Japanese HistoryⅠ

KUSAKAWA, Takato
  Elective  2 credits
【Regional Economics・1st semester】
16-1-0700-1977

1.
Objectives
We will learn some relations between Japan and Asian countries in the world history after the World War Ⅱ until the present time. For 70 years after 1945 year until 2015, there happened "the cold war", the
collapse of the Soviet Union, environmental problems, the problem of nuclear weapon, and the accidents of
nuclear power plant. The accident of FUKUSHIMA nuclear power plant is giving us problems thinking history before the war and the one after the war. Specially we will learn historical problems between
Korea ,China and the other Asian countries.  
2.
Outline
The students shall learn basic knowledge on a history of after the World War Ⅱ by reading aloud historical documents and textbooks and investigating problems with groups consisting 3 or 4 students.
Through these group activities the student will develop skills in reading ,writing and presentation.
These activities shall be useful in their lives in society.