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This core courses is designed to prepare students to conduct postgraduate research in Japanese studies. It introduces key conceptual and methodological approaches from different disciplines. Students are encouraged to critically evaluate various approaches and consider how they may be integrated for their particular research projects. The course teachesthe analytical skills and methodological tools that will allow students to develop and execute a research project. These skills include research design, data collection, analysis and developing writing strategies.

This course introduces existing literature, approaches, sources and issues in the
study of Japanese popular culture in Japan, Asia and the world. Issues in
cultural globalization, hybridity, cultural colonialism, orientalism,
postmodernism, Japanization, Asianization and localization will be discussed.
Ethnographical survey and fieldwork‐based projects are also used as parts of the
methodological training. Specific topics such as sushi, video games or
television dramas are chosen for in‐depth investigation according to the
academic interest of students

This study introduces basic primary sources and secondary references about
Sino‐Japanese relations from past to present. Japanese, Chinese and English
sources are used. Some knowledge of reading Japanese and Chinese is
required. Students are trained to make use of primary and secondary
materials for research in this area. Students will do a project or research paper
on a selective topic in Sino‐Japanese relations (including Japan‐Hong Kong and
Japan‐Taiwan).

This course explores methods and approaches used by anthropologists in
studying Japan. The course provides students with an anthropological
framework for research on Japan. It introduces village studies, urban studies,
and recent studies of popular culture, gender and mass society. The course
will also introduce theoretical approaches and concepts used by anthropologists
studying Japan. Students will be encouraged to focus on a particular aspect of
Japanese society using selected anthropological approaches.

This course introduces approaches to studies of gender in Japan. The focus will
be primarily on sociological and anthropological studies of gender. The course
takes a historical perspective, encouraging students to consider how and why
ideological constructions of gender have changed over time in specific social,
political and economic contexts. It considers the relationship between
social ideals, institutional structures and everyday experiences of gender. The
course also examines current gender relations and roles in a variety of arenas of
life such as families, corporations, communities, political groups, schools and in
the mass media.

This course investigates major debates as related to the Japanese political
economy in the global age. It is designed to enhance a theoretical and
empirical understanding of the Japanese political economy and business at
advanced level. It incorporates the necessary tools for a critical analysis of the
existing political‐economic system by familiarizing students with advanced
theories, research design and methodology. By taking this course, students
will gain an in‐depth knowledge of Japanese politics, economics and business
utilizing appropriate approaches and analytical tools.

Selected linguistic differences between Japanese and other languages including
English will be introduced in this course. Cross‐linguistic variation in
phonology, syntax and semantics will be analyzed to compare languages from
the perspective of Language Typology and Universal Grammar.

This course examines different issues in linguistic research that is particularly
applicable to foreign language teaching and learning. Focus is put on the
interface of theoretical analysis and their implications for Japanese language
teaching and learning as a foreign language.

This course will focus on specific topics in Japanese studies that are not covered
in the regular offering. These topics will reflect academic needs/interests and
faculty expertise.

This course will focus on specific research topics in Japanese studies that are not
covered in the regular course offering. These topics will reflect students’
academic needs/interests and faculty expertise.

This course is designed to examine the introduction and localization of Chinese
culture in Tokugawa Japan (1603‐1868) through reading of primary sources and
important academic writings in English, Japanese and Chinese. Issues such as
the redefinition and appropriation of Confucian concepts, the interaction
between Chinese learning and nativist learning, Chinese legends in Tokugawa
Japan and the uses of Chinese terminology in Tokugawa historiography will be
investigated through close reading of Tokugawa texts and small‐group
discussion.

This course examines the development of research and theory that approach
Japanese society and culture from regional and global perspectives. The course
considers changes in Japanese society and culture in relation to the regional and
global context. It explores the commonalities and differences between the
experiences of industrialization, urbanization, and globalization in Japan and
other regions and areas, in particular China and Hong Kong. It also investigates
how theoretical and methodological approaches have changed over time in
examining Japanese society and culture due to improvementsin comparative
research approaches.

In this course, student is required to meet with his/her supervisor who provides
necessary guidance and supervision to write up a thesis and monitors the
student’s academic progress.

In this course, student is required to meet with his/her supervisor who provides
necessary guidance and supervision to write up a thesis and monitors the
student’s academic progress.

In this course, student is required to meet with his/her supervisor who provides
necessary guidance and supervision to write up a thesis and monitors the
student’s academic progress.