, war, mass culture, high growth, social change, and the discontinuities and continuities across the 1945 dividing line between "imperial Japan" and "democratic Japan." Students will develop and defend their own interpretations, finding and critically analyzing secondary and primary sources.
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~hst1851/Syllabus/HIS1851F04Syllabus.pdf - August 24, 2004

• Abe, Atsuko , Obirin University
  Ms. Abe Atsuko is currently a professor at the Department of International Studies at Obirin University. She holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Cambridge University. The research interests of Professor Abe include International Relations, Politics and Political Economy, role of Japan in international relations.
  read.jst.go.jp/ddbs/plsql/KNKY_EG_24?code=1000295650 - October 14, 2004

• Accessing Japanese Law: Contemprorary Issues in Japanese Law and Society , The Australian National Universty
  This course has three components.First, the course has a general substantive law component in which deeper exploration of a variety of Japanese legal areas may be explored.The specific areas of law will be decided depending upon the students’ interests and background in the first week of the course following consultation between the lecturer and students.This is particularly necessary as the survey nature of ASIA2032 does not allow coverage of many important areas or does not allow sufficiently deep investigation of other areas. Second, the course will have a practical skills component using video negotiation with students in Tokyo to test theories of Japanese legal consciousness, Japanese negotiation, Japanese contracting, and Japanese dispute resolution.Students with sufficient language skills will be encouraged to negotiate wholly or partially in Japanese language. This portion of the course seeks to provide an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and thereby gain the concomitant benefits. Third, the course has a component for personal research in Japanese law. This portion of the course will be largely directed by the students’ own research projects in an area of Japanese law.This portion seeks to both engage students in directing their own education and to prepare them for more significant research projects such as Honours or work demands.
  info.anu.edu.au/StudyAt/_Asian_Studies/Postgraduate/Courses/_ASIA6021.asp - January 11, 2005

• Akami, Tomoko , Australian National University
  Lecturer, Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, Australian National University. Her current research projects include an analysis of the meaning of international understanding both in war and peace time, and an analysis of the implication of welfare liberalism for outsiders within a modern nation-state boundary. She teaches Modern Japanese Society and Understanding Contemporary Japan.
  asia.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/staff/staff.html - January 23, 2005

• Albritton, Robert R. , York University
  Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Research Interests: Marxist theory with particular interest in Marxian economic theory and Marxian epistemology, poststructuralist theory. Publications include three books: A Japanese Reconstruction of Marxist Theory, A Japanese Approach to Stages of Capitalist Development, and A Japanese Approach to Political Economy:
  www.arts.yorku.ca/politics/faculty/albritton.html - October 5, 2004

• Amyx, Jennifer , University of Pennsylvania
  Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania Dr. Amyx's work focuses on the political economy of East Asia, with a particular emphasis on the Japanese political economy. Her special areas of interest include the politics of financial regulation and reform (particularly in the Asia-Pacific), the political dynamics of regional financial and trade cooperation in East Asia since 1997, the role of the bureaucracy in economic development and the role of informal policy networks.
  www.ssc.upenn.edu/polisci/faculty/bios/amyx.html - October 6, 2004

• Angel, Robert C. , University of South Carolina
  Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina SPECIALIZATIONS: BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS government bureaucracy; government-business relations; public relations; trade, investment and promotion; trade relations POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE comparative politics; domestic politics; economic policy; foreign policy and international relations; industrial policy; international economic policy; international public affairs; Japanese lobby in Washington, DC; leadership; political change and domestic conflict; political economy; political institutions; public diplomacy; trade policy; US policy affecting Japan-US relations SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY US perceptions of Japan.
  www.us-japan.org/otr/bios/angel.html - October 6, 2004

• Arase, David , Pamona College
  Associate Professor of Politics, 1989 A.B., Cornell University; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Interests: Japanese Politics/Foreign Policy East Asian International Relations United States-East Asian Relations International Security
  www.politics.pomona.edu/arase.html - October 4, 2004

• Armacost, Michael , Stanford University
  Distinguished Fellow, Asia/Pacific Research Center Stanford University Research Areas: economics, finance, foreign investment, foreign relations and policy, government-business relations, military issues, nationalism, nuclear issues, political economy, politics (domestic issues), reform, security, US policy toward.
  aparc.stanford.edu/people/3042/ - October 25, 2004

• Assessing U.S.-Japan Relations , Georgetown University
  This course draws on a number of faculty members and guest lecturers to cover commercial, political, and socio-economic aspects of this important bilateral relationship. Business executives from the Japan Commerce Association in Washington participate in some class sessions, including several case studies on corporate alliances. Topics include evolving commercial strategies; cooperative business alliance practices, domestic processes and pressures on trade and investment issues; comparative business-government relations; national economic policies and prospects; U.S.-Japanese relations in a regional and multilateral context; and the framework for social and cultural understanding.
  www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/148courses.html - September 21, 2004

• Babb, James , Newcastle University
  Lecturer, Politics, University of Newcastle Research Interests: Japanese political history and political thought, hermeneutics.
  www.ncl.ac.uk/geps/staff/profile/j.d.babb - October 6, 2004

• Beason, Richard D. , Beason, Richard D.
  Department of Marketing, University of Alberta PUBLICATIONS: JOURNAL ARTICLES "The Political-Economy of Japans Fiscal Packages During the Heisei Recession," with Dennis Patterson under revise and re-submit, American Journal of Political Science. "Testing for the Neutrality of Japan's Fiscal Packages, 1992-1997," under review. "Separation Risk and Firm Size-Earnings Relationships in Japan and the United States," under review. "The MITI Myth," The American Enterprise, July/August 1995.
  www.bus.ualberta.ca/rbeason/ - October 6, 2004

• Berger, Thomas , Boston University
  Professor, Department of International Relations, Boston University Research Interests: Politics of Advanced Industrial Nations, German Politics, Japanese Politics, International Relations East Asia and International Relations in the New Europe.
  www.bu.edu/ir/faculty/berger.html - October 25, 2004

• Bernstein, Gail , University of Arizona
  Professor, Department of History, University of Arizona Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: gender issues, history, industry, politics (domestic issues)
  datamonster.sbs.arizona.edu/history/faculty/faculty.php?id=185 - January 7, 2005

• Blaker, Michael , Blaker, Michael
  Michael Blaker is an internationally-renowned expert on Japanese negotiating behavior and Japanese-American relations at both the corporate and government levels. A widely-published author in Japan and the United States who has taught at Harvard, Columbia, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, he has served as a consultant and resource person to many of the leading Japanese and American think tanks, research institutions, and business organizations.
  www.blakersjapan.com/ - October 25, 2004

• Blechinger-Talcott, Verena , Hamilton College
  Ms.Blechinger-Talcott is an assistant professor of government. She earned her Ph.D.in political science from Munich University. A native of Germany, she lived in Japan for seven years, five of them as a research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo.Blechinger-Talcott has served as a lecturer at Munich, Muenster and Tokyo universities.Her most recent position was a postcoctoral fellowship in the Program on U.S. – Japan Relations at Harvard University. Her research interests include Japanese and East Asian politics and political corruption. Blechinger-Talcott is working on a book about the relationship between deregulation and incentives for corruption in Japan, the U.S. and Germany.
  www.hamilton.edu/academics/faculty.html?dept=Asian%20Studies - November 4, 2004

• Bosworth, Stephen W. , The Fletcher School
  Dean, The Fletcher School, Medford, Massachusetts Teaching and Research Fields: US Foreign Policy; International Finance and Trade; US-Korean, US-Japan, and US-Asian relations; Energy; Arms Control and Disarmament.
  fletcher.tufts.edu/faculty/bosworth/ - October 27, 2004

• Breer, William T. , Center for Strategic & International Studies
  Japan Chair, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC Expertise: Political, economic, and security affairs in Japan and Asia; U.S.-Japan policy
  www.csis.org/experts/4breer.htm - March 31, 2005

• Campbell, John C. , University of Michigan
  Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan RESEARCH INTERESTS: Japanese politics; social policy, especially health care and aging; U.S.-Japan relations; changing political attitudes in Japan and elsewhere.
  websvcs.itcs.umich.edu/cjs/faculty/bio.php?personid=3 - October 6, 2004

• Carlile, Lonny E. , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Associate Professor of Asian Studies/Center for Japanese Studies, Faculty, Center for Japanese Studies; University of Hawaii at Manoa Research Interests: The political economy of Japan, especially labor politics, industrial and trade policy, and its overseas travel industry.
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 13, 2004

• Clemens, Steven C. , Japan Policy Research Institute
  Director of the Japan Policy Research Institute and also Executive Vice President of the New America Foundation, a centrist policy think tank in Washington, D.C.His specializations include Asia, American security and defense policy, and U.S.-Japan relations.
  www.jpri.org/about/officers.html#CJ - October 20, 2004

• Compton, Robert , State University of New York at Oneonta
  Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, SUNY at Oneonta Construction, Deconstruction, and Reconstruction of State Legitimacy in South Africa and Japan, Presentation at the Congress of the International Political Science Association, Durban, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, July 15, 2003. Political Culture as a Source of Japanese Immobilism in the New World Order, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 30 - September 2, 2001.
  employees.oneonta.edu/comptorw/ - October 6, 2004

• Corning, Gregory , Corning, Gregory
  Gregory Corning is an assistant professor at Santa Clara University. He teaches comparative politics (Asia) and international relations. Corning's articles have appeared in Asian Survey and Pacific Affairs; his current research addresses U.S.-Japan relations, with an emphasis on trade and technology issues. Prior to his recent arrival at SCU, Corning worked in Japan for three years and taught at the University of Texas-Austin.
  www.scu.edu/SCU/Departments/PolSci/faculty/gcorning.html - October 21, 2004

• Cox, Gary , University of California San Diego
  Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California-San Diego Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: electoral politics, legislative politics
  weber.ucsd.edu/~gcox/ - December 8, 2004

• Current Japan-U.S. Relations , Vanderbilt University
  Similarities and differences in theory and practice in the United States and Japan on public policy issues such as trade, defense, environment, education, medical care, and racial prejudice.
  sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/east_asia/easminor - August 26, 2004

• Curtis, Gerald , Columbia, University
  Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, former Director of Columbia's East Asian Institute He is a specialist on comparative politics, especially election systems, campaign practices, and political parties.
  www-1.gsb.columbia.edu/japan/curtis.htm - January 31, 2005

• Democracy and History in Korea , University of Toronto
  This course examines approaches to the history of the south Korean democracy movement and the role of history within the democracy movement itself.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS476Y1 - January 17, 2005

• Ducke, Isa , German Institute for Japan Studies
  Research Fellow, German Institute for Japanese Studies In spite of the close proximity or possibly because of it Japan's relationship with other Asian countries is rather tense. This is largely due to historical issues and Japan's dealing with these issues. By comparison, economic or security considerations appear to be more "substantial" factors in Japan's foreign policy, and yet they are often shaped by those "soft issues". This becomes particularly clear in relations between Japan and other Asian countries. Of course, the special relationship between Japan and the US also plays a role in relations between Japan and Asia. Therefore, references to the "Asia-Pacific" rather than Asia alone as a focus of Japanese foreign policy are frequent.
  www.dijtokyo.org/?page=person_detail.php&p_id=17&lang=en - October 6, 2004

• Electoral Politics in America and Japan , Harvard University
  This course analyzes a set of core topics in the comparative study of elections in Japan and the United States. Given the great differences between the two nations, this might seem a curious comparison to make. Among developed nations, America and Japan appear to be as different as any two countries could be, whether comparisons are made along social, cultural, or political lines. And both are thought to be unique: the U.S. because of its presidential system of government, two-party dominance, and low levels of voter participation, Japan because of its postwar history, influential bureaucracy, and lengthy dominance by a single political party. The challenge, then, is to identify electoral phenomena common to these two seemingly idiosyncratic political systems. Our more general task is to learn about electoral politics in both nations simultaneously by using what is known about one to expand our understanding of the other.
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov90ph/syllabus/gov90ph.pdf - August 24, 2004

• Estevez-Abe, Margarita , Harvard University
  After earning her Ph.D. at Harvard in 1999, Prof. Estevez-Abe was an Assistant Professor of political science at the University of Minnesota before joining the Harvard faculty. Her research interests include Japanese politics and economy, comparative social policy, varieties of capitalism and the recent changes in distinctive national models of capitalism in advanced industrial societies, and gender inequality.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~rijs/faculty_estevez-abe.html - October 4, 2004

• Everyday Life in Interwar Japan , University of Toronto
  A close analysis of the complex relationship between everyday life, labor power and the accumulation of capital in Japan from 1917-1937 by addressing the problems of colonialism, rascism, gender, class, and social movements.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS347H1 - January 13, 2005

• Feldman, Eric A. , Center for East Asian Studies
  Eric A. Feldman (Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Law) received his JD and Ph.D. (Jurisprudence and Social Policy) from the University of California, Berkeley. He has authored/edited books and articles concerningÊJapanese society and Japan's health law and policy.ÊHe is currently working on an international study of legal and political conflicts over tobacco.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/bios_feldman.html - November 5, 2004

• Flowers, Patrice , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  Assistant Professor of Political Science, Faculty, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa Research Interests: International norms and institutions; international relations theory; international law; state and national identity; gender in international relations; Japanese politics; Japan's international relations; global processes.
  www.hawaii.edu/cjs/faculty.html - October 13, 2004

• Freeman, Laurie A. , University of California, Santa Barbara
  Fields of Interest: Comparative Politics, Japanese Politics, Media and Politics Professor Freeman joined the department in 1996 after spending a year at Harvard University's Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. Her current research interests concern comparative politics with an emphasis on the press and politics of Japan, and the role of the media in comparative perspective.
  www.polsci.ucsb.edu/faculty/bios/lfreeman.php - October 4, 2004

• Fukumoto, Kentaro , Fukumoto, Kentaro
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University Books Politics in the Japanese Diet: A Statistical Analysis of Postwar Government Legislation , University of Tokyo Press, 261 pages, 2000, (Japanese). With others, The Diet Members and Money , Asahi Newspaper Company, 239 pages, 1999, (Japanese). With others, The Record of Political Reform for 1800 Days, Kodansha, 542 pages, 1999, (Japanese). Articles and Book Chapters (incomplete list) Participation, in Fukuda, A. and M. Taniguchi, eds., Political Studies on Democracy , University of Tokyo Press, 2002(forthcoming), pp. 146-62, (Japanese). (With Kawato, S., M. Masuyama, and S. Machidori) Legislative Data Analysis: Kawato Project Report No. 1, Seikei Hogaku , No. 55 (2002), pp. 157-200, (Japanese).
  www-cc.gakushuin.ac.jp/%7Ee982440/index_e.htm - October 6, 2004

• Fukuzawa Memorial Center for Modern Japanese Studies , Keio University
  Founded in 1983 as a commemorative project for the 125th anniversary of Keio University, the Center houses and maintains a considerable collection of documents and historical materials related to founder Yukichi Fukuzawa and Keio University. Other objectives are to conduct research on the activities and achievements of Keio alumni who were disciples of Fukuzawa, as well as to further the study of modern Japanese culture and Keio University's role in the formation of Japan in the modern era.
  www.keio.ac.jp/05/01.html - November 11, 2004

• Gelb, Joyce , City University of New York
  Professor, Department of Political Science, The City University of New York Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: gender issues, government, human rights, politics, Japanese politics, public policy and administration, social issues/sociology, Japanese women's issues, women
  www.ccny.cuny.edu/psc/JoyceGelb.htm - December 8, 2004

• Gilman, Theodore , Union College
  Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Union College Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: urban issues, business issues, political economy, foreign relations and policy, politics
  www.jpcentral.virginia.edu/bios/gilt.htm - January 6, 2005

• Gov't & Politics-Japan , Georgia Institute of Technology
  Government and Politics of Japan examines the main institutions, policies, and politics of contemporary Japan. Investigates the impact of social, cultural, and economic forces on Japan's government and politics.
  oscar.gatech.edu - August 26, 2004

• Governance and Finance of Japanese Firms: Reading Group , Harvard University
  We have seen an enormous increase in English-language studies of corporate finance and corporate governance relating to Japan. In this readings class, we will survey some of that literature, paying particular attention to those studies that relate to law. We presuppose no advance knowledge of Japanese, economics, or finance.
  www.law.harvard.edu/academics/registrar/catalog/electives.html - August 24, 2004

• Government and Politics of Japan , University of California, Los Angeles
  Structure and operation of contemporary Japanese political system, with special attention to domestic political forces and pro
  www.politics.ubc.ca/ - August 6, 2004

• Government and Politics of Japan , University of Utah
  Japanese political culture and history; Japanese political parties and elections; governmental structure and political leadership on national and local levels; Japanese domestic, economic and foreign policies.
  www.acs.utah.edu/GenCatalog/1028/crsdesc/pol_s.html - February 18, 2005

• Government and Politics of Japan since 1850 , University of Calgary
  Political development of modern and contemporary Japan, and Japan's diplomatic relations with its Asia-Pacific neighbors.
  www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/what/courses/HTST.htm - April 7, 2004

• Hara, Kimie , University of Calgary
  Dr. Hara's specialization is Russo/Soviet-Japanese relations, Japanese politics and diplomacy, international relations of the Asia-Pacific region. She is the author of a forthcoming book, Japanese - Soviet/Russian Relations Since 1945: A Difficult Peace; She has written articles on Russo/Soviet-Japanese relations in World Boundaries Series, Japan Forum, Pacific Research, Current Affairs Notes. Dr. Hara is a former degree fellow at the East-West Center. Her current research focuses on the San Francisco System and the Cold War in East Asia and the Pacific.
  poli.ucalgary.ca/dept/hara.shtml - January 11, 2005

• Hatch, Walter , Hatch, Walter
  Mr. Hatch turned his masters thesis into a book (Asia in Japan\'s Embrace, which was published in 1996 by Cambridge University Press), and is now working to turn his dissertation into a second book on the feedback effect of Asian regionalization on the political economy of Japan. A future research project will focus on the use and abuse of collective memory in the Japan-China relationship. At Colby College, where he is an assistant professor, he teaches Introduction to International Relations, Japanese Politics, Chinese Politics, and the Political Economy of Regionalization. He also serves as editor of The Japanese Economy, a journal published by M.E. Sharpe.
  www.colby.edu/govt/faculty/hatch/main.html - October 12, 2004

• Hayao, Kenji , Boston College
  Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Boston College Geographic Regions: Japan Research Areas: politics
  www.bc.edu/schools/cas/polisci/meta-elements/pdf/hayao.pdf - January 14, 2005

• Hellman, Donald , University of Washington
  Professor, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington Teaching Specializations: Japanese political economy and international relations; Pacific Rim relations; U.S. foreign policy.
  jsis.artsci.washington.edu/cv/faccv/f-j/hellman.html - February 11, 2005

• Hidaka, Yoshiki , Hudson Institute
  Visiting Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington D.C. Areas of Expertise: U.S. -Japan relations News media Yoshiki Hidaka is a visiting senior fellow of Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. He is conducting an on-going project on U.S.-Japan cooperation. Hidaka is executive producer for Yoshiki Hidaka, The Washington Report, an 80-minute documentary news program which is broadcast monthly for TV-Tokyo Network in Japan. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Taubman Center for State and Government of the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University.
  www.hudson.org/learn/index.cfm?fuseaction=staff_bio&eid=HidaYosh - October 27, 2004

• Hiwatari, Nobuhiro , Hiwatari, Nobuhiro
  Professor of Political Science, Institute of Social Sciences, The University of Tokyo Academic Publications (partial list) "Adjustment to Stagflation and Neoliberal Reform in Japan, the UK, and the US," Comparative Political Studies 31-5 (1998), 602-632. "Explaining the End of the Postwar Party System," in Junji Banno (ed.), The Political Economy of Japanese Society (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998), 283-361 "Japanese Corporate Governance Reexamined," in Margaret Blair & Mark Roe (eds.), Employees and Corporate Governance (Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1999), 275-313. "The Reorganization of Japan's Financial Bureaucracy: Politics of Bureaucratic Structure and Blame Avoidance," Hugh Patrick and Takeo Hoshi (eds.), Crisis and Change in the Japanese Financial System (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000)
  web.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/%7Ehiwatari/index2.html - October 6, 2004

• Holt, Jennifer Dwyer , Hunter College-City University of New York
  Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Hunter College - City University of New York. Her research interests include Japanese Politics and Political Economics. Her web site contains course offerings, publications, and related links.
  urban.hunter.cuny.edu/~jhdwyer/ - October 20, 2004

• Hook, Glen , The University of Sheffield
  Director of the Graduate School at School of East Asian Studies Glenn Hook's research interests are in the area of the international relations of contemporary Japan. His major project is on Japan's role in the restructuring of the East Asian political economy and regional order. His recent work has focussed on regionalism, subregionalism and microregionalism in East Asia, which has led to the publication of a number of articles, chapters and edited books, Subregionalism and World Order (co-editor, 1999), Microgregionalism and World Order (co-editor, 2002),and Japan and Okinawa (co-editor 2003). His work examines the role of both state and nonstate actors in the political, economic and security dimensions of regional relations.
  www.seas.ac.uk/Research/Hook.shtml - October 6, 2004

• Hori, Makiyo , Waseda University
  Professor, Department of Political Science, Waseda University, Japan Research Interests: Japanese political history
  www.waseda.jp/seikei/english/faculty/pages/hori-makiyo-e.html - January 14, 2005

• Horiuchi, Yusaku , The Australian National University
  Lecturer, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University Research interests/expertise Electoral systems and political behavior Political economy Public opinion Research methods Japan Current Projects Political and economic changes in Japan Political economy of regionalism in South Korea American foreign policy and global public opinion Web-based experimental studies of political attitudes.
  apseg.anu.edu.au/staff/yhoriuchi.php - October 6, 2004

• Hoston, Germaine , University of California, San Diego
  Professor of Political Science, Adjunct Professor of IRPS Director, Center for Decmocratization and Economic Development University of California, San Diego Hoston is a specialist on both Chinese and Japanese politics, and her work has focused on the linkage between political development and political thought across national contexts.
  polisci.ucsd.edu/faculty/hoston.htm - October 27, 2004

• Hrebenar, Ronald , University of Utah
  Professor of Political Science, University of UtahaResearch and Teaching Interests:He is the author, editor or co-editor of a dozen books, over 30 articles and chapters on the topics of interest groups, lobbying, political parties and elections in the United States and Japan. Dr. Hrebenar regularly teaches classes on political parties and elections, interest groups and lobbying, Japanese politics, and elections and Asian government and Politics (East Asia) in addition to the Introduction to American Politics course.
  www.poli-sci.utah.edu/HREBENAR.htm - October 20, 2004

• Hughes, Chris , University of Warwick
  Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the Center for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation. His research interests include Japanese foreign and security policy; Japanese international political economy; regionalism in East Asia; Japanese radicalism and terrorism; post-Cold War traditional and non-traditional security policy, and North Korea's external political and economic relations.
  www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/csgr/people/staff/chughes/ - October 25, 2004

• Ibata-Arens, Kathryn , DePaul University
  Assistant Professor, Depaul University, Department of Political Science. She is working on a book based on an extensive qualitative and quantitative case study analysis in Japan of three innovative clusters of high technology manufactures in separate regions, conducted from 1996 to1999 while a Fulbright Doctoral Fellow and in 2002 as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tokyo University. In addition, she is working on a project that compares innovative communities of firms in Japan's Kansai region with the American Midwest and is leading the department's initiative in Pacific Rim Political Economy.
  condor.depaul.edu/%7Ekibataar/intro.htm - October 10, 2004

• Itoh, Hiroshi , Plattsburgh State University of New York
  Professor, Department of Political Science, Plattsburgh State University of New York. Dr. Itoh specializes in Law and Japanese Politics. He teaches an introductory course on comparative and international politics and two other law courses: intro to law and global law. In addition, he teaches Japanese Politics and Asia Today, a cross-listed course that is part of the Asian Studies minor as well as the political science curriculum. Dr. Itoh's research focuses on the Japanese Supreme Court along with other aspects of Japanese Law & Politics.
  www.plattsburgh.edu/academics/polisci/itoh.php - October 20, 2004

• Itoh, Mayumi , University of Nevada Las Vegas
  Associate Professor, Political Science, UNLV Her areas of interest are comparative politics and international relations, especially in northeast Asia. She has published articles on Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy, and two books, "Globalization of Japan: Japanese Sakoku Mentality and U.S. Efforts to Open Japan" (St. Martin's Press, 1998), and "The Rise and Fall of the Hatoyama Dynasty: Japanese Political Leadership Through the Generations" (2003, Palgrave/St. Martin's Press).
  liberalarts.unlv.edu/interdisciplinary/MayumiItohtextAsianStudies.html - October 20, 2004

• Jain, Purnendra , Jain, Purnendra
  This website provides an extensive history of Prof. Jain's professional career including research, lectures, publications. It also contains information about symposiums and provides related links.
  www.glocosen.org/toppage1.htm - October 4, 2004

• Japan in August 2003 , Thompson, Craig
  This publication provides a comprehensive coverage and analysis of developments in domestic and international politicsÊof Japan. ItÊ closely follows signifficant events that take place on the domestic and international arenas. The timelines included into the article are particularly useful for a reader.
  www.jiia.or.jp/index-en.html - November 23, 2004

• Japan in International Politics , Boston University
  International and domestic influences on Japan's international behavior in the past as a predictor of Japan's future role in international politics. Covers Japan's role in the Cold War, post-war Asia, and the management of the global economy. Examines viability of post-Cold War U.S.- Japan relationship.
  www.bu.edu/eas/courses.html - September 22, 2004