Japan in Today's World

The University of Tokyo
20 – 30 July 2010

Students must arrive by: 12:00pm, Monday 19 July 2010

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• Course Description
• Target Audience
  
• Delivery Method
• Assessment Details
• Accommodation
  
• Costs
• Further Information

Course Description

This course is designed to introduce students to Japan's role in the world in terms of its diplomatic activities and contributions to overseas development and to international organisations.

The principles behind Japan’s international diplomatic engagement, and the extent of Japan's involvement in such activities, remain relatively little known outside of Japan. This course aims to enhance the students’ understanding of these matters, and will include discussion of Japan’s politics and economy, which are bound up within the global system and yet are not so well understood by those outside Japan.

Through its Human Security Programme, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo has for some years been engaged in teaching and research on policies aimed at ensuring the security of individual human beings, which cannot be achieved merely by ensuring security at the state level. The College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has ample experience in teaching and research on Japanese politics and Japanese company management; the knowledge of which is indispensable for an understanding of Japan’s international engagement.

The teaching staff of the programme will consist not only of faculty members from the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, but also of present and former officers of governmental and international organisations and organisations responsible for international cooperation. The classes under this programme will be a part of the official curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences, and will be open also to the students of the University of Tokyo and to students participating in the AIKOM (Abroad In KOMaba) programme.

Target Audience

Students from any field are welcome.

Delivery Method

The programme will take place over a two-week period, with two sessions being taught in the morning on a total of eight days.

Lectures: 16 lectures × 90 min.
[1st session (9:00-10:30) and 2nd period(10:40-12:10) each week day]

Assessment

TBA

Accommodation

Students will be accommodated in hotel style accommodation close to campus.

Costs (Japanese Yen)

Tuition fee: JPY 29,600

Accommodation: JPY 4,300 per night (Meals not included)

Field-trip costs: No costs (sponsored by the University of Tokyo)

Estimated visa cost: Check with your local Japanese Embassy or Consulate

Estimated text book costs: No costs (sponsored by the University of Tokyo)

Estimated living expenses: Approx. JPY 3,000 per day

Further Information

For further information about this course, visit dir.u-tokyo.ac.jp/IARU/iaru_index.html