Semester Hours:3Once a year
The Japanese political system, focusing upon the evolution of Japan as a modern nation-state since the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Examines the clash between traditional Japanese culture and modernizing pressures from the West. Special attention to the right-wing ideology that has shaped modern Japan and to the opponents of that ideology; the political impact of Japan’s economic development through technological innovation; the dynamics of contemporary Japanese party politics and mass political participation: Japan’s role in global affairs.