Japan in the Foreign Imagination

外国のマスコミに描かれた日本

Overview and Suggested Essay Topics Get this if you are writing a "research paper" on a subject that you select.
Essay Exam Questions and Instructions Get this if you are doing the "take home examination" based on essay subjects chosen by the instructor.

The first regular meeting of this course is Tuesday 17 May.
The last regular meeting of this course is Tuesday 19 July. (This is during the makeup week.) You should regard this as the due date for your required course work.

SyllabusThis syllabus reflects changes made necessary because of the delayed start to the 2011 Spring Semester and the inclusion of topics related to the 11 March earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. It supercedes the unrevised syllabus that appears on the International Center web site.
Handouts and Readings Archive - (Just Systems) This is the primary archive for handouts and readings for this course. With some exceptions, paper copies of handouts and readings will NOT be distributed in class. It is your responsibility to either read the materials online or make your own paper copies for reading offline.

11-05-20 Items from the previous year were removed and current items pertaining to "Japan Cool" were uploaded.

VIDEO MATERIAL ビデオ教材文庫
The video archive is password protected. If you wish to access the video archive contact the instructor for the username and password.
The video archive is available only through the ehk.servebeer.comserver. If you made initial access through another server, click on the link in this paragraph to transfer to the appropriate server.
Print is suffering, but English readers have never had it so good An article in The Japan Times listing many English language publications (print and net) aimed at foreigners in Japan. Useful for knowing the resident foreigner image of Japan.

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