Keio University Syllabus and Timetable

INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS

Lecturer(s)MACIKENAITE, VIDA
Credit(s)2
Academic Year/Semester2024 Spring (1st Half)
Day/PeriodFri.3,4
CampusMita
Class FormatFace-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number74942
Faculty/Graduate SchoolINTERNATIONAL CENTER
Year Level2, 3, 4
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Course DescriptionA course to aim to learn the introductory contemporary Sino-Japanese relations and understand the dynamics between the two countries over the decades.
K-Number CIN-CO-00233-212-06
Course AdministratorFaculty/Graduate SchoolCININTERNATIONAL CENTER
Department/MajorCO
Main Course NumberLevel0Faculty-wide
Major Classification0Other Course
Minor Classification23International Center Course (Social Sciences) - Politics, Diplomacy, and International Exchange
Subject Type3Elective subject
Supplemental Course InformationClass Classification2Lecture
Class Format1Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Language of Instruction2English
Academic Discipline06Political science and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to contemporary Sino-Japanese relations and enhance their understanding of the dynamics between the two countries over the decades. The course first presents the general broader view of the bilateral relations and its structure in historical perspective, and then examines more thoroughly the key issues in China-Japan relations. The course wraps up with a view at China-Japan relations in the regional perspective.

Classes are organised as interactive lectures. One or two sessions in the course are dedicated to a debate stimulation on a territorial dispute between China and Japan.

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Textbooks

* Smith, Sheila A. Intimate Rivals: Japanese Domestic Politics and a Rising China (Council on Foreign Relations Book). Columbia University Press, 2016.
* Vogel, Ezra F. China and Japan: Facing History. Harvard University Press, 2019.

Reference Books

* Dreyer, June Teufel. Middle Kingdom and Empire of the Rising Sun: Sino-Japanese Relations, Past and Present. Oxford University Press, 2016.
* Kokubun, Ryosei, Yoshihide Soeya, Akio Takahara, Shin Kawashima. Japan–China Relations in the Modern Era. Routledge, 2017.
* Wan, Ming. Understanding Japan–China Relations: Theories and Issues. World Scientific, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1142/9629.

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