A Survey of Japanese Studies atUniversity Level in the UK

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Japan Foundation
Japanese Studies Survey
2015
A Survey of Japanese Studies at University Level in
the UK

Produced at theJapan Foundation, London

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Japan Foundation wishes to thank all staff members who have responded to this survey and themany students throughout the UK who completed the student survey without whom it would not havebeen possible to have completed this report. Academic and administrative staff members from theparticipating institutions, in particular, have given a lot of time and effort to provide the information
included in this survey and their efforts are greatly appreciated.

© 2016 The Japan Foundation, London
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................. 4
General Report ...................................................................................................................................... 8
About the Survey ................................................................................................................................. 8
Overall Summary of Results of Institution Survey ............................................................................. 11
Key Trends and Future Developments .............................................................................................. 18
Current Problems and Challenges in Japanese Studies Raised by Universities .............................. 23
Key Problems Identified..................................................................................................................... 24
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 27
Individual Institutions ......................................................................................................................... 28Group 1 and 2 Universities ................................................................................................................ 28
Birkbeck, University of London ...................................................................................................... 28
University of Birmingham ............................................................................................................... 32
University of Cambridge................................................................................................................. 38
Cardiff University............................................................................................................................ 43
University of Central Lancashire .................................................................................................... 46
Durham University ......................................................................................................................... 54
University of East Anglia ................................................................................................................ 58
University of Edinburgh .................................................................................................................. 64
University of Leeds ........................................................................................................................ 71
University of Manchester ............................................................................................................... 78
Newcastle University...................................................................................................................... 82
University of Oxford ....................................................................................................................... 85
Oxford Brookes University ............................................................................................................. 90
SOAS, University of London .......................................................................................................... 95
University of Sheffield .................................................................................................................. 112
Group 3 Universities ........................................................................................................................ 117
Bournemouth University............................................................................................................... 117
University of Bristol ...................................................................................................................... 119
Coventry University ...................................................................................................................... 123
University of Glasgow .................................................................................................................. 124
Goldsmiths, University of London ................................................................................................ 126
University of Hull .......................................................................................................................... 128
Imperial College London .............................................................................................................. 131
University of Kent ......................................................................................................................... 133
Kingston University London ......................................................................................................... 135
King’s College London ................................................................................................................. 138

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Liverpool John Moores University ................................................................................................ 145
London School of Economics and Political Science .................................................................... 148
Loughborough University ............................................................................................................. 151
University of Nottingham .............................................................................................................. 153
Nottingham Trent University ........................................................................................................ 155
University of Portsmouth .............................................................................................................. 157
University of Reading ................................................................................................................... 160
University of St Andrews .............................................................................................................. 163
University of Stirling ..................................................................................................................... 166
University of York ......................................................................................................................... 169
Irish Universities .............................................................................................................................. 171
University College Cork ............................................................................................................... 171
University College DublIn ............................................................................................................ 176
Dublin City University ................................................................................................................... 179
University of Limerick ................................................................................................................... 182
Trinity College Dublin ................................................................................................................... 185
Student Survey .................................................................................................................................. 188
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 188
Student Profile ................................................................................................................................. 189
Japanese Language ........................................................................................................................ 192
Motivations to Study Japanese/Japanese Studies .......................................................................... 197
Evaluation of Japanese Studies ...................................................................................................... 201
Future Choices (Undergraduate Students) ..................................................................................... 207
Responses Relating Particularly to Postgraduate Students ............................................................ 211
Overall Evaluation ........................................................................................................................... 213
Appendix ............................................................................................................................................ 218
Table 1: List of Undergraduate Japanese/Japanese Studies Degree Courses at Group 1 and 2
Universities ...................................................................................................................................... 218
Table 2: List of Japanese/Japanese Studies Postgraduate Provision ........................................... 224
Table 3: Links between Higher Education Institutions in Japan and the UK Reported in 2015 Survey......................................................................................................................................................... 229
Table 4: Areas of Japanese Studies Research and Teaching Conducted by University ................ 232

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GENERAL REPORTABOUT THE SURVEY

PurposeIn summer 2015, the Japan Foundation London carried out a survey of Japanese Studies atUniversity level in the UK. This survey was an update of a previous survey carried out by the JapanFoundation in 2010.
The Japan Foundation is Japan’s principal organisation for promoting international cultural exchange
worldwide and through our funding programmes we offer support to organisations and individuals
working in the field of Japanese Studies. Through the survey we hoped to gain an overview of thestate of Japanese Studies in the UK and Ireland so we can continue to plan our programmes in thisfield to support it as effectively as possible.
Through creating the following survey report, we hope to provide a useful reference resource forthose who wish to learn about other Japan-related research and teaching at universities throughout
the UK. It is hoped that the survey will bring attention to the field of Japanese Studies and its
continuing value in the UK, and showcase the diversity of research and teaching taking place acrossthe country.

Methodology and Scope
During 2015 the Japan Foundation distributed survey questionnaires to fifty-six universities. These
universities included the thirty-one universities which took part in the last survey in 2010, and also
included all fifteen universities which currently offer Japanese/Japanese studies as an undergraduate
degree course in the UK.
However, Japanese studies degree courses within area studies departments are not the only place
where Japan related teaching and research activities are conducted. In this survey, we haveattempted as much as possible to include other universities which offer opportunities to study Japan
related topics, whether as part of other disciplines (such as politics or economics), or as individual
modules, or where other Japan related research is being conducted outwith a dedicated JapaneseStudies department. In order to cast the net as widely as possible, in addition to sending thequestionnaire to other universities at which Japanese Studies research or teaching activities appear
to take place, the existence of the survey was also publicised on our website, and scholars throughout
the UK were encouraged to get in touch to participate on behalf of their institution. However due to thedecentralised nature of this type of research and teaching, it cannot be said that this is a fullycomprehensive listing and there may well be other individual researchers located and other individual
modules provided at other institutions across the UK. Please also note that some surveys were filled
out by only one representative of the particular university.

Participating Institutions
This year thirty-five universities in the UK completed the survey, an increase on the thirty-one which
took part in the survey in 2010.
The thirty-five UK universities which took part include:- All eleven universities which offer Japanese/Japanese Studies as an undergraduate Single Honours
degree course and in some cases as a Joint Honours degree:
University of Cambridge, Durham University, University of East Anglia (UEA), University of Edinburgh,
University of Leeds, University of Manchester, Newcastle University, University of Oxford, Oxford
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Brookes University, School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London (SOAS), Universityof Sheffield
For the purposes of this report these eleven universities will be referred to as Group 1 universities.
-Four more which offer Japanese/Japanese Studies as an undergraduate Joint/Dual/Major-Minor
honours degree course but do not have a Single Honour Degree course
Birkbeck - University of London, University of Birmingham, Cardiff University, University of Central
Lancashire (UCLan)
These universities will be referred to as Group 2 universities.
-Twenty universities which either offer modules in Japanese/Japanese studies or have research staff
and postgraduate students working in Japan-related studies.
Bournemouth University, University of Bristol, Coventry University, University of Glasgow, Goldsmiths- University of London, University of Hull, Imperial College London, University of Kent, Kingston
University, King’s College London (KCL), Liverpool John Moores University, London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE), Loughborough University, University of Nottingham,
Nottingham Trent University , University of Portsmouth, University of Reading, University of St
Andrews, University of Stirling, University of York
These universities will be referred to as Group 3 universities.

Additional Information Regarding Participation
Six universities which returned the survey last year did not take part this year.
Ten universities responded which had not taken part in previous surveys:
Durham University, Bournemouth University, Coventry University, University of Glasgow, Goldsmiths University of London, Kingston University, Loughborough University, University of St Andrews,
University of Stirling, University of YorkThis year for the first time the survey also expanded its scope to examine universities in the Republicof Ireland, and five Irish universities participated:
University College Cork, University College Dublin, Dublin City University, University of Limerick,Trinity College Dublin
This general report pertains only to the state of Japanese Studies in the UK. However for more
information on these individual Irish universities please consult the individual profiles provided below.
This report is based on the thirty-five institutions in the UK which returned their survey to the JapanFoundation. We hope that it provides a full understanding of courses offered by the fifteen universities
which offer Japanese/Japanese Studies as degree courses, and also a snapshot of other researchand teaching Japan related activities carried out at a number of other institutions throughout the UK.

9Student Survey
In addition to the institution survey the Japan Foundation also carried out a survey of students
undertaking Japanese/Japanese Studies courses at universities in the UK at both undergraduate andpostgraduate level. This survey was also carried out in 2010 allowing us to create some comparative
data on changing views of Japanese Studies students in the UK. The survey was open to any student
undertaking Japan-related study at a higher education institution in the UK, at undergraduate or
postgraduate level, including those taking a module as well as those enrolled in a full JapaneseStudies degree programme.
Information about the student survey was sent to the fifty-six universities which were invited to takepart in the institution survey to be circulated to students. The survey was also promoted directly to
students through social media and student societies.
This year we received responses from two hundred and ninety three students, a 13% increase on the2010 participation rate. The students came from twenty universities: approximately 43.9% were Single
Honours Japanese/Japanese Studies students, 39.4% Japanese/Japanese Studies Joint Honours
students, 9.4% enrolled in a module in Japanese/Japanese studies, 2.8% undertaking Japan related
Masters study and 4.5% undertaking a Japan related PhD.
As an incentive for students to take part, students who completed the survey were entered into a prize
draw to win Japan related book tokens.
The full survey results for the student survey are set out later in this report.

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OVERALL SUMMARY OF RESULTS OF INSTITUTION SURVEY

Japanese Studies at Undergraduate Level
Courses
The table below shows undergraduate Japanese Studies provision at UK universities according to
information provided in the 2010 and 2015 surveys. Changes from the results in the 2010 survey aremarked in bold in the 2015 column (Durham did not take part in the 2010 survey but only offeredlanguage modules at that time). Universities which participated for the first time in the survey in 2015
are underlined. Universities which are listed in 2010 but did not participate in the 2015 survey aremarked in italics.

2010 Survey

2015 Survey

Single Honours
Undergraduate
Programme (mayalso have Joint
Honours)

Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds,
Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford,
Oxford Brookes, SOAS, Sheffield

Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, East
Anglia, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle,
Oxford, Oxford Brookes, SOAS,
Sheffield

Joint Honours
undergraduate
programme (noSingle Honours)

Birkbeck, Birmingham, Cardiff,Central Lancashire, Liverpool John
Moores, Nottingham

Birkbeck, Birmingham, Cardiff, Central
Lancashire

Module only
(both JapaneseStudies andLanguage)

Bristol, East Anglia, LSE

Glasgow, Hull, Kent, KCL, Kingston,
Loughborough, LSE, Nottingham

Module only
(Japanese
Studies only)

Module only
(Japanese
Language only)

Bristol, Goldsmiths, Liverpool John
Moores, St Andrews

Anglia Ruskin, Bath, Exeter, Hull,
Imperial, KCL, Nottingham Trent,
Portsmouth, Reading, Sheffield
Hallam, Sunderland, University ofWest of England – Bristol

Coventry, Imperial, Nottingham Trent,
Portsmouth, Reading, YorkFor a full breakdown of the courses offered at these universities, please see Table 1 in the Appendix.

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Key changes:
Since the 2010 survey, two additional universities have started offering undergraduate degree
courses in Japanese/Japanese Studies:
The University of East Anglia started offering Japanese language degree level courses from theacademic year 2012-13. Japanese language is offered as a single honours degree programme with ayear in Japan, and also as a component of a variety of multidisciplinary joint degrees. The first cohort
will graduate in 2016. A variety of Japanese Studies modules are also offered throughout theuniversity coordinated by the Centre for Japanese Studies which leads and coordinates Japan relatedteaching and research at the University and which was established in May 2011.
The University of Durham restarted a BA Japanese Studies course from 2014-15, having closed its
previous Japanese Studies degree courses and the Department of East Asian studies in 2003. The
BA Japanese Studies is a multidisciplinary degree at the School of Modern Language and Culture
consisting of modules in language, Japanese Studies and modules in other departments. Combined
courses with Japanese Studies and social sciences are also offered. The first cohorts will graduate in2018.
In contrast, two universities which offered Japanese language as part of a Joint Honours degree haveclosed these programmes since 2010: Liverpool John Moores University closed its Joint Honours
programme in Japanese with International Business Studies or Public Relations, and the University of
Nottingham stopped offering degree courses in engineering and Japanese.

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Undergraduate Student Intake on
Japanese/Japanese Studies Courses
600

500

400

300

200

100

0
Single Honours
Joint Honours
Total

2010-11
229
230
459

2011-12
222
250
472

2012-13
177
215
392

2013-14
188
256
444

2014-15
197
260
457

2015-16
222
305
527

Total student intake on all Single Honours and Joint Honours courses in the UK was 459 students in2010-11, This increased slightly in 2011-12, then dropped by 14.5% percent to 392 students from2010-11 to 2012-13, but then gradually recovered to 527 students by 2015-16, showing a 14.8%
overall increase from 2010-11.
Total student intake on Single Honours Japanese/Japanese Studies courses showed a small
decrease in 2011-12, and dropped by 22.7% by 2012-13. Intake then gradually recovered again by
2015-16 to just under the intake in 2010-11 (3% overall decrease).
Total student intake on Joint Japanese/Japanese Studies degree courses, showed a small increase in
2011-12, before dropping by 6% by 2012-13. Intake then gradually recovered again by 2015-16,
showing a 32.6% increase since 2010-11.
These figures were collated from the survey responses of the universities in Group 1 and 2, listed asoffering Single Honours or Joint Honours undergraduate degree courses in the table above.

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Japanese Studies at Postgraduate Level
Courses
The table below shows the number of UK universities offering Japanese Studies at postgraduate levelaccording to the results of the 2010 and 2015 surveys. Changes from the results of the 2010 survey
are marked in bold in the 2015 column. Universities which participated for the first time in the survey
in 2015 are underlined. Universities which are listed in 2010 but did not participate in the 2015 survey
are marked in italics.
A full breakdown of all courses offered can be found in table 2 in the appendix.
2010 Survey

2015 Survey

TaughtJapanese
Studies
Masters (mayalso offer
research
Masters)

Birkbeck, Edinburgh, Leeds,
Oxford, SOAS, Sheffield

Edinburgh, Leeds, Oxford, SOAS,
Sheffield

Masters inJapanese
Studies by
research only

Cambridge

Cambridge, Manchester, Newcastle,
Oxford Brookes

Japan related
Masters(Translation)

Bath, Central Lancashire, Leeds,
Manchester, SOAS

Cardiff, Central Lancashire, Durham,
Leeds, Manchester, Portsmouth, SOAS

Japanese
Studies
postgraduate
module only

LSE, Newcastle

Bristol, East Anglia, Glasgow, KCL,
Liverpool John Moores, LSE, YorkPhD research
students

Birkbeck, Bristol, Cambridge,
Leeds, LSE, Manchester,
Newcastle, Oxford, Oxford
Brookes, SOAS, Sheffield

Birkbeck, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff,Cambridge, East Anglia, Edinburgh,Goldsmiths, KCL, Kingston, Liverpool
John Moores, Leeds, LSE, Manchester,
Oxford, Oxford Brookes, SOAS, Sheffield,
St Andrews, York

PhD
supervision
available but
no enrolled
PhD students

Cardiff, Edinburgh

Durham, Glasgow, Newcastle

Masters

PhD

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Some changes in postgraduate provisions since 2010
A number of new Masters courses have been developed while others have been disbanded:
Translation:
MA courses in Translation Studies with a Japanese strand have been introduced at Cardiff, Durham
and Portsmouth, but a Masters course in interpreting and translation at the University of Bath is nolonger offered.
Japanese Studies: Taught and Research
Birkbeck closed their taught MA Japanese Cultural studies programme in 2015.
Edinburgh has expanded in terms of postgraduate provision now offering a taught MSc in JapaneseSociety and Culture, and a taught MSc in East Asian Relations.
Manchester, Newcastle and Oxford Brookes have all started offering research based routes forJapanese Studies Masters.
SOAS have continued to offer and develop a range of postgraduate programmes including the newcourse MA [Discipline] and Intensive Japanese which offers MA level training in a discipline (e.g.
History, Anthropology, Religions) with intensive Japanese language study enabling students toacquire the skills necessary for future professional or research careers.
Since 2010 Sheffield has closed taught MA courses in Japanese Studies and Advanced JapaneseStudies which focused on the humanities, but has started a new course in the social sciences entitled
MA in Contemporary Japan.
Proposed future developments:
New taught courses:
Cambridge reports plans to introduce an MPhil in Japanese studies with a taught element.
Edinburgh is looking to develop a two year Masters of Japanese Studies programme which will offer
postgraduate students language training, experience at a Japanese university and intensive
Japanese studies options.
The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) based at the Universityof East Anglia is exploring the possibility of establishing a new MA in the area of Japanese arts,
cultures and heritage, from 2018.
Move towards research focus
Birkbeck are restructuring their MA Japanese Cultural studies programme into their school wide MRes
programme from 2016-17.
Leeds are also planning to offer MRes programmes in Japanese Studies to help allow students with abackground in areas studies to make the transition to research degrees.

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Student number trends
The following graph includes the student intake for postgraduate degree and PhD research
programmes at Group 1 and 2 Universities

Japanese Studies Postgraduate Student
Intake
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Masters
PhD
Total

2010-11
109
67
176

2011-12110
66
176

2012-1383
67
150

2013-1498
65
163

2014-15114
75
189

2015-1675
77
152

Total intake for Masters courses decreased by 24.5% from 2011-12 to 2012-13, before showing aslight recovery by 2014-15, but ultimately an overall decrease in 31.2% between 2010-11 - 2015-16.
However we must state the need for caution here because trends in individual numbers for masters
students at universities are not consistent, with some larger centres showing a decrease, and others
showing a slight increase (mostly due to the development of new courses).
Total intake for PhD programmes increased from 67 to 77 (14.9%) between 2010-11 to 2015-16.
Note: This chart reflects the number of postgraduate students enrolled in Japanese Studies centres atuniversities which offer full degree programmes in Japanese/Japanese Studies. These universities
are Birkbeck, Cambridge, Cardiff, Durham, East Anglia, Edinburgh, Leeds, Newcastle, Oxford, SOAS
and Sheffield. Manchester and Oxford Brookes also report students enrolled in Japan related Masters
programmes in other disciplines outside the Japanese Studies centre at their university but asdetailed numbers were not available, they are not represented in the chart. Full course information foreach university is also listed in Table 2 in the Appendix. Please note that these figures may notinclude all postgraduate students undertaking Japan related research in other disciplines outside theJapanese Studies centre.
In addition to the universities mentioned above, there were a number of universities, which do notoffer full degree programmes, but at which PhD students are currently enrolled in Japan related
courses of research in other disciplines.
For these universities, student figures were only available for the totals of PhD students enrolled in
2015-16 which were as follows: Bristol (7), Goldsmiths, University of London (2), KCL (2), Liverpool
John Moores (1), LSE (4), St Andrews (1), York (1)16StaffGroup 1 and 2 changes
We compared the numbers of full time members of staff in fourteen universities which took part in the2010 survey with the same fourteen universities’ results for the 2015 survey with the addition of
Durham.
Full-time teaching and research staff members undertaking Japan related teaching or research withingroup 1 and 2 universities increased from 132 to 143. These changes can be partly attributed to newstaff teaching on new courses in UEA and Durham. The numbers of Professors undertaking Japan
related research or teaching increased from 22 to 25.

Group 3 changes
The universities in group 3 also show an increase; however it is difficult to make a detailed
comparison between 2010 and 2015 due to the difference in the makeup of universities taking part ineach survey.
In the 2015 survey we were able to count 55 staff members undertaking Japan related research orteaching in group 3 universities, including 17 professors.

Link with Universities in JapanThe survey shows that universities in the UK have a variety of links with a large number of universities
in Japan for a number of different purposes, including undergraduate year abroad exchange,
researcher exchange and research collaboration. For a full breakdown of links see table 3 in the
Appendix, and for details on each individual link see the individual page for each university.

Areas of Research and Teaching Undertaken at each University
From the results of the survey, we were also able to gain an understanding of areas of research andteaching undertaken at each university, how well resourced these areas are, and the level of student
interest in these areas. A detailed analysis of these results is set out in the next section headed ‘Key
trends and future developments’.

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KEY TRENDS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The Impact of the Rise in Undergraduate Tuition Fees
From 2012 the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government increased the level of tuition fees
which universities in England and Wales could charge students to a maximum of £9000 a year
(maximum fees in 2010-12 had been £3290). The possibility of increases in tuition fees was being
discussed widely at the time of the 2010 survey, and one of the recommendations of that survey wasthat the effects of these changes on the subject of Japanese Studies be monitored. Would the simple
fact of increased tuition fees for students disproportionately discourage students from the 4-year
course that is required for Japanese Studies compared to other courses that are completed in 3
years?
Student intake (detailed above) for undergraduate degree courses in Japanese/Japanese Studies
shows a slight increase from 2010-11 to 2011-12 after the tuition fees increases were announced but
before they were introduced, and then a marked drop after the increase in tuition fees was
implemented in 2012 (14.5% drop from 2010-11 to 2012-13). However the figures then show a
gradual recovery by 2015-16 with an overall 14.8% increase from the intake in 2010-11.
Academics at universities generally consider their undergraduate course to have recovered from any
negative impact. When asked how changes in tuition fees policy have affected enrolment on theircourses in the survey, nine universities mention no negative impact at all and, in fact, four point to anincrease. Two refer to an initial drop followed by a recovery reflecting our data above. On the other
hand, three universities consider that the rise in tuition fees might have a long term negative effectdue to the increased cost being set against concerns over the employability of Japanese Studies
degrees, and one refers to a drop in single honours students. One of these universities also notes that
there is a possibility that policy changes have resulted in a significantly lower number of applications
from students from economically challenged backgrounds, suggesting that these students may be
more attracted to STEM topics.
However while the total numbers of undergraduate students on Japanese/Japanese Studies degree
courses have increased, this is due to a pronounced increase in students on Joint Honours courses(32.6% since 2010-11%), whereas the figures for Single Honours in 2015-16 are marginally lower
than those in 2010-11.
This trend towards Joint Honours courses, which often include the study of Japanese language withthe study of another discipline, could reflect a stronger interest in career prospects and a perceived
higher value of a joint degree in the employment market.
This is important to monitor for the future, because if this trend towards Joint Honours degrees
continues, it may have a more significant impact on the provision and nature of Japanese Studies in
the long term.
To sustain the recovery of student intake in Japanese Studies courses, it is important to continue toraise awareness of the benefits and value of studying Japanese Studies, not only from theperspective of employability or the study of Japanese language, but also through the detailed
examination of Japanese culture, society and history.

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Possible Area Bias towards the Study of Modern Popular Culture
and the Humanities?
It is important that a full range of Japanese Studies study areas are maintained to enrich the field ofJapanese studies as a whole.
Previous surveys have reflected to a certain extent some anecdotal evidence of apparent trends
towards modern popular culture and humanities subjects such as literature, and a decline in social
science topics such as politics and economics. However have these trends been reflected in thesurvey results?
Our survey paints a more balanced overall picture of the areas of research and teaching carried out
across universities in the UK.
We asked each university to indicate areas of Japanese Studies undertaken as research and/or
taught on Japanese Studies courses at the university from a list of 13 possible areas. The following
graph shows the number of universities which conduct research and teaching activities in each ofthese areas:

Areas of Research and Teaching at Group 1 and 2 Universities
Japanese Language

15

11
9

Traditional Culture

10
12
12

Modern Popular Culture
1

Science/Technology

45Linguistics

7
7

Religious Study
Anthropology

6

7
Research
7

Art
Sociology

Teaching

8

7

8
9
12
12

Literature

14
14

History
4

Economics

5
11
11

Politics/International Relations
0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

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The areas of teaching carried out at Group 1 and 2 universities in order of frequency are: Japanese
Language (15), History (14), Modern Popular Culture (12), Literature (12), Politics and International
Relations (11), Traditional Culture (9), Sociology (9), Religious Study (7), Art (7), Anthropology (7),Linguistics (5), Economics (4), Science/Technology (1)The areas of research carried out at Group 1 and 2 universities in order of frequency are: History (14),Modern Popular Culture (12), Literature (12), Politics and International Relations (11), Japanese
Language (11), Traditional Culture (10), Religious Study (8), Art (8), Linguistics (7), Sociology (7),Anthropology (6), Economics (5), Science/Technology (4)History ranks highest in research and comes second to Japanese language in teaching. Politics andInternational Relations ranks highly in both categories coming just below Popular Culture.
A breakdown of areas covered by research and teaching activities at each university can also befound in Table 4 in the appendix.

Student interests in Japanese Studies
How do these areas of Japanese Studies offered by universities fare when compared with theinterests of current students enrolled in Japanese Studies courses?
32% of students who took part in our student survey said that the content of the course is the biggest
factor in their decision to study Japanese at their particular university (the most popular option).
However is there a gap between what universities offer and what students want? Are large numbersof students still primarily interested in pop culture as is popularly imagined, or are students showing
increasing interest in topics perceived as being more useful for future employment?
The 2015 student survey show that students’ interests are more varied than what might be expected,
and than that shown in the 2010 survey, and also that those students’ interests develop throughout
their time on the course.

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areas of Japanese Studies when you firststarted your Japan related study at
University?
Religious Study
Anthropology
Art
The Japanese Language
Traditional Culture
Modern Popular Culture
History
Literature
Science/Technology
Sociology
Economics
Politics/International Relations
0%
Very interesting

10%

20%

Fairly interesting30%
Neutral

40%

50%

60%

Not interesting

70%

80%

90% 100%

Not interesting at all

How interesting do you find the following
areas of Japanese Studies now?
Religious Study
Anthropology
Art
The Japanese Language
Traditional Culture
Modern Popular Culture
History
Literature
Science/Technology
Sociology
Economics
Politics/International Relations
0%
Very interesting

10%

20%

Fairly interesting30%
Neutral

40%

50%

60%

Not interesting

70%

80%

90% 100%

Not interesting at all

Indeed, when students begin their Japanese/Japanese studies courses, Japanese language is the
key interest (92% of respondents marked this as very interesting or fairly interesting) followed by21

modern popular culture and traditional culture (around 80% each). History is also relatively popular(67%).
However during their time on the course, overall student interest in modern popular culture does notincrease (staying the same at around 80%) and instead, interest in other areas does increase. Politics
and international relations show the biggest increase from 30% to 65%, and sociology by an increase
from 47% to 77%. Literature and art are also both popular at 71% and 65%.
In conclusion we can infer that while popular culture is still an important gateway to Japanese Studies
for many students; these students’ interests broaden to other areas during their time on JapaneseStudies courses. Maintaining a wide variety of Japanese Studies options across the UK, rather than
only catering to student initial interests in popular culture, is important to kindle interest in other areasof study in order to ensure that a wide range of Japanese study is sustained at postgraduate level.

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CURRENT PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES IN JAPANESE STUDIES RAISED BY
UNIVERSITIESComparison of Problems Identified in 2010 and 2015:
We asked participating universities to identify problem areas in Japanese Studies at their institution inboth the 2010 and 2015 surveys.
The charts below list the breakdown of key problems identified by the universities:

Problems identified by Group 1 and 2 universities in order of frequency:
Problems in 2010

Problems in 2015

Staff shortage

4

Staff shortage

9

Lack of postgraduate funding

4

Lack of postgraduate funding/fears overdecline in postgraduate students

4

Shortages in library resources/funding

3

Shortages in library resources/funding

3

Overall student demand for Japanese
below national interest

1

Shortage in postdoctoral positions

1

Need for more options in Joint Honours
course1Students not understanding what
Japanese studies degrees entail before
applying

1

Need for more Japanese language
courses for non-Japan specialists

1

Need for more senior staff members inorder to increase prestige within university

1

Difficulties in replacing retiring academics

1

Need to recruit more students

1

Other problems identified by Group 3 universities in order of frequency:
Problems in 2010

Problems in 2015

Lack of student demand

2

General lack of resources

3

Need for teaching training forlanguage teachers

1

Lack of provisions for language study forstudents undertaking Japan related research

1

Challenge of increasing ‘visibility’ ofJapanese1

Staff shortage

1

It is interesting to notice that similar problems are raised in both the 2010 and 2015 surveys.

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We asked universities to identify what they consider to be the most important role of JapaneseStudies funding bodies in the UK:
Group 1 and 2 Universities:

Group 3 Universities:

Staff expansion/ maintenance support

9

Staff expansion/maintenance support2

Scholarships for postgraduate students

6

Organising workshops/conferences forteaching staff

2

Research fellowships for research in Japan

2

Research fellowships in Japan for
postgraduate students/researchers

2

Raising awareness of Japan through events

2

Funding for year abroad

2

Raising awareness of Japan in schools

2

Support development of links between
researchers and institutions in the UK and
Japan

2

Conference support

1

Nurturing wider disciplinary approaches tostudy of Japan

2

Japanese language assistant scheme toenhance oral language practice1

Support for students to pursue Japanese
language studies

2

Offering flexible multipurpose funding
programmes

1

Library resources

1

Making nationality criteria of funding
programmes more flexible

1

Postgraduate scholarships

1

Funding for postdoctoral positions

1

Scholarships for Japanese students who wish
to study in UK universities

1

Funding for short trips to Japan for groups ofstudents and a lecturer

1

Raising awareness of Japan through events

1

Influencing governing bodies regarding Alevel etc.

1

Support for holding events/talks at university

1

KEY PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED

Staff Shortage
While student numbers appear to be healthy on undergraduate courses, what has been highlighted asa problem is the lack of academic staff members to meet this demand, and there are fears that thisshortage could lead to a sacrifice in the quality of either teaching or research capabilities ofuniversities.
This was also flagged as a problem in the 2010 survey. However within that survey several
universities also pointed out that while staffing issues had been a problem in the past, this had now
been addressed due to recent appointments of new teaching staff.

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The 2015 survey results suggest that, in recent years, problems relating to staff shortages havebecome more pronounced amidst the background of shrinking budgets and reduced government
support for humanities subjects.
Some universities have flagged concerns that staff will not be replaced when they retire which is aparticular problem in smaller departments where the survival of Japanese studies programmes
depends on a small number of staff. Other universities have commented that university administrators
have been trying to cut back on senior positions at the university to save costs, but this may lead to aloss of prestige and influence within the university and in the academic community.
Our survey shows the figures for the number of academic staff members in the fourteen Group 1 and2 universities in 2010 was 132 compared to the 143 for the fifteen Group 1 and 2 universities in 2015.
The number of professors undertaking Japan related research or teaching increased in total from 22
to 25.
Eleven universities highlighted support for staff expansion as the most important role of funding
bodies in Japanese Studies, and grants such as the Japan Foundation staff expansion and the GreatBritain Sasakawa Foundation lectureship programme were mentioned by several institutions as
crucial to the formation or expansion of their Japanese Studies programmes.
Three recent trends which may combat staff shortages can be discerned:- Trend towards East Asian studies: One recent trend that can be discerned is that of an increasing
tendency to place Japanese Studies within the context of East Asian Studies particularly withinsmaller departments. In an era of declining budgets for humanities and area subjects, it is possiblethat this trend is helping to protect the survival of Japanese Studies where there are fewer resources.
Two reasons can be identified for this trend. One is of course the academic importance ofunderstanding how Japan fits into the larger region in today’s political and economic climate. Howeverfrom a financial and administrative perspective, this trend also allows departments to share resources,
offer region wide modules, and have interconnected research and teaching strategies.
-Co-operation with researchers in other departments: Some universities express an intention tocollaborate more with researchers undertaking Japan related research in other disciplines to increaseprovisions for Japanese Studies courses.
-Maximise resources in particular disciplinary area rather than spreading resources broadly:
Some universities appear to be developing an area of speciality for their Japanese Studies provision
rather than trying to cover a wide range of subject areas.

Fears about decline in number of postgraduate students
Recent increases in postgraduate tuition fees in many universities across the UK have sparked fears
that this will lead to a decline in postgraduate recruitment which in turn would have an effect on thedevelopment of the next generation of Japanese Studies academics.
Four Group 1 and 2 universities highlight this as a key problem, and six identify scholarships forpostgraduate students as the most important role of Japanese Studies funding bodies in the UK.
A difficulty in sustaining a taught Masters course can be particularly discerned, which is particularly
problematic as Masters degrees are an important stepping stone to a PhD.

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Some universities are adapting to make their course more attractive or more sustainable in the face of
this perceived decline. For example, Birkbeck are restructuring their taught masters courses into theirschool wide MRes programme, and Leeds also state an intention to offer Masters by research
programmes in Japanese studies to enable students graduating on Japanese Studies undergraduate
programmes to make the transition to research degrees. Other universities have discussed
developing taught Masters courses in East Asian studies.
In the context of increasing tuition fees, the lack of UK post-graduate students at UK institutions has
also been flagged as a concern which could lead to a decline in the number of UK Japanese Studies
scholars. Rather than UK students not being interested in pursuing postgraduate study, someacademics speak of a “brain drain”, or that aspiring UK scholars in Japanese Studies choose to study
in Europe, US or Japan where there appears to be more scholarship opportunities.
Another issue facing emerging Japanese Studies researchers is the lack of postdoctoral positions for
newly qualified Japanese Studies academics. Concerns have been expressed about universities’
reluctance to fill vacant posts or create new Japanese Studies positions and this may have an impact
on the number of PhD candidates able to obtain a post-doctoral position in the UK. Certain institutions
have referred to plans to develop post-doctoral fellowship schemes at their university to address thisconcern.

Challenges Faced by Japanese Studies Academics Outwith
Japanese Studies Departments (Group 3 Universities)
The survey not only looked at Japanese Studies within Japanese Studies centres, but also at
academics undertaking Japan related research and teaching in a number of different disciplinary
contexts at institutions throughout the UK outwith Japanese studies schools and departments.
The survey identified 90 such scholars working in a number of disciplinary departments such as
history, economics, politics and international relations, sociology and anthropology.
Academics conducting Japan related research or teaching in other disciplines outwith universities withJapanese studies centres have highlighted some particular problems such as the lack of library
resources, lack of visibility without a centre for research, and lack of Japanese language training forstudents who wish to specialise in Japan related areas. As the research at these universities is often
conducted on an independent level, sustaining any teaching at the institutions is often dependant on
one person, making it very vulnerable.
The survey also noted a large number of such academics within other departments at Universities
which have Japanese Studies schools (35 in the 2015 survey). Some Group 1 and 2 universities havementioned plans to draw on resources of other departments to broaden curriculum and draw on crossdisciplinary expertise. This could be another survival strategy for some Japanese Studies courses
which presently have fewer resources.

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CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the survey has shown that the landscape of Japanese Studies in the UK has seenchanges in the period between 2010 and 2015. Although there have been positive aspects,
notwithstanding the difficult financial circumstances faced by educational institutions, there arecontinuing concerns and issues to be faced by the Japanese Studies community.
Undergraduate Japanese Studies course enrolment fell briefly after the changes in tuition fees policy,
but appears now to be in recovery. A particular increase in students undertaking joint honours withJapanese Studies/language compared to those taking single honours only can be discerned. Twouniversities have also developed new full undergraduate programmes in Japanese Studies since thelast survey. While Japanese Studies at undergraduate level cannot be said to be in decline, it isimportant to ensure that this recovery is sustained.
While student numbers on undergraduate courses are recovering, the survey has highlighted aperceived shortage in academic staff members to meet this demand. Also identified in the survey is alarge number of Japan related researchers in other disciplines outside the school responsible forteaching Japanese Studies and some universities express an intention to collaborate more with theseresearchers to increase provision for their Japanese studies courses.
The survey also flags fears of a future decline in postgraduate students as a result of recent increases
in tuition fees, and a clear need to continue to support and encourage postgraduate study to nurture
the next generation of Japanese Studies researchers. Japanese Studies at Masters level isparticularly highlighted as a weak link in regards to demand, provisions and funding and someuniversities are adapting to make their courses more attractive or sustainable.
Finally, the survey highlighted a large number of Japanese Studies scholars working in various
disciplinary departments at universities without core Japanese Studies departments or centres. In
these universities, Japan related research and teaching is often dependent on individuals, and oursurvey captures the distinct and diverse problems they face in their departments.

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INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONSGROUP 1 AND 2 UNIVERSITIESBIRKBECK, UNIVERSITY OF LONDONBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESArtsHEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Hilary Fraser
SCHOOL ADDRESS
43 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PD
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+44 (0)20 7631 6000
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/arts/

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDBA Japanese and/with Journalism
BA Japanese and/with Film
BA Japanese and/with Management
BA Japanese and/with Politics/Global Politics
BA Japanese and/with Linguistics
BA Japanese and/with French, German,
Portuguese, or Spanish
BA Japanese and/with History
BA Japanese and/with International Law
BA Japanese and/with English
PhD in Japanese Cultural Studies
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1: 9
PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESDr Nobuko Anan

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Re-thinking Japan (Core)
Theorising Japanese Cinema
Popular Culture in Japan and East Asia
Manga and Anime
Advanced Seminar in Japanese Culture and Society
In all these modules, students are assessed on essays. All these modules include both lectures anddiscussions. We do not use textbooks; we assign readings from various books and journals.
STUDY ABROAD
We do not have a study abroad programme yet, as the majority of our students are working fulltime
during daytime and it is difficult for them to take some time off from their work. However, we havestarted to accept UCAS students, and mainly for them, we are currently planning to create a year
abroad programme. We are also planning to offer various types of study abroad programmes (ashorter period of stay, etc.) for those who cannot take a year off.

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POSTGRADUATE
We offer a PhD programme in Japanese Cultural Studies. From 2016-17, we plan to offer MRes inJapanese Cultural Studies.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Research topics include music in the counter-culture movements in the 1960s, representations ofSouth Asians in anime, and the global circulation of anime.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Nobuko Anan (Theatre and Performance)
Dr Kanako Terasawa (Film)
Dr Martyn Smith (History)
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor Naoko Shimazu (History)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Librarians for the School of Arts are in charge of Japan related resources.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESWe are at the moment surveying universities in Japan in order to establish links for our study abroad
programme.
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES
Birkbeck Japanese Society
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBK_JapanSoc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BBKJapanSoc
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
Japan-related events and research are conducted in the Centre for Media, Culture and Creative
Practice.
FUTURE PLANS FOR JAPANESE STUDIES-MRes in Japanese Cultural Studies-Study abroad programme
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
WHY?
We accept complete beginners as well, so prior knowledge of Japanese is not required and it does
not affect our decisions with regard to applications.

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COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Art, Modern Popular Culture, Media and Cultural Studies
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Sociology, Art, Modern Popular Culture, Japanese Language,
Media and Cultural Studies
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES?

Very wellresourced
Politics/International
RelationsSufficiently
Resourced

Insufficiently
Resourcedx
x

Literaturex

Sociology

x

Art

x

Anthropology

xReligious Studyx

Linguistics

x

Science/Technology
Modern Popular
Culturex
x

Traditional Culture
The Japanese
LanguageNot
resourced atallX

Economics
History

Neutralxx

PROBLEMS
We have only a few staff members while the number of students is increasing.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND-Fellowship for postgraduate students-Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers-Financial help to create lecturer positions
USP
Our staff members are working on contemporary culture and society.

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STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES
2010-11

2011-12

2012-132013-142014-152015-16

Joint Honours

17

22

11

13

23

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Masters

6

5

8

8

2

0

PhD

3

5

4

5

6

6

IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
In terms of BA, no. We have more students who are interested in Japanese this year. In terms of the
postgraduate programmes, yes. Due to the decrease of the number of students, our MA programme
will be restructured into the school-wide MRes from 2016-17 onwards.

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UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Matthew Ramley
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+44 (0)121 414 3324
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/index.aspx
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
lfa@contacts.bham.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:Japanese language courses from beginner toadvanced

ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Japanese as Minor programme
BA Modern Languages: AAB
BA Modern Languages with Business
Management: AAB
International Business or Relations with
Languages: AAB
Economics with Japanese: AAA
Students wishing to study Japanese are
required to have B grade in GCSE any
languages or equivalent.
Credited modules
B grade in GCSE any languages
Non-credit modules
No particular requirement
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN
JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES
Japanese as Minor: 1:8
Credited/non-credited modules: maximum
1:16
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Junko Ogawa

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Japanese as Minor programme (a 4-year programme including study abroad)
This programme aims at complete beginners of Japanese. Students spend the first two years at the
University of Birmingham and learn basic Japanese before going to one of our exchange partner
universities in the third year. They are expected to have achieved post-intermediate/pre-advanced
level by the time they come back to the University of Birmingham.
Year 1: Japanese Language Beginners I &II (40 credits)
Textbooks: Minna no Nihongo vol. 1 Translation and Grammatical Notes, Basic Kanji Book vol. 1
Contact hour: 6 hours per week
Assessment method: in-class assessments (grammar, listening, reading, writing and speaking) across
two semesters
Year 2: Japanese Language Beginners I & II (40 credits)
Textbooks: Minna no Nihongo vol. 2 Translation and Grammatical Notes, Basic Kanji Book vol. 2
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Contact hour: 6 hours per week
Assessment method: mix of in-class assessments (grammar, listening, reading and writing), oral
examination, and 2-hour written examination
Year 3: Study Abroad in Japan (60 credits)
Students study at one of our Japanese partner universities either for one semester (4 months) or twosemesters (10 months).
Year 4: Students must (BA Modern Languages) or can take up to 40 credits in the final year.
Tandem Language Module-Japanese/English (20 credits)
A flexible, non-classroom-based learning. Students whose first language is English will be paired witha Japanese partner and devise a learning programme in Japanese. In return they will offer tuition in
English for their partner. Guidance and supervision will be provided by LfA staff.
Contact hour: 2 hours per week
Assessment: Oral presentation, Learner Diary, Learning report, Self-assessment, Peer-assessment
Japanese Language Advanced I (20 credits)
Textbook: n/a
Contact hour: 3 hours per week
Assessment: listening assessment, oral presentation and its script
Japanese Language Advanced II (20 credits)
Textbook: n/a
Contact hour: 3 hours per week
Assessment: mix of in-class assessment (reading comprehension), essay and 2-hour written
examination
Japanese as an elective module (IWLP)
As of 2015, IWLP Japanese offers three courses: Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3. Level 1 aims atcomplete beginners whereas Level 3 is suitable for post GCSE students. Higher levels could beoffered up to Level 7, subject to demands and teaching resource.
Textbook: Colloquial JapaneseContact hour: 2 hours per week
Assessment: one oral examination and one 2-hour written examination
Credit: 20 credits
Tandem Language Module-Japanese/English is also available as an elective module.
Japanese as extra-curricular module
The above modules (excluding Tandem Language Module) are also available as a non-credit-bearing
module. Students can either enrol in as a free language student (the University offers all full time
undergraduate students the opportunity to apply to study a foreign language for free.) or a paying
students. These courses are open to public as well.
Textbook: Colloquial JapaneseContact hour: 2 hours per week
Assessment: n/a
Credit: 20 credits

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STUDY ABROAD
Students in Japanese as Minor Programme (BA Modern Languages, BA Modern Languages with
Business Management, Economics with Japanese and International Business or Relations withJapanese) have a guaranteed place in one of our Japanese exchange partner universities below:
Waseda University
Sophia University
Keio University
Hitotsubashi University
Kobe University
Kyoto University
Kansai University
Students in Economics with Japanese or International Business or Relations with Japanese are
expected to spend two semesters at the host universities whereas those in BA Modern Languages or
BA Modern Languages with Business Management can slip the year into two countries (e.g., one
semester in Japan and another semester in France).
Students will normally spend majority of their time in studying Japanese language but can also attend
one or two content modules.
Students who are not in Japanese as Minor Programme but wish to study abroad in Japan can do so
if their programme allows it.
POSTGRADUATE
N/AJAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
N/A
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Junko Ogawa BA (ICU) MA (ICU)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese Language Instructor
Fumitsugu Enokida BA (Jobu) MA (Birmingham)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese Language Instructor
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
N/A
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
N/A

FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Waseda University (University 21 partner, exchange partner university)
Sophia University (exchange partner university)34

Keio University (exchange partner university)
Hitotsubashi University (exchange partner university)
Kobe University (exchange partner university)
Kyoto University (exchange partner university)
Kansai University (exchange partner university)
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES
University of Birmingham Japan Society
a group run by undergraduate students of the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham Anime and Manga Society
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UoBAnimeSociety/?fref=nf
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTIONNoIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
WHY?
Our programme aims at complete beginners.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
The Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
The Japanese Language

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at allPolitics/International
RelationsX

Economics

X

HistoryX

Literature

X

Sociology

X

Art

X

Anthropology

X

Religious Study

X

Linguistics

X

Science/Technology

X

Modern Popular
CultureX

Traditional Culture

X

The Japanese
Language

X

PROBLEMS- How to maintain the standard of the course with ever decreasing contact hours- Effects of financial constrain on the running of the course (no budget for new books, limited budget
available for brought-in teachers, etc.)- A considerable number of students are not allowed to take Japanese due to timetable clashes orregulations set by their own departments)- The number of students in Japanese as Minor programme is much smaller than that of other major
languages (such as French)-Competition against Chinese language
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Keep pressuring governing bodies to maintain Japanese in GCSE and A-Level because if Japaneseis dropped, it would send out a message that Japanese is a less important language, leading
universities and decision makers to fund its programme less.
USP
Allowing students to study up to three languages at the same time (BA Modern Languages)
Due to relatively small-sized classes, each student will be given decent support in and outside classand any problem can be attended very quickly.
Students will have a Japanese language partner if they wish (subject to availability).

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STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Joint Honours

2010-11

2011-12

2012-132013-142014-152015-16

9

9

7

6

4

14

IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
I would say ‘Yes’. Having several opportunities to talk to possible applicants and their parents on theOpen Day, I have a feeling that they are quite anxious about high living cost in Japan during the study
abroad period (particularly when it is compared with that in China).

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGEBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Current Head of Department: Prof Roel
Sterckx
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, UK CB3 9DA
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
01223-335106
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/ea
st-asia/japanese-studies
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
enquiries@ames.cam.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDBA Japanese Studies (Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies Tripos)

BA Japanese with Chinese
MPhil in Japanese Studies by dissertation only(one year)
MPhil in Japanese Studies with taught element(from 2016; replacing MPhil in East AsianStudies with taught element)
PhD in Japanese Studies
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Colleges usually ask for A*AA results at Alevel or 41 IB score or equivalent, but they canbe flexible in response to the applicant’s
circumstances.
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Minimum: 1:2, theoretical maximum in one
course is 20 students, but normally there areunder 10PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Chair in Japanese Studies: Prof Mikael
Adolphson (from January 2016)

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEThis course combines the intensive study of spoken and written Japanese to an advanced level andthe study of Japanese history, literature, society, politics and international relations. Papers inclassical Japanese culture are also offered. The course is four years long.
Year OneThe first year is devoted to intensive language training in modern Japanese, both written and spoken.
In addition, there is an interdisciplinary introduction to East Asian history, providing both a far-ranging
historical overview as well as a broadly defined cultural framework intended to give you a foretaste of
the more methodologically distinct approaches that we introduce in the second year. This part of thefirst year course is deliberately wide-ranging, covering not only Japan, but also China and Korea.
Year TwoIn the second year, language education is continued. There is flexibility to focus study in a particular
direction. In addition to a course on modern history, there is a choice from four specialised courses
dealing with politics, sociology, literature and culture, and classical Japanese. Intensive language
training continues throughout this year.
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Study Period Abroad (usually spent at Doshisha University, Kyoto
Year Four
The final year involves further advanced-level language work, an advanced course in a field of yourinterest, and the writing of the dissertation in close consultation with your supervisor.
For details, please refer to http://www.ames.cam.ac.uk
STUDY ABROAD
Most students spend one academic year (their third year) at Doshisha University, Kyoto. There aresome alternatives with exchange programmes with colleges, but most of them are currently being
renegotiated. Some students go to Japan on a MEXT scholarship.
POSTGRADUATE
PhD is by dissertation only, there no official courses, but teachers may offer reading groups,
methodology seminars, etc, dependent on students’ needs, and there are also ‘researcher
development’ courses offered.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Modern Literature: Butoh dance,
Premodern literature and culture: Ishinpo and medical history;
Anthropology: Masculinity and relations in the extended family; - anthropology of listening.
History: Sino-Japanese relations, war crimes trials, Japanese military, USSR-Japan postwar relations
and repatriation
International Relations: Japan-Korean relations, Korean and Japanese politics
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Full-time staff:
Professor Mickey Adolphson (from January 2016)
Chair of Japanese Studies
PhD Harvard
Subject specialisation: Premodern, mainly medieval History
Ms Toshimi Boulding
Lector in JapaneseBA (Kobe), MPhil (Cantab.)Dr Miki Kawabata
Senior Language Teaching Officer
BA, MA (Keio), PhD (SOAS)
Subject specialisation: Methodology of teaching Japanese, PhD in Anthropology
Dr Barak Kushner
Reader in Modern Japanese History, Fellow of Corpus Christi College
BA (Brandeis), MA, PhD (Princeton)
Subject specialisation: Modern Japanese history, Sino-Japanese relations, food history, war crimes,
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Dr Laura Moretti
Lecturer in Premodern Japanese Studies, Fellow of Emmanuel College
MPhil, PhD (Venice)
Subject specialisation: Premodern Japanese literature
Dr John Nilsson-Wright (Swenson-Wright)
Senior Lecturer in Modern Japanese politics, Fellow of Darwin College
MA (Oxon), MA (Johns Hopkins), DPhil (Oxon)
Subject specialisation: Japan-US relations, postwar Japanese politics and international relations.
North and South Korea.
Dr Matthew Shores
Lecturer in Japanese Studies
BA Portland State; PhD University of Hawaii
Subject specialisation: Japanese premodern and modern literature, rakugo, humor, comedy
Dr Brigitte Steger
Senior Lecturer in Modern Japanese Studies, Fellow of Downing College
MPhil, PhD (Vienna), MA (Cantab.)
Subject specialisation: Japanese society, daily life, sleep, time, cleanliness, aftermath of the tsunami
disaster of 2011.
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Deokyo Choi
Research Associate in ERC project on dissolution of Japanese empire(http://warcrimesandempire.com)
Subject specialisation: Japan-Korea relations and imperial Korea within Japan’s empire relations
Dr Arnaud Doglia:
Research Associate in ERC project on dissolution of Japanese empire(http://warcrimesandempire.com)
Subject specialisation: Japanese biological and chemical warfare, postwar issues related to warfare
and war crimes
Dr Sherzod MuminovResearch Assistant in ERC project on dissolution of Japanese empire(http://warcrimesandempire.com)
Subject specialisation: USSR history, Japanese postwar history, repatriation, Japanese internees inSoviet Union
Dr Angelika KochResearch Associate
Subject Specialisation: premodern history of science and premodern daily life, esp. gender, sexuality,time
Ms Yongsuk Song
Sessional Instructor of Japanese Language

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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
As before, but note that Koyama Noboru retired as of 30 September 2016. His replacement iscurrently being recruited. Dr Kristin Williams is expected to start in February 2016 as the newJapanese librarian at the University Library.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES:
Doshisha: year-abroad
Keio: PhD student exchange (Aoi global scholar award) and staff exchange with Downing College
Kyoto University: PhD student exchange (Aoi global scholar award)
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES:
N/AJAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
With the arrival of our new chair, we plan to revisit our research and teaching arrangements. And wehope to maintain and increase our personnel.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
Japanese is taught ab initio (from scratch), but the course is extremely fast-paced. Students need tolearn hiragana and katakana before coming arriving to study, and they are encouraged to find out
whether they are really willing to invest sufficient time and energy to learn the language. However,there is little advantage, if students already have A-level Japanese.

COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Religious
Study, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, the Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Modern Popular Culture,
Traditional Culture, the Japanese Language

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We would like to employ one more full-time language instructor, both for undergraduate and graduateteaching.
PROBLEMS
Not enough scholarships to support graduate studies
Not enough postdoc positions, which makes it difficult to support promising graduates of our PhD
programme to further their careers in Cambridge.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Scholarships for graduate students and postdoc positions.
USP
We emphasise both premodern and modern aspects of Japanese society, history, literature and thesocial sciences. We have a very strong faculty and with our small student numbers we can offer great
attention and interaction across all levels.

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CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Modern Languages
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Prof. Claire Gorrara
SCHOOL ADDRESS
66a Park PlaceSCHOOL TELEPHONE
02920874889
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/modern-languages/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
modernlanguages@cardiff.ac.uk

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
BSc Business Studies & Japanese
BA French & Japanese
BA German & Japanese
BA Italian & Japanese
BA Portuguese & Japanese
BA Spanish & Japanese
BA Translation Studies (Japanese)
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSESAABTEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN
JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES
20PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Masakazu Kudara

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
All the schemes are 4 years in length.
In Year 1 all students study two double modules in Japanese Language as well as a module
Japanese History, together with their modules in the other part of their degree.
In Year 2 all students study two double modules in Japanese Language as well as a double module
called 'Contemporary Japanese Society', together with their modules in the other part of their degree.
The third year is the intercalary year (see below)
In Year 4 all students study a Japanese language module, a Japanese Studies Research Project, andeither Japanese for Business or Japanese for Humanities, as well as the modules in the other part oftheir degree.
STUDY ABROAD:
Students studying Business Studies & Japanese spend the whole of the third academic year in Japanat one of the exchange universities. Students on the other degree scheme go to Japan in Aprilfollowing their period of study spent in Europe. Exchange universities are; Asia-Pacific University,
Chuo University, Dokkyo University, Hiroshima University, ICU, Keio University, University of
Kitakyushu, Kobe National University, Meiji University, Ritsumeikan University, Toyo University,
Yokohama National University.

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POSTGRADUATE:
Students can specialise in Japanese translation as part of the MA in Translation Studies Japanrelated elements can also be studied in the MA in European Studies.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS:
Christopher Hayes: A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESIN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: TWITTER, KEITAI AND GALAPAGOS TECHNOLOGIESSTAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Christopher Hood (Japanese Studies)
Dr Ruselle Meade (Japanese Studies)
Dr Miho Inaba (Japanese language)
Dr Mayuko Inagawa (Japanese language)
Mr Masakazu Kudara (Japanese language)
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Prof. Max Deeg (School of History, Archaeology and Religion)
Dr Ian Rapley (School of History, Archaeology and Religion)
Dr Maki Umemura (Japanese Studies - Cardiff Business School)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES:The main Japan-related collection is held by the Aberconway Library. It has about 3,000 Japanrelated books in English and about 500 in Japanese. The Library subscribes to several Japan-related
journals in English and in Japanese.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES:
Student exchanges with: Asia-Pacific University, Chuo University, Dokkyo University, Hiroshima
University, ICU, Keio University, University of Kitakyushu, Kobe National University, Meiji University,
Ritsumeikan University, Toyo University, Yokohama National University.
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES:The students studying Japanese run a Japanese Society which works closely with Japanese students
in the university as well as with local Japanese companies in South Wales.
FUTURE PLANS:
Looking to develop a Single Honours in Japanese Studies.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Neutral44

WHY?
We work on the basis of ab-initio study and due to the intensity of the course, those with abackground (e.g. A level in Japanese) find that their advantage is often only in the first semester ofthe first year.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Religious
Study, Linguistics, Science/Technology, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese
Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Religious
Study, Linguistics, Science/Technology, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese
Language
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very well
Sufficiently
NeutralInsufficiently
Notresourced
Resourced
Resourced
resourced
at allPolitics/InternationalX
Relations
Economics
X
HistoryX
Literature
X
Sociology
X
Art
X
Anthropology
X
Religious Study
X
Linguistics
X
Science/Technology
X
Modern Popular
X
CultureTraditional Culture
X
The JapaneseX
Language
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Fund short trips to Japan for groups of students & a lecturer. Scholarships for UG, PGT & PGR
students. Funding continuation of posts, rather than creating new posts.
USP
Our joint honours programmes allow students to gain a wide range of knowledge and skills which aresought by employers.

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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Journalism, Language andCommunication
HEAD OF SCHOOLDr Paul ElmerSCHOOL ADDRESSUCLan, School of JLC, Preston, PR1 2HE
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+44(0)1772891994
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/schools/journalismlanguagecommunication/index.php
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
candthub@uclan.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:
1. BA (Hons) Asia Pacific Studies / Japanese
2. BA (Hons) Modern Languages / Japaneseand one of the following: Arabic, Chinese,
French, German, Italian,

Korean, Russian, Spanish; one of the two
languages must be studied at a post A-level
3. BA (Hons) TESOL and Japanese
4. BA (Hons) English Language andLinguistics and Japanese
5. BA (Hons) English Literature and Japanese
6. LLB (Hons) Law with International Studies(Japanese)
All courses enable students to spend a period
abroad in Japan.
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Typical offers:
For Degree Courses:280-320 pts at A2, BTEC
DMM-DDM or equivalent
For Foundation Entry: 180 pts at A2, BTEC MPP or pass access course
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1/18
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Robert Kasza

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Japanese language and culture can be studied as part of degree courses (BA Hons) listed above. In
addition, Japanese is offered under the Applied Language selective Programme as a free elective ora certificate (also for members of the public).
The structure of the first two years is the same for all combinations and consists of a 40-credit(double) Japanese language module and a 20-credit (single) contents module. Year Three is typicallyspent in Japan on the Assessed Period Abroad in one of UCLan's partner universities (22 exchange
partner institutions as of September 2015). The main textbooks for the language modules are Genki(2nd edition) volumes I and II and Basic Kanji Book (vol. I and II). In the final year, students use avariety of authentic materials supported by interactive textbooks like Tobira.
In year one of two, a combination of Japanese and English is used in class but the final year isdelivered in Japanese only. By the end of the final year, students are expected to reach CEFR C1+. In
order to obtain BA (Hons), students are expected to take regular in-class tests, produce a portfolio todemonstrate their self-directed study, present an Oral presentation in Japanese, sit for a three hour46

exam for language modules. As an option, students who decide to major Japanese submit a (single or
double) dissertation written in English.
In contents modules specific readings are assigned (both in Japanese and in English) in order toachieve the prescribed Learning Outcomes.
One contents module is compulsory in year one and two, and a optional contents module is offered inyear three.
The contents modules are:Year One - Background to Japan is a comprehensive introduction to the socio-cultural environment ofJapan with elements of history, literature, popular culture and sample readings on selected areas ofscholarship on Japan. This module is also offered to students of other languages on the Asia Pacific
Course. Students write an essay on a topic discussed with the tutor and deliver a presentation on a
Japan-related topic of their choice.
The module ‘JS2059 Investigating Japan Project’ introduces students to a variety of topical issues
related to contemporary Japanese society and culture, including Japanese education system,
economy, industry, transportation, tourism, environment, and so on. It raises students’ awareness ofdiverse practical and cultural issues in Japan, and enhances their ability of dealing with different
situations in Japan. It prompts the development of personal and transferable skills by encouraging
group and project work as well as independent study by the students. This module also prepares thestudents for the final-year dissertation by providing guidance on research project management andacademic writing.
The module makes use of a variety of sources in both English and Japanese language, including
academic journal articles, book chapters, official statistics, and audio-visual materials. Lectures arefollowed by reading and group discussions. The module is assessed by written exams, oralpresentation and student-led discussions, oral interaction with examiners, regular in-classparticipation and homework (including essay writing).
Another Year Two contents module is "Aspects of Japanese Society" where a number of selected key
words (in Japanese) is explored through discussions and mini-presentations in Japanese (andEnglish, if appropriate) to enable students to prepare for a deeper engagement / immersion in theJapanese society when on the period abroad.
Students acquire research skills and analytical skills by critical evaluation of research articles anddiscussing the contents with the tutor during a viva-type exam.
In Year Three the module "Interpreting Japan through Literature and Cultural Readings" is offered as
an option. This module enables students to explore a variety of authentic reading materials (bothfiction and non-fiction) that are discussed in class and translated in part or in whole into English.
Students discuss Japanese figurative language including proverbs and idioms. Computer Assisted
Translation Tools are introduced (SDL Trados or MemoQ) to increase students' employability. As partof assessment students prepare an Annotated Translation Project and a Personal Cultural Projectthat contain knowledge transfer from Japanese into English, mostly about culture, society or politics.
Language modules overview:
JS1106: the main textbook is Genki vol 1 and BKB vol 1; 4 hours per week; the direct approach andgrammar-translation approach are used in different parts of the class; assessed by portfolio, regulartests, listening and oral tests, semester 1 and 2 reading and writing exams.

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AL1106: The main textbook is Japanese for Busy People vol1 (first half); 2 hours per week;
communicative (functional-notional) approach is used; assessed by portfolio, regular tests, semester
1 reading exam, semester 2 writing exam, and oral test.
AL2436: The main textbook is Japanese for Busy People vol1 (second half) with additional
reading/grammar/ speaking materials. 2 hours per week; communicative (functional-notional)
approach is used; assessed by portfolio, read and write exam, and oral test.
JS3050A: The main textbook is Minnano Nihongo Chukyuu, with additional reading/grammar/
speaking materials. 2 hours per week; the direct approach and grammar-translation approach wereused in different parts of the class; assessed by portfolio, regular tests, read and write exam and oralpresentation.
STUDY ABROAD
Based on partnership contracts, UCLan and Japanese partner institutions (currently 22 universities)
exchange students on one-to-one basis. In Year two, students are asked their preferred destination
for their Period Abroad and the required duration (that depends on the course). Most students spend
35 weeks in Japan. Depending on the language combination and the course, some students spend
their period abroad on a semester-long basis or in two countries (e.g. China or South Korea). All ourpartner institutions provide specially designed Japanese language and cultural modules that address
students' learning needs. More and more institutions offer work experience for mutula benefit ofstudents and the local community.
POSTGRADUATE
There are no Japan-related Postgraduate courses at the moment but Japanese Interpreting(Simultaneous and Consecutive) and Translation programme was successfully validated as part of
MA Interpreting and Translation.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
N/A
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Takako Amano, Senior Lecturer, a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and a member ofBritish Association of Teaching Japanese as a foreign language (BATJ) joined UCLan in 1997 when
Japanese was first introduced as a Joint Degree programme.
Takako represents UCLan as the Director of East Asia Exchange and Subject Leader for Japanese.
Externally, Takako develops and maintains partnerships with Japanese universities working closelywith the International Office and Japan related organisations. She also has been acting as an External
Examiner for various UK universities. Internally Takako coordinates Japan related dissertations andleads various modules. Takako has two main research interests: Internationalisation of Higher
Education, Teaching & Learning Japanese as a foreign language and Learning Difficulties (such as
Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, and Dyscalculia).
Dr Zixi You completed a DPhil (PhD) degree at the University of Oxford. She has research expertisein digital humanities, linguistics and Japanese/Chinese studies, and has participated actively ininternationally collaborative research projects. As a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, Zixi
has taught Japanese at all levels in different universities in the UK. She is teaching both language andcontent modules at UCLan. She has also supervised and marked BA dissertations at UCLan, and48

given lectures to post-graduate students at the University of Oxford. Zixi holds Certificate of Level 1(the highest level) in the National Accreditation Examination for Translators & Interpreters. She has
worked as a contracted translator, as well as interpreter for international conferences and forums. In
addition, Zixi has been providing consultancy for publishers since 2010.
Dr Robert Kasza, Senior Lecturer in Japanese and Subject Leader for Japanese. Fellow and Mentor(Assessor-one) of the UK Higher Education Academy; member of BATJ. Main teaching activities:
Lecturing on Japanese Culture, teaching Japanese on all years; teaching Theory of Interpreting on
MA Interpreting and Translation Programme Dissertation supervision on Undergraduate andPostgraduate (MA, PhD) programmes including Subject Japanese, Asia Pacific Studies, Interpreting
and Translation Current Research and/or Knowledge Transfer: Japanese linguistics and teaching
methodology (e-learning); analysis of discourse and socio-cultural scripts in Oriental languages basedon the Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach; theory of interpreting and translation, cross-cultural
pragmatics and untranslatability; developing and applying Language Aptitude Tests for admission andretention; Translation theory and practice from cognitive and functional perspective; Japanese andOriental cultural semiotics (Japanese as a polysemantic language, conversational rituals and speechacts of Asian societies compared with SAE cultures) Robert is Co-editor and Journal Manager of"Intercultural Promenades: Journal of Modern Languages and International Studies" at
http://pops.uclan.ac.uk/index.php/icprom
Personal Websites: Academia Edu: https://uclan.academia.edu/RobertKasza LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/nhome/?trk=
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor John Horne, Professor of Sport and Sociology, School of Sport and Wellbeing
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/professor_john_horne.php
Dr Ed Griffith, Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies and Course Leader since 2014, School of Journalism,
Language and Communication
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/dr-ed-griffith.php
Dr John Whitton, Head of UCLan Energy Group, School of Engineering
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/dr_john_whitton.php
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES:
UCLan Library holds a substantial and growing number of books (including e-books, audio-books andteaching materials) on Japan-related topics. In addition, reading lists are created by academics foreach module. These lists are linked to the libary catalogue and show the publication's availability. The
Libary subscribes to a wide range of scholarly journals that publish articles on Japan and Asia.
Japanese team members liaise with specialist libarian regarding book purchases and subscriptions.
Reading lists are reviewed regularly (and a review can be requested at any time) to ensure that new
publications are provided to staff and students.
Japan-related reference books, digital materials and dictionaries for immediate use are stored in theWorldwise Learning Centre and are available to all students.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESAs of September 2015, UCLan has the following partner universities in Japan that accept students
enrolled on the Japanese programme in order to fulfill the requirements of the Assessed Period
Abroad (usually the third year of study, minimum 35 weeks):
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2. Utsunomiya University
3. Kanazawa University
4. Aichi Prefectural University
5. Mie University
6. Yamaguchi University
7. Kurume University
8. Oita University
9. Meio University
10. Hokusei Gakuen University
11. Kanda University of Foreign Studies
12. Mejiro University
13. Daito Bunka University
14. Kinjo Gakuin University
15. Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
16. Ryukoku University
17. Osaka International University
18. Mukogawa Women's University
19. Seinan Gakuin University
20. Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies
21. Kumamoto Gakuen University
22. International University of Kagoshima
Some students receive scholarships and bursaries (e.g. JASSO) and support from individual partner
universities.
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESThe UCLan Japanese Society statement:
The UCLan Japanese Society is a student-organised society where people who are studying
Japanese or have an interest in Japanese language/culture come together to share knowledge andexperiences, with the help from our Japanese exchange students who come to UCLan for a year to
study English and other subjects. We offer a cultural exchange, where we host events which reflect
both Japanese and British culture, such as the Sushi Workshop where students were able to maketheir own sushi, or the Christmas meal where students celebrated Christmas in a typical British way
with roast turkey and pudding. The students at UCLan enjoy the opportunity to meet Japanese
students so they can practice their Japanese, or to learn more about traditions, customs, andexchange information about hobbies and interests such as popular media, in the relaxed and safe
environment we offer at our weekly socials.
In February 2015, UCLan held its very own 文化祭 - Japanese cultrue festival, seen in schools all
across Japan. This showcased UCLan students' passion for Japan. Some students wrote haikus in
Japanese, while some students' translation work were displayed. Some took part in ソーラン節 SoranBushi, a Japanese dance, where both our home and exchange students spent months rehearsing.
Many of the students who come to UCLan Japanese Society are widely informed about Japan. Some
come along not knowing where Japan is on the map, or not knowing the exact difference between
Japan and its neighbouring Asian countries. We welcome all kinds of students, and hope that they
can learn about Japan and make global friendships through us.
Another Japan-related Society is UCLan SU Anime & Manga Society.
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
While there is no permanent representation of Japanese educational institutions at the moment, a
number of partner universities in Japan send their students to UCLan on an exchange-student basis.
Japanese students study mostly International Business related modules or take intensive English
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courses within the newly established Language Academy. Each year university staff and academics
from a number of Japanese partner institutions visit UCLan to discuss strategy and cooperation. Overthe years, UCLan has hosted Japanese scholars from our partner institutions and staff exchange isan area expected to grow in the coming years.
FUTURE PLANS:
As the number of students on the Japanese programme are increasing, the University is planning torecruit new staff member in order to deliver new contents modules, participate in curriculum
development and enhance research-led teaching.
Dr Zixi You is revising a monograph on Japanese linguistics, and will co-author another book onsociolinguistics in 2016.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
Japanese is offered on both ab-initio (beginners) and Post A-level study pathways and previous
experience of Japanese language is not perceived as an advantage as students are allocated togroups that reflect their knowledge of the language.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Linguistics, Science/Technology, Modern Popular
Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese Language, Education, Translation Studies
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Sociology, Religious Study, Linguistics, Japanese
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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very well
Sufficiently
NeutralInsufficiently
Notresourced
Resourced
Resourced
resourced
at allPolitics/InternationalX
Relations
Economics
X
HistoryX
Literature
X
Sociology
X
Art
X
Anthropology
X
Religious Study
X
Linguistics
X
Science/Technology
X
Modern Popular
X
CultureTraditional Culture
X
The JapaneseX
Language
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
An important task would be to increase the number of contact hours dedicated to specific language
skills and to deliver more research-led contents modules on a variety of Japan-related topics.
There are plans to organize conferences and workshops on Japanese Studies, and to encourage
students to participate in all possible dimensions.
PROBLEMSThe Japanese Studies programme faces problems similar to those experienced inhumanities/languages in other Higher Education institutions in the country.
The main issues are staffing (especially in the contents and specialist areas) as well as funding for
research and professional development. Teaching hours need to be increased but this requires
additional funding. There is also a tendency to treat Japanese similarly to European languages (interms of benchmarking, for example) that inevitably leads to discrepancies due to linguistic
differences.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
It would be a good idea to have a variety/flexibility of entry criteria for funding applications. Currently
there are many limitations for eligibility, time period and purpose of using the funding of limited types
of funding opportunity, which do not cover many aspects of needs. If there could be more
flexible/multi-purpose funding opportunity (e.g. conference organizing, conference presenting,attending international project meetings, hiring research assistant, organizing workshop for local
communities, for all people doing Japanese studies in the UK regardless of their nationality), it would
be more helpful for encouraging the study of Japan and Japanese in the UK.
USP
Japanese is offered both on the ab-initio and the Post A-level on degree courses as well as anelective/certificate (beginners/intermediate/advanced on the Applied Languages Programme), and via
a guided self-study (SoftwareAssisted).
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On degree courses Japanese is currently offered in combination with one of eight Morden languages
taught within the same school, which enables students to be involved in a large foreign language
learning community. Of equal importance is that alongside Japanese language and culture students
can pursue a variety of specialist subjects, for example, Asia Pacific Studies, TESOL, English and
Linguistics, English Literature, International Business and International Studies.
The Period Abroad in Japan is spent in one of the 22 partner institutions that offer a variety of
approaches to the language and culture.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Joint Honours

2010-1145

2011-1280

2012-1343

2013-1444

2014-1544

2015-1659

IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
There has been a steady increase of the students undertaking Japanese Studies (especially in
combination with Asia Pacific Studies and TESOL) over the last three years and it seems that the
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DURHAM UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Modern Languages and Cultures
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Janet Stewart
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Elvet Riverside, New Elvet, Durham DH1 3JT
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
0191 334 2630
SCHOOL WEBSITE
https://www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
mlac.ugadmissions@durham.ac.uk

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDUG Japanese Studies (Single Honours /Combined Honours)
PG Translation Studies E-J
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
The basic A2 offer is AAB or equivalent otherqualification
No language requirement at A2 level
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1-3
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESMr Don Starr

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEThis is a four-year multidisciplinary degree based at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures(MLaC), where the core language and culture modules are taught. Students take a double language
module (6 contact hours per week) in each of the three years spent in Durham, plus two culture /history modules each year. Other modules in years one and two are to be chosen from a list of
modules offered by MlaC or other departments. All final year students will take a double module
dissertation on some aspect of Japan.
The aim of the course is to equip students with the linguistic ability, cultural knowledge anddisciplinary skills necessary to be able to engage confidently and competently with Japan in a future
professional capacity. The multidisciplinary approach is designed to allow students to choose one ormore disciplinary areas on which to focus their study of Japan, whilst the language training andculture modules ensure that graduates have the necessary language skills, both written and spoken
and cultural competence, to work in a Japanese language environment.
STUDY ABROAD
All third year students will spend the year studying Japanese at one of our partner universities inJapan (including Tokyo University, Waseda University, and Kumamoto University).
POSTGRADUATE
MLaC offers modules in Japanese translation as part of its MA in Translation Studies.
Staff also offer PhD supervision in their areas of expertise.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
MLaC offers PhD supervision in areas related to staff research specialisms.
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STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESMr Don Starr (Director of Japanese) – teaches cultural module / Research
Ms Ritsuko Koso-Kirk (Teaching Fellow)
Dr Rebekah Clements (Lecturer)
Dr Fusako Innami (Lecturer)
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor Paul Bailey (History Department)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES:
We have about 6,000 volumes of books on Japan, divided about 50/50 between Japanese language
publications and publications in European languages. Main areas of interest are Japanese literature,art and archaeology, history and contemporary social sciences, such as business and economics.
The person in charge of the Library resources for Japanese studies is Mr Mamtimyn Sunuodula.
There are extensive library holdings in Japanese and specialist collections of Japanese art inDurham’s Oriental Museum. Teikyo University has a branch campus in Durham with specialist libraryholdings relating to Japan which Durham University students can use.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESTokyo University (http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html)
Waseda University (http://www.waseda.jp/top/en)
Kumamoto University (http://ewww.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/en/)All student exchange links
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES
Anglo-Japanese Society
Chinese – Japanese café
Tandem Scheme with students at Teikyo University
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
Teikyo University
FUTURE PLANS- Consolidate the new BA in Japanese Studies- Increase student numbers on the Japanese strand of the MA in Translation Studies- Recruit PhD students in Japanese Studies- A new lecturer in Japanese history is planned for the Department of History at Durham
University from September 2016
- Recruit a further teaching fellow in Japanese at MLaC to start in September 201655

IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
The course is intended as ab initio with no previous knowledge of Japanese is assumed. It is
intensive in learning terms so students are expected to make quick progress in learning Japanese.
We make special arrangements for students with an existing high level of Japanese (A2 level orhigher).
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Literature, Art
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Literature, Art, Modern Pop Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese Language
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all
X
X

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
X

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
More staff to meet the medium term goal of 4 lecturers and 2 teaching fellows
PROBLEMS
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MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Supporting staff expansion and continuing activity in schools to generate interest in applying to study
Japanese at university
USP
Undergraduate: Strong language and culture core department and access to wide range of modules
within the university
Postgraduate: access to a wide range of supervision expertise in many subject areas across the
School.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Single Honours
Joint Honours
MasterPhD

2010-11-

2011-12-

2012-132-

2013-142-

2014-153
0
3-

2015-1672
10

Note: This is a new undergraduate course from 2014: the first graduates will be in 2018
Specialist staff for PhD supervision only began from September 2015
IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
The course is too new to tell but for other languages there is no impact on student numbers.

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UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIABASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Centre for Japanese Studies (Interdisciplinary
Institute for the Humanities, Faculty of Arts andHumanities) and School of Politics, Philosophy
and Language and Communication Studies[PPL] in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
HEAD OF SCHOOLDr Simon Kaner, Director, Centre for JapaneseStudies
Professor Lee Marsden, Head of School, PPLSCHOOL ADDRESS
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of
East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich,
Norfolk, NR4 7TJ
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+44-1603-591819 (CJS)SCHOOL WEBSITE
www.uea.ac.uk/cjs
www.uea.ac.uk/ppl
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
cjs@uea.ac.uk

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDBA Modern Languages (s) Management
StudiesBA Modern Languages
BA Modern Languages (Double Honours)
BA Modern Languages with a year abroad
BA Modern Languages with Management
Studies (Double Honours)
BA Translation and Interpreting with Modern
Language Double Honours (with a year
abroad)BA Translation, Media and Modern Language
BA Translation, Media and Modern Language– 3 year option
BA Translation, Media and Modern Languages(Double Honours)
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
AAB-ABBTEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
For language modules, Max 18 students perclass
PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESDr Simon Kaner (Director, CJS)
Ms Mika Brown (Yakult Lecturer and Head ofJapanese, PPL)COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Japanese Language Degree programmes are offered through the School of Politics, Philosophy andLanguage and Communication Studies. A four-year undergraduate programme is available, either asa single honours, or as a joint honours with another degree-level language option (currently Frenchand Spanish). Methods of assessment include both formative and summative, written and oral.
STUDY ABROAD
Undergraduates taking the Japanese Language degrees spend one year (Year 3) based at one of 13
partner universities in Japan with which UEA has established formal student exchange agreements.
(Akita International University, Gakushuin University, Hokkaido University, International Christian58

University, Kansai University, Kobe College, Meiji University, Meiji Gakuin University, Okayama
University, Ritsumeikan University, Ryukoku University, Waseda University, Yokohama National
University). Students currently cover the additional costs of studying in Japan themselves (i.e.
airfares), but through the exchange partnership agreements they are not charged any additional
tuition fees.
POSTGRADUATEUEA does not currently offer any formal postgraduate taught programmes in Japanese studies,
although this may change in the future. For example, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study ofJapanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) is exploring the possibility of establishing a new MA in the areaof Japanese arts, cultures and heritage, from 2018. Our first cohort of undergraduates will graduate in
2016, and it is anticipated that some will go on to take MA programmes, for example in translation
studies. Some students are taking Japan-related options as part of other MA programmes offered inparticular through the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (e.g. MA in Museum Studies, MA in Cultural
Heritage Studies, MA in Film Studies offered through School of Art, Media and American Studies(AMA)).
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Four students are currently undertaking PhDs at UEA, in the following areas: Japanese archaeology(the William Gowland Collection of Kofun period archaeology at the British Museum, London) –funded by an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award, jointly supervised through UEA(AMA)/SISJAC andthe British Museum, due for completion in summer 2016; Japanese art history (the introduction ofWestern tableware to the imperial court in Meiji Japan) – supervised through AMA and SISJAC,
funded by an AHRC PhD studentship, due for completion in winter 2015-16; Japanese literature(Murakami Haruki) – supervised through the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, part
funded through a Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentship, due for completion in 2017; Japanese nonfiction creative writing (life stories of foreigners living in Japan), supervised through the School of
Literature, Drama and Creative Writing and SISJAC, self-funded and due for completion in 2017.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Simon Kaner (Director, Centre for Japanese Studies, and Head of the Centre for Archaeology andHeritage at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures)
Ms Mika Brown (Yakult Lecturer and Head of Japanese, PPL)Dr Eriko Tomizawa-Kay (Lecturer in Japanese Language, PPL)Dr Akiko Tomatsuri (Lecturer in Japanese Language, PPL)Dr Kaoru Umezawa (Lecturer in Japanese Language, PPL)
Ms Mami Mizutori (Executive Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
and Special Advisor on Japan to the University)
Professor Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere (Research Director, Sainsbury Institute for the Study ofJapanese Arts and Cultures and IFAC Handa Curator for Japanese Art at the Japanese Section,
Department of Asia, British Museum)Dr Rayna Denison (Senior Lecturer, School of Art, Media and American Studies)
Note: the University is currently appointing new University Lecturers in the areas of Japanese andEast Asian History in the School of History (to replace Dr Akira Matsuda, who was until September
2015 Lecturer in Japanese Artistic Heritage in the School of Art, Media and American Studies ) andJapan and International Relations in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Language andCommunication Studies (to replace Dr Ulrich Heinze who was Sasakawa Lecturer in Japanese59Contemporary Visual Media until September 2015). These two new posts are expected to be filled bysummer 2016.
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
A number of staff in other Schools and Faculties (for example Strategic Studies, Medicine, Nursing,Environmental Science, Computing, Chemistry, and Climate Research) have research relationships
with Japan, but most of this research is not specifically about Japan.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCESThe University Library has holdings on Japanese studies and Japanese language. Contact The
Librarian, University Library, UEA. The Lisa Sainsbury Library at the Sainsbury Institute for the Studyof Japanese Arts and Cultures has an extensive collection of Japanese art and archaeology, including
an collection of early maps of Japan placed on long term loan by Sir Hugh Cortazzi. Contact: Mr Akira
Hirano, Librarian of the Lisa Sainsbury Library.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESUndergraduates taking the Japanese Language degrees spend one year (Year 3) based at one of 13
partner universities in Japan with which UEA has established formal student exchange agreements:(Akita International University, Gakushuin University, Hokkaido University, International Christian
University, Kansai University, Kobe College, Meiji University, Meiji Gakuin University, Okayama
University, Okayama University, Ritsumeikan University, Ryukoku University, Waseda University,
Yokohama National University). Students currently cover the additional costs of studying in Japanthemselves (i.e. accommodation), but through the exchange partnership agreements they are notcharged any additional tuition fees. We are currently exploring establishing similar arrangements with
Osaka University and Sophia University. The Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts andCultures has a number of additional relationships with Japanese Universities to facilitate researchcollaboration, including Kokugakuin University, Tokyo and Kyushu University.
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESJapan Society (offers social events and Japanese-language ‘buddy’ system with Japanese students
Anime Society (offers screenings of Japanese films)
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
In 2015 Japan was identified as one of five countries/regions around the world with which UEA plans
to develop strategic relationships in international research (the others are: China, North America,
India and Malaysia). Enhanced internationalisation and increased international opportunities for UEA
students are central to the University’s new corporate plan (UEA Plan 2016-2020) and its long-term
vision (UEA Vision 2030).
In conjunction with the International Programmes Office at UEA, the Centre for Japanese Studies hasoffered a Japan-related programme as part of the University’s Summer School in 2014 and 2015(‘Japan Orientation: an introduction to new directions in Japanese Studies’), and plan to offer a similar
programme in 2016, supported by bursaries for students from the ‘V4’ countries (Czech Republic,
Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) from the Toshiba International Foundation and for students from other
European countries from the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures .
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As detailed in (18) above, the University is currently appointing new University Lecturers in the areasof Japanese and East Asian History in the School of History (to replace Dr Akira Matsuda, who was
until September 2015 Lecturer in Japanese Artistic Heritage in AMA) and Japan and International
Relations in the School of Politics, Philosophy and Language and Communication Studies (to replace
Dr Ulrich Heinze who was Sasakawa Lecturer in Japanese Contemporary Visual Media until
September 2015). These two new posts are expected to be filled by summer 2016.
In 2019-2020, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures will relocate from its
current accommodation in the city centre to the University campus, and it is expected that this will
generate further Japan-related activity on campus.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
Given the range of pre-entry Japanese study exhibited by students to date (self-study, GCSE,
Japanese Language Proficiency Test etc), it is difficult to assess needs and ability prior to their arrival
on campus, and we find that there is no standardisation of ability among those who have alreadydone some study of the language.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations (esp. from 2016), History (esp. from 2016), Literature, Sociology (esp.
up to 2015), Art, Science/Technology, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese
Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Art, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture,
Japanese Language

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very well
Sufficiently
NeutralInsufficiently
Notresourced
Resourced
Resourced
resourced
at allPolitics/InternationalX
Relations
Economics
HistoryX
Literature
X
Sociology
Art
X
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
X
CultureTraditional Culture
X
The JapaneseX
Language
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We need to ensure that library provision is kept up to date. We would also like to improve provision in
Japanese media (for example newspapers, TV coverage etc).
PROBLEMS
Degree-level Japanese language programmes only started in 2012 at UEA and so our first cohort will
not graduate until 2016. We have been pleased with the recruitment and retention to date, and are
now looking to explore offering some post-graduate provision for students who wish to progress fromundergraduate to postgraduate programmes.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
The funding programmes offered by the Japan Foundation (notably for acquiring resources for the
library), the Intellectual Exchange programmes (conference grants), Exhibition support (for example
for exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts), and postgraduate/post-doctoral
studentship/fellowship programmes, are all invaluable. We would not have been able to hire Dr Akira
Matsuda as Lecturer in Japanese Artistic Heritage, which became one of the central planks in theearly development of our Japanese taught programmes without the assistance of the JapanFoundation Staff Expansion Scheme. We have also benefitted greatly from the Japan Foundation
visiting programmes which has allowed us to bring performers and other cultural events to Norwich
and the University. In addition, the advice and support provided by the London Office, and through its
network, across Europe, has been of very great importance as we promote our Japan-related
programmes across the UK and Europe (a particular example is the assistance we have received in
the promotion of our Japanese Studies Summer School. In short, the Japan Foundation is of criticalsignificance to the development of our Japanese studies programmes at UEA.
USP
Norwich and UEA provide a unique environment in which to study about Japan – in addition to thevaried programmes offered by the University, students can also access many events, resources and62

an unparalleled network in Japanese arts, cultures and heritage through the Sainsbury Institute for the
Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. Student satisfaction is very high on the University’s agenda,
and our consistently top-ranking scores in the annual Student Satisfaction Survey demonstrate our
success in this area.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Single Honours
Joint Honours
MasterPhD

2010-11-

2011-122
2

2012-134
12
0
3

2013-142
16
2
2

2014-152
21
0
4

2015-1611
9
1
4

IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Japanese degree courses started in 2012, so it is difficult to comment on the impact of the tuition fee
increase.
Tuition fee increases have had no effect on student recruitment and so we expect interest inJapanese studies and language to increase as we become even better known as an institution
prioritising this area.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAs a strategic objective the School of politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies iscommitted to developing Japanese studies at UEA. Japanese language is one of three core modern
languages studied within the school. The interaction of colleagues and students working in art, culture,
media, language, politics and international relations at the university and with Japanese institutions
plays a crucial role in developing Japanese studies at UEA.

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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGHBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Literatures, Languages and Cultures
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Jeremy Robbins
SCHOOL ADDRESS
50 George Square, Edinburgh, EH89LHSCHOOL TELEPHONE
01316504227
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.ed.ac.uk/schoolsdepartments/literatures-languages-cultures
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESSCatherine.rutter@ed.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
We offer the following courses:
Language:
Japanese 1
Japanese 2
Intermediate JapaneseJapanese Language 3 (Year abroad)
Japanese Language 4A and 4B
Japanese 4 OralClassical Japanese Fiction
Japanese-Chinese Relations: History andContemporary Issues
Contemporary Japanese Cinema
The Development of Social and PoliticalThought in Japan
Modern Japanese Literature
Radical Japan
Japanese Studies Dissertation
MSc:
State, Society and National Identity in Japan
Since 1989
Japanese Religions in the Modern Era
East Asian International Relations
Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises 1
Portfolio of Written Translation Exercises 2
The Buddhist BrushJapanese Cyberpunk: Non-Western futuristic
fantasy in popular visual genres
MSc dissertation in Japanese Studies
nb we also offer our MSc students the optionof taking a limited range of MA Japanese
options with modified assessment. Students
also have the option of auditing MA Japanese
language classes
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
This varies between courses and year groups.

Content:
Pre-honours
Politics and Economy of Japan
Thinking Through Japan
Modern East Asian History A and B
Researching Japan
Pre-modern East Asia
Honours
Japanese Performing Arts
Modern Japanese Society
Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early
Heian Period to the Late Edo Period

For language we have the following ratios areindicative:
Foundation Japanese – 30:1
Japanese language 1 – 30:1
Japanese language 2 – 30:1
Intermediate Japanese language – 6:1
Japanese language 4 – 15:1
For content courses we have the following
indicative ratios:
Politics and Economy of Japan – 25:1
(tutorials 12:1)
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Thinking Through Japan – 30:1 (tutorials 15:1)
Researching Japan – 20:1
Modern East Asian History A and B – lectures
60:1 (tutorials 15:1)
Pre-modern East Asia – lectures 30:1 (tutorials
15:1)

Honours courses vary, but have an average
ratio of 10:1
MSc courses have an average ratio of 5:1
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Chris Perkins (as of January 2016)

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Currently we offer two different UG programmes in Japanese:
MA (single-honours) in Japanese
The goal of the MA in Japanese is to give students the skills and knowledge needed to become
experts on Japan.
In the two years (pre-honours) of the MA in Japanese students take the following compulsory
courses:
Japanese 1
Japanese 2
Intermediate Japanese (for students who enter the university with post-beginner level Japanese)Modern East Asian History A and B
Researching Japan
Optional Courses offered in Japanese Studies
Politics and Economy of Japan
Thinking Through Japan
Pre-modern East Asia
In the final two years (honours) of the MA in Japanese, students take the following compulsory
courses:
Japanese Language 3 (Year abroad)
Japanese Language 4A and 4B
Japanese 4 Oral
Japanese Studies Dissertation
Students then select four further courses from the following list:
Japanese Performing Arts
Modern Japanese Society
Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early Heian Period to the Late Edo Period
Classical Japanese Fiction
Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues
Contemporary Japanese Cinema
The Development of Social and Political Thought in Japan
Modern Japanese Literature

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Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan’s ‘Long 1960s’
Language courses are delivered through seminars, tutorials, language laboratories and readinggroups. Assessment practices are aligned with intended learning outcomes and include language
exams, oral examinations, role-plays, presentations and translation exercises.
Content classes in Japanese Studies are delivered through seminars and tutorials. Assessment
practices are aligned with the intended learning outcomes of individual courses, and include essays,presentations, portfolios, reflective diaries, and article and book reviews.
The dissertation in Japanese studies is the culmination of the Japanese degree. It is an independentpiece of research which focuses on sustained engagement with Japanese language sources andtests the full range of skills developed by students through the degree programme. Students work
closely with a supervisor to produce a professionally presented study of 10, 000 words in length.
Our innovation and excellence in teaching is regularly recognised in the Edinburgh University Student
Association Teaching Awards, including an award for Best Course (Japanese 2 and Researching
Japan) in 2012/13.
MA (joint-honours) in Japanese and Linguistics
The goal of the MA in Japanese is to give students the skills and knowledge needed to become
experts on Japan, with a particular focus on academic study of language.
In the two years (pre-honours) of the MA in Japanese and Linguistics students take the following
compulsory courses:
Linguistics and English Language 1
Linguistic Theory and the Structure of English
Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories
Japanese Language 1
Japanese Language 2
Researching Japan
Optional Courses offered in Japanese Studies
Politics and Economy of Japan
Thinking Through Japan
Pre-modern East Asia
In the final two years (honours) of the MA in Japanese and Linguistics, students take the following
compulsory courses:
Japanese Language 3 (Year abroad)
Japanese Language 4A and 4B
Japanese 4 Oral
Students then select from a wide range of Linguistics course, and have the option of choosing two of
the following Japanese Studies options:Japanese Performing Arts
Modern Japanese Society

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Japanese Buddhist Writers from the Early Heian Period to the Late Edo Period
Classical Japanese Fiction
Japanese-Chinese Relations: History and Contemporary Issues
Contemporary Japanese Cinema
The Development of Social and Political Thought in Japan
Modern Japanese Literature
Radical Japan: culture, politics and protest in Japan’s ‘Long 1960s’
Delivery and assessment is similar to MA Japanese, however students on MA Japanese andLinguistics do not write a dissertation. Instead they complete a ‘long essay’ during their year abroad.
STUDY ABROAD
rdCurrently our students spend the entirety of their 3 year studying at a Japanese host university. A
list of host universities can be found below.
POSTGRADUATE
Currently we offer two postgraduate programmes relating to Japan:
MSc in Japanese Society and Culture, which provides systematic and comprehensive knowledge
on Japanese society and culture, situating Japan within the global and especially East Asian context.
MSc in East Asian Relations, which fosters knowledge about the region in social, political andcultural contexts while situating the concept of East Asia in historical, theoretical and conceptual
debates.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
We currently have three PhD candidates in the department, conducting research on the following
themes:ndRoddy McDougall (2 year) The Economic Discourse of the Global Financial Crisis in the Japanese
Print MediandNathalie Phillips (2 year, Sasakawa Scholarship) Confronting the Unknown Through Superstition in
Pre-modern Epistemic and Literary Representations
stMiguel Cesar (1 year) Representations of Boundary Transgression in Japanese New MediaSTAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Detailed information can be found on our website at:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/asian-studies/staff
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Chris Harding, who is based in History, conducts research on Japan and Psychoanalysis
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Our Japanese collection is managed by Shenxiao Tong (shenxiao.tong@ed.ac.uk).
Details of our Japanese bibliographies and databases can be found here:67http://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/asian-studies/japanese/resources/bibliographiesdatabases
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESWe have student exchange contracts with the following universities in Japan:
Doshisha University
Gakushuin University
Hokkaido University
International Christian University
Keio University
Kwansei Gakuin
Kyoto University
Nanzan University
Okayama University
Ritsumeikan University
Seikei University
Sophia University
Tsukuba University
Waseda University
Yokohama International University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESThe University of Edinburgh has a very active Japan Society, which can be found at:
http://www.japanesesociety-uoe.uk/index.html
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
We host the only Japanese-Language Proficiency Test centre in Scotland.
FUTURE PLANS
Japanese at Edinburgh is expanding at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and our goal is tomaintain this steady growth in student numbers while continuing to offer integrated and innovative
degree programmes that produce well rounded experts on Japan.
Trends in international affairs in East Asia, and the clear need for historically, culturally andlinguistically aware specialists highlight the importance of holistic postgraduate degree programmesthat address the region. Since the appointment in 2011 of Professor Urs Matthias Zachmann as
Handa Chair in Japanese-Chinese relations we have met this need by offering the MSc in East Asian
Relations — a unique postgraduate programme which aims to foster interdisciplinary, transculturaland historical understanding of the region. With the recent recruitment in 2015 of Dr Lauren
Richardson, an international expert on Japan-Korea relations, we have begun to address the demandfor courses that investigate the complicated relationship between Japan and Korea, and with Dr
Richardson’s input we plan to further integrate Korean studies into the MSc in East Asian Relations
over the coming years.
Looking to the mid-term we hope to develop a two-year Masters of Japanese Studies programme,
which will offer postgraduate students language training, experience at a Japanese university, andintensive Japanese studies options. Such a programme would complement the already highly68successful Master of Chinese Studies, and further cement our position in Scotland as a centre of
excellence for East Asian Studies.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
We offer courses starting from beginner level, but also offer entry points into the degree for students
with varying levels of Japanese. Therefore previous Japanese language experience has little impact
on entry to the university.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Sociology, Art, Religious Study, Linguistics,
Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Sociology, Art, Anthropology, Religious Study,
Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese Language
PROBLEMS
On the whole the outlook for Japanese Studies at Edinburgh is good, but we do face the following
issues: The rise in postgraduate tuition fees could have an impact on PG recruitment, which is why it
is important that we secure scholarships for MSc and PhD students.
 The increase in student numbers will likely have an impact on the amount of time research
active staff can dedicate to research and public engagement.
 The above-mentioned issue with library provision.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
The most important way the Japan Foundation can support the field of Japanese Studies in the UK isby helping universities recruit and retain high-quality academic and language teaching staff. The
demand for Japanese Studies is there; the challenge is meeting that demand without sacrificing
standards in quality, innovation and student experience.
USP
Japanese at Edinburgh is unique in offering holistic, interdisciplinary degree programmes that situate
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STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES
2010-11
2011-12
2012-132013-142014-152015-16
Single Honours
16
14
13
17
12
15
Joint Honours
1
1
0
2
4
5
Masters
0
0
3
10
15
13
PhD
1
0
0
0
2
1
Note. Masters’ figures are for MSc East Asian Relations and MSc Japanese Society and Culture
combined. East Asian Relations started in 2013/14
IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
At undergraduate level we have not seen an impact on student numbers, which continue to grow. At
postgraduate level, however, the picture is mixed. Student fees went up this year and some
programmes have suffered as a result.

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UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Language, Cultures and Societies
HEAD OF SCHOOLDr Matthew Treherne
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, West
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+44 113 343 3364 (School Manager)
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20052/east_as
ian_studies (East Asian Studies)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20043/school_of_languages_cultures_and_societies (Schoolof Languages, Cultures and Societies)
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
lcsstudentoffice@leeds.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:
Undergraduate
Arabic and JapaneseAsia Pacific Studies and JapaneseChinese and Japanese
Cultural Studies and Japanese
Economics and JapaneseEnglish and Japanese
Film Studies and Japanese
French and Japanese
German and JapaneseInternational Business and JapaneseInternational Development and JapaneseInternational Relations and Japanese
Italian and JapaneseJapaneseJapanese and Linguistics
Japanese and Management
Japanese and Philosophy
Japanese and Politics
Japanese and Russian
Japanese and Russian Civilisation
Japanese and South East Asian Studies

Japanese and Spanish
Postgraduate
MA Japanese Studies
In addition, Japan-related modules arecompulsory or offered as electives on thefollowing programmes:- MA Asia Pacific Studies- MA Chinese Studies- MA East Asian Regional Development- MA Chinese and Business- MA Chinese Business and the Asia Pacific
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Generally at least ABB at A2 Level (orequivalent) and a GCSE foreign language (orequivalent). Grades and subjects
required/excluded vary according to individual
programme. In some cases, higher grades are
required. Postgraduate East Asian Studies
Generally, MA applicants are required to havea 2:1 degree, although those with substantial
relevant experience and the capability to study
at MA level will also be considered. Centre forTranslation Studies A good first degree (UKHonours degree 2:1 or above, or theequivalent) and an excellent command of
foreign languages. Exceptionally, candidates
with equivalent qualifications or experience will
be considered. All candidates must pass anentry test in translation from one or two
languages. In addition, applicants for any of
the interpreting programmes will also need toattend an interview to assess their suitability
for interpreting training. Non-native speakers
of English will need to demonstrate advanced
proficiency in English (eg TOEFL, IELTS)TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:6 minimum, 1:50 maximum
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COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Our undergraduate Japanese degree programmes span the study of modern and premodern Japan.
With their interdisciplinary focus, they provide students with both language and interculturalcompetence. Our first year language courses are aimed at beginners, although students with
sufficient prior knowledge of Japanese can continue their language study at a higher level. Students
acquire good basic skills in preparation for the year abroad in Japan during their second year.
While abroad, they achieve a high level of day-to-day language proficiency and learn from theexperience of living in a different culture.
Our upper-level language modules develop the linguistic skills gained during the year abroad, whilst
complementary studies modules enhance the cultural, economic and social understanding of modern
Japan, as well as the religion, history and texts of premodern Japan.
Most of our programmes last for four years. Some Joint Honours combinations involving two
languages last for five. All students are required to take 40 credits (out of a total of 120) of Japanese
language modules in Years 1, 3 and 4. During the year abroad (Year 2), students follow an intensive
Japanese language course at a Japanese university. A wide range of Japan-related non-language
modules are also offered. Examples include: Japan in War and Peace; Japan: A Cultural History;
Premodern Japan through Modern Media; Modern Japanese History; Narratives of JapaneseModernity: Fiction and Film; Japan's International Relations; Modern Japanese History; Japanese
Literature and the Search for Post-War Identity; Sino-Japanese Relations; Religion in Japan; Japan'sInternational Cooperation; Introduction to Kanbun and Classical Japanese Texts. On graduation,
many of our students join JET, the Japanese Government scheme, which allows graduates to spend
a year working in Japan.
Other graduates have pursued postgraduate programmes (a number have been awarded MEXT
scholarships) or careers in business, journalism and publishing, diplomacy, teaching and overseas aid
work, tourism, broadcasting, public relations, translating and interpreting, throughout the East Asia
region, and in East Asian-related jobs in Britain, Europe and the United States.
STUDY ABROAD
Providing they successfully complete their first year, our undergraduate students spend their second
year at a university in Japan, where they follow an intensive Japanese language course. We currently
have parnerships with 15 universities in Japan : Akita International University ; Doshisha University,
Fukuoka University , Gakushuin Women's College, Hosei University , International Christian
University , Kansai Gaidai University , Kobe Gakuin University , Konan University , Kumamoto
University , Nanzan University , Osaka University, Ritsumeikan University,Tokyo University of Foreign
Studies and Waseda.
POSTGRADUATE
East Asian Studies
MA in Japanese Studies
The following Japan-related modules are compulsory:- East Asian Language Skills: Japanese- Dissertation on a Japan related topic- Japan: Politics and International Relations- Japan in the Discourse of International Development
Other MA programmes
The following Japan-related modules are offered as optional electives:- Japan: Politics and International Relations72

- Japan in the Discourse of International Development
Students may also opt to take Japanese as part of their East Asian Language Skills module if this isrelevant to their programme of study.
Centre for Translation Studies
MA Applied Translation Studies and PG Diploma in Applied Translation Studies
This programme offers the opportunity to develop the high-level translation and project management
skills required to work as a practising translator and to acquire direct experience of a wide array oftranslation tools used in the profession today.
MA Conference Interpreting and Translation Studies and Postgraduate Diploma in Conference
Interpreting
These programmes are designed to enable students to acquire advanced interpreting skills which
they can apply in a professional capacity, whether in a conference mode or in the environment ofbusiness negotiations.
MA Audiovisual Translation Studies
This programme familiarises students with the linguistic, cultural and technical challenges of screentranslation, dubbing and subtitling. Specialising in screen translation, they produce their own
translations and subtitles using professional software.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Clare Moonan (part-time), commenced 2010, ‘The Transfer of Japanese HRM in India’
Victoria Young-Komatsu, commenced 2011, ‘Erecting Difference and Distance in the Literatures of Yi
Yang-ji, Sakiyama Tami and Tawada Yōko’
Jane Wallace, commenced 2013, ‘Gender Diversity and the Mainstream Media in Japan’
Hai Guo, commenced 2014, ‘Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word: A Lacanian Discourse Analysis of
the Sino-Japanese History Problem’
Chiho Maruoka, commenced 2015, ‘The Impact of China’s and Japan’s Nationalisms on the East
China Sea Dispute’
Alejandro Gonzalez-Lario, commenced 2014, ‘Zainichi beyond the Third Way: Towards a
Transnational Identity’

STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Kweku AMPIAH (BA ICU, PhD Oxford)
Dr Ampiah's main areas of interest are IPE, with reference to development, specifically Japanese aid
operations; decolonisation and the emergence of the Third World in world politics; and early post-war
International Diplomacy.
Dr Mikael Bauer (MA Leuven, PhD Harvard)
Dr Bauer’s teaching and research interests are in Japanese pre-modern Buddhism and history,
classical Japanese literature and kanbun.
Dr Irena HAYTER (MA Sofia and Kyoto, PhD SOAS)
Dr Hayter is Sasakawa Lecturer in Japanese Studies. Her research focuses on modern Japanese
literature, film and cultural studies.
Professor Caroline ROSE (BA, PhD Leeds)73

Dr Rose researches on Sino-Japanese relations, Japanese international relations and history andcitizenship education in China and Japan.
Professor Mark WILLIAMS (MA Oxford , PhD Berkeley)
Professor Williams teaches Japanese language and literature. His research focuses on contemporary
Japanese fiction and Christianity in Japan . He has translated several Japanese works into English.
Ms TAKEWA Mika
Ms Takewa is a Teaching Fellow in Japanese.
Mr MORIMOTO Kazuki (BA Doshisha , MA Iowa)
Mr Morimoto is a Senior Teaching Fellow in Japanese.
Ms OEDA Yuka (BA Hiroshima , MA Durham)
Ms Oeda is a Teaching Fellow in Japanese.
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor Adrian Favell
Subject Specialization: Sociology of Japanese art; migration(School of Sociology and Social Policy)
Dr Maki Fukuoka
Subject Specialization: History of Japanese Art and Photography(School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies)
Dr Duncan McCargo
Subject Specialisation: Japanese politics(Institute for Politics and International Studies)
Dr Stephen Turnbull
Subject Specialisation: Religion in Japan(Department of Theology and Religious Studies)
Dr Paul Waley
Subject Specialisation: Geography of Japan(School of Geography)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Ms Jiani Liu is the Librarian at Leeds in charge of the Japanese resources at the Brotherton Library.
Tel: 0113 343 4987
E-mail: J.H.Liu@leeds.ac.uk
Leeds has approx 8000 monographs in English on Japanese Studies and about 1200 books inJapanese. It subscribes to 40 periodicals and newspapers in English or Japanese, including someelectronic titles, on Japanese Studies of arts, humanities and social science. Nearly 30 journals on
East Asian and Asian Studies also include research resources in contemporary Japanese studies.
Two databases are available for users too. In addition, Leeds subscribes to nearly 400 scientificjournals published in Japan ; there are seven yearbooks, one of which is placed on standing order,and some back-runs of journals in Japanese. All titles and volumes on Japanese studies have beencatalogued and thus can be searched via the Library online catalogue. Since 2005, newly acquiredmaterials have become searchable in Japanese script.
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The average expenditure on Japan-related resources in 2005 and 2006 was £5000 per year
(excluding teaching materials expenditure).
Leeds is a member of the UK Japanese Leeds Group and European Association of Japanese
Librarians, and Ms Xiyi Huang attends their meetings regularly.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Akita International University: student exchange
Doshisha University: student exchange
Fukuoka University: student exchange
Gakushuin Women's College: student exchange
Hosei University: student exchangeInternational Christian University: student exchange
Kansai Gaidai University: student exchange
Kobe Gakuin University: student exchange
Konan University: student exchange
Kumamoto University: student exchange
Nanzan University: student exchange
Osaka University: student exchange
Ritsumeikan University: student exchangeTokyo University of Foreign Studies: student exchange
Waseda: student exchange; researcher exchangeJAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESEast Asian Studies at Leeds boasts a lively student body that participates enthusiastically in events
organised by staff and students. There are two Japan-related student-run societies - the East Asian
Research Society (EARS) and the Japan Society. A variety of exciting events are run throughout theyear, including seminars with guest speakers, film screenings, meals, tea gatherings, language
exchange and sporting events.
FUTURE PLANS
We plan to continue to respond to strong market forces for the undergraduate single honours
Japanese programme – which appears to buck the trend towards joint honours in other modern
languages. We also plan to attract more MA students by revising the MA provision in East AsianStudies and offering MReS (masters by research) programmes designed to help students with abackground in area studies make the transition to research degrees. We will build on our researchstrengths to attract more PhD students.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
At Leeds the students who have studied Japanese (private study, GCSE or A-level) take a placement
test and are placed into lower intermediate or intermediate Japanese language courses. Those whohave not studied Japanese take beginners’ language courses. However, I want to emphasize that the75

exposure to Japanese at high school level seems to be a very strong motivational factor in applying to
do degree in Japanese studies at university.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Art, Religious Study, Traditional Culture, Japanese
Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Art, Religious Study, Traditional Culture, Japanese
Language
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

x

x
x

x

x

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
Our funding for hosting seminars and small workshops is limited but such events would help to raise
our profile and contribute to developing our research culture.
We also don’t have a specialized Japanese studies librarian, so we always have to order ourselves
new books and resources on Japan.
There are some electronic databases such as Asahi’s Kikuzō II Visual and Yomiuri’s Yomidasu
Rekishikan which are used by some of us for our research, but we can’t make a financial case to thelibrary to subscribe to them because it’s so few of us.
PROBLEMSJapanese Studies is well supported at Leeds and undergraduate numbers continue to be strong
despite a general picture of falling numbers in Modern Languages. The numbers of student
undertaking taught postgraduate degrees have declined in recent years, which in turn may have aknock-on effect for the admissions of research students. Funding for studentships is very competitive.
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The WREAC studentships, funded by ESRC/AHRC between 2008 and 2012, and the GB Sasakawa
scholarships indicate that if funding is available, high quality students will follow. A sustained, longterm programme of such funding would be a boost to Japanese Studies in the UK and would help to
produce the next generation of Japanese Studies scholars.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND•Continue or increase funding for postgraduate students (taught MAs, MRes, PhD) students, including
training workshops.
•Continue to raise awareness of Japan, the Japanese language, Japanese society and culture
through events, film screenings, artists’ talks, seminars held not only in London, but also beyond.
•Continue work with schools introducing Japanese language and culture to ensure a steady flow ofstudents doing degrees in Japanese at university level.
USP
The fact that our students go to Japan in the second year of their course makes us different from mostother UK institutions (apart from Oxford) and serves as a huge source of motivation to our students.
We offer a good spread of Japanese studies modules across the humanities and social studies,
across modern and premodern Japan. We are one of the few institutions apart from Oxbridge and
SOAS to have a specialist on premodern Japan. We also have one of the few specialists in the UK
working on Sino-Japanese relations. Our research is interdisciplinary, crossing the traditionalboundaries between literature and visual culture; literature and religion. Our Japanese language
teachers hold very high qualifications (MA level, educated in Japan, the UK and the US) and are
professionally recognized by the Higher Education Academy. They are very experienced and havebeen working as a team for the last eight years.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

SingleHonours
Joint Honours
Masters
PhD

2010-1116

2011-1221

2012-1312

2013-1413

2014-1517

2015-16
22

29
49
4

13
44
3

21
18
1

20
13
0

19
15
4

24
14
2

IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
After an initial drop in numbers, applications and admissions have gradually recovered.

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UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTERBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Arts, Languages and Cultures
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Stephen Hutchings
SCHOOL ADDRESSSamuel Alexander Building, Oxford Road M13
9PL
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
0161 306 1240
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESSSALC@manchester.ac.uk

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDBA Japanese Studies
BA East Asian Studies
BA Modern Languages with Business andManagement (Japanese)
BA degrees combining Japanese with mostother subjects in Arts and Humanities (contact
admissions for full details)
PhD and MPhil Japanese Studies
MA Languages and Cultures (research-route)
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
A levels at ABB minimum - contact admissions
for details of other requirements or otherqualification scores
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:5
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESMr Jonathan Bunt

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
The degree is focused on contemporary Japan and combines intensive language study with aspectsof Japanese culture and society including history and religion as well as literature and film. The single
honours degree involves a research dissertation in Japanese Studies and has a final year unit taught
and assessed entirely in Japanese.
The language is taught according to the level of students at entry (contact the department for details)
and the courses are suitable for beginner, post beginner and intermediate level learners. Students
with JLPT N2 level or above should contact the department but normally would not be admitted to BA
Japanese Studies. The course is intensive and the workload is heavy and there is regular testing.
STUDY ABROAD
Study Abroad takes place at a partner university in Japan. There are 26 partnerships at the time ofwriting so the curriculum is very varied. Most students will spend a full year but some may elect to doa single semester if combining with another period of residence in a different country.
POSTGRADUATE
We have MA programmes in Translation Studies and Language and Intercultural Studies which allow
a research dissertation focused on a Japanese Studies topic. We also supervise PhD students in78

aspects of Japanese Studies where there is appropriate staff expertise (see the staff research profiles
online for details of these fields)
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Mareike Hamann Changing Usage of Mimetics in JapanesePaulina Kolata: The ongoing problem of religious decline and the loss of spiritual identity -what is therelationship between religion, region and communal identity in Japan today?
Aura di Febo" Japanese New Religious Movements’ welfare activities. Risshō Kōseikai as a casestudy.
Yumi Dunbar, History education in contemporary Japan: An examination of teaching and learning
about imperialism and war.
Marta Fanasca, Walk like a man, talk like a man. Dansō, androgyny and entertainment between theJapanese cultural heritage and young subcultures.
Anna Seabourne Forging the Spirit: An Ethnographic Case Study of Education and Character
Development in Takeuchi-ryu Bitchuden Kobudo, a Japanese Martial Art
Fabiana Marinaro Japan's Precariat and the Renegotiation of Japanese Employment Law
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Erica Baffelli Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies
Dr Peter Cave Lecturer in Japanese Studies
Dr Aya Homei Lecturer in Japanese Studies
Dr Sharon Kinsella Lecturer in Japanese Studies
Mr Jonathan Bunt Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies
Professor Ian Reader Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Aaron Moore - History
Dr Rupert Cox - Anthropology
Dr Shogo Suzuki - Politics
Dr Arjan Keizer - MBS
Dr. Chika Watanabe – Anthropology
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
The John Ryland University Library (JRULM) has a very large collection of Japanese researchmaterials and texts about Japan including donated collections by scholars and there are additional
collections for Japanese in other locations such as the John Rylands Library (Deansgate) and the
University Language Centre Library (Samuel Alexander Bldg). The collection at JRULM is managed
by the department and a dedicated library officer Ms Ruili Zhang as well as Japanese cataloguing
staff
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESExchange Partnerships with Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido, Kobe, Nagoya, Hiroshima, Nanzan,
Ritsumeikan, Kansai, Kansai gaidai, Fukuoka Women's University, Oita, Keio, Hitotsubashi, Meiji,Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Waseda, Ochnomizu Women's University, Saitama, Rikkyo,
Yamagata

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JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES:
Numerous clubs which vary according to student demand but include the anime society, Japanesesociety, film society
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, very advantageous
WHY?
We offer a number of starting points for language and welcome students up to and including A level or
JLPT3. Potential students with JLPT2 or higher should contact the programme director
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Anthropology, Religious Study, Modern Popular Culture
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Religious Study, Modern Popular Culture, Japanese
Language
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
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PROBLEMS
Limited staff owing partly to uncertain student demand but mostly to management seeing Japanese ina larger financial context not as a discrete unit. A problem shared by many smaller departments andprogrammes in different institutions
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
The individual universities are not strategic about developing Japanese and discussion about
cooperative provision and pooling of resources or (better) of proper strategic planning may benecessary. Universities always want external funding but they should not be given it without binding
guarantees about continuation of posts and minimum levels of staffing and courses. Support for MA
and PhD students is vital as fewer and fewer students have the resources to do higher study andtraining the next generation of academics is a priority.
USP
Flexible programmes which provide excellent academic and research training as well as intensive
language study.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Single Honours
Joint Honours
PhD

2010-1122
32-

2011-1228
23
3

2012-1311
15
3

2013-1420
20
0

2014-15
14
21
2

2015-16
19
32
2

Note: While students are enrolled on Japan related Masters courses in other disciplines, figures forthese students cannot be provided as they are not centrally collected.
IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
The impact is not clear as application figures have varied but there is no clear correlation

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NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Modern Languages
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Nigel Harkness
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Old Library Building, Newcastle NE1 7RUSCHOOL TELEPHONE(0)191 2083496
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
marion.burn@newcastle.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:Japanese Studies (single honors)
Linguistics with JapaneseCombined Studies (including Japanese)
International Business Management (including
Japanese)
Modern Languages (including Japanese)Modern Languages and Linguistics (including
Japanese)
Modern Languages with Management Studies(including Japanese)Modern Languages and Business Studies(including Japanese)
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSESABB (A levels) AABBB (Scottish Highers) 32
points (International Baccalaureate)
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Depends on the level. At beginners, 1:7, at
advanced level, 1:4 to 1:1.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Gitte Marianne Hansen

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
In the first year Japanese language has 8 hours per week with 6 hours in the following years.
In addition to the introductory module in Japanese studies, Japanese culture modules are also offeredat Newcastle including for example popular culture, animation, and contemporary literature. Students
can also chose modules offered elsewhere in the university such as Japanese history and politics.
Culture modules on East Asia and China are also open to students of Japanese studies.
STUDY ABROAD
One full academic year in the third year.
Students can choose to attend one of our 15 plus institutions in Japan (from Hokkaido down to
Kyushu)POSTGRADUATE
Newcastle offer research based master and PhD programs in Japanese studies
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
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STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Gitte Marianne Hansen
Contemporary Japanese literature including Murakami Haaruki
Popular culture and gender studies
Dr Shiro Yoshioka
Japanese animation including Miyazaki Hayao
Popular culture
Ms Kumi Casey
Japanese language coordination
Additionally three part time language staff
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Philip Garrett (Politics)
Dr James Babb (History)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCESThe University has substantial Japanese-language holdings, both in the main collection and in the
refurbished Language Resource Centre. This can be supplemented by Durham University’s collection
via a reciprocal agreement giving borrowing rights to staff and postgraduates. The Robinson Libraryalso purchases new titles on Japanese Studies and subscribes to major research journals.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Akita International University
Aichi Prefectural
Dokkyo University
Fukuoka University
Hiroshima Shudo University
Hitotsubashi University
Hokkaido
Hosei University
International Christian University
Kobe City Univ of Foreign Studies
Kyoto University
Kyushu University
Waseda University
Tohoku Gakuin
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES
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IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, fairly advantageous
WHY?
Newcastle offers several entry and exit levels in Japanese language. Students with A levels inJapanese will skip level A and go directly to level B. The student will then graduate at level D rather
than level C. However, all students have the option to graduate at level D if they study hard during theYear Abroad and pass the test to enter level D upon returning to Newcastle.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Modern Popular Culture
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Literature, Sociology, Modern Popular Culture, Japanese
Language
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We would very much like to have more staff. This is a returning problem for us.
PROBLEMS
Too few staff
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Help with funding towards events, staff and materials
USP
We offer different entry and exit levels in Japanese language.
A teaching and research focus on contemporary JapanSTUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Single Honours
Joint Honours
Master2010-1111
22
0

2011-1215
22
1

2012-137
22
0

2013-142
20
0

2014-153
22
0

2015-16530
0

IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes. I think that is the reason we are seeing fewer in single honours

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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORDBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Faculty of Oriental Studies (OS)Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies (NI)HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Mark Smith, Chair, OS Faculty
Professor Sho Konishi, Director, NI
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1
2LE
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, 27
Winchester Road, Oxford,OX2 6NA
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+44 (0)1865 278200 (Oriental Studies)+44 (0)1865 274570 (Nissan Institute)
SCHOOL WEBSITE
www.nissan.ox.ac.uk
www.japanese.ox.ac.uk
www.orinst.ox.ac.uk
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
administrator@nissan.ox.ac.uk
orient@orinst.ox.ac.uk

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Single honours four year BA in Japanese(including one full year in Japan), coveringmodern and classical Japanese language to avery high level, as well as all main fields within
Japanese Studies.
Taught postgraduate level courses insociology, anthropology, political sciences,
history, economy, linguistics, literature,
education, and business.
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
The most selective for postgraduate degrees.
See each departmental website for details
www.nissan.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students
A – A – A at A Level (or equivalentqualification) for admission to BA degree,
subject to competitive application. Applicants
are interviewed for admission.
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:2 for taught Master’s degrees at Nissan
1:5 in the BA degree
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESE
Professor Bjarke Frellesvig (OS)Professor Hugh Whittaker (NI)COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEThe BA in Japanese is a four-year single honours course.
The first year of the course focuses on modern Japanese language, with more than 10 contact hours
per week in small classes given by specialized native Japanese language instructors. The first year
also gives a thorough grounding in Japanese and East Asian history and culture. At the end of thefirst year is a set of exams which students must pass in order to advance on the course.
The second year of the course is spent in Japan at Kobe University (see below).
In the third and fourth years, students choose between a variety of specialized text and subject
options ranging from classical and modern literature to linguistics and contemporary economics, atthe same time as continuing intensive study of the modern language. Classical Japanese is studied
as a compulsory part of the course from the third year onwards. At this point in their course, students
will be able to use Japanese language material freely for their content and essay work and acompulsory 15,000 word dissertation which constitutes a full exam paper. Final exams are all taken at
the end of the fourth year.
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STUDY ABROAD
The second year of the course is spent at Kobe University, on a tailor-made course which has ademanding and intensive modern language component, with classes every day, and which also
includes the opportunity to take courses together with regular Japanese students. Fees are reduced
during the year abroad. Students are housed in a student dormitory within walking distance of thecampus.
POSTGRADUATE
MSc/MPhils in modern and contemporary Japanese studies
MSt in Japanese Studies
MPhil in Traditional East Asia (allows specialization in pre-modern Japanese history or literature)
DPhil in all fields within Japanese Studies
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
A large number of DPhil students currently working in all fields of social sciences and humanities.
Approximately 40 DPhil students in a given year.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Professor Linda Flores, Modern Japanese Literature (OS)Professor Bjarke Frellesvig, Japanese Linguistics (OS)Professor Roger Goodman, Anthropology (NI)
Professor Jennifer Guest, Classical Japanese Literature (OS)Professor Takehiko Kariya, Sociology (NI)
Professor Sho Konishi, History (NI)
Professor James Lewis, Korean History (OS)Professor Ian Neary, Political Science (NI)
Professor Hugh Whittaker, Economy and Business (NI)Dr Ekaterina Hertog, Sociology, Teaching Fellow in Japanese Studies (NI)
Professor Roger Buckley, International Relations, Research and Teaching Associate (NI)Dr Nadine Willems, History, Research and Teaching Associate (NI)Dr Toshie Okita, Economics, Research and Teaching Associate (NI)Dr Kerri Russell, Japanese Linguistics (OI)Dr Chigusa Yamaura, Anthropology, Research and Teaching Associate (NI)Ms Junko Hagiwara, Japanese language instruction
Ms Hiroe Kaji, Japanese language instruction
Ms Kaori Nishizawa, Japanese language instruction
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Pamela Wace, Archaeology, Pitt Rivers Museum
Dr Philip Grover, Pitt Rivers Museum, Curator
Dr Clare Pollard, Art History, Ashmolean Museum
Dr Inge Daniels, Anthropology
Professor Mari Sako, Said Business School
Dr Heath Rose, Department of Education
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
The Bodleian Japanese Library houses the main research collections, as well as teaching collections
for Japanese studies in the University of Oxford. It currently possesses about 139,500 printed books,of which 80% are in Japanese, and the rest in English and other European languages, all related toJapan. The collection covers the history and culture of Japan from the dawn of her civilization to thepresent day. It is one of the best research collections in the UK and Europe. Four full-time bilinguallibrarians and two part-time invigilators serve in the library. Izumi Tytler is the Bodleian Japanese
Librarian, who is also on the Faculty of Oriental Studies.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESTokyo University: post-doctoral fellowship programme hosted at the Nissan InstituteHokkaido University: link with Archaeology Department and other informal intellectual exchanges
Kyoto University: post-doctoral fellowship programme hosted at the Nissan Institute
Kobe University: Memorandum of Understanding, academic exchanges, student year abroad
arrangements
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (国立国語研究所), Tachikawa, Tokyo:
Memorandum of Understanding, academic exchanges, research collaboration
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES
Kongyūkai
Oxford University Japan Society (OUJS)FUTURE PLANS
Merging of the MSt programme in Japanese Studies offered by the Faculty of Oriental Studies andthe MSc and MPhil programmes offered in Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies.
Extend more fields of study at the Nissan Institute by appointing one or two full-time fellows andcreating a post-doctoral fellowship programme at the Nissan Institute
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, very advantageous / No
WHY?
For the BA degree, no previous knowledge of Japanese is required. Approximately half of theadmitted students have previous experience of Japanese language.
For the taught graduate degrees, command of Japanese (minimum Japan Foundation JapaneseLanguage Proficiency Level N4 or equivalent) is required for admission.

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COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Literature, Sociology, Art, Anthropology,
Religious Study, Linguistics, Science/Technology, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture,
Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Literature, Sociology, Anthropology, Linguistics,
Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese Language
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History

Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at allX
X
X (inmodernhistory)
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
Addition of new staff members in international relations, religion and early modern history within the
Nissan Institute.
Within Oriental Studies, the main priority for staff expansion is the establishment of a Chair inJapanese
PROBLEMS
Lack of a Chair in Japanese within the Humanities. Inadequate staffing to meet student demand inJapanese history. Need for more fellowship/scholarship funding for graduate students including
funding for research in Japan.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
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Graduate studentships
Support staff expansion
Offer fellowships/funding for research in Japan irrespective of nationality and background.
USP:
BA degree: Intensive Japanese language training to a very high level in small classes by professional,
specialized instructors; the breadth of general training in the history and culture of Japan; theopportunities for specialized work with world leading experts in all fields of Japanese studies, fromancient literature to modern economics; compulsory classical Japanese language; the use of original
language materials in specialized option work; 15,000 word dissertation
Graduate degrees: World-leading teachers in social sciences, modern history, modern literature,classical literature, linguistics, and pre-modern Japanese language; a large D.Phil. student
community; the only university in the world thus far to offer independent courses in transnational
Japanese history.
General: One of the best library collections in the world outside Japan in Japanese studies;
exceptionally rich resources through Oxford University museum collections at Pitt Rivers Museum andAshmolean Museum; uniquely diverse student body from around the world.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Single Honours
Joint Honours
MasterPhD

2010-11
13
0
17
c.12

2011-12
12
0
10
c. 12

2012-13
12
0
14
c. 12

2013-14
10
0
8
c. 12

2014-15
12
0
17
c. 12

2015-16
8
0
17
c. 12

Note. BA numbers in 2014-15 reflect change in degree structure and a double set of finalists. There
are no joint/dual BA degrees with Japanese, only single honours. Numbers of doctoral students aretentative.
IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
The fee rises seem to have resulted in fewer applications nationwide, though Oxford has not seen adramatic change in application numbers.

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OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Humanities and Social Sciences
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Anne-Marie Kilday
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0HB

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:Japanese Studies
BA (Hons) - single
BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons) – combined
MA by Research in Japanese Studies
Japanese Studies-related modules are alsotaught in the Department of Anthropology.

SCHOOL TELEPHONE
01865 483950

ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSESBBBSCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/aboutbrookes/faculties-and-departments/faculty-ofhumanities-and-social-sciences/

TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:20 (maximum) in language. Content modules
vary by 1:20 is usual in seminars.

SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
hss@brookes.ac.uk

PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Irene Hill (Programme Lead); Hanako Fujino(Subject Co-ordinator)

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
The course combines Japanese language modules with the study of specific aspects of Japaneseculture and society taught by specialists.
In Year 1, students will study Japanese language from beginners', GCSE or post-GCSE level. They
will also take the compulsory module Introduction to Japanese Society and Culture, which provides
essential background knowledge of Japanese society, geography and history. They may choose
optional introductory modules in Arts, Business, Computing or Social Anthropology as preparation foradvanced work relating to Japan.
In Year 2, further language practice is combined with modules that allow more detailed study of thearts, culture and society of Japan, and place Japan in a broader international context.
In Year 3, students attend a university in Japan (see below).
The language modules taken in Year 4 will build on the greater fluency and range of expression
acquired during the year in Japan. At the same time, students select from a range of modules
exploring specific aspects of Japanese life, institutions and culture at an advanced level.
Duration:
4 year course90Ratio of language modules to non-language modules? 50 / 50
Language modules:
Japanese for Beginners, Japanese Reading and Writing (I and II), Japanese (1-4), Japanese Oral
Skills, Tandem Language Learning, Language Studies in Japan, Advanced Japanese Reading andTranslation, Advanced Japanese Communication, Japan through Contemporary Texts
Non-language modules:
Introduction to Japanese Society and Culture, Introduction to Social Anthropology, Introduction ot theArts of Japan, Japan at Play, Work and the Japanese, Minorities and Marginality, Understanding
Manga, Contemporary Japanese Cinema , Japanese Cinema and Contemporary History, Japanese
Religions, Making of Modern Japan, Japan: Myth and Reality, Autonomous Learning in Japan,
Japanese in a Business Context
STUDY ABROAD
The third year is spent in Japan, studying the Japanese language and key aspects of the society andculture. The intensive language courses and lectures you receive in Japan will complement the
programme of studies at Oxford Brookes. We currently have 15 partner universities based in Tokyo,
Nagoya, Osaka and Kitakyushu. By carrying out an independent research project on contemporary
Japan and immersing themselves in Japanese life and social activities with fellow students, they will
acquire a high level of linguistic and cultural competence. The Japanese Department provides
extensive pastoral care throughout the year abroad.
POSTGRADUATE
We have just established an MA by Research in Japanese. MA by Research in Japanese Studies.
This MA by Research in Japanese Studies provides an excellent opportunity for students to obtain a
Masters qualification focussed on a research project of particular interest to themselves, whilst
benefitting from all the facilities, training, research seminars and support at Oxford Brookes University.
The Japanese Studies Department at Oxford Brookes offers research expertise in a wide range ofinterests, including linguistics (including language teaching), film, religion, social anthropology, andmodern history.
The main research areas relevant to this degree are:
● Second language acquisition of Japanese● Japanese language teaching in the European context (CEFR)● Classical and contemporary Japanese cinema, manga and anime● Japanese religious history and/or contemporary practices● Modern Japanese history● Social Anthropology of Japan
Programme Structure
The MA by Research in Japanese Studies builds on the Department’s expertise to support a uniqueand clearly focussed programme of study. Students will have the opportunity to develop a high levelof subject knowledge, together with the ability to develop and undertake independent research in theirown particular area of interest. The programme will be attractive to applicants seeking to pursue
intellectual interests and develop skills beyond first degree level for further personal or professional
reasons. The MA route is also designed to prepare students to undertake further research at MPhil or
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Alongside some research training, students will embark on a substantial piece of independent
research (an MA thesis of up to 30,000 words) guided by a supervisor in regular meetings. A shorter
assessment of 5,000 words, conceived as a formative essay, precedes the dissertation in the
programme. A viva voce examination is held at the end.
Beginning this academic year, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation has initiated a programme
supporting a master's student in a Japanese-related topic at Brookes, with supervision taking placejointly between anthropology and Japanese.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Our close links with other departments are an asset to postgraduate study; thus, a student based inFilm Studies is currently completing his doctorate on Japanese film with joint supervisory input fromlecturers in the department of film and in Japanese studies. Beginning this academic year, the GreatBritain Sasakawa Foundation has initiated a programme supporting master's and doctoral students inJapanese at Brookes, with supervision taking place jointly across the fields of Japanese studies andanthropology.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESMrs Suzuko Anai,
MA applied Linguistics (University of Essex)
SUBJECT SPECIALISATION: e-Learning and developing Japanese e-learning materials.
Dr Hanako Fujino
PHD (Universidad Compultense de Madrid)
SUBJECT SPECIALISATION: Japanese linguistics
Mrs Keiko Ikeshiro
Japanese Language Instructor
Dr Alexander Jacoby
PhD (University of Warwick)
SUBJECT SPECIALISATION: Japanese Cinema
Mr John LoBreglio
SUBJECT SPECIALISATION: Japanese Religions from Pre-History to the Present; East Asian
Buddhism
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Louella Matsunaga
PhD (London)
SUBJECT SPECIALISATION: Social Anthropology: religion, gender, the workplace (Lecturer:
Department of Anthropology)
Dr Jason Danely
PhD (University of California, San Diego)
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Our library, and in particular subject librarian Joanna Cooksey, maintain a wide range of books andDVDs relevant to particular modules in Japanese studies. In addition, Suzuko Anai, Keiko Ikeshiro
and Irene Hill have collaborated on the writing and publication of a set of graded readers forJapanese-language learners under the heading, 'Let's Read Japanese'; in addition to their use at
Brookes, these are being widely market as a new resource for Japanese Studies.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESExchange partners are the following:
Aoyama Gakuin University
Kansai Gaidai University
Kitakyushu University
Kyushu Sangyo University
Kyoto Gaikokugo (Gaidai) University
Gakushuin University
Meiji Gakuin University.
Nagasaki University
Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
Obirin University
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
Ryūkoku University
Tsukuba University
Tsuru University
Yamanashi University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESThe Japanese society is a thriving student-run society which arranges a regular programme of eventsand is attended by a broad student base including members outside the academic Japanese studies
programme. In recent years, it has been the largest student-run society at Brookes.
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
The exchange partners listed above send students to Brookes, and for some years we have also
received students on teacher training placements from Hiroshima University.
Brookes hosts the Europe Japan Research Centre (EJRC) which has received regular funding fromthe Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation in order to mount an ongoing programme of evening lectures
given by external speakers from other institutions in the UK, Europe, North America and Japan.
FUTURE PLANS
Our goal is to expand our language provision to offer a more intensive grounding in Japanese
language. We continue to work with colleagues in other departments including anthropology tobroaden our curriculum and draw on cross-disciplinary expertise.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
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WHY?
We offer courses at both beginner's and post-beginner's level and accordingly prior knowledge ofJapanese is not necessary expected. Needless to say, evidence of interest in and commitment toJapan is an advantage for applicants.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Literature, Art, Anthropology, Religious study, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture,
Traditional Culture, Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Art, Anthropology, Religious Study, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese
Language
USP
The Japanese Studies course seeks to integrate the study of language with that of culture in order tocreate a broad understanding of the two. Our focus is multidisciplinary with our provision of content
modules within Japanese extended through our close collaboration with colleagues in anthropology.
Our programme of study is supplemented by regular EJRC (Europe Japan Research Centre) guest
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SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDONBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESJapan focused research is coordinated under
the Japan Research Centre.
Departments offering classes and degrees
pertaining to the study of Japan report
independently to the respective Dean.
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Director: Valerie Amos (from September 2015)
SCHOOL ADDRESS
10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
020 7637 2388
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.soas.ac.uk
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
undergradadmissions@soas.ac.uk
postgraduateadmissions@soas.ac.uk
centres@soas.ac.uk
comms@soas.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDANTHROPOLOGY
Undergraduate
Ethnography of a Selected Region – Japan
Taught Masters
Culture and Society of JapanECONOMICS
Undergraduate
Economic Development of JapanFINANCIAL & MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Undergraduate

Management in Japan and Korea: Domestic
and International Developments
Contemporary Issues in the Japanese andKorean Economies
Finance in Japan and Korea
Taught Masters
Management in Japan I
Management in Japan II
Advanced Japanese for business andmanagement
The Japanese financial system
HISTORY
Undergraduate
H120 Introduction to the History of East Asia
H283 Modern Japan
Taught Masters
Japanese Modernity I
Japanese Modernity II
HISTORY OF ART & ARCHAEOLOGY
Undergraduate
Japanese Art
The Visual Culture of Eighteenth-Century
Japan
Taught Masters
Popular Practice in the Edo Period Arts
Shogunal Iconography in the Edo Period
Japanese and Korean (Certificate/Diploma in
Asian Art)LANGUAGES & CULTURES OF JAPAN
Undergraduate
The Structure of Japanese 1
The Structure of Japanese 2
Extended Essay (Japanese Language andCulture) 1
Extended Essay (Japanese Language andCulture) 2
Basic Japanese 1
Basic Japanese 2
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JIV(B)I Readings in Japanese History
JIV(B)II Readings in Japanese History
Independent Study Project in Japanese
Language and Culture
Japanese Cinema: A Critical Survey
J1: Elementary Japanese
J1: Accelerated Elementary Japanese
J2: JapaneseAdvanced Japanese: Contemporary Topics
Higher Advanced Japanese
Aspects of Japanese Culture 1
Aspects of Japanese Culture 2
Survey of Pre-Modern Japanese Literature inTranslation
Survey of Modern Japanese Literature inTranslation
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature
Introduction to Pre-Modern Japanese
language
Issues in the Study of Language Learning 1
Issues in the Study of Language Learning 2
Issues in Post-war Japanese Society 1
Issues in Post-war Japanese Society 2Intermediate Japanese 1
Intermediate Japanese 2
Independent Project in Japanese Studies
Memory and Militarism on Japanese TV
Taught Masters
Advanced Practical Japanese (Masters)
Japanese Language Learning and Teaching
Modern Japanese Literature (Masters)
Japanese Traditional Drama (Masters)
Readings in Modern Japanese Literature
Readings in Pre-Modern Japanese Literature(Masters)
Japanese Television since 1953
Basic Japanese 1 (Postgraduate)
Basic Japanese 2 (Postgraduate)
Intermediate Japanese 1 (Postgraduate)
Intermediate Japanese 2 (Postgraduate)
Advanced Japanese: Contemporary Topics(Postgraduate)
Intensive Japanese 1 (MA)Intensive Japanese 2 (MA) (Summer
Programme in Japan)
Practical Translation: English into Japanese
Practical Translation: Japanese into English
Japanese Transnational Cinema: From
Kurosawa to Asia Extreme and Studio Ghibli

Japanese Post-War Film Genres and theAvant-Garde

POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Undergraduate
International Relations of East Asia
Taught Masters
Japan Unravelled
Northeast Asian Politics: Japan, Korea andTaiwanAsian Security
STUDY OF RELIGIONS
Undergraduate
Japanese Religion: A Historical Overview
Representing Religion in Japanese Films
Themes in Japanese Religions
Taught Masters
East Asian Buddhist Thought
Readings in Japanese religion
Religious Practice in Japan: Texts, Rituals
and Believers
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Undergraduate:
AAB-ABB at A-Level. A foreign language at A
level (or equivalent) is preferred.
Postgraduate:
Minimum upper second class honours degree(or equivalent).
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Approximately 1:18 across all departments,
1:22 in the Department of Japan and Korea
specifically.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Barbara Pizziconi, Head of the Department
of Japan and Korea
Dr Christopher Gerteis, Chair of the Japan
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COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEIn addition to the 4-year BA Japanese, we offer the 3-year BA Japanese Studies, which still requires
study of the Japanese language, but not as intensively as in the BA Japanese programme. The threeyear degree does not require a year abroad in Japan. BA Japanese Studies may be taken as a single
subject degree, or in combination with the same subjects available to BA Japanese joint degree
students.
BA Japanese
BA Japanese is a 4-year degree (with Year 3 spent at a university in Japan), and combines intensive
language study with considerable exposure to Japan's sophisticated and rich culture.
The single subject degree provides students with the highest level of competence in all aspects of thewritten and spoken language, and with a critical familiarity with Japanese culture, both classical andmodern.
STRUCTURE
Students take 4 course units per year.
Year 1: The programme accommodates absolute beginners as well as those with some knowledge ofJapanese. Absolute beginners are placed in Elementary Japanese (2 units), those taking singlesubject Japanese will additionally take 'Aspects of Japanese Culture' 1 and 2 (total 1 unit) and'Introduction to the Study of Language Learning' 1 and 2 (total 1 unit) or 1 'floater'. Students who knowsome Japanese may be allocated, after a placement test, to 'Accelerated Elementary Japanese
Language'(1.5 units), which they will combine with one or more of 'Aspects of Japanese Culture' 1
and 2, 'Introduction to the Study of Language Learning' 1 and 2 , and 1 'floater'.
Two-subject degree students choose at least 1 unit from their other subject. There also exists thepossibility, again after a placement test, for entry directly into Year 2. (A grade in Japanese A-level isthe benchmark for entry to Year 2.)
Year 2: Both single and two-subject degree students take 2 units of Japanese language. Singlesubject students also do a half-unit of pre-modern Japanese literature, and a half-unit of Japanesereadings. The remaining unit(s) are made up from other courses within the Japanese section; they
may select a course from another department. Two-subject degree students choose the remaining
units from their other subject.
Year 3: This is a compulsory year spent abroad for both single and two-subject degree students, andthere is no tuition offered by the department. Students are able to choose from a range of 20
destinations at prestigious institutions in Japan, where they are expected to take the equivalent of 4
units.
Year 4: For single-subject students the Independent Study Project (ISP: 10,000 word essay on an
approved topic) is compulsory. This they combine with at least 2 other units available in the Japanese
section, though one unit may be a 'floater.'Non-language courses on offer in 2007-08 include the following: Aspects of Japanese Culture 1 and 2,‘Introduction to the Study of Language Learning' 1 and 2, Issues in post-war Japanese society, Premodern Japanese literature and drama, Readings in Japanese history, Readings in Japanese97intellectual history, Readings in Modern Japanese Literature, Readings in Pre-modern Japanese
Literature, Survey of Modern Japanese Literature (in translation), Survey of Pre-modern Japanese
Literature (in translation)
Full details of this programme can be found at http://www.soas.ac.uk/japankorea/programmes/bajap/

BA Japanese Studies
BA Japanese Studies is a 3-year degree (with no year spent at a university in Japan), and combines
less intensive language study with considerable exposure to Japan's sophisticated and rich culture.
The single subject degree provides students with a high level of competence in all aspects of thewritten and spoken language depending on student aptitude and ability, and with a critical familiarity
with Japanese culture, both classical and modern.
STRUCTURE
Students take 4 course units per year. In year 1, single subject students take 'Aspects of Japanese
Culture' 1 and 2 (one unit in total) as a core course. In year 2, they take half unit of 'Survey of Premodern Japanese Literature' and half unit of 'Survey of Modern Japanese Literature' as a core unit. In
year 3, they take a 10,000 word Independent Study Project as a core course. In all three years, otherunits are made up of a combination of Japanese language and non-language courses related toJapan, as well as 'floater' courses from other departments. Since this degree programme aims for
maximum flexibility to suit student interests, the combinations are numerous, but details can be found
at: http://www.soas.ac.uk/programmes/prog49408.html
In year 1, joint degree students take 'Aspects of Japanese Culture' 1 and 2 (one unit in total) as a core
course. In year 2, they take 'Issues in Post-War Japanese Society' 1 and 2 (one unit in total) as a core
course.. In year 3, they can choose to take a one unit 10,000 word Independent Study Project. As
with single subject students, other units are made up of a combination of Japanese language andnon-language courses related to Japan, as well as 'floater' courses from other departments.
Details on this programme can be found at:
http://www.soas.ac.uk/japankorea/programmes/bajapanesestudies/

BSc International Management (Japan) (Year Abroad)
The BSc International Management (Japan and Korea) (Year Abroad) is a 4-year programme thatcombines International Management and Japanese or Korean language. Students spend 3 years
studying on campus, taking modules to the value of 4 units in each year. The third year of study isspent abroad at a partner institution in Japan or Korea. In their final year students complete an
Independent Study Project or Dissertation on an agreed topic in International Management (Japanand Korea).
The programme provides students with a strong grounding in international management, specialist
knowledge of business and management in Japan and Korea and competence in Japanese or
Korean language. Students take courses in accounting, finance, managerial economics, marketing,corporate governance, research methods and international business strategy, together with specialist
courses that draw on SOAS’s knowledge of management and finance in Japan and Korea. In addition,
students take three full-unit modules in Japanese or Korean. During their time at SOAS students havethe opportunity to take approved courses from other SOAS departments, such as Law, Politics,

98Economics and Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea, providing a rich inter-disciplinary
learning environment.
Further information can be found at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/defims/programmes/bscinmanjkya/
STUDY ABROAD
All students spend Year Three in Japan at one of the following universities: Hokkaido University of
Education (Hokkaido), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Keio University, Waseda University, Meiji
University, Sophia University, Ochanomizu University (all Tokyo), Nagoya University, Nanzan
University, Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Osaka University, Doshisha University, Kansai
University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kyushu University, Kobe
University, Ritsumeikan University, and Hiroshima University (Hiroshima). The Year Abroad iscompulsory for BA Japanese students, and no teaching is available at SOAS for 3rd year students asthat it is expected they will be in Japan.
POSTGRADUATE
MA Japanese Studies
SOAS offers the most comprehensive MA in Japanese Studies available anywhere in Europe.
Students are able to choose courses that cover all of Japan's historical periods, from the earliest to
the present and ranging over the social and political sciences as well as humanities. The students
who take this degree come from many countries and have a wide variety of academic backgrounds.
Some have already studied, or lived in, Japan and wish to broaden their knowledge or understanding.
Others wish to focus their previous training on the region, while still others will come from Japan orother East Asian countries wishing to study Japan from the perspective of a different culture andacademic tradition.
Knowledge of the Japanese language is not a requirement of the course. Language courses, however,are popular options. Further information can be found at:https://www.soas.ac.uk/japankorea/programmes/majapstud/
MA Japanese Language Learning and Teaching
The MA provides advanced training in the field of Language Pedagogy with a specialization in
Japanese. The programme provides an appreciation of the concepts, modes of analysis andtheoretical approaches in the area of Language Pedagogy with a specific focus on Japanese
language pedagogy, including second language learning theories and teaching methodologies.
Students will also be familiarised with the general areas of linguistic inquiry (phonetics, phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and discourse structure) and how they are relevant to thestudy of second language acquisition.
As a practical component, students become familiar with the intent and design of instructional material
and teaching/testing techniques, and evaluate second language learners’ performance through theanalysis of empirical data and adequate descriptive terminology; they also design appropriate lessonplans, and carry out some teaching practice in Japanese language classes.
Graduates will be qualified and well prepared for such professions as teaching the target language inhigher education or private institutions, working as administrative or consultative staff at educationalorganizations, and editing staff at publishers related to language teaching.
Further information can be found at:https://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/programmes/ma-applied-linguistics-and-language-pedagogy/
MA Japanese Literature99This relatively new programme covers both pre-modern and modern literatures of Japan. It includes
the study of literary works written in the original languages, as well as an introduction to literary theory.
This degree is designed either as an end qualification in itself or to prepare the student for moreadvanced graduate work (MPhil/PhD). Incoming students will be expected to have completed theequivalent of the first two years of undergraduate language study at SOAS in Japanese. Further
information can be found at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/japankorea/programmes/majaplit/
MA [Discipline] and Intensive JapaneseThis unique new two-year programme provides students with the opportunity to combine Masters’level training in a Discipline (e.g. History, Anthropology, Religions) with intensive Japanese language
study in order to acquire the skills necessary for future professional or research careers. The
student’s chosen discipline is combined with intensive Japanese language training over two years(including a period in Japan), making this programme unique in Europe.
The following discipline MA can be combined with the Intensive Japanese programme:
MA Japanese Studies
MA Korean Studies
MA History
MA Historical Research Methods
MA History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia
MA Religions of Asia and Africa
MA Medical Anthropology
MA Anthropological Research Methods
MA Migration and Diaspora Studies
MA Linguistics and Language
The programme is directed at students with both a professional or academic interest in Japan. The
intensive training in Japanese language aims at supporting students’ ability to tackle their disciplinaryinterests by engaging with written texts and oral communication in Japanese.
Access to the Japanese language pathway is currently (2015-16) available for students with a)
beginner, or b) post-beginner level of proficiency. The latter level corresponds to having completed
Minna no Nihongo, Volumes 1 and 2 (or an equivalent text), knowledge of approximately 500 kanji,
and tuition time of about 220 hours in total.
Students bear the costs of travel to and from Japan, as well as living expenses during the period of
their stay. However, cost of accommodation, tuition and medical assistance in Kyushu are included in
the tuition fee they pay to SOAS.
Further information can be found at:https://www.soas.ac.uk/japankorea/programmes/ma-and-intensive-language-japanese/
MA Pacific Asian Studies
The region known as “Pacific Asia” can be defined in various ways, but the core countries are China,
Japan , Korea and the ASEAN nations (Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand , Brunei ,Vietnam , Laos , Myanmar and the Philippines). Together, they make up one of the most diverse andimportant regions in the world. SOAS has more expertise in this part of the world than any otherinstitution in Western Europe ; indeed there are very few places anywhere in the world that can boast
the same range of expertise. This degree is a way of bringing together the large number of courses

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on Pacific Asia currently on offer in SOAS Masters programmes for Chinese Studies, JapaneseStudies, South East Asian Studies, and Korean Studies. The courses chosen must cover three of thefour regions of China and Taiwan , Japan , Korea , Southeast Asia. Further information can be found
at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/sea/programmes/mapacasstud/
MA Theory and Practice of Translation (Asian and African Languages)
The MA programme in Translation Theory and Practice (Asian and African Languages) combines
training of practical translation skills with teaching of translation theories. One of the language
specializations is Japanese. The aim of the programme is to enhance students' methodological andpractical skills in translation, preparing them for the professional market as (freelance) translators orother language professionals, while providing an intellectual perspective on the discipline oftranslation studies, which could be the foundation for further MPhil/PhD research. Further information
can be found at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/linguistics/programmes/mathepratrans/
MSc Economics with reference to the Asia Pacific Region
All the courses offered by the Department of Economics approach the subject matter from adevelopment perspective. Students on the MSc Economics with reference to the Asia Pacific Region
will complete courses on macro, micro, quantitative methods and growth. In addition, students mustcomplete two courses dedicated to the study of the economics of the Asia Pacific Region, as well as
an optional module and a dissertation in applied economics with a focus on one or more countries of
the Asia Pacific Region. Knowledge of the Japanese language is not a requirement of the course.
Language courses, however, are popular options. Further information can be found at:https://www.soas.ac.uk/economics/programmes/msceconpac/
MSc International Management (Japan)
This programme focuses on management and its environment in Japan and includes high-levelcourses in international management and finance disciplines. It draws upon Japan experts andmanagement specialists within the University and from positions within London-based commerce,
finance and government. The core modules enable students to study the principles and applicationsof international management and the interplay between global and local factors influencing
management in Japan. Students can use the elective modules to focus on either management skills
that can be applied worldwide or specialise in understanding the Japanese business environment. For
those who choose to, our programme also offers unique opportunities to improve existing skills inJapanese. No knowledge of Japanese is required to complete the MSc programme successfully,
since English language materials are available. Those students who already have Japanese language
skills will have every opportunity to use them in studying data and source materials. Further
information can be found at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/defims/programmes/mscintmanjapan/
MSc Asian Politics
Containing 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia is the setting for many of the most important
political issues in the world today. These issues include the rise of Japan, China and India, economic
dynamism of the Asian-Pacific area, regional integration (ASEAN, SAARC, Shanghai Cooperation
Organization), security hotspots (Korean Peninsula, Taiwan Straits, India-Pakistan, the ‘global war on
terror’), democratic transition and consolidation, the survival of non-democratic regimes, and identity
conflicts of ethnicity, religion and language. To understand these and other political processes, thisMSc programme draws upon the concepts and methods of the sub-disciplines of comparative politics(political sociology and political economy) and international relations. The evidence from Asia will also
reveal the relevance and limitations of the concepts and methods derived from North
American/European settings and suggest ways in which they may be modified. The expertise101

available in the Department enables students to concentrate on one of the sub-regions of Asia, (EastAsia. South Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia) should they choose to do so. Alternatively, they
may follow a more comparative approach by selecting a mixture of units covering different subregions. Further information at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/politics/programmes/mscaspol/
MRes Politics with Japanese
The MRes Politics with [Language] is a two-year degree programme designed to prepare students forfurther research, particularly PhD research, in politics with an area specialism. It allows students tocombine the study of politics with advanced methodological training in the social sciences andextensive study in an African/Asian/Middle Eastern language. As such, the programme provides two
years of intensive language study at SOAS (e.g. Arabic, Chinese, Swahili, etc.) along with two yearsof high-level social science methodology training at neighbouring Birkbeck College. Applicants arealso invited to apply for ESRC funding to support a 2+3 programme of MRes/PhD study. Further
information at: https://www.soas.ac.uk/politics/programmes/mrespolitics/
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Laura Lopez Aira
Title: Narrating the Korean 'other' in contemporary Japanese TV dramas
Catherine Ames
Title: Demystifying Taishō: Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, Narrative Form and the Politics of Cultural
Formation
Ryoko Aoki
Title: The Construction of Japanese Noh Theatre as a Masculine Art: an Analysis of its Traditional andModern Discourse
Nadeschda Bachem
Title: Imperialism, Occupation and National Identity in Post-Colonial Japanese and South Korean
Literature
Lois Barnett
Title: An Investigation of Audience Responses To and Motivations for the Use of Western-Inspired
Costume in Japanese Cinema (1923-39)
Kristian Bering
Title: Bakin and the Theatre
Lawrence Carter
Title: Going Global: Studio Ghibli, Anime and the Popularisation of a Global Genre
Emily Barrass Chapman
Title: Gender and family in postwar Japan
Kerstin Fooken
Title: Japanese Cinema in Times of profound socio-economic Change: The Image of the Modern Girlin the visual Culture of interwar Japan
Federica Gigante
Title: The Reception of Islamic Art in Bologna, Ferrara and Padua in the Sixteenth and SeventeenthCenturies

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Irene Gonzalez Lopez
Title: Prostitution in Postwar Japanese Cinema
Eiko Gyogi
Title: Translation for Intercultural Education in the Foreign Language Classroom: A Case Study ofElementary and Intermediate Japanese Students
Iris Haukamp
Title: A Foreigner's Dream of Japan: The struggle over power and authenticity in a German-Japanese
coproduction
Satomi Horiuchi
Title: Contemporary Japanese Christianity: Ancestors, rites and graves
Wonwoong Jeong
Title: The Dissolution of a Cold War Allignment: Korean-Japanese Relations, 1969-1979
Yuko Kameda
Title: Japan as Multi-ethnic Nation: Exploring the Iconography of Ethnic Minorities in ContemporaryJapan
Masato Kato
Title: Japanese New Religious Movements in the UK: The Negotiation between Nationalism andUniversalism.
Kanji Kitamura
Title: Toward a theory of cultural untranslatability with application to Japanese, UK and USA crosscultural business management and beyond (working title)
Yohei Koyama
Title: Life with radiation: ethnography of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima
Herby Lai
Title: Chinese student migrants in Japan: cosmopolitanism, quality and individualism (working title).
Radu Leca
Title: The Backward Glance: Concepts of 'outside' and 'other' in the Japanese spatial imaginary of theseventeenth century
Kigensan Licha
Title: The Esoterization of Soto Zen in Medieval Japan
Shinya Mano
Title: Eisai and the development of Zen-Esoteric Buddhism
Barbara Micyk
Title: The supernatural in pre-modern Japanese illustrated fiction
Forum Mithani
Title: Challenging the Two-Parent Norm? Single Mothers in Japanese Visual Media

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Kanako Miyabayashi
Title: Corrective feedback in the teaching of Japanese case particles
Yaara Morris
Title: The Cult of Tenkawa Benzaiten – her rituals, texts, and mandalas.
Doreen Mueller
Title: Documenting Disaster: Pictorial Records
Akiko Nagata
Title: An Analysis of Family and Gender Roles in Japanese Television Drama
Masaaki Okada
Title: Nature in the Healing and Farming Practices of Okada Mokichi of Sekai Kyusei Kyo
Fumi Ouchi
Title: The Somatic Nature of Enlightenment: Vocal Arts in the Japanese Tendai Tradition
Lesley Pullen
The Representation of Textiles on Javanese Sculpture: 9th to 14th century
Ivan Rumanek
Title: The appropriation of Noh by Joruri and K
Anna Schegoleva
Title: Ghost in Japan: reconstructing horror in modernity
Robert Simpkins
Title: Playing in Kōenji: making street music in a Tokyo neighbourhood (working title).
Michiko Suzuki
Title: A History of Disaster and Recovery: The Japanese Red Cross in Interwar and Wartime Japan,
1936-1945
Kazumi Taguchi
Title: Beyond Tokugawa Confucianism: Soseki and Neo-Edo taste in the Meiji Bun'jin Community
Jeremy Taylor
Title: “Japan is back.” Japan’s (re)engagement in Africa:The Case of South Sudan
Terumi Toyama
Title: The Replication of Sacred Spaces in Edo
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Anthropology
Fabio Gygi
Lecturer in Anthropology
Japanese society, material culture, medical anthropology, science and technology studies, cultural
history
Tel: 020 7898 4417
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Email: fg5@soas.ac.uk
Room: 562
Economics
Satoshi Miyamura
Lecturer in the Economy of Japan
Development economics, Labour economics, Institutional economics, Labour-management
bargaining; Research methods in economics.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4544
Email: sm97@soas.ac.uk
Room: 554
Ulrich Volz
Senior Lecturer in Development Economics
International Finance, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Financial Market Development and Stability,
Development and Transition Economics, Global Economic Governance, East Asian Financial Markets
Tel: 0207 898 4721
Email: uv1@soas.ac.uk
Room: 285
Financial & Management Studies
Tuukka Toivonen
Lecturer in International Management
Organisational sociology; social innovation and entrepreneurship; collaborative innovation
communities and networks; the emergence of alternative organisational models and institutionalframeworks; youth-led social entrepreneurship; youth issues in Japan; social policy; comparative
research (esp. Europe and East Asia)
Tel: 020 7898 4526
Email: tt37@soas.ac.uk
Room: 560
Helen Macnaughtan
Senior Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan)
Co-Editor, Japan Forum
Economic, business, labour and HRM issues in contemporary Japan (and within a broader East Asian
context). Research interests focus on a broad range of topics relating to gender issues andemployment in Japan.
Tel: 020 7898 4530
Email: hm39@soas.ac.uk
Room: 546
Sonja Ruehl
Fellow in Financial and Management Studies; Deputy Director, CeFiMS
Financial Sector Development in Japan and Vietnam. Gender Issues in Financing Development.
Microfinance Institutions in Vietnam
Tel: 020 7898 4057
Email: sr2@soas.ac.uk
Room: 542

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Yoshikatsu Shinozawa
Senior Lecturer in Financial Studies
Dr Shinozawa's research interests lie in asset management firms and their products. Recently he hasdeveloped a special interest in the areas of corporate governance, and the banking industry in Japan.
Tel: 020 7898 4084
Email: ys6@soas.ac.uk
Room: 556
History
Christopher Gerteis
Chair, Japan Research Centre
Senior Lecturer in the History of Contemporary Japan
Co-Editor, Japan Forum
Series Editor, SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan, published in association with
Bloomsbury
Modern and Contemporary Japanese history. Social and cultural history of the 20th century,
especially the intersection of consumer capitalism and historical memory.
Tel: 020 7898 4093
Email: cg24@soas.ac.uk
Room: 304
Angus Lockyer
Lecturer in the History of Japan
Modernisation and modernity in Japan; world’s fairs, international and industrial exhibitions.
Tel: 020 7898 4626
Email: al21@soas.ac.uk
Room: 316
History of Art & Archaeology
Timon Screech
Professor of the History of Art
History of Japanese art; Edo painting; contacts between Japan and Europe in the 18th century;
history of science in Japan; the theory of art history
Tel: 020 7898 4453
Email: ts8@soas.ac.uk
Room: B301
Languages & Cultures of Japan
Alan Cummings
Senior Teaching Fellow in JapaneseTel: 020 7898 4200
Email: ac50@soas.ac.uk
Room: 391
Premodern Japanese language, literature, and theatre, particularly of the Tokugawa and Meiji periods.
Post-war musical subcultures.

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Professor of Japanese Literature
Co-Editor, Japan Forum
Modern Japanese literature, with particular interest in representations of the native place (furusato),
gender/sexuality and modernity, and translation studies.
Tel: 020 7898 4216
Email: sd5@soas.ac.uk
Room: 381
Akiko Furukawa
Principal Lector
Tel: 0207 898 4233
Email: af15@soas.ac.uk
Room: 383
Andrew Gerstle
Professor of Japanese Studies
Japanese literature, drama and thought, primarily of the Tokugawa period, with particular interest in
Bunraku and Kabuki theatre and the plays of Chikamatsu
Tel: 020 7898 4207
Email: ag4@soas.ac.uk
Room: 390
Seiko Harumi
Senior Lector in JapaneseTel: 0207 898 4274
Email: sh96@soas.ac.uk
Room: 367
Misako Kanehisa
Senior Lector in JapaneseTel: 020 7898 4235
Email: mk7@soas.ac.uk
Room: 480
Miwako Kashiwagi
Senior Lector in JapaneseTel: 020 7898 4236
Email: mk56@soas.ac.uk
Room: 387
Griseldis Kirsch
Lecturer in Contemporary Japanese CultureBook Reviews Editor, Japan Forum
Contemporary Japanese culture, with particular interest in Japanese media and popular culture,
representations of 'Otherness', social phenomena and war memory.
Tel: 020 7898 4288
Email: gk10@soas.ac.uk
Room: 377

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Barbara Pizziconi
Reader in Japanese Applied Linguistics
Japanese applied linguistics; language teaching methodology; second language acquisition withemphasis on pragmatic aspects; linguistic politenessTel: 020 7898 4225
Email: bp3@soas.ac.uk
Room: 362
Nana Sato-Rossberg
Lecturer in Translation Studies and Japanese Language
History of Translation Studies in Japan, Intergeneric translations (manga to film), Translation of oral
narratives or orality, Cultural translation, The relationship between translation and power.
Tel: 020 7898 4224
Email: ns27@soas.ac.uk
Room: 380
Isolde Standish
Reader in Film and Media Studies, Department of Japan and Korea
East Asian film and visual media
Tel: 020 7898 4227
Email: is16@soas.ac.uk
Room: 574
Kaori Taniguchi
Senior Lector in JapaneseTel: 020 7898 4331
Email: kt16@soas.ac.uk
Room: 387

Linguistics
Noriko Iwasaki
Senior Lecturer in Language Pedagogy
Second language acquisition (grammatical and pragmatic development, impact of study abroad),
language pedagogy, psycholinguistics (language production, cognition and language), Japanese
linguistics.
Tel: 020 7898 4394
Email: ni3@soas.ac.uk
Room: 401

Politics & International Studies
Kristin Surak
Senior Lecturer in Japanese Politics
International migration, nationalism, ethnicity, culture, state and society in Japan, qualitative sociology
Tel: 020 7898 4749
Email: kristin.surak@soas.ac.uk
Room: 262

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Study of Religions
Lucia Dolce
Numata Reader in Japanese Buddhism
Japanese religious history, especially the medieval period; Japanese Tantric Buddhism and theesotericisation of religious practice; Millenarian writings and prophecy; Kami-Buddhas associations
Tel: 020 7898 4217
Email: ld16@soas.ac.uk
Room: 342
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Please see above.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Staff member in charge of Japan related resources:
Fujiko Kobayashi
Tel: 020 7898 4174
Email: fk2@soas.ac.uk
Library homepage: http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/
SOAS Library has some 35,000 Japan-related books in western languages and over 110,000 in
Japanese. It subscribes to 150 Japan-related journals in western languages and 400 in Japanese.
The budget for Japan-related resources is ￡35,000 per year. The inclusion of Japan - related
audio/visual materials increases the budget and size of the collection dramatically. SOAS Library
subscribes to several important online databases to support Japanese studies. SOAS participated in
the UK Union Catalogue for Japanese Materials (see the Japan Library Group section).
The Japan subject guide can be found at https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/subjects/japkor/
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Hokkaido University of Education, Tokyo University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Keio
University, Waseda University, Sophia University, Ochanomizu University, Nanzan University, Osaka
University of Foreign Studies, Osaka University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Doshisha University,
Kyushu University, Kobe University, Ritsumeikan University, Nagoya University, Kansai University,
Hiroshima University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESUndergraduate club: SOAS Japan Society (https://www.facebook.com/soasjapansociety)JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTIONTokyo University of Foreign Studies
Ritsumeikan University
FUTURE PLANS
Already one of the most successful courses of study at SOAS, we aim to continue to expand thenumber of Japanese Studies undergraduate and postgraduate students through the creation of
student bursaries and support grants made possible by private and public sector philanthropic
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partners. We also hope to garner funding for a lectureship in Tokugawa History to complement ouralready strong coverage of arts and cultures during the Tokugawa period.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
All students will be given a Japanese language proficiency test in the first week of classes todetermine the level at which they should begin their studies at SOAS. We are very happy to admit a
student at the beginner level. Advanced students are also more than welcome and we are equallycapable of seeing them through to fluency.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Literature, Sociology, Art, Anthropology,
Religious Study, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese Language,
Applied Linguistics, Translation Studies
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Literature, Sociology, Art, Anthropology,
Religious Study, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Japanese Language,
Applied Linguistics, Translation Studies
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

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IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We would welcome any opportunity to purchase more books in any of the areas listed above. This isan era of shrinking library budgets and we believe that external support for permanent libraryacquisitions a key provision for the future of Japanese Studies.
PROBLEMS
Shrinking budgets make it unlikely that we will be allowed to replace retiring academics. We also fearthat shrinking Library budgets will make it much harder to keep sufficient research resources on handwithin the UK.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Japan Foundation Staff Expansion Grants have been singularly beneficial to our programme. Nearly
half of our current teaching posts were begun with Staff Expansion support grants.
USP
Depth, breadth and diversity of classes and degree courses offered.
Demonstrated excellence in the quality of our language training programmes at all proficiency levels.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES

Single Honours
Joint Honours
MasterPhD

2010-11
47
31
35
30-35

2011-12
39
25
39
30-35

2012-13
42
36
31
36

2013-14
49
45
44
38

2014-15
51
43
52
39

2015-16
39
38
21
41

IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, the continued rise in tuition fees has had a very significant impact on both undergraduate andpostgraduate study. Anecdotal evidence suggests that higher cost vs perceived career opportunity
has resulted in lower numbers of applications in Japanese Studies. Far more significant, however, isthe lower number of applications from students from economically or socially challenged backgrounds,
especially from households where the potential applicant would be the first in the family to enter
university. These students are far more attracted to STEM programmes, not Japanese Studies, due totheir perception that STEM studies would give them a far better chance of social and economic
advancement.
This perception may not be accurate. See
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9552659/Graduate-jobs-Top-10-degreesubjects-by-lifetime-salary.html
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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of East Asian Studies
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Hugo Dobson
SCHOOL ADDRESS
6-8 Shearwood Road, Sheffield, S10 2TD
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
01142228400
SCHOOL WEBSITE
www.shef.ac.uk/seas
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
seas@shef.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDAt UG level (singles): Japanese Studies
At UG level (duals): Management andJapanese; Japanese Studies with German;
Japanese Studies with Russian; JapaneseStudies with Spanish; Linguistics andJapanese Studies; Japanese Studies andHistory; French with Japanese; Germanic
Studies with Japanese; Hispanic Studies withJapanese; Russian with Japanese; ChineseStudies with Japanese; Korean Studies withJapanese
At PGT level: MA in Contemporary Japan
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSESABBTEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Approximately 1:12
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESJapanese Language: Dr Thomas McAuley and
Ms Miyuki Nagai; Japanese External
Relations: Professor Glenn Hook; Overall
responsibility as Head of Department:
Professor Hugo Dobson

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
The variety of modules offered at Sheffield and the flexibility of our modular degree system allow
students to tailor their studies to their own needs and career aspiration.
Students can focus on studying about Japan through language and lecture modules, on a single
honours degree in Japanese Studies.
Study of Japan and the Japanese language with a major discipline such as Business or Linguistics
can be done with a dual honours degree.
Students can opt to take modules in Japanese language or other areas of Japanese Studies.
The ratio of language to non-language modules is about 65/35 in the 1st year, and 35/65 in the 2ndyear and 4th years. The 3rd year is spent abroad.
STUDY ABROAD
A crucial part of the four-year courses is the opportunity to spend one year in Japan . Depending on
the degree programme, after one or two years of study at Sheffield students go for their year abroadat top-ranking universities in Japan . Sheffield has links with the following universities:
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Akita International University
Chuo University
Doshisha University
Hiroshima University
Hosei University
International Christian University *Kanazawa University
Keio University
Kobe University
Kyoto University *Kyushu University
Meiji University
Nagoya University
Okayama University
Otaru University of Commerce
Rikkyo University
Seijo University
Sophia University
Tokyo University
Yamaguchi University
Yokohama National University
Waseda University
POSTGRADUATEThe MA in Contemporary Japan aims to provide students with a range of streams of language
learning: introductory, intermediate and upper-intermediate. By the end of the introductory course,
students will be able to deal with authentic modern Japanese texts with the aid of dictionaries andexpress themselves with reasonable confidence and fluency on a range of topics in both informal andformal situations. By the end of the intermediate course, students will be able to engage inconversation in Japanese on a broader range of intermediate-level topics, formulate strategies fortranslating from Japanese texts, consolidate the core grammatical structures of the language, follow
the gist of, summarise and extract relevant information from a range of non-technical articles inJapanese broadsheet newspapers, and acquire composition skills in written Japanese, including
formal letters and CVs. In addition to these language skills, students can gain a good knowledge ofJapanese history, politics, international relations economics, business and management, literature
and/or contemporary society.
The MSc in East Asian Business taps into Sheffield's unique blend of in-depth analysis of the East
Asian business environment and advanced business practice is the proven combination no MBA canmatch. Key options include functional language training in Chinese, Japanese or Korean, or
specialised management options including modules on marketing, corporate finance, human resource
management and e-business. We offer a well-tested method to study business which is grounded inconceptual understanding, practical knowledge, and, for those who wish it, East Asian language skills.
It is an innovative degree, which will give students the knowledge and theoretical background to join
our successful graduates, who are already employed on the cutting edge in various fields of businessin Asia and Europe.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Japan's Think Tanks, Taiwan-Japan relations, Japanese Universities and Globalisation, Japanese
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STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Professor Glenn Hook
BA; MA (British Columbia); LLD (Chuo)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese politics; international relations of the Asia-Pacific area; defence andsecurity
Professor Hugo Dobson
BA & MA (Leeds); PhD (Sheffield)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese international relations
Dr Angela Coutts
BA (London), MA, PhD (Sheffield)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese language and literature.
Dr Peter Matanle
BA (Cambridge); MA (Essex); PhD (Sheffield)
Japanese sociology, demographics, environment, regional development
Dr Thomas McAuley
BA (Sheffield); PhD (SOAS)
Subject Specialisation: Classical Japanese literature and linguistics
Dr Nicolas Tranter
BA; PhD (Sheffield)
Subject Specialisation: Linguistics and Japanese linguistics
Ms Yuki Kittaka
BA (Hiroshima); MA (Osaka College of Music)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese Language Instructor
Ms Miyuki Nagai
BA (Tamagawa); MA (Newcastle)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese Language Instructor
Dr Hiro Watanabe
BA (Tokyo), MA (Yale), D.Phil. (Oxford)
Subject Specialisation: Political economy, politics, labour relations
Dr Harald Conrad
MA in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), PhD in Economics, University of Cologne
Japanese and comparative social policy, industrial relations, human resource management, economic
issues related to demographic change and cross-cultural negotiation behaviour.
Dr Mark Pendleton
BA (Griffith), PhD (Melbourne)
History of twentieth century Japan, histories of gender and sexuality, transnational social movement
histories, the politics of violence and the relationship between memory and history.
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Dr Jo Lumley, Japanese Language Instructor
Ms Chizu Whateley, Japanese Language Instructor
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
N/A
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
The Library has over 8,000 Japan-related items in English and over 20,000 in Japanese. It receives
some 200 Japan-related journals in English and 150 in Japanese. The average expenditure on
Japan-related resources since 1993 remains about £10,000 per year. Western language material iscatalogued in the University Library's STAR catalogue and is searchable at http://library.shef.ac.uk/.
Japanese language resources are catalogued within the NACSIS database and are searchable inJapanese at http://webcat.nii.ac.jp/webcat_eng.html, and are also searchable in romanised format via
the NACSIS UK Union Catalogue at http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/japanese-keyword-search.
Romanised records will shortly be added to the STAR catalogue. The Library works closely with
Corporate Information and Computing Services in the provision of appropriate, high-quality networked
I.T. facilities throughout the University. Access to international library catalogues and databases andemail facilities are especially useful. The Library is an active participating member in the NACSIS UK
Union Catalogue project (see Japan Library Group section) and maintains close links with other major
East Asian studies collections in the UK and world-wide.
Address 8-10 Shearwood Road Sheffield S102TD Telephone 0114 222 8400 Fax 0114 222 8432
School E-mail address seas@sheffield.ac.uk Website http://www.shef.ac.uk/seas/
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESPartner Institutions in Undergraduate Year Abroad Programme (unless otherwise indicated)
Aoyama Gakuin University
Akita International University
Chuo University
Doshisha University
Hiroshima University
Hosei University
International Christian University
Kanazawa University
Keio University
Kobe University
Kyoto University
Kyushu University
Meiji University
Nagoya University
Okayama University
Otaru University of Commerce
Rikkyo University
Seijo University
Sophia University
Tohoku University (joint PhD)Tokyo University
Yamaguchi University
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Yokohama National University
Waseda University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESThere is a student run Japan Society the members of which are both students learning Japanese,other students interested in Japan and Japanese exchange students at Sheffield.
FUTURE PLANS
We seek to maximise the continued interest in Japanese Studies by continuing to provide high-level
language skills and an in-depth knowledge of Japanese society, history, culture, politics and so on.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
WHY?
We have no evidence to suggest that students with prior knowledge perform any better than students
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GROUP 3 UNIVERSITIESBOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESBusiness School, Faculty of Management

SCHOOL WEBSITE
https://www1.bournemouth.ac.uk/discover/sch
ools-and-faculty/business-school

SCHOOL ADDRESSEBC, 89 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth,
BH8 8EBSCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
enquiries@bournemouth.ac.uk

SCHOOL TELEPHONE
01202 524111

PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
temporarily, Hiroko Oe

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEBU does not provide a specific Japanese course, but for instance, in the human resources unit,
Japanese organisational culture is taught.
STUDY ABROAD
N/APOSTGRADUATE
Mainly there are two Japan-related content; (1) managing people, organisational culture in Japan. (2)Toyota,Honda way, lean system in the firm, business issues.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
eg. Some comparative study between Japan/Italy organisational culture.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESN/ASTAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Hiroko Oe,'A case study of the cultured pearl industry in Japan: An exploration of effective marketing action
based on a collaborative learning platform led by motivated actors'Social educational facilities as a hub of community: A case study of Naoshima island'
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
N/A

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FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
N/AJAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES
N/AJAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/AIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, very advantageous
WHY?
Some important and essential resources/articles are written in Japanese only, so if students could
read them, which could be an advantage.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Sociology, Japanese Business Model
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Sociology, Japanese Business Model
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
First of call, Japanese related articles should be published, culture related, politics related, whatever.
The readers of those articles could have an interest in Japan- related studies, which must be thefastest way to improve Japan related studies status within the institution. Japan Day, or some relevant
events and learning opportunities would be helpful as well.
PROBLEMS
No budget is allocated, and so many other things are prioritised on the agenda of teaching, learningand researching!
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Connecting the relevant researchers could be helpful. As the allocatable budget is limited, if the JapanFoundation could play a role as a catalyst or coordinator, it might be an idea to launch a flexible
collaborative research team who will share the budget to proceed the research project.
USP
Well...not that big at all, at the moment, but could be much better and bigger if I could produce a more
exciting and insightful unique research paper to the public!

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UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOLBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Sociology, Politics and International
StudiesHEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Gregor McLennan
SCHOOL ADDRESS
11 Priory Road, Bristol, BS8 1TU
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
0117 928 9000
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/spais/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
spais-admin@bristol.ac.uk

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
MSc in East Asian Development and Global
EconomyENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES

An upper second-class honours degree (orequivalent) in any subject.
IELTS: 6.5 overall, minimum 6.0 in all bands
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Maximum 18 students in all classes
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESJ.Yamashita@bristol.ac.uk

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
There is not any BSc and MSc programmes focusing predominantly on Japanese Studies. There aresome Undergraduate and Master level units covering the study of Japan (details are listed below),offered to students who are enrolled in various BSc and MSs programmes
Undergraduate level units covering the study of Japannd
 POLI29008 ‘Power Politics in East Asian International Relations’ (for 2 year Politics students,
offered by School of Sociology, Politics and International studies)rd SPAI30024 ‘East Asian Societies’ (3 year Sociology and Politics students, offered by Schoolof Sociology, Politics and International Studies)

STUDY ABROAD
N.A.
POSTGRADUATE
MSc in East Asian Development and Global Economy
This programme aims to develop students’ interest in and understanding of the economic, cultural andsocial transformations of the East Asian region.
Master level units covering the study of Japan

SPAIM 0005 'Japan and East Asia: Socio-Economic Development' (for MSc students as an
optional unit in Sociology and Politics programme, offered by School of Sociology, Politics
and International Studies)

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

SPAIM 0002 ‘ East Asia and Global Development’ (for MSc students as a core unit for the
East Asian Development and Global Economy programme, offered by School of Sociology,
Politics and International Studies)

SPOLM4005 ‘Social Policy in East Asia’ (for MSc in Public Policy programme, offered by
School of Policy Studies)JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, there are students currently supervised on topics
related to Japan:
3 in the Graduate School of Education: Japanese pre-school education; cross-cultural communicationin Japan and Britain;
2 in the School for Policy Studies: the experiences of Chinese trainees in Japan; social exclusion andmulti-culturalism in Japan; and2 in the School for Sociology, Politics and International Studies; Informal carers in Japan and the UK
and Security policy of Japan and Russia
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law staff at University of Bristol have relevant research and teachingexpertise, in order to support Japan-related studies cross the Faculty. Our relevant staff include:
Professor Jeffery Henderson, Professor of International Development, School of Sociology, Politics
and International Studies
Dr. Misa Izuhara, Reader in Comparative Policy Research, School for Policy Studies
Dr. Patricia Kennett, Reader in Comparative Policy Studies, School for Policy Studies
Dr. Junko Yamashita, Lecture in Contemporary Japanese Society, School of Sociology, Politics andInternational Studies
Professor Yongjin Zhan, Professor of International Politics, School of Sociology, Politics andInternational Studies
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
N.A.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Arts and Social Sciences Library and Special Library Services Manager
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESStudents exchange programmes with Kyushu University, Nagoya University and Nigata University.
Institutional bilateral research links with Kyoto University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESJapan Society
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N.A.

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FUTURE PLANS
The Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, and the University of Bristol as a whole has a considerable
interest in developing the network and expertise in East Asian Studies.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Sociology, Science/Technology, Social policy
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Sociology, Social Policy
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES

Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
PhD research in Social Science
PROBLEMS
N.A
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Funding PhD and MSc students to conduct Japan related research

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University of Bristol have relevant research and teaching expertise who study Japan in comparativeand multi-disciplinary approach.

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COVENTRY UNIVERSITYCOURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
We have Japanese offered as a language module
STUDY ABROAD
N/APOSTGRADUATE
N/AJAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
N/A
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Felix Rösch, Senior Lecturer in International Relations felix.roesch@coventry.ac.uk
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
N/A
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
N/A
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESNagasaki International University (online learning project
COURSE EVALUATIONIF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
I certainly would like to improve this, but Coventry University so far is unlikely to attract larger amountsof Japanese students and we don’t have the specialised staff here.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Support for setting up cooperations would be good, e.g. in the form of student mobility grants.

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UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOWCOURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Opportunities to study Japan related topics can be sought at:- Theology and Religious Studies (courses include Level 1 “The Search for Meaning: Understanding
Asian Traditions”; Level 2 “Religion, Culture, and Controversy”; Level 2 “Mysticism and Spirituality”;
Honours “Buddhism”; Honours “Chan and Zen”; and Honours dissertation [all sub-Honours courses
are survey/lecture based and all Honours courses are seminar based])- Film and Television Studies (Honours “Asian Cinemas”; Honours “Japanese Cinema after WWII”)- Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures (activities include Honours options;publication of the journal European Comic Art)
- Open Studies (Level 1 “Japanese Stages 1-3”, “More Japanese Stages 1-2”)
STUDY ABROAD:
Opportunities vary; see details at: http://www.gla.ac.uk/undergraduate/studyabroad/
POSTGRADUATE:
Opportunities to study Japan related topics can be sought at:- Theology and Religious Studies (MLitt/MTh “Religion, Literature & Culture”; supervision at MPhil and
PhD levels)- English Literature (MLitt “Fantasy”; supervision at MPhil and PhD levels)- History of Art (MLitt Art History “Collecting East Asian Art”)- Film and Television Studies (supervision at MPhil and PhD levels)- Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures (MLitt programme and supervision at
MPhil and PhD levels)
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Saeko Yazaki (Theology and Religious Studies)
Dr Charles Orzech (Theology and Religious Studies)
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor David Martin-Jones (Film and Television Studies)
Dr Minna Katriina Torma (History of Art)
Dr Robert Maslen (English Literature)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES:
Apart from resources at the library (catalogue: http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/library/), Special
Collections (http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/specialcollections/) and Archive(http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/) have some resources related to Japan.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES:

See partnerships in the map of international activity:
http://www.gla.ac.uk/about/internationalisation/ourpartners/
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JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES:Japanese Society (http://www.glasgowstudent.net/clubs/listings/japanese-society/): set up in 1997
and runs regular events.
Ad hoc Japan related events: e.g. Japanese Film and Culture events; Rakugo.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralCOURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Religious Study, Modern Popular Culture
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Literature, Art, Religious Study, Modern Popular Culture, The Japanese Language
USP
Since Glasgow University does not have a dedicated Japan studies department, students will be
specialised in various fields (e.g. religion, films, etc.). This discipline-oriented knowledge could be
more transferrable than geographically-focused knowledge.

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GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDONBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSociology
SCHOOL ADDRESSNew Cross, London SE14 6NWSCHOOL TELEPHONE+ 44 (0)20 7919 7171
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.gold.ac.uk/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
http://www.gold.ac.uk/contact/
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:Japanese Society & Culture (sociology);
Making Modern Japan (politics); An(other)
Japan: Politics, Ideology and Culture (politics);
Art and Japan (Theatre and Performance)

ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
A-level:
ABB/BBBBTEC:
DDM/DMMIB:
33 points including three HL subjects
Access:Pass with 45 Level 3 credits including a
number of distinctions/merits in subject
specific modules
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1 – 10COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Although we do not have an independent Japanese studies department, the departments of sociology,
politics, theatre and performance provide various modules related to Japanese culture and society.
The topics cover not only political and economic issues in contemporary Japan, but also in historicaland cultural dimension of Japan.
Modules are designed 12 weeks unit with a lecture and seminar for each topic. Powerpoint slides andvisual material (videos and short clips form Internet etc.) are common supplemental material.
Students are provided with two or three core readings and different forms of material for further
reference (newspaper articles, videos, archives etc.) which are available to access via VLE (Virtual
Learning Environment). VLE is also the platform to inform in detail of the module content, assessment
methods, lecturer’s contact, office hours etc. All students essay have to be submitted by VLE. The
assessment is usually based on essay writing, but student’s seminar contribution is also assessed.
Existing courses are:Japanese Society & Culture (sociology); Making Modern Japan (politics); An(other) Japan: Politics,
Ideology and Culture (politics); Art and Japan (Theatre and Performance)

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We established MOA with the University of Tokyo (Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies,
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies) in 2015. We are currently developing links
with Waseda University, ICU, Aoyama Gakuin, Tokyo University of Arts.
POSTGRADUATE
We do not have any postgraduate courses.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
A Japanese PhD student in Sociology is working on Japanese women immigrants in East London(she is going to start her second year PhD in Oct. 2015) and an American PhD student in
Anthropology has just started to research on PURIKURA culture in Japanese youth.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Tomoko Tamari, Lecturer, Sociology
Rajyashree Pandey, Reader in Politics
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
N/A

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
The library has not yet been collected contemporary Japan-related resource sufficiently, but somemajor journals have been subscribed to: e.g. Japan Forum, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESThe University of Tokyo
Osaka University
FUTURE PLANS
At the faculty level, we are developing a number of collaborative research projects. This could be thefirst steps to create joint educational programmes, summer school programmes, and joint-degree
programmes with some of the Japanese universities.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, fairly advantageous
WHY?
This is the case for postgraduate students. Japanese language is necessary to conduct fieldresearch in Japan and understand material in Japanese.

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UNIVERSITY OF HULLBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Michael Gratzke
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
01482-465900
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/modern_languages.aspx

SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESSSLLC@hull.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:Free Elective Japanese Language Module
Free Elective Japanese Culture Module

TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN
JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES
1:20 in classPERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Tomoko Miyairi

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEFree Elective (Institution-Wide Language Programme) - Passport Japanese Modules from Level 1 toLevel 4, Textbooks 'Japanese for Busy People 1 and 2'
STUDY ABROAD
No Study Abroad
POSTGRADUATE
None - but postgraduate students are allowed to take Free Elective Japanese Module as auniversity's Postgraduate Training Scheme
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Ms Tomoko Miyairi, Module Leader in Japanese, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Manuel Hernandez-Perez, Lecturer in Digital Design, School of Drama, Music and Screen
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES:
Staff member in charge of Japan related resources: Ms Tomoko Miyairi, Module Leader in Japanese,
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES:
Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIES:
Hull University Japanese Society
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JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION:
No
FUTURE PLANS:
Currently under review of all Free Elective Foreign Language Module provisions
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
WHY?
Because we do not offer Japanese as a BA Degree Programme. Instead, the framework of ourJapanese course provision is Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP).
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY:
Modern Popular Culture
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY:
The Japanese Language
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced

Sufficiently
Resourced

Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Supporting cost for employing teaching staff
USP:
Very popular and well-established Japanese modules as a Free Elective (Institution-Wide Language
Programme)

129Comprehensive learning support, such as the School's Language Learning Centre and Language
Learning Advisers
FURTHER COMMENTS
Please note that all information provided in this survey is that of our Institution-Wide Language
Programme (Free Elective).

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IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDONBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Centre for Languages, Culture andCommunication
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Level 3, Sherfield Building, Imperial College,
South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZJAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:
Imperial Horizons Japanese Language
Courses (Level 1 to 5) Japanese Evening
Classes (Beginners, Post-Beginners, PreIntermediate and Intermediate levels)
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES(approx) 1:15

SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/centre-forlanguages-culture-and-communication/PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Yuki Tokumaru

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Imperial Horizons Japanese Language Courses are open to all undergraduate students, who may
take the course as credit or non-credit. The levels available are 1 to 5. The course lasts for 19 to 20
weeks and students will have a weekly two-hour class during the Autumn and Spring Terms, followedby the Final Written Examination and the Oral Examination, part of which is held during the Spring
Term.
POSTGRADUATE
There are no Japanese courses specifically designed for post-graduate students. However, Postgraduate students can take a Japanese Evening Class and sometimes they can attend one of theImperial Horizons Japanese courses if there is a space available.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES- Dr. Yuki Tokumaru (Japanese Coordinator)- Ms. Ikuko Saito (Part-time Japanese Lecturer)- Dr. Junko Winch (Part-time Japanese Lecturer)- Ms. Etsuko Okahisa (Part-time Japanese Lecturer)- Ms. Aika Kumazawa (Part-time Japanese Lecturer)- Ms. Junko Kasai (Part-time Japanese Lecturer)
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESTokyo University (Graduate Engineering); Tokyo Medical & Dental University (Medicine), Tokyo
Institute of Technology (Engineering), Keio University (Graduate - Global Innovation Design)(Japanese section is not directly organizing or relating to any of the exchange programmes above(because the respective departments in our university has a direct link with their partner Japanese
universities). However, we tend to give Japanese tuition to some of the students who go to Japan in
the above mentioned exchange programmes.)
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Japanese Society offer free Japanese lessons and organise events and activities for the members.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
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UNIVERSITY OF KENT
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESPolitics and IR and separate area for language
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Richard Whitman
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Rutherford College Canterbury CT2 7NXSCHOOL TELEPHONE
01227 827233
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:
Politics IR and Post-war and basic intro
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSESBBBTEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
10-1
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Sarah Hyde

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Done on Politics and IR focus only
STUDY ABROAD
Year to Japan - various unis
POSTGRADUATE
None
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESSarah HydeLIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Anna Miller is in charge of Japan related resources.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESNoneJAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESNone known
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
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IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, fairly advantageous
WHY?
Previous experience is those having done it do worse in stage one.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at allX

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
More talks
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Funding year abroad
USP
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KINGSTON UNIVERSITY LONDONBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Some Japanese Studies activity in both:
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture.
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Steven Spier is the Dean of the The
Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture
SCHOOL ADDRESSThe Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture:
Knights Park, Kingston KT1 2QJ
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: Penrhyn
Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey KT1
2EE
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
020-8417-9000
SCHOOL WEBSITE
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture:
http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/index.php
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/

SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
Faculty of Art, Design andArchitecture: fadaresearchenterprise@kingston.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Many courses, especially the MA in Art and
Design History, but content relating toJapanese art, architecture, design and film isprevalent across many courses. Also, it ispossible for postgraduate students toundertake PhDs in subjects relating toJapanese arts and Politics.
Kingston Language Scheme offers Japanese
language teaching (non-credit bearing)
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Entry requirements vary for all degrees.
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
The ratio varies in all programmes in the
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture and isa very small one in some practice-based
courses with an emphasis on Japanese art.

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Many undergraduate courses in art history, fine art, design, film arts and architecture across theFaculty of Art, Design and Architecture include a concern with Japanese art, design and architecture,
but there are no courses in which Japanese art, design and architecture form the sole focus of thecourses. Teaching methods are usually in the form of seminars and lectures in the theory field, andfine art tuition in the practice based fields. Assessment varies across the courses between gradedessay/dissertation work and the evaluation of fine art works such as films.
In Politics Department, Atsuko Ichijo (Associate Professor) offers supervision of any dissertation on
Japan-related issues.
POSTGRADUATEThe MA in Art and Design History has a particular focus in studies of Japanese performance art, film,
urban culture and architecture. The PhD programme has a number of students pursuing research inJapanese arts.
In Politics Department, Atsuko Ichijo (Associate Professor) occasionally touches on Japan in PO7012
From State to Global Politics; She also offers supervision of any MSc dissertation on Japan-related
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JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Examples are the prominent Japanese artist Yoshiko Shimada who completed her PhD in 2015 on a
topic relating to Japanese art and art history, and Eliza Tan who has also just completed her PhD on
Japanese performance art.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSIn the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture:especially:
Professor Stephen Barber
Professor Fran Lloyd
Professor Christopher Horrocks
In the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences:
Atsuko Ichijo, Associate Professor
The staff of the Kingston Language Scheme offers Japanese language teaching (non-credit bearing)
http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/courses/kls/
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
The library at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Knights Park campus has many books,
catalogues and DVDs relating to Japanese arts and culture. No specific librarian looks after thismaterial in its Japan-focused dimension. Ms Nicola Salliss is the Information Specialist at the library.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Researchers in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture have ongoing and active collaborative links
particularly with Keio University in Tokyo (especially the Research Centre in Liberal Arts and the
University Art Center), and Kyoto Seika University. These collaborations have taken the form of jointly
organised conferences, both in Japan and the UK, such as the Performance Studies International
conference 2015, held at Keio University and the Aomori Museum of Art, as well as joint publications
and other initiatives. Further conferences and publications are planned for the coming years.
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
Research into Japanese culture in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture has been funded by theJapan Foundation, the Sasakawa Foundation, the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, the Saison
Foundation, among other institutions and organisations .
FUTURE PLANS
Professor Fran Lloyd and Professor Stephen Barber have developed a research project, entitled 'The
Art of Intervention', around Japanese performance art, from the 1960s to the present, and with aparticular focus in performance art and choreography of the 1980s in Kyoto. This project is now
reaching its publication phase, after being manifested in several exhibitions and conferences, and willappear as a book in the coming years, with associated public events. The project has entailed
extensive research collaboration with Japanese universities, especially at Kyoto Seika arts university.
Additionally, Professor Stephen Barber plans a book about Japanese urban, film and performance
culture of the period 1964-70. Again, this project is intended to result in scholarly and public events aswell as a major book publication.
Examples of other recent Japanese Studies research in the field of visual arts, resulting in exhibitions
and publications and instigated by Kingston University researchers, include the exhibition and book
'Anti-Academy' on Japanese art schools of the 1960s, organised by Yoshiko Shimada and Alice
Maude-Roxby (Dr Maude-Roxby has now moved to Falmouth University).

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Additionally, research collaborations are ongoing with scholars in the USA who are active researchersof Japanese arts, such as Professor William Marotti of the University of Los Angeles and ProfessorPeter Eckersall of City University New York.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, fairly advantageous
WHY?
Japanese language courses, undertaken especially prior to advanced research projects such as PhD
study, would be valuable and a distinct advantage for students in programmes relating to Japaneseart (but as specified, there are no specific programmes in Japanese Studies in the Faculty of Art,
Design and Architecture.)
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Sociology, Art, Film
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Sociology, Art, Film
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We would like to improve and enhance collaborative initiatives between ourselves and Japanese
researchers/ postgraduate students.
PROBLEMS
The only specific problem is having the necessary time and resources needed to develop long-term
networks and infrastructures of active collaboration with Japanese scholars, to be manifested inpublications, scholarly and public events, and joint initiatives, along with the time and resources topursue research integral to such initiatives.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
To support the establishment and development of ongoing alliances between UK and Irish
researchers in the field of Japanese Studies and their counterparts in Japan; to support UK and Irish
postgraduate students who wish to undertake primary research in Japan as part of their studies; toprovide a public forum for the dissemination of original research developed in collaboration between
UK and Irish researchers and their counterparts in Japan.
USP
The particular focus (in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture) is on Japanese art, film,
performance, design and architecture of the period from the 1960s to the contemporary moment,
presented to students in original ways by staff who are active researchers with a close engagementwith publishing and exhibiting work relating to Japanese cultures. Many students at bothundergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Faculty are from Japan, and respond positively andproductively to that engagement.

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KING’S COLLEGE LONDONBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Department of War Studies
Japanese Language courses offered inModern Language Centre, faculty of Arts andHumanities
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Department of War Studies: Prof Theo Farrell
Director of the Modern Language Centre: Dr
Ana Maria Sousa Aguiar de Medeiros
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Department of War Studies:th
6 Floor, Strand Campus, WC2R 2 LS
Modern Language Centre:
King’s College London
170 Strand
LondonWC2R 2LSSCHOOL WEBSITE
Department of War Studies:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstu
dies/index.aspx
Modern Language Centre:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/index.
aspx
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Department of War Studies:BA3: War and Strategy in East Asia, 18391989
MA: East Asian Security

The Modern Language Centre offers
accredited language courses for both
Undergraduate and Postgraduate students.
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Department of War Studies: None
Modern Language Centre: Students areassessed before enrolling in assessed courses
by one of the Japanese teachers at the MLC.
Depending on their previous knowledge of thelanguage they are assigned to different
classes. For beginner classes no previous
experience of the language is necessary.
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Department of War Studies: 1:17 (both BA andMA levels – max seminar classes)
Modern Language Centre: The minimum
number of students per class is 8 in assessed
module courses and the maximum is 20.
Concerning evening courses, the minimum
number of students is 6 and the maximum is
16.
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Alessio Patalano, Department of War
Studies
Dr Hongfen Zhou
Team Leader for Cantonese, Japanese,
Korean and Mandarin, Modern Language
CentreCOURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Department of War Studies:
Brief Description: War & Strategy in East Asia
War shaped East Asia’s modern history and defined its emergence in the international system. Sinceththe first half of the 19 century, for one hundred and fifty years, wars of Empire, national survival, civil
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wars, and total wars, oversaw the emergence of the region’s main modern state actors, their security
agendas, and their key political figures. The module aims to examine such transformation through theconflicts that defined Northeast Asian security from the first Opium war to the end of the Cold War. It
explores through a series of case studies core issues that affected (and continue to affect) the region,
including:
1. the European encroachment in China and the collapse of the Chinese Empire;
2. the role of the samurai class in the transformation of Japan;
3. the Meiji restoration and the establishment of modern armed forces in Japan;
4. the First Sino-Japanese War, 1894-95;
5. the Russo-Japanese War and the rise of Japanese Empire;
6. the Japanese expansion in China in the 1930s;
7. the Pacific War and the emergence of the United States as the main regional power;
8. the consolidation of the Chinese Communist Party in China and of the Kuomintang in Taiwan;
9. the impact of the Cold War on Japanese security;
10. the historical origins of maritime territorial disputes in the East China Sea.
Teaching Arrangements
The module is highly interactive to favour a critical understanding of how the history of war in East
Asia is connected to contemporary regional security. The module is taught by a combination of 2hrs
lectures, a 2hr visit to the British Museum, 2hrs seminars with students’ presentations, a 3hr film
screening, some guest lectures, and a final group workshop.
Assessment Method
The module is assessed as follow:
10% Class Contribution;
45% 1 x 3,000 word Essay;
45% 1 x 5,000 Workshop Group Project.
Class Contribution:
This part of the assessment will focus on three items, regular attendance,
participation to class discussions based on a critical reading of the weekly
compulsory bibliography, and the quality of the presentation(s).
Group Project: Members belonging to the same group will receive all the same mark. It is therefore
recommended that you seek to organise your group at an early stage of the module to maximise eachmember’s contribution
Modern Language Centre:
The Modern Language Centre offers assessed modules for Undergraduate students, which can betakes as part of a degree programme.
Depending on students’ previous knowledge of Japanese, they can enrol in different Stages.
The courses we offer are from Stage 1 (complete beginners) to Stage 5 (advanced).
You can find detailed information on each course by following the links below:
Stage 1:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/study/modules/descrip/japanese/Japanese_Stage_1_syllabu
s_1516.pdf
Stage 2:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/study/modules/descrip/japanese/Japanese_Stage_2_syllabu
s_1516.pdf
Stage 3:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/study/modules/descrip/japanese/Japanese_Stage_3_syllabu
s_1516.pdf
Stage 4:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/study/modules/descrip/japanese/Japanese_Stage_3_syllabu
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Stage 5:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/study/modules/descrip/japanese/Japanese_Stage_5_syllabu
s_1516.pdf
All courses are taught following a communicative approach, the language is dealt with in social
situations and students are encouraged to participate as much as possible.
The assessment is constituted by an oral and a written examination. Details of each examination
depend on the stage of study and can be found at the links above.
STUDY ABROAD
The SA (Study Abroad) programme at War Studies is embedded in the King’s College London SA
experience. As of 2015-16, students can go to Keio University (Tokyo), and they can apply for a
recently initiated ‘Three Campuses Initiative’ – a SA experience that includes three months spent at
Keio, three months at Yonsei University (Korea), and three months at Honk Kong University (China).
SA is only available as a 1-year option.
For more information: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/abroad/discover/index.aspx
POSTGRADUATE
Department of War Studies:
Brief Description: East Asian Security
East Asia is at the centre of a major military transformation. Regional actors are modernising theirarsenals, paying increasing attention to the use of maritime forces as tools of statecraft. The sea isthe main structural feature that connects the region and the module analyses how seapower isaffecting changes in regional security. It further explains how maritime issues are an expression ofwider political, economic, and historical processes that underscore the region’s growing strategic
influence on a global scale. The module tests the issues and challenges for regional security
unfolding from the maritime realm against a series of core cases, including:
1. The US rebalancing to East Asia and the US-Japan Alliance;
2. China’s military modernisation;
3. Japan’s defence posture transformation;
4. Territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas;
5. Indo-Japanese maritime competition in the Indian Ocean;
6. Japan-NATO security relations in the anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast;
7. Cross-Straits relations;
8. Stability in the Korean peninsula.
The module is highly interactive and includes a visit to the Asian collections of the British Museum,and a film screening session.
Assessment
This module will be assessed as follow:
 Class participation (10%);
 Two 4,000-word essays (45% each);Students will be required to actively contribute to class discussions and to write 2 assessed essays of
4,000 words. Each essay will count for 45% of the final grade. Essays may answer the seminarquestions of the presentations, but students are encouraged to develop their own essay questions
and to see Dr Patalano to discuss topics and bibliography.
Teaching Arrangements
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The module will be taught by a combination of lectures, guest-lectures, group discussions, andstudents’ presentations (15 minutes). It is important to stress that the module is highly interactive tofavour a critical understanding of how history and politics in East Asia are connected to contemporary
regional security. For this reason, it includes also a guided visit to the Asian collections of the British
Museum, and a film screening session of a recent East Asian film production focusing on a theme
relevant to the module. Leading experts and practitioners will deliver the guest lectures to further
enhance students’ understanding of the significance of East Asian security to current policy work.
As mentioned, Postgraduate students can take a language module as part of their studies.
The modules available to Postgraduate students are exactly the same as those for Undergraduates.
Modern Language Centre:
As mentioned, Postgraduate students can take a language module as part of their studies.
The modules available to Postgraduate students are exactly the same as those for Undergraduates.
Postgraduate students are also assessed by taking an oral and written examination. In addition to thisthey are asked to write an essay in Applied Linguistics on a topic of their interest, non-necessarily
connected to the Japanese language or culture. The essay constitutes 30% of the final mark.
Further information can be found on the courses’ syllabi, linked above.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESSTwo Students:
Gordon Jones: ‘Japan Nuclear Nexus: The Impact of Iran-Japan relations on Japanese Nuclear
Policy’;Richard Coxford: ‘The role and impact of the 1963 naval visit to the UK in the Anglo-Japanesereconciliation process’.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Full Time: Dr Alessio Patalano (Lecturing and Research)
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/people/lecturers/patalano.aspx
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Full Time: Dr Mayumi Hayashi (Research) – Institute of Gereontology
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/sshm/geront/people/academic/Hayashi.aspx
The Japanese teaching body at the Modern Language Centre is made up of 5 language teachers; allof them are native Japanese speakers and hold a PG qualification as language teachers.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
The Maughan Library contains a variety of books on the wars that Japan participated in. In addition,
the library archives possess a collection of British foreign policy – some including relations with Japan,
and it has digital access to the National Security Archive in the US, including a specific collection on
US-Japan relations.
The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives includes documents relevant to the study of Japanesemilitary history:
http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/
The Modern Language Centre has a Learning Resources Centre, where students can access avariety of resources, including books, DVDs, magazines and newspapers and TV channels as well as
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FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Aoyama Gakuin University: Link with Prof AOI Chiyuki on two projects, the first dealing with AngloJapanese military relations (2009-2012); the second concerning a postdoctoral research on JapaneseCold War submarine warfare (2009);
Keio University: Link with Prof HOSOYA Yuichi regarding a Japan-NATO maritime security project(2015-2016);
National Institute for Defence Studies: Link with Dr TSURUOKA Michito regarding a Japan-NATO
maritime security project (2015-2016);
Japan Maritime Staff and Command College: link with research and education divisions regarding
Japanese maritime strategy.
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESA student-led Japanese Society is currently active at King’s College London.
The society does not have a dedicated web-site, but details of its initiatives and events can be foundon its Facebook page:
http://www.kclsu.org/organisation/Japanese/JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
No
FUTURE PLANS
Current plans for the Department of War Studies include:
1. Hiring of a post-doctoral fellow to conduct research on Japanese security and increaseteaching capacity;
2. Establishment of a Japan in International Security specialism for the BA3 in International
Relations;
3. Development of a MA online option on East Asian Security;
Development of a BA2 regional specialism on history and strategy in Japan and East Asia.
The Modern Language Centre is constantly welcoming new ideas for further courses to be taught
within our existing programmes as well as for extending our partnerships with client institutions.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Department of War Studies: Yes, fairly advantageous
Modern Language Centre: Neutral
WHY?
Department of War Studies: In relation to the planned expansion, language proficiency will not
represent a preliminary requirement. However, language study will offer a significant advantage interms of access to primary language resources and engagement in Japan.
Modern Language Centre: As we offer courses from beginner to advanced levels, we cannot give aclear-cut answer to the question above.

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COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Medicine
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, the Japanese
Language
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
Department of War Studies:King’s College London is a centre of excellence in the fields of international security, military history
and strategic studies and possesses a specialised military archive with a considerable amount ofprimary resources, notably a number of diaries and oral histories.
If I had the resources, I would like to improve for Japan studies by launching a programme of oral
histories of the post-war era, focusing on civilian and uniformed personnel who contributed to shape
Japanese defence and security policy since the 1950s.
In addition, I would like to develop a stronger partnership with specialised archives in Japan, notably
the military research centre at National Institute for Defence Studies, and the archive of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs.
Finally, I would like to work with the King’s language centre to develop a language programme thatwould be to specific benefit to our students seeking to deepen the study of Japanese history andstrategy.
Modern Language Centre:
Depending on students’ demand, we will be happy to improve the provision of Japanese courses.
PROBLEMS
Department of War Studies:
There is no problem, except for the fact that my institution is not an area studies university, andtherefore offers only limited provisions to acquire, develop, and maintain language skills.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Department of War Studies:
By nurturing a widen horizon of disciplinary approaches to the study of Japan and by seeking to reachout to an audience that has no natural possibility to learn about the importance of Japan in thedevelopment of the modern world. This could be achieved in two key ways:
a. By expanding teaching capacity in non-area studies universities;
b. By supporting intellectual exchanges that facilitate the understanding of the role of Japan ininternational relations/security/ and diplomacy.
c.
Modern Language Centre:
Valuable support could be offered in relation to teacher training and continuous professional
development.
Social and cultural events could be organized in different institutions in order to disseminate theactivities of the Japan Foundation.
Also, it would be ideal to have a system of scholarships to send students to Japan for a period ofstudy abroad.

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USP
Department of War Studies:King’s College London is the only university in Europe that offers a systematic and multidisciplinary
approach to the study of conflict and security in historical and contemporary terms. As a result, it is
the only institution where the study of Japan is not conducted in isolation, but in relation of the wider
role and significance of Japan’s contribution in the development and transformation of international
relations, strategy, diplomacy, and security.
Modern Language Centre:
Students who choose to study Japanese have a strong interest in the language and the culture of thecountry. Often they are interest in travelling to Japan for leisure or academic reasons.

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LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Liverpool Screen School
This School is leading the research andteaching relating to Japan’s culture andinternational relations within the context ofEast Asian studies. Whilst we do not offer
specific undergraduate and postgraduate
programmes on Japan, Japan-related topics
are taught within the academic disciplines ofInternational Relations and International
Journalism. Japan’s identity discourse andinternational relations figure prominently in the
East Asian Security and Peace Project basedin the School. Other Schools within theuniversity offer teaching on various Japanrelated subjects such as History and History of
Art.
HEAD OF SCHOOLDr Rachel McLean
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Liverpool John Moores University
Redmonds Building
Brownlow Hill
Liverpool L3 5UG
United Kingdom
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
0151 231 4836

SCHOOL WEBSITE
https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/aboutus/faculties/faculty-of-arts-professional-andsocial-studies/liverpool-screen-school
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
R.Y.LI@ljmu.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFEREDInternational Relations/International
Journalism
History
History of Art
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Undergraduate courses: 240 - 280 UCAS
pointsPostgraduate courses: 2.1 Undergraduate
Honours Degrees
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Information not available
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Rex Li

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Key Modules:
Contemporary International Relations (International Relations in East Asia)
Global Issues (Economic and Security Issues in East Asia)
Japan since 1868
History of Art (Contemporary Japanese Art and Culture)
Teaching Methods:
Lectures, seminars and workshops
Assessment Methods:
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Examination, essays and research projects
Selected Textbooks Used:
Huffman, James L. (2010) Japan in World History
Iokibe, Makoto (2011) The Diplomatic History of Postwar Japan
Hayes, Louis D. (2009) Introduction to Japanese Politics
Stockwin, J.A.A. (2008) Governing Japan: Divided Politics in a Resurgent Economy
Haddad, Mary A. (2012) Building Democracy in Japan
Drifte, R. (1996) Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 1990s: from Economic Superpower to what Power?
Hook, Glenn D. (2001) Japan’s International Relations: Politics, Economics and Security
Dent, Christopher M. (2010) China, Japan and Regional Leadership in East Asia
Starrs, Roy (2011) Modernism and Japanese Culture
Lambourne, Lionel (2005) Japonisme: Cultural Crossings between Japan and the WestSTUDY ABROAD
N/APOSTGRADUATEInternational Relations/International Journalism
These courses cover a range of topics in international relations, including the following:
Japan’s economic development
Japan’s changing security role in East Asia
Japan in the post-Cold War worldJAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESSPhD in progress: ‘Japanese Art and Gender: Representations of Gender Identity and Stereotypes inJapanese Art of the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868)’
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Rex Li, Reader in International Relations and Project Director of East Asian Security and Peace
Project, Liverpool Screen School
Professor Nick White, Professor of Imperial and Commonwealth History, School of Humanities andSocial Science
Dr Emma Roberts, Programme Leader of History of Art, Liverpool School of Art and Design
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
As Japanese language courses are no longer offered by our university, we do not acquire newmaterials in this area. However, we have a good collection of Japan-related resources (including overa thousand books and dozens of E-journals) in various subject areas, such as History, Politics,
International Relations, Media, Art and Drama. Sheena Streather is the librarian responsible forJapan-related books.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESOsaka University – Research link
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JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
We have a strong interest in developing research and teaching in Japan’s culture and international
relations, particularly its changing role in East Asian and international affairs. Japan is a major
research focus in the East Asian Security and Peace Project supported by the University and theSwedish foundation Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Future plans include further development ofcollaborative research projects with Japanese, Asian and European scholars on the role of culture
and identity in shaping Japan’s foreign relations. It is hoped that the number of PhD students working
in this area will increase through the University’s scheme of postgraduate research scholarships.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
WHY?
Japanese language is not required for applications for Japan-related programmes at our university.

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LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND
POLITICAL SCIENCE
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
N/A Japan related courses are taught indifferent parts of the School
SCHOOL ADDRESSLSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

SCHOOL TELEPHONE
020-7405-7686 (LSE Main Switchboard)
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.lse.ac.uk/home.aspx
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Japan-related language and non-language
courses are indicated below

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Japan related courses are taught within the Department of Economic History and the Department ofInternational History. Courses available for the period 2014/15 and 2015/16 are as follows:
EH325 Issues in Japanese Economic Development: Late Industrialisation, Imperialism and High
Speed Growth – third year undergraduate special subject in Economic History, full year course taught
as weekly seminar, assessed by a combination of assessed essay and unseen examination.
nd
HY235 Modernity and the State in East Asia: China, Japan and Korea since 1840 – 2 year
undergraduate course in International History, full year with lectures and classes, assessed byunseen examination.
At the LSE Language Centre, a range of Japanese language courses are offered as extra curriculum
for undergraduate, postgraduate, staff and members of public. Currently four levels are offered.
These courses are assessed and passed students will be awarded a certificate. All courses are taught
2 hours on a weekly basis for 20 weeks. The assessment includes continuous assessment (50%),
oral exam (30%) and written exam (20%).
Those course modules are:
LN764 Japanese: Level One (Standard)
LN766 Japanese: Level One (Fast Track)
LN768 Japanese: Level Two (Fast Track)
LN769 Japanese: Level Three (Fast Track)
LN810 Japanese: Level Four (Standard)
LN813 Japanese: Level Four (Media and Culture) – this course was introduced in 2014/2015 and wasdeveloped with funding from Japan Foundation.
Further course information can be found here:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/language/ModernForeignLanguages/Certificate/HowtoRegister.aspx
STUDY ABROAD
From Summer 2016, LSE students will have the opportunity to do:
1. An intensive 3 week or 6 week language courses at Waseda University, Tokyo;

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2. 3 weeks Japanese Studies taught in English with a social science focus at Keio University,
Tokyo; discussions on ‘Thesis writing @Keio’ have been carried out.
Further links are building up with Kyoto and Osaka.
POSTGRADUATE
EH423 Japan and Korea as Developing Economies – half-unit MSc course in Economic History,taught through combination of lectures and seminars over one term. Assessment by unseen
examination.
HY461 East Asia in the Age of Imperialism, 1839-1945 – full-year MSc course, taught throughlectures and seminars. Assessed essay and unseen examination.
The language courses mentioned previously are open to postgraduate students too.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESSIn Economic History:
Sumiyo Nishizaki – ‘Migration back to Japan: Economic experiences of Japanese repatriates, 19451956’
Yuhua Chen – ‘British Perceptions of Japan’s Economy, 1952-1972: Bilateral Trade and Competitionin East and Southeast Asia’
In International History:
Scott Gilfillan – ‘Convenient Imperialism: Britain and France in Tokugawa Japan, 1858-1869’
Cornelius Heere – ‘The British Empire and the Challenge of Japan, 1904-1911’
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESN/ASTAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor Janet Hunter, Department of Economic History
Dr. Antony Best, Department of International History
Professor Ian Nish, Emeritus Professor, Suntory Toyota Centre for Economics and Related
Disciplines (STICERD)
Dr. Mitchell Sedgwick, Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology
Dr Catherine Xiang, Language Coordinator for East Asian Languages
Ms Nobuko Leslie, Japanese teacher (part-time)
Ms Yoko Aldous, Japanese teacher (part-time)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
N/A The British Library of Economic and Political Science at LSE does not hold resources in theJapanese language (researchers make use of SOAS and other University of London resources).
Japan-related resources in English and European languages are included in the general collection.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESThe Economic History Department has a PhD student exchange agreement with the University of
Tokyo
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The LSE MPA programme is partnered with the Public Affairs Programme at the University of Tokyo
There is an annual LSE-Hitotsubashi lecture series.
Other LSE faculty have individual relationships with faculty at Japanese Universities, eg. Professor
Christopher Hughes (International Relations) with Waseda University.
Student language exchange links with Waseda and Keio.
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESThe LSE Students Union has a Japan Society.
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
Relations with Japanese institutions are kept under review, and we have been in discussion withJapanese institutions about the prospects for future collaboration.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, very advantageous
WHY?
Even though currently we don’t offer Japanese Studies at LSE, previous experience of Japanese
language study will no doubt contribute to better understanding of Japanese society and culture. It
will also enable further research on Japan at graduate level.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, Anthropology
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, the Japanese Language
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISIONAs indicated above, there are many disciplinary areas at LSE in which there is no Japan-related
research, so filling gaps of this kind might be helped if resources were to be available.
PROBLEMS
N/A
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THATFUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Ongoing contact and support. Obviously resources are helpful, but such resources are likely to belimited.
USP
The embedding of work on Japan within a strong disciplinary and comparative context.
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LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Business and Economics
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Stewart Robinson (Acting Dean)SCHOOL ADDRESS
School of Business and Economics,
Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11
3TU
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
01509 223288

SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sbe/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
sbereception@lboro.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED(1) The Asia-Pacific in Global Politics; and (2)Exploring Political Risks in the Asia-Pacific andthe Emerging Markets
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Taku Tamaki

STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Taku Tamaki, Lecturer in International Relations.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES:
There are a limited number of resources in the library relating to Japanese Studies.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES:Taku Tamaki: Research Fellow, Institute of Asian Cultural Studies, International Christian University,
Tokyo.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
WHY?
Loughborough currently does not have Japanese Studies course.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, the Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, History, the Japanese Language

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
Given the institutional preferences at Loughborough, a realistic starting point would be to: (1) enhancelibrary sources; and (2) to be informed about Japan-related events that students from universities like
Loughborough could enjoy, and even participate in.
PROBLEMS
Given that we do not have a critical mass of Japanese Studies, we do not have a "problem" as such.
However, there is always the challenge of how to increase "visibility" of Japanese- and Japan-related
Studies in institution like ours.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Perhaps to act as an intermediary between universities in the UK with their Japanese counterparts.
USP
Given my current research interest in the Cool Japan Initiative, it is the potentials for Soft Power, v.v.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Humanities, Department of History
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Dr. Ross Balzaretti
SCHOOL ADDRESS
University of Nottingham, University Park,
Nottingham, NG7 2RD
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
T: +44 (0)115 951 5843 (Enquiries)
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/about/abo
ut.aspx
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Special Subject Level 3 Japan and the AsiaPacific War: Conflict, Aftermath and Memory.

Cities, Factories and Cultural Living: Interwar
Japan is a ‘split module’ which recruits bothsecond year and third year students,
Tokugawa World Level 2 option
Samurai Revolution: Reinventing Japan 18531878 special subject.
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Open to all single hons and dual hons students
in History
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
c. 1:40PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Dr. Susan Townsend; Dr Andrew Cobbing

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Special Subject Level 3:
Japan and the Asia-Pacific War: Conflict, Aftermath and Memory andSamurai Revolution: Reinventing Japan 1853-1878. Assessment methods: Essay (3,000 words);
Examination (3hrs): Primary source (gobbet) exercise and assessed seminar.
Year two and three options:
Cities, Factories and Cultural Living: Interwar Japan
Tokugawa World
Assessed by essay (3,000 words) and examination (2 hrs)
Dissertation: 10,000 words
STUDY ABROAD
Exchanges to U21 and to our campus in Ningbo (China).
POSTGRADUATE
Japanese history seminar contributions on the following MAs;
Empires and Imperialism from the Age of Exploration to Decolonisationand on (Mis)Perceptions of the Other: From Savages and Barbarians to the Exotic and Erotic.

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JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
None
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Susan Townsend, Associate Professor, Department of History:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/sue.townsend
Dr Andrew Cobbing, Associate Professor, Department of History:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/history/people/andrew.cobbing

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NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESE STUDIESArts and Humanities
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Murray PrattSCHOOL ADDRESS
Burton Street, Nottingham
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
44 (0) 115 941 8418
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
University Language Programme
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES
From ab-initio
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES
1-70
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
Takanori Funamoto
COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
University Language Programme where Japanese is one of the elective modules
STUDY ABROAD
N/APOSTGRADUATE
N/AJAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESSN/A
FURTHER INFORMATIONJAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESJapan Society155

IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY:
The Japanese Language
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at all

x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

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UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Languages and Area Studies(SLAS)HEAD OF SCHOOLDr Ann Matear
SCHOOL ADDRESSPark Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth
PO1 2DZSCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
slas.enquiries@port.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Japanese General Language Grade 1 and 2(IWLP)ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
As specified by the student’s home department.

SCHOOL TELEPHONE+44 (0)23 9284 6060

TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1-20 (Grade 1)

SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.port.ac.uk/school-of-languagesand-area-studies/PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Akiko Sakamoto

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Japanese is offered as a 20 credit yearly unit and as a course for interest. All courses are 2 hours per
week for 24 weeks over 2 teaching blocks.
Classes cover the reading, writing, listening and speaking skills to deal with everyday situations. Mostclasses are taught in the evening so that it is easy for the students to find a class to suit theirtimetables.
STUDY ABROAD
N/APOSTGRADUATE
Japanese is one of the language options on MA Translation Studies.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
N/A
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Akiko Sakamoto: Lecturer in Translation Studies and Japanese Language
Dr Stephen Crabbe: Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Translation (Japanese to English)
Ms Hanae Hamano: Part-time tutor of Japanese Language

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STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor Barry Smart: School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies (Sociology and Social Theory).
A visiting professor at the Department of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University (1992) and Faculty ofComparative Culture, Sophia University (1994))
Dr Richard Teeuw : School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (Research collaboration with Dr
Aiko Sakurai of Tohoku University, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, with regard to
Disaster Risk Reduction education)
Dr Alexis Stenfors: Portsmouth Business School (Japanese finance and economic systems)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCESThe University library holds around 1000 Japan-related print books and 1000 on-line items (including
e-journals and e-books).
Subject librarian: Anne Worden
023 9284 3243
anne.worden@port.ac.uk
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Kokushikan University (general cooperation arrangement)
Nagoya University of Foreign Studies (student exchange arrangement with this University andPortsmouth Business School)
Nagasaki University (University of Portsmouth provides teacher training programmes at this
University)
Kyoto University Research link with our Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation through academics
including:Professor David Wands: Visiting professor at Kyoto University in 2010 as an awardee of the DaiwaAdrian prize for UK-Japan scientific collaboration
Dr Kazuya Koyama: Principal Investigator of a Royal Society International Joint Project with the
Yukawa Institute at Kyoto University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESJapan Society at the Student Union
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
University of Portsmouth will continue to provide Japanese at Grade 1 and Grade 2 levels on theInstitution-Wide Language Programme, and also on the MA Translation Studies.

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IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
No
WHY?
Applicants for Grade 1 Japanese are not required to have any previous experience of Japanese
language.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Translation Studies
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
The Japanese Language
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
More research staff.
PROBLEMS
There are no specific problems on the language courses but Japanese is a very small part in ouroverall University provisions offering only beginners’ level classes. Every year a small number ofadvanced students express their wish for higher-level classes.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Travel grant for research trips (like the current one you offer).
Free workshops for teaching staff are helpful. I attended Prof. Koichi Nishiguchi’s workshop in 2014,
which was very useful.
USP
University of Portsmouth has a strong Faculty of Creative Industry and Japanese courses are very
popular with the students who study creative subjects such as graphic design, illustration, gamedesign, animation etc.
On the postgraduate level Japanese is offered on the MA Translation Studies course, which isprovided both in campus-based and distance-learning modes. The course is strongly professionaloriented and popular with both professional and aspiring translators.

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UNIVERSITY OF READINGBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESISLI ( International Study and Language
Institute)
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Ros Richards

SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
islc@reading.ac.uk
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED:
Institution Wide Language Programme,Japanese Level 1, Level 2 (and Level 3)

SCHOOL ADDRESSInternational Study and Language Institute
University of Reading
PO Box 218, Whiteknights
Reading,
RG6 6AAUK

ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
As specified by the student's home department.

SCHOOL TELEPHONE
44 118 378 6983

PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESMs Asako Partington (Coordinator)
Ms Kazumi Hiramatsu-Kidd ( Coordinator)

SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.reading.ac.uk/isli/

TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:15 on average

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEThe University offers Japanese language courses as part of the Institution Wide Language
Programme (IWLP). It was established to provide foreign language tuition for all members of the
University (both staff and students) in all disciplines who wish to improve their language skills foracademic or other purposes. Within the current University modular system courses are available ascredit and non-credit modules, and undergraduate and postgraduate students from every year of
study can take this module, subject to timetabling etc. Each IWLP module weighs 20 credits (1/6 ofthe total number of credits to be taken each year). The Japanese language is taught at beginners'
levels: Level 1 / Level 2, (and Level 3). Level 1 has 4 contact hours weekly, and Level 2 (and Level 3)
has 3 contact hours weekly in both the Autumn and Spring Terms. There is a week of revision classes
in the Summer Term. The main aim of the programme is to develop the ability to communicate
effectively in the target language, with particular emphasis on practical language skills. Therefore
class work involves active use of the language. Assessment is by continuous assessment of written
and listening comprehension tests during the Autumn and Spring Terms, followed by the oral and thefinal written examination during the April/May examination period. For more information, visit the
IWLP web site: http://www.reading.ac.uk/iwlp/intro.htm.
POSTGRADUATE
Postgraduate students can take the Institution-Wide Language Programme (see above). Japanrelated subjects may be studied in subject areas such as Film, Theatre & Television and Applied
Linguistics.
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STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Ms Asako Partington
MA in Japanese Literature and Linguistics (Kyoritsu Women's, Japan)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese language (Coordinator/ Tutor)
Ms Kazumi Hiramatsu-Kidd
M.A. in Applied Linguistics (Southern Illinois University, U.S.A.)
M.Ed. in E-Learning (University of Sheffield)
B.A. in English Literature ( Kobe University, Japan)
Subject Specialisation: Japanese language (Coordinator/ Tutor)
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Main Library contact: Anna BeasleyTel: 0118 378 8780
Website: www.library.rdg.ac.uk
Reading University Library holds materials related to the Japanese language, history, politics,
economics, art and so on. The Library's catalogue can be accessed online at: www.unicorn.rdg.ac.uk.
Self-Access Centre for Language Learning
There is a spacious Self-Access Centre for Language Learning in the Humanities and Social
Sciences Building. There are various language resource material, and many PC workstation.
Students can, for example, listen to the news, watch films, and work through course material. There isalso a study area for working individually or in groups.

FURTHER INFORMATIONJAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESThe Students' Union of the University of Reading has a Japanese Society and other Japan-relatedsocieties, such as Anime Society
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralCOURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Linguistics, the Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
The Japanese Language
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
Library resources (both the main Library and Self-Access Study Centre)
PROBLEMS
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Lack of Learning Resources for our students (e.g. Books, DVDs etc.)
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Teacher training/ Conferences
Funding for learning resources

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UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWSBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of History
HEAD OF SCHOOLColin Kid
SCHOOL ADDRESS
See website
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
See website
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
See Website
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
MO3335: The Japanese Empire and its
Aftermath, 1873-1952
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSESrd
3 year honours
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:11
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Konrad M. Lawson

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEThe Japanese Empire and its Aftermath, 1873-1952
This module traces the history and contradictions of Japan's empire from the first debate over how to“punish” Korea in 1873 and through to consider the early postwar aftermath of Japanese defeat in1945. We will compare Japanese colonialism in Taiwan, Korea and Okinawa to that of Western
empires, the important role of the Sino-Japanese war, and the development of nationalist and panAsian ideals.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Austin Smith
My research interests centre on regional war memory and local agency in twentieth century Japan.
My thesis will concentrate on the Tokushima region in rural Shikoku. Studying the local history ofTokushima allows themes from the Russo-Japanese War, First World War and Asia-Pacific War to beconsidered and contrasted. There will be a particular focus on the firebombing of Tokushima on July
4th, 1945 drawing on personal accounts and photographs of the event which I translated to mark theseventieth anniversary in 2015. I am also interested in opportunities to build on my MA research on
Olympic Tokyo in the run-up to Tokyo 2020.
Before coming to St Andrews I completed an undergraduate degree in History (2009) and an MA in
East Asian History (2010) at Newcastle University and spent four years in Tokushima on the Japan
Exchange and Teaching Programme.
Funded by: The Sasakawa Japanese Studies Postgraduate Studentship (2015-2016)
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/postgrad/postgraduates/austinsmith.html
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STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Konrad M. Lawson
FURTHER INFORMATIONJAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESJapan Society – President: Sara Doel <sd82@st-andrews.ac.uk>
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, very advantageous
WHY?
Currently, we do not offer regular assessed undergraduate or graduate language courses inJapanese language.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
History
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History
HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular
CultureTraditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced
at allx

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IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
Further library resources, in the form of subscriptions to databases of Japanese language materials
are needed. Support for language instruction at the university is also needed. Support for study
abroad opportunities for undergraduate students, and graduate study scholarships are also need tosupport the study of Japan.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
A willingness to support Japan related research by postgraduate students and staff, including thoseengaged in transnational research of which Japan forms a component. Support for undergraduate
students to pursue Japanese language studies during the summer, or other study abroad
opportunities would also be welcome.

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UNIVERSITY OF STIRLINGCOURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
We do not offer any dedicated courses in Japanese studies at undergraduate level although there aremodules which relate to aspects of Japan within a number of disciplines including Film and Media,
Journalism, Politics, History and Management. Where there is not a distinct module which reflects
Japan in the title, there are often aspects relating to the Japanese approach that are presented anddiscussed during lectures and seminars. Students will have the opportunity to choose Japan-related
examples for assessment or dissertation as appropriate to the areas of study.
STUDY ABROAD
We work with a number of institutions in Japan to exchange students for a semester or for a shortterm programme. These are:- Waseda University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sophia University, Akita International University,
Yamanshi Gakuin University, Rikkyo University. We require our Japanese partners to have a goodrange of programmes offered in English language as we do not offer a Japanese studies degree.
Increasingly we are also considering short term experiential opportunities and recently sent two
students to Tsukuba University for a week long summer programme in sport.
POSTGRADUATE
We have no programmes specifically in Japanese studies, but as with undergraduate programmes
there are opportunities to specialise in Japan-related topics in broader academic areas of politics,
history, film, media and Journalism, Management etc.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Information not centrally held
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Professor Paul Cairney
Dr Isaac Tabner
Professor Ian Simpson
Professor Andrew Tyler
Dr David Copplestone
Dr James Anderson
Dr Stuart Galloway
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCESThe University library houses a range of Japan-related resources relating to our academic
programmes in politics, history, literature, media & Journalism, Economics etc. The University is also
home to a donated set of books, Nihon Bijutsu Zenshu (‘Japanese Art: The Complete Works’) –essentially a history of Japanese culture.

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FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESThe University exchange partners are:Waseda University
Sophia University
Kwansei Gakuin University
Yamanashi Gakuin University
Rikkyo University
Akita International University
Double degree collaborative teaching programme in MSc TESOL with Kwansei Gakuin University.
Informal arrangements, MoU's with a number of Japanese universities for our short term English
Language programmes. This includes a number of our exchange partners plus:- Atomi University- Kanto Gakuin University- Miyazaki Municipal University- Aomori Public University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESWe have a very active Japanese language group for students which is free and supported through ourinternationalisation activity. The University also runs an annual Japan week in spring each year tocelebrate Japanese language and culture with students, staff and the wider community. There are anumber of student led clubs that including the Manga and Anime society and Aikido Club.
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
We have no immediate plans to reintroduce a formal Japanese studies programme at the University,
but are committed to continuing our engagement with Japan through informal language classes,
social and cultural activities (Japan week, Japanese art collection), and strengthening links with theJapanese consulate in Edinburgh and other Japanese businesses and organisations.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, Science/technology, Modern Popular culture,
Environment and conservation
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, Economics, Sociology, Religious Study, Modern Popular culture
IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We would like to be able to employ a dedicated academic member of staff who could help support thedevelopment of Japan-related content across a range of academic disciplines such as politics,

167journalism/media and history. We would also wish to support this development through a series ofguest lectures and visits from partners in Japan.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
The Japan Foundation can play a valuable role in providing seed funding to enable institutions toenhance and grow their Japan-related activities. From the perspective of an institution such as the
University of Stirling this would be particularly beneficial if the financial support is broader to enable
the expansion of activities and events related to our programme of Japanese cultural activities andevents. Through this awareness raising of Japanese culture, it could encourage additional interest in
engaging more widely with Japan-related events and activities in the future.
USP
The University of Stirling offers a diverse blend of Japanese cultural, educational and language
activites throughout the year that engage students, partner institutions and the local community.
FURTHER INFORMATIONThe University of Stirling is committed to growing and extending our engagement with Japan throughextending and deepening our partnerships, and growing the range and diversity of our Japan-related
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UNIVERSITY OF YORKBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL WEBSITE
www.york.ac.uk/

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Japanese levels 1-3
https://www.york.ac.uk/lfa/courses/japanese/

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
http://www.york.ac.uk/lfa/courses/japanese/
POSTGRADUATE
Japanese history
http://www.york.ac.uk/history/postgraduate/taught-ma/option-modules/japans-empire/JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Miyuki Kamiya, Linguistics
Categorisation and distribution of Japanese mimetics
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
http://www.york.ac.uk/history/staff/profiles/benesch/
http://www.york.ac.uk/tftv/postgraduate/profiles/maxine-gee/
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/cws/staff/stevijackson.htm
http://www.york.ac.uk/language/people/academic-research/heather-marsden/
http://www.york.ac.uk/language/people/academic-research/peter-sells/
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Tony Wilson, Library
tony.wilson@york.ac.uk
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
University-level MoU with Tohoku University http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/
The Department of Language and Linguistic Science is likely to enter into a research partnership withNINJAL: https://www.ninjal.ac.jp/english/
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, Sociology, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, the Japanese
Language

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AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Funding for language study and PG study.

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IRISH UNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORKBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Philosophy(the information provided herein pertains only
to the philosophy department, and no otherdepartment or school at University College
Cork)
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Dr. Vittorio Bufacchi
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Department of Philosophy
4 Elderwood. College Road
Cork, Ireland(no postal code)
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+353 (0)21 490 2601
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.ucc.ie/en/philosophy/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
C.Connolly@ucc.ie

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
PH3039 – Japanese Philosophy
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
Entry Requirements: HC3 in two subjects, andpasses in four other subjects at H or O level inthe Leaving Certificate from Irish, English,
another language, and three other subjects
recognised for entry purposes
Entry Points: 2015: 350. Points may vary fromyear to year.
(These requirements are for philosophy ingeneral. They are not particular to JapanesePhilosophy)
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:25 (approx.)PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr. Adam Loughnane

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
nd rdPresently the only course offered at the undergraduate level is a cross-listed 2 /3 year module on
Japanese Philosophy.
Module Title: PH3039 Japanese Philosophy
Course Structure: The course introduces students to the main precursors to Japanese philosophy(Dōgen, Kūkai) and focuses primarily on the two most important philosophers of the “Kyoto School” ofJapanese Philosophy: Nishida Kitarō and Keiji Nishitani.
In this module we focus on Japanese metaphysics, epistemology, history, culture, as well asJapanese aesthetic practices and theory of painting, calligraphy, cinema and dry landscape garden.
Assessment Methods: 2500 word essay, class examination
STUDY ABROAD
The philosophy department does not currently have a Study Abroad programme.

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POSTGRADUATE
There are currently no post-graduate courses focusing on Japan-related curriculum. However, thecourses below, which all contained Japan-related content had been offered for the previous 5-6 years,
and could be offered again if the department receives staff-expansion funding.
PH6022: Philosophy of Nature East and WestPH6021: East-Asian Aesthetics
PH6045: Philosophy of Death and Dying
PH6018: East-West Comparative Negative Ethics
PH6036: Philosophy and Film
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
Rudi Capra
Thomas Parry Rhydwen
Lucy Weir
Cian Whelan
Declan Synott
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Dr. Adam Loughnane
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Dr. Till Weingartner
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Adam Loughane is in charge of Japanese Philosophy related acquisitions for the Irish Institute ofJapanese Philosophy (IIJS).
The IIJS received a Japan Foundation grant for increasing holdings in Japanese Philosophy. These
are under the management of the library.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES
Through the Irish Institute for Japanese Studies un-official links have been established with faculty
members (several of whom attended the launch of the IIJS) at Tokyo University, Kyoto University andKobe University.
The IIJS also has official links with the best departments for the Study of Japanese Philosophy inEurope. Three major scholars in northern Europe have agreed to be adjunct faculty at the IIJS:
Professor Rein Raud, the Rector of Tallinn University in Estonia (an expert on Heian period literatureand philosophy), Professor Rolf Elberfeld at Hildesheim University in Germany (an expert on Zen andKyoto School thought), and Dr. David Williams at the Japanese Study Centre of Cardiff University inWales (an expert in modern
Japanese history and politics).
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESUCC Japanese Society

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JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
The Irish Institute for Japanese Studies
FUTURE PLANS
If the philosophy department / Irish Institute for Japanese Studies can receive funding for staff
expansion, we will be able to continue to offer the undergraduate PH3039 Japanese Philosophy
module, while also re-instating 2 graduate level modules including one in Japanese Aesthetics, andan advanced course in Issues in Japanese Philosophy, where we will focus on more advanced
themes introduced in the undergraduate module.
Additionally, by having a faculty member with a specialization in Japanese Philosophy on staff in thephilosophy department, Japan-related curriculum can be incorporated into a number of courses.
Presently Dr. Adam Loughnane is incorporating Japan-related curriculum in several modules not
specifically labelled as such, including: Aesthetics, Continental Philosophy, and Political Philosophy.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, fairly advantageous
WHY?
While Japanese language skills would be helpful, they are not necessary for the undergraduate
modules. For graduate students taking 6000-level modules, or writing dissertations, Japanese
language skills would be advantageous.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Literature, Art, Religious Study, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, Scienceand Technology, The Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Literature, Art, Religious Study, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture,
Science and Technology

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular Culture
Traditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced at
all
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
Before we are able to improve the provision of Japan-related studies in the philosophy department wemust find external staff-expansion funding to ensure that we can continue to offer modules inJapanese philosophy.
If we can find the funding to sustain our programme, we would improve provisions by offering
additional modules, as well as by incorporating Japan-related curriculum into existing modules that do
not have an explicit Japanese focus.
PROBLEMS
Our primary difficulty is a lack of funding to pay for a permanent full-time staff member to researchand lecture in Japanese Philosophy.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
It is our belief that it is essential that there are institutions offering university level courses and doing
scholarly research specifically in Japanese Philosophy in Ireland. Whereas there are several
institutions offering modules in Asian Studies, there are presently none in Ireland that offer courses inJapanese Philosophy. If UCC is not able to continue with the strong programme it has established
beginning 7 years ago with the hire of Professor Graham Parkes, it could mean that students studying
in Ireland do not have any options for studying Japanese Philosophy. Nor will there be any Japanrelated philosophy research being carried out.
USP
Our unique selling point is that we are the only department in Ireland offering modules in JapanesePhilosophy. Nowhere else can students be exposed to and learn from the most basic principles theyrequire for having a true understanding of Japanese history, religion, art, culture, politics andJapanese identity.
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The UCC philosophy department possesses a great strength in terms of teaching JapanesePhilosophy because of the interdisciplinary possibilities with present staff. Adam Loughnane
specializes in Japanese aesthetic philosophy, and philosophy of both visual and literary arts. Becauseof this focus, aesthetics classes in philosophy have the great advantage of attracting students fromliterature and art history who are interested in learning the amazingly rich Japanese visual and literary
aesthetic traditions.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENTS UNDERTAKING JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES OR JAPAN-RELATEDCOURSES

Masters
PhD

2010-117
3

2011-1215
4

2012-1317
8

2013-1412
8

2014-1510
7

2015-16?
?

2015-16 figures will depend on whether we are able to hire faculty to teach graduate modules inJapanese Philosophy The information provided in this survey pertains only to the Department of
Philosophy at University College Cork.
IN YOUR OPINION, HAVE THE RECENT RISES IN TUITION FEES FOR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ENGLAND AND W ALES HAD AN EFFECT ON THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
We have found that increased tuition fees, and decreased funding for students in Ireland has resulted
in a decline in enrolment in graduate programmes.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Including University classes and extra-curricular clubs and events, Cork is quite possibly the place in
Ireland with the highest per-capita interest in Japan. There have been numerous and a growing
amount of Japan-related clubs, teams, events and classes over recent years. There has been an
active Kendo club in the city for many years, and for the last decade the Cork Artists' Collective has
been engaged in artistic exchanges with artists at the Kanazawa College of Art and the Sozo-Engine
group in Tokyo. A performance of Shinnai Joruri by Tsuruga Wakasanojo XI at UCC in 2009 attracted
over 220 people, and the Japanese Film Festival, sponsored by the Japanese Embassy in Dublin, will
be enthusiastically received for the seventh year running in 2016. There is a great level of interest inJapan on the part of undergraduate students at UCC-in part because five schools in County Cork areresponsible for over 200 students per year taking Japanese language courses as part of their Leaving
Certificate Examinations. We believe that it is essential that at the center of all of this cultural activity
that there is an institution devoted to offering university level education in the philosophic aspects ofJapan and Japanese culture.

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Applied Social Science (renamed
Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice,from Sept. 2015)

SCHOOL TELEPHONE+353-(0)1 716 8472 (direct - Dr Kodate)

HEAD OF SCHOOLDr Michelle NorrisJAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Comparing European and Asian WelfareStates (In School of Politics and International
Relations: Politics in East Asia, given by Dr
Alex Dukalskis)

SCHOOL ADDRESS
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington Building, Belfield,
Dublin 4, Ireland
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.ucd.ie/appsocsc/index.html

SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
naonori.kodate@ucd.ie

PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Naonori Kodate

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
None exists at the moment - some academics are trying to create 'structured electives' (a cluster ofmodules) related to Asia in Social Sciences, to explore and expand the possibilities of highlighting
both historical and contemporary social issues in Japan through our Bachelor/Masters programmes.
STUDY ABROAD
Exchange programmes (one year for our 3rd year students), across university. Partners: Waseda(Universitas21), Keio, Univ. of Tokyo, and Kyoto U. At Master's level, Hokkaido University andDoshisha University, Kyoto have now partnerships with our Public Policy programme.
POSTGRADUATE
None exists at the moment. In my own module, Comparing Healthcare Systems, I focus on Japan insome lectures.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESSI am not supervising anyone whose PhD research topic covers Japan at the moment. In School of
Politics and International Relations, I am aware one PhD student (who has a very good command ofJapanese) is looking at Trade Partnerships in East Asia.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESN/ASTAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLSDr Naonori Kodate, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice176

Dr Declan Downey in History ('Japanese-Western Relations, 1559-Present').
http://www.ucd.ie/research/people/historyarchives/drdeclandowney/
Ms Nobuko Ijichi - Japanese Language Teacher in UCD Applied Language Centre.
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Now our Library receives and stores journals (in English): "The University of Tokyo Law and Politics
Journal" and "Journal of Public Policy" (published by Hokkaido University). Some other Japan-relatedresources can be found in Applied Language Centre.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES[1] Keio, Waseda, University of Tokyo and Kyoto -exchanges. [2] Doshisha and Hokkaido postgraduate exchanges. [3] ICU, Rikkyo, Hosei, Waseda, etc.* - language courses (summer or one
semester) * I don't have the precise information. Please contact Ms Nobuko Ijichi(nobuko.ijichi@alc.ucd.ie) or Mr Hugo O'Donnell (Director, hugo.odonnell@ucd.ie) in Applied
Language Centre. [4] Hokkaido - GI-CoRE Global Station for Zoonosis Control (GSZ) (http://gicore.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/gsz/)
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESUCD Japanese Society: http://ucdsocieties.com/societies/japanese/
The above Society is one of the two core student groups to support Experience Japan (Chairperson Mr Hugo O'Donnell, UCD Applied Language Centre / Treasurer - Naonori Kodate)https://www.facebook.com/pages/Experience-Japan/364831154258(Another core student group is from Dublin City University)
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
No, but possible development in Asia-Pacific Studies across the university, in the coming future.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Politics/International Relations, History, the Japanese Language, Social Policy

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular Culture
Traditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced at
all
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

x

PROBLEMS
No 'hub' for students who are interested in learning the language and perhaps the culture to continue
studying Japan or enter postgraduate research, including Japan as a case study. There also seems to
be interest in Japan among students (in sciences, medicine and engineering), but again, there's notmuch publicity or a 'centre' for bringing people together. Hence a very scattered and fragmented
approach.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Providing an information session (webnar?) - presenting information online about possible
opportunities to study Japan, study in Japan, and career options, etc., which highlight a variety of
specialisations (on top of 'classic' subjects such as subcultures, language, etc.). If the informationshows how to bridge the current gaps in people's professional careers (e.g. gap between those whoare studying the language and those who just drop that and go into business, medicine, etc. after
graduation), that'd be a great start...
USP
As we do not have 'Japanese Studies' in UCD, there isn't a selling point. However, as more and more
students are studying Japanese, on top of their 'main' specialisations such as medicine, vet, science,etc. if supported properly, both internally and externally, UCD could be one of the 'hubs' for fostering afuture generation of Japanophiles, providing them with an opportunity to spend some time in the
country, studying, researching or working.

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DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Applied Language and Intercultural
StudiesHEAD OF SCHOOL
Professor Dorothy KennySCHOOL ADDRESS
Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
SCHOOL TELEPHONE+353-1-700-5194
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.dcu.ie/salis/index.shtml

SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
salis.office@dcu.ie
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Applied Language and Translation studies,International Business, BA Arts
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
CAO375 (2014)
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
We have 3 full-time, 3 part time lecturers andapprox 80 students

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEAt DCU, Japanese is taught on 3 different programmes (Joint Honours, Applied Language andTranslation, and Business Studies International). Joint Honours Programme is made up combinationof two subjects out of 14 offered. We use own teaching materials using authentic texts. We use CEFR
as an indicator for levels, and assessment methods are combination of formal written examinationand performance-based courseworks.
STUDY ABROAD
Year Abroad is compulsory for Year 3 students, and they spend a year in partner universities in Japan.
POSTGRADUATE:
MA in Translation Studies and MA in Translation Technology both cover Japanese, and we have adynamic research cluster of Phd students and researchers working in the area of digital Asian studies.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
We currently have 3 students working in Japan-related areas. Topics include: - onomatopoea inJapanese manga and translation - Use of telop on Japanese TV and its reception - Disaster andtranslation
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIESDr Minako O'Hagan , Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies, expertise in Audiovisual Translation Dr
Ryoko Sasamoto, Lecturer in Japanese-Asian Studies, expertise in Linguistics (Cognitive pragmatics),

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Multimodality and affective communication Dr Niamh Kelly, lecturer in Japanese, expertise in Applied
Linguistics
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Ms Siobhan Dunne, the Subject Librarian for the School
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESExchange agreement with following universities: Takasaki City University of Economics, Kanazawa
University, Rikkyo University, Sophia University, Toyo University, Doshisha University, Ritsumeikan
University, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kobe University, (and currently in talks with Kwansei
Gakuin University)
Study Abroad agreement with Waseda University
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESJapanese Society, Anime&Manga Society
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION
JF Senior Advisor to Ministry of Education in Ireland has an office in DCU
FUTURE PLANS
Proposals are being made to expand our Postgraduate programmes for Japanese and Asian Studies
at DCU.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
We offer ab-initio level so it does not matter if students have studied Japanese prior to coming to DCU.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Sociology, Art, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, the Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Literature, Sociology, Art, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, the Japanese
Language

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular Culture
Traditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced at
all

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We would like our students to have access to wider range of authentic texts and media products
PROBLEMS
Lack of teaching hours
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
to provide teaching staff to institutes
to provide teacher training to more experienced staff
USP
Combination with other subjects, and strong linguistic skills of our graduates.

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UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICKBASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIESSchool of Modern Languages and Applied
Linguistics
HEAD OF SCHOOLDr Cinta Ramblado
SCHOOL ADDRESS
ML&AL, University of Limerick, Limerick,IrelandSCHOOL TELEPHONE+353 61 202424
SCHOOL WEBSITE
http://www.ulsites.ul.ie/mlal/
SCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
mlal@ul.ie

JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Bachelor of Business Studies with Japanese
BA Applied Languages
BA Languages and Literature
BA Joint Honours
ENTRY REQUIREMENT FOR JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
BBS with Japanese: 445 points
BA Applied Languages 425 points
BA Languages and Literature 345 points
BA Joint Honours 425 points
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1:25
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIES
Barbara Geraghty

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATE
Japanese is available on the following courses:
BA Applied Languages, BA Languages and Literature, BA Joint Honours, Bachelor of BusinessStudies with Japanese. These are all four-year courses. The BBS with Japanese includes acompulsory 6-9 month work placement; the Humanities courses include a 6 month work placement
and a 1-semester study placement. There are work placements and study abroad placements
available in Japan.
The undergraduate modules are taught through Japanese in principle and aim at developing skills in
listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as in culture. Assessment for these modules is 1015% listening, 20% speaking, 25% written exams and 40%-45% continuous assessment.
STUDY ABROAD
Study abroad is available in the first semester of third year for students on Humanities programmes in
Waseda University, Toyo University, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies and Josai University.
POSTGRADUATE
Japanese is available on the Professional Masters in Education course.
JAPAN RELATED PHDS IN PROGRESS
None at present.

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STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
2 full-time and 1 hourly-paid staff member are involved in teaching Japanese language and culture
modules. 1 of these staff does research in Japanese Studies.
STAFF WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUT JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS/SCHOOLS
Professor Bernadette Andreosso O’ Callaghan (Economics), The UL Euro Asia Centre, KemmyBusiness School;
The Materials and Surface Science Institute
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
2,007 items with ‘Japan’ in the title and 1,329 items with ‘Japanese’ in the title on the librarycatalogue; DVDs, and language-learning materials available in the Language Learning Hub.
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES:
Waseda University, Toyo University, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Josai University – allstudent exchange.
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESAnime and Manga Society (100 members), Karate Club.
JAPANESE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS/ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED AT THE
INSTITUTION:
N/A
FUTURE PLANS
Increase availability of literature modules at undergraduate level, develop postgraduate modules.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
Yes, very advantageous
WHY?
It would make study here easier for the student involved.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Economics, Literature, Linguistics, the Japanese Language, Materials Science
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
History, Literature, Modern Popular Culture, Traditional Culture, the Japanese Language

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced

Sufficiently
Resourced

Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular Culture
Traditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced at
all

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
More up-to-date resources in the areas of culture and literature would support future development inthose areas; resources in the area of Japanese language pedagogy would support teacher training
courses
PROBLEMSWith current staffing levels, adequately supporting existing and new postgraduate programmes andexpanded undergraduate literature programmes will be a problem. Work permit regulations for nonEU nationals make the recruitment of native-speaking Japanese teaching staff difficult.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Some salary support for native-speaking teachers would be helpful.
STUDENT NUMBERSSTUDENT INTAKE ON JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES COURSE - FIRST YEARMODULES

Joint Honours

2010-1137

2011-1233

2012-1345

2013-1428

2014-1532

2015-16
24

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TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN
BASIC INFORMATIONSCHOOL(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR
JAPANESE STUDIES
Trinity Centre for Asian Studies
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Prof. Lorna Carson
SCHOOL ADDRESS
Room 2012, Arts Building, Trinity College
Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
SCHOOL TELEPHONE
00 353 1 896 1560
SCHOOL WEBSITE
www.tcd.ie/AsianSCHOOL E-MAIL ADDRESS
tcas@tcd.ie
JAPAN RELATED COURSES OFFERED
Japanese language modules at A1 to A2+
common European proficiency levels.
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO IN JAPANESESTUDIES COURSES
1-12
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR JAPANESESTUDIESDr Keiko Inoue

COURSE DETAILSUNDERGRADUATEThe Japanese language programme at Trinity College has been running since 2012, and we currently
offer three levels of Japanese language and culture classes. These modules are offered as creditbearing Japanese modules within the undergraduate programme (5 ECTs) as well as extracurricular
options (not for credit). Classes employ a task-based curriculum, where students work on groupprojects designed to develop communicative skills in Japanese and to foster autonomous language
learning.
In addition to the Japanese language programme, an undergraduate module entitled "The Arts ofJapan" is offered by the School of Histories and Humanities (one term, 5 ECTs). This module
examines cultural highpoints in the arts of Japan from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries.
STUDY ABROAD
Study Abroad opportunities are available at Tokyo University, within the AIKOM Program. The AIKOM
Program, which the University of Tokyo set up for overseas students in 1995, is based at the
University of Tokyo's Komaba campus and AIKOM is short for "Abroad in Komaba". All courses in the
AIKOM Program are offered in English and no prior knowledge of the Japanese language is required.
Further Study Abroad opportunities will be available in 2016/16 at Kyoto University and Osaka
University.
STAFF AND RESOURCES
STAFF MEMBERS WHO LECTURE/CARRY OUR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE STUDIES
Prof. Lorna Carson (Linguistics, Multilingualism, Language & Migration, Language Education)

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Dr Keiko Inoue, Research Fellow & Japanese Studies Coordinator (Japanese Language Education,
Japanese culture)
Ms Ruth Starr, Part Time Lecturer in History of Japanese art and architecture
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
Japan-related resources are housed in Trinity's Copyright Library, managed by Isolde Harpur(Librarian).
FURTHER INFORMATION
LINKS WITH JAPANESE UNIVERSITIESTokyo University (MOU & SEA)
Kyoto University (MOU & SEA)
Osaka University (MOU & SEA)
Nara Institute of Science & Technology (MOU)
JAPAN SOCIETIES/CLUB ACTIVITIESThe student-run Japanese Society is an active student society with some 200 members:
http://japanese.csc.tcdlife.ie/
FUTURE PLANS
Trinity College is currently working on plans to extend its Japanese language education programme tooffer higher proficiency levels as well as to offer Japanese Studies modules within the undergraduate
curriculum.
IS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY AN ADVANTAGE FORPOTENTIAL STUDENTS W HEN APPLYING TO JAPANESE STUDIES COURSES AT YOURINSTITUTION?
NeutralWHY?
Opportunities are available for ab initio students as well as students who come equipped with priorJapanese language proficiency.
COURSE EVALUATION
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY
Art, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, the Japanese Language
AREAS OF JAPAN RELATED STUDY TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY
Art, Linguistics, Modern Popular Culture, the Japanese Language

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HOW WELL RESOURCED ARE THE FOLLOW ING AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES
Very wellresourced
Politics/International
Relations
Economics
History
Literature
Sociology
Art
Anthropology
Religious Study
Linguistics
Science/Technology
Modern Popular Culture
Traditional Culture
The Japanese
Language

Sufficiently
Resourced

NeutralInsufficiently
Resourced

Not
resourced at
all
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X

IF RESOURCES W ERE AVAILABLE HOW WOULD THE INSTITUTION IMPROVE ITSPROVISION
We would very much like to offer a greater range of language courses, and to provide a full JapaneseStudies programme in the way that the university provides opportunities within Chinese Studies. A
long-term aim would be to offer an Asian Studies undergraduate programme with Japanese Studies
as one of three possible strands (alongside Chinese and Korean Studies)
PROBLEMS
Lack of staffing, lack of funding to expand beyond language programmes into Japanese Studies more
broadly.
MOST IMPORTANT W AY THAT FUNDING BODIES SUCH AS THE JAPAN FOUNDATION
COULD SUPPORT THE FIELD OF JAPANESE STUDIES IN THE UK AND IRELAND
Through staff support grants, research grants, and through provision of materials (including digitalmaterials).
USP
We provide Japanese language courses which focus on student mobility and real-life Japanese
language use - designed to foster autonomy and lifelong learning.

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STUDENT SURVEY
INTRODUCTION
In addition to the institution survey the Japan Foundation also carried out a survey of students
undertaking Japanese/Japanese studies courses at universities in the UK at both undergraduate andpostgraduate level. This survey was also carried out in 2010 allowing us to create some comparative
data on changing views of Japanese studies students in the UK. The survey was open to any student
undertaking Japan-related study at a higher education institution in the UK, at undergraduate or
postgraduate level, including those taking a module as well as those enrolled in a full JapaneseStudies degree programme.

Information about the student survey was sent to the fifty-six universities which were invited to takepart in the institution survey to be circulated to students. The survey was also promoted directly to
students through social media and student societies.
This year we received responses from two hundred and ninety three students, a 13% increase on lastyear’s participation rate. The students came from twenty universities: around 43.9% were Single
Honours Japanese/Japanese Studies students, 39.4% Japanese/Japanese Studies Joint Honours
students, 9.4% enrolled in a module in Japanese/Japanese studies, 2.8% undertaking Japan related
Masters study and 4.5% undertaking a Japan related PhD.

As an incentive for students to take part, students who completed the survey were entered into a prize
draw to win Japan related book tokens.

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SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS AND RESPONSESSTUDENT PROFILE

Q1. What is your nationality?
70.9% of respondents were UK nationals. The nationalities of the remaining 29.1% are detailed
below.

United States

4

Turkey1

Thailand1

Switzerland

1

Sweden

1

Spain

7

Singapore

4

Russian Federation

1

Romania

5

Portugal

2

Poland5

Norway1

Mongolia

1

Malaysia

1

Lithuania

7

Latvia

2

Japan

5

Italy

9

India

1

Hungary1

Germany

3France2Finland2

Czech Republic2

Cyprus

2

China

4

Bulgaria

3
0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

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Q2. Please enter the name of the institution where you are
undertaking Japan-related study:
Students from twenty different UK universities responded to the survey. The breakdown of these
universities is as follows:

Birkbeck, University of London

10

Cardiff University

9

Coventry University

1

Goldsmiths, University of London

3

Imperial College London

1

King's College London

1

Newcastle University

15

Oxford Brookes University

29

SOAS, University of London

23

UCL

1

University of Cambridge

12

University of Central Lancashire

39

University of East Anglia

12

University of Edinburgh

29

University of Leeds

21

University of Manchester

5

University of Oxford

25

University of Portsmouth

1

University of Sheffield

44

University of Westminster

1
0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

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Q3. Please select the option which best describes yourJapan related study
1%Single Honours JapaneseStudies3%
5%

8%

Joint/Dual/Major-Minor
Honours including
Japanese/Japanese Studies
44%

Completing a
Course/Module in Japanese
LanguageCompleting a
Course/Module in JapaneseStudies

39%

Japan-related Postgraduate
Study (Masters)

Q4. What year of study have you just completed?

4%

4%

15%

35%

1st Year Undergraduate
2nd Year Undergraduate
3rd Year Undergraduate
4th Year Undergraduate
Masters
PhD

18%

24%

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JAPANESE LANGUAGE

Q5. Had you studied Japanese before undertaking a
Japanese Studies course at University? (select more than
one answer if necessary)

60.0%

50.0%

40.0%

30.0%

20.0%

10.0%

0.0%

Percent

Yes,
Yes, studied atYes, studied atundergraduate
Yes, studied atschool/college Yes, studiedlevel
school fromfrom age 16- independently
primary school
age 11-15(postgraduate
18
students only)
0.7%

6.4%

14.2%

49.3%

3.5%

No

39.7%

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Q6. Had you studied a second language other thanJapanese prior to undertaking a Japan related course at
University? (select more than one answer if necessary)
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%

Series1

Yes,
Yes, studied atYes, studied atundergraduate
Yes, studied atschool/college Yes, studiedlevel
school fromfrom age 16- independently
primary school
age 11-15(postgraduate
18
students only)
43.6%

83.0%

54.3%

23.0%

No

5.3%

4.6%

Q7. How important do you think previous experience andstudy skills from learning another language has been in
enabling you to learn Japanese at University level?
40.0%

35.5%

35.0%
30.0%
25.0%

21.3%

20.6%

20.0%
15.0%

11.0%
8.2%

10.0%

3.5%

5.0%
0.0%

Very
important

Important

NeutralNot
important

Not
N/A - I haveimportant at not studied aallsecondlanguageother thanJapanese193

Q8 What area of the Japanese Language have you foundmost challenging in your course to date?

20%
36%

Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing

33%
11%Q9. What area of the Japanese language do you feel ismost important for Japan-related academic studies?

11%

7%

28%

Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing54%

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Q10 Would you be interested in a Japanese Studies course
which did not include the study of the Japanese language?
40.0%
34.2%

35.0%
30.0%

28.1%

25.0%
20.0%
14.6%

15.0%
10.0%

16.0%

7.1%

5.0%
0.0%

Very interested Quite interested

Neutral

Not interested Not interested
at all195

Q11. Please select any of the following activities whichhave been helpful to you in your Japanese language
studies.

80.0%

73.0%

70.0%

63.5%

64.2%

62.4%

66.7%

60.0%
46.8%

50.0%

38.3%

40.0%

27.7%

30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%

Series1

Watching Watching Watching
Japanese Japanese Japanese
Films
TV
Anime
73.0%

63.5%

64.2%

Reading
Manga

Visiting
Listening
Reading
Japaneseto/JapanJapaneseJapanese
literature
relatedmusic
websitesOther(pleasespecify)

38.3%

46.8%

27.7%

62.4%

66.7%

Other answers included talking to Japanese people/people who can speak Japanese (31),
Visiting Japan/Living in Japan (22), watching Japanese you tube videos (4), using internet
study resources (3), reading news/magazines (3), using social media (2), writing to Japanese
penpal (2), listening to Japanese news (1), learning about Japanese culture/society (1), reading
textbooks (1), studying with friends (1), playing Japanese video games (1).

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MOTIVATIONS TO STUDY JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES

Q12. What was your first encounter with Japan?
The most popular answers, as in 2010, were related to some form of popular culture or Japanesecultural product as follows: anime/manga (118); Japanese popular music (14), Japanese video
games (16), Japanese cinema (13), and Japanese TV drama (1). Some refer to translated anime
broadcast on the television of their country.
‘As a child I enjoyed anime and video games, and towards the end of primary school I recognised theconnection between these things and Japan.’‘Anime and manga, but especially anime aired on the television ‘‘Anime on British networks in English as a child.’
Other frequent responses include:
Learning about Japan in school (17), and visiting Japan through a school exchange (7)‘Extra-curricular Japanese language course at college (funded by Japan Foundation)’‘Through a lunchtime club at school - we had weekly meetings where we would learn cultural customs
and bits of vocab. ‘‘Project at primary school’‘A homestay aged 13 organised by my school’A holiday to Japan (16)‘My mother took me to Tokyo as a child.’
Personal connections, such as encounter with Japanese person (11), having a friend of family
member with an interest in Japan (9), family is Japanese (5)‘My dad showed me studio Ghibli films. He also did Japanese evening courses and has visited Japan
4 times.’‘In primary school, my best friend was Japanese. His family moved to the UK for work, so I would
often go back to their house, and I became interested in their lives back in Japan.’‘When I was in elementary school, at the Children's Club in my town, a Japanese volunteer came toteach children Japanese. I attended this course for two years. After that the Japanese volunteer went
back to Japan and I decided to learn Japanese on my own.’‘At the age of 11 when a Japanese man came to my school and introduced Japan. Since then I've
wanted to travel to Japan and learn the language. Before then I knew where Japan was on a map but
I didn't know how interesting and unique it's culture is.’Experience in martial arts (11)
‘I was 12 and practised Shokotan Karate and learned to count 1-10 in Japanese when counting
moves’
Seeing a Western film or TV show about Japan (Last Samurai is referred to twice, as is a Blue
Peter special on Japan!) (8)197‘Japanese culture wise, it was actually Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai. Terribly inaccurate but a great
film nonetheless. Started learning the language out of an interest in the Samurai.’
Other first encounters were related to Japanese literature (7), history (6), attending a Japanesecultural event (3), Japanese food (2), Art (2), origami (1), politics international relations (1).
‘Translated stories of Akutagawa Ryunosuke’‘Reading history books in Secondary school.’Q13. When did you first become interested in doing a
Japan-related course at University?
45.0%
39.9%

40.0%
33.3%

35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%

9.9%

8.1%

8.8%

5.0%
0.0%
Age 11-13

Age 14-16

Age 17-18

Upon arriving atuniversity

Other (please
specify)

Other answers include mature students who became interested in their twenties or later, and others
who became interested during a gap year after leaving school.

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Q14. Why did you choose to pursue a Japan-related
course/Japanese Studies at University?
The top groupings were as follows (some respondents referred to more than one reason):
ReasonLearn Japanese language
Interest in Japanese culture
Interest in Japanese history
General interest in Japan
Future job or career
Broaden horizons/do something different
Challenge
Spend year in Japan
General future benefit
TravelAccess Japanese culture
Multi-disciplinary nature of course
Communicate with family

Frequency
113
66
15
30
33
22
10
8
6
5
5
2
1

A number of respondents felt that undertaking Japanese Studies would be useful for their future
career. Many had a specific career in mind particularly translation (9), while others wished to live
and work in Japan or work for a Japanese company (17). Some referred to Japan’s economic
and international standing (3) while others highlighted the general job skills that studying Japanese
language/studies would give them to allow them to stand out in the job market.
‘I enjoy languages and I want to work in the foreign office in the future’‘Learning Japanese is a great asset to any career I want to pursue. Learning the language and culture
also enables a different way of thinking.’‘I felt that learning a niche language would be beneficial to my future employment prospects.’‘Improve upon the level of Japanese I already had, and together with a business management degree
pursue a career for a multi-national company which operates in Japan and English speaking
countries.’‘I've always been interested in language and the course I took also required studying Japaneseculture and international relations, which I felt made it more useful for a future career than a purely
language based course.’‘Translation pays well, being multi-lingual is proven to improve mental health and I want to travel’.
On the other hand, an interesting and stronger trend that can be discerned in the responses is thenumber of respondents who spoke primarily of a love or passion for Japanese language or culture
as their primary motivation for undertaking the course without necessarily having a specific career inmind. A common theme is that ‘if I am going to study something, I want to study something I canenjoy’.
‘I enjoyed learning about Japan and the Japanese language more than I enjoyed my previous career
ambition (biology). My mum told me I should study what I enjoy the most.’‘I wanted a degree in something I cared about.’‘Because I was trying to learn Japanese on my own anyway, and I thought I could try and make myhobby into my degree’‘Always loved Japanese culture and it seemed like a natural choice for me. Didn't really have to think
about it too hard, I knew I'd regret it if I didn't do it.’
‘Because my career advisor at school encouraged us to choose a subject that we loved, somethingthat we already did in our spare time.’‘Because I found Japanese interesting. I didn't see the point of paying to go to university to pursue
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Q15. What was the most important factor in your choice toenroll on the particular Japan-related course at your
University?
35.0%

32.5%

30.0%
26.6%
25.0%
20.7%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%

7.4%

8.5%

4.4%

0.0%
The content of The lecturers
the course

Year in Japan Reputation of Location of the Other (please
options
the University University
specify)

Other answers include joint honours options offered at the university (5), mixtures of the factors above(4), no tuition fees in Scotland (4), evening class option (1), facilities of the university (1).

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Q16. How interesting did you find the following areas ofJapanese Studies when you first started Japan
related study at university?
Religious Study
Anthropology
Art
The Japanese Language
Traditional Culture
Modern Popular Culture
History
Literature
Science/Technology
Sociology
Economics
Politics/International Relations
0%
Very interesting

10%

20%

Fairly interesting30%
Neutral

40%

50%

60%

Not interesting

70%

80%

90% 100%

Not interesting at all

Q17. How interesting do you find the following areas ofJapanese Studies now?
Religious Study
Anthropology
Art
The Japanese Language
Traditional Culture
Modern Popular Culture
History
Literature
Science/Technology
Sociology
Economics
Politics/International Relations
0%
Very interesting

10%

20%

Fairly interesting30%
Neutral

40%

50%

60%

Not interesting

70%

80%

90% 100%

Not interesting at all201

From the table above we can see that when students begin their Japanese/Japanese studies courses,
Japanese language is the key interest (92% of respondents marked this as very interesting or fairly
interesting) followed by modern popular culture and traditional culture (around 80% each). History is
also relatively popular (67%.).
However during their time on the course, overall student interest in modern popular culture does notincrease (staying the same at around 80%) and instead, interest in other areas does increase. Politics
and international relations show the biggest increase from 30% to 65%, and sociology by an increase
from 47% to 77%. Literature and art are also both popular at 71% and 65%.
The key area which shows lack interest was economics: starting at 20% when students begin theircourse of study and increasing to 36% at a later stage in their study.
In conclusion we can infer that while popular culture is still an important gateway to Japanese Studies
for many students, students’ broaden their interests to other areas during their time on JapaneseStudies courses.

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Q18. Are there any areas of Japanese Studies which you would
have liked to study at your University, but did not have theopportunity? What areas?
Area of study
History (including references to particular eras)
Sociology
Art/Art History
Religious Studies
Traditional Culture
Literature
Folklore/Mythology
Modern popular culture
Music
Anthropology
International relations
GenderLanguage
Nature/Environment
Classical Japanese
Literature in JapaneseBusiness
Interpretation/Translation
CultureLinguistics
Politics
Dialects
Business Japanese
Geography
Japan-Korea Relations
Economics
CinemaEducation
Social Minorities
Kanji
Law
Science/Technology
ComputingPsychology
Television
Philosophy
PoetryLife in Japan
Martial arts
Cultural experiences
FashionFrequency
15
14
14
10
9
8
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

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Q19. Final year undergraduate students: What subject area best
describes the topic of your dissertation?
Politics/International Relations

8.9%

Economics

2.2%

Sociology

21.1%

Science/Technology

3.3%

Literature

5.6%

History

3.3%

Modern Pop Culture

7.8%

Traditional Culture

1.1%

The Japanese Language
Art

10.0%
0.0%

Anthropology

6.7%

Religious Study

1.1%

Other (please specify)

28.9%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

Others included media studies (2), environmental studies (2), business and management (2), law(1), archaeology (1), nationalism (1), translation (1), video games (1)Q20. Undergraduate students only: How important is it to you to beable to spend a year in Japan as part of your course?
90.0%

82.5%

80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%

12.7%

10.0%

3.1%

1.3%

0.4%

Neutral

Not important

Not important at
all

0.0%
Very important

Important

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Q21. What do you find most challenging about your current
Japanese Studies course/Japan related study? (Excluding
Japanese language)
Most frequent challenging aspects can be organised into the following categories, with the number of
respondents in brackets, and some sample quotes from survey responses:
Workload, intensity or pace of study, managing time (28)‘The workload is enormous so good time-management is crucial’‘Keeping on top of the workload.’‘The wealth of information available can be overwhelming at times’
Essay writing, lack of essay skills (21)
‘I have only studied history to GCSE level so I found it very difficult having to write history essays’.
‘Being able to write good essays on a wide array of topics within Japanese studies (for example,
writing a history essay has a slightly different method than writing a literature essay).’
Related to this point, 5 respondents referred to a lack of background disciplinary knowledge ofacademic subjects like history, politics etc.
‘Not having background knowledge in the studies field, i.e studying Japanese political systems or
policy, with little to no understanding of basic politics.’‘The array of different subject areas that I am unfamiliar with.’
History (especially remembering historical facts and figures) (18)Other subject areas were also highlighted as challenging to a lesser extent including politics andinternational relations, economics, anthropology, classical Japanese, and literature.
‘I found the History of Japan challenging, it was difficult to remember the dates for each period andwhat events took place when.’Availability of source materials including English language academic books and Japanese
language academics materials (13)Understanding cultural difference (10)‘Learning to understand very different cultural nuances.’‘Trying to write accurately about a culture that is not my own’
‘Understanding the differences between British and Japanese culture with particular regard to respect
and politeness’
Balancing Japanese studies with other subject in joint degree (7)‘My whole experience with the Japanese Studies side of my degree has actually been a real pleasure.
The most challenging part turns out to be balancing it with the business side of my joint honours
degree’While the question asked for the most challenging aspect of Japanese studies excluding language, anumber of respondents (23) including a language related challenge (eg. kanji, reading Japanese
academic materials, grammar etc.)205

Q22. What do you find most enjoyable about your current Japanesestudies course/Japan-related study?
Most frequent enjoyable aspects can be organised into the following categories, with the number of
respondents in brackets, and some sample quotes from survey responses:
Learning or using Japanese language (118 )‘The sense of fulfilment to be able to converse in Japanese fluently is so rewarding! It’s somethingthat can’t be replaced’‘Being able to make a noticeable improvement in my knowledge of the Japanese language andunderstanding of Japanese culture as I continue to study.’
Learning about a specific field of Japanese studies (36) including: (art (4), sociology andanthropology (9), gender, history (9)religion (3), traditional culture (1) pop culture,(1)politics/international relations (4), literature (2), classical Japanese (4), linguistics (2)‘Studying Japanese art and anthropology (such as gender/sexuality)’‘Getting to know Japan through its history, politics, and culture; almost better than I know the UK.’
Learning about Japanese culture (25)
‘Learning to understand a very new and different culture and perspective on the world.’‘The immersion in the Japanese culture’
Good or friendly teachers (20)‘The lecturers and teachers who are always enthusiastic about what they are teaching.’‘We have some amazing teachers who have completely changed the way I look at the world (esp.
society).’
Meet fellow students with similar interests (14)‘Being surrounded by other people who have an interest in Japan, its language and culture.’‘Learning new cultural aspects and meeting people who have a similar interest’‘The opportunity to make friends from all around the world, with the same interest- Japan’Year abroad (12)‘The year abroad in Japan, specifically being able to take normal undergrad classes in Japanese withthe home (Japanese) students’.
Variety of modules to choose from (13)‘The eclectic and inter-disciplinary approach’‘The sheer variety of topics I am able to cover. While all relate to Japan, the skills and techniques I
have developed have served me well outside of Japanese Studies.’~‘I love everything about my course and I'm so glad that I took it. I've had the best year so far and I'mlooking forward to the future.’206

FUTURE CHOICES (UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS)

Q23. How likely do you think it is that you will pursue JapaneseStudies at Postgraduate level?
35.0%
30.0%

27.7%

28.9%

25.0%
19.6%

20.0%
15.0%

12.3%

11.5%

10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Very likely

LikelyNeutralNot likely

Not at all likely

Q24. Please indicate the reason below for your answer to question
23.
Of those who responded ‘very likely’ or ‘likely’ (40%):
The majority of participants express a general wish to continue learning. They enjoyed theirdegree, still have a strong interest in Japanese language and culture and would like tocontinue to develop their knowledge of Japanese language and culture after graduation,
perhaps in postgraduate study.
‘I would like to further my understanding of Japan, while furthering my language ability, and I feel that
this is the best course of action.’‘Because my interest in Japan hasn't dimmed (in fact, my love of the language and country has onlygrown), and I want to continue to improve my Japanese language skills. Japan also isn't static, so I
want to keep studying it and trying to understand it more in some way.’
Other popular answers can be categorised as follows:
Continue to pursue research in a particular topic (8), continue to research dissertation topic (3),continue to pursue research by combining Japanese with another disciplinary study (2)‘I am interested in a masters not necessarily related to Japan in name (politics or international
relations) but will focus on Japan/East Asia’‘I have really enjoyed the research topic that I am looking at for my undergraduate dissertation andwould like to continue with this research.’‘I feel I only scratched the surface in my degree I would like to focus more on literature and I would
like to be able to form my own ideas not recap what was written in textbooks’

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Desire to pursue masters to stand out in the job market or to get a job (13)‘I feel it is useful to the job market these days to have a postgraduate qualification.’‘I wish to gain a higher degree, but with more applicable job skills.’
Intend to pursue postgraduate course in translation/interpretation (15)‘I want to become a translator and will be studying Japanese Translation Studies at postgraduatelevel.’Of those who responded ‘not likely’ or ‘not at all likely’ the most frequent responses can be
categorised as follows:
Would like to continue to study at postgraduate level in a different discipline or topic (16)(although mention that the theme of the research would still be Japan related)‘Learning about Japan showed me how exciting and interesting the world can be outside of my own
country - so I do not want to just stop at Japan, but use this degree as a launchpad for learning about
even more places in the world.’‘It is more likely that I will do a subject in a single discipline, such as anthropology, whilst still
remaining focused on japan.‘
Would prefer to focus on their career (24)
‘I didn't know I could study Japanese at postgraduate level. Still, I would like to get a job after mydegree.’‘I would prefer to use my skills in Japanese in a workplace environment.’‘I am a mature student and while the idea of Postgraduate studies is appealing, I would rather get aJapan-related job and earn a good living.’
Too expensive (including several who mentioned that they would like to undertake
postgraduate study if they had funding) (14)‘Although I would like to continue studying, I think it would be difficult or even impossible for me to do
postgraduate study, due to financial reasons. I would prefer to find employment.’‘If I were to do a postgraduate course, it would certainly be in Japanese Studies, but I do not think I
will be able to secure the funding for this’‘Will definitely have a Japanese-related career but not sure if able to do further study due to financial
constraints’‘More like "I’ll try", but it’s not likely I’ll be able to, with current costs and support being as they are
under the current government... I didn’t know if I would enjoy Japanese, or working with it when I
started. Now I know I do, I’d like to know as much as possible about the Japan and Japanese in its
entirety.’
No interest in postgraduate study in general (11)‘I am only interested in language fluency, not wider Japanese studies.’

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Q25. How significant do you think your Japanese Studies degree
will be in your future career choices?
50.0%

47.2%

45.0%

40.9%

40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
9.4%

10.0%
5.0%

1.3%

1.3%

Not significant

Not at all
significant

0.0%
Very significant

Significant

Neutral209

Q26. How likely do you think you are to do any of the following
things after graduation?
100%
90%
80%

Percentage of respondents

70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

Find a job in
the UK where
you can use
JapaneselanguageContinue to be
activelyinterested inJapanese
cultureGo to Japan on
holiday

Go to Japan tolive and work

Work for a
Japanesecompany in
the UK

Very likely

176

105

43

75

197

Likely

38

67

114

93

27

Neutral

16

39

50

42

8

Not likely

3

19

20

18

2

Not at all likely

1

5

8

7

0

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RESPONSES RELATING PARTICULARLY TO POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Q27. Please select the option which best describes yourundergraduate degree

Single Honours JapaneseStudies

37%

Joint/Dual/Major-Minor
Honours including
Japanese/Japanese Studies

50%

Other (please specify)
13%

Other answers include a BA in another discipline: history (1), English literature (1), cultural
anthropology (1), international relations (1), and English philology (1)Q28. Which of the following areas best describes your current
Japan related research?
Politics/International Relations

12.5%

Literature

6.3%

History

12.5%

Modern Popular Culture

6.3%

The Japanese Language

18.8%

Art

6.3%

Anthropology

18.8%

Other (please specify)

18.8%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

Ohers include society and culture (1) and human geography (1)211Q29. What do you think are the most important issues currently
facing emerging scholars in Japanese Studies?
The most common issue referred to the availability of funding (4) but other issues included how toensure research is relevant and gains attention (3). Two responses pointed to the importance ofundertaking multidisciplinary research, one in order to stand out in an overcrowded field, and theother referred to a perceived lack of methodological rigour in pure Japanese Studies.

Q30. What do you intend to do after completing your present
course of study?

Continue academic study atuniversity

Take up employment with abusiness/commercial organisation

46.7%

6.7%

Take up employment with a culturalorganisation

13.3%

Other (please specify)

0.0%

33.3%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

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OVERALL EVALUATION

Q31 Would you recommend others to study a Japanese Studies
degree at University?
45.0%
40.0%

39.4%

39.4%

35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
19.3%

20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%

1.5%

0.4%

0.0%
Strongly
recommend

Recommend

NeutralWould notrecommend

Would notrecommend at all

Q32. Why?
The responses to this question clearly showed that most of the respondents enjoyed their Japanese
language or study degree and would recommend this to others with an interest in Japan.
Many of the responses on why students would recommend Japanese studies can be categorised
under the following headings:
Challenging /demanding (21), but enjoyable/fun (29), and rewarding/fulfilling (21)
While almost everyone who answered recommended the course, many commented that as thecourse is highly demanding and challenging, they would only recommend it to prospective students
with a strong interest in Japan who are prepared to work hard. However for those students, they
believe that the course would be very enjoyable and rewarding.
‘It is really rewarding, you have to be disciplined and consistent with your work. Working hard andgetting good results is such a good feeling.’‘Learning Japanese in an academic setting is fun but challenging. You really have to push yourself tokeep up with the work which is good. Learning about the culture and being surrounded by otherstudents with similar interests as you is really fun.’‘It is rewarding and interesting, though very intense and difficult so would only recommend if theindividual is willing to put in the effort’‘It's the most challenging and the most fun thing I have ever done and is completely different toeverything I have achieved so far.’213

Japanese culture and language is interesting (34), the opportunity to learn culture andlanguage side by side is interesting (5), and the course gives you an opportunity to study
something which you are passionate about‘I believe Japanese culture is extraordinarily interesting, and deserves to be taught to more people. I
will always recommend that people study it.’
‘Interesting, many areas of study available, not just language’‘I think the course here has a very well rounded approach to teaching making cultural study asimportant as the language study for Japanese students. ‘‘For anybody interested in Japanese, you can spend your time receiving professional tuition insomething you have a passion for with a great deal of resources at hand. ‘
The practical benefits of learning a second language (20), learning Japanese sets you apart in
the job market (4)‘Because Japanese is a language that is so different from English it allows you a new view point on
the many different ways in which a language can be formed.’‘At least for me, starting a completely new language upon entering university felt like a great way tofind my own learning methods. I've learnt more in 2 and a half years of Japanese than I did in 8 years
of French at school. Also, the simple fact of studying something most people don't even think of ispretty exciting.’‘Language graduates are in demand anyway, but the amount of native English speakers who have agood command of Japanese are even rarer, so they are placed in a good position to find work in a
global market.’
Linked to this many elaborated that Japanese language and studies are beneficial to future careers(17), due to Japan’s economy or position in regards to technology or business, Japan’s uniqueculture, being a bridge to opportunities to work and live in Japan, or due to the general job skills
derived from studying another language and culture, or living abroad.
‘Considering Japan has the 3rd/4th largest economy in the world and is increasingly opening its doors
to the foreign world due to globalization, it’s a great time to learn Japanese and be able to work
between these two countries.’‘Learning a second language in general is becoming more and more of a necessity in today's
expanding world. Japan is a front-runner in technology and business, and someone with anunderstanding of the Japanese language and culture not only provides opportunities for themselves,
but also enables Japan and the UK to work more closely, expand into one another and form
partnerships that would otherwise be impossible.’‘Japan is one of the strongest economies in the world, which is why liking Japanese culture is not the
only reason why this course would be beneficial to one's learning. Those striving to do well inbusiness, media and technology will have an advantage knowing Japanese. Also, as Japanese is in
the top 10 languages spoken on a first language basis, it will widen students' horizon.’‘Japanese studies is so much more than manga and kanji, the skills I've acquired are extremely
unique when compared to other language degrees or degrees in different fields.’
Good, supportive teachers, (8) positive close knit community (2), and friends with similarinterests (2)‘Strong support from lecturers both academically and outside of University. Learning different
alphabets is not as hard as you think!’‘Being surrounded by other students with similar interests as you is really fun.’‘As it is a more niche subject to choose, it is great to join a small community and to discover more
events/met people that I would not have on my own’
Learning about a different culture and language broadens your horizons, and your ways ofthinking about the world (14) and encourages you to view your own country in different ways
(3)
‘Getting to know about other cultures and using another language is an exercise that will widen
peoples horizons by exposing them to new peoples and ideas’214‘Learning about cultures so different from your own really broadens your mind and world-view. Rather
than self-study going to university provides you with the support to learn what you want to learn and toalso find others interested in Japanese studies.’
Structure of Japanese degree necessary to learn complicated Japanese language (3)Year abroad (both skills gained and experience itself) (8)‘Studying the complex language builds crucial communication skills, and living in such a different
environment is not only interesting, it builds a plethora of real world experience of which would be
difficult to find exposure in other areas of university life.’‘living in Japan for your year abroad was an amazing experience that improved my confidence in both
Japanese and in general as I had to live in a non-familiar environment for a year.’
Only five respondents said that they would not recommend the course. The reasons given were thedifficulties in finding a job, that it is harder than other subjects, and that it would not be necessarily
relevant to most people, unless they wished to undertake a career specifically focused on Japan.

Q33. How do you think Japanese Studies courses could be
improved?
Most frequent areas of improvement can be organised into the following categories, with the numberof respondents in brackets, and some sample quotes from survey responses:
Larger variety of Japanese modules (26)‘More specialised fields within Japanese Studies (e.g., historical periods/socio-culturalvarieties/economics/archaeology/anthropology).’
More speaking opportunities for Japanese language (23)‘More opportunities for speaking and listening with native speakers’‘More interactive speaking and listening classes would help with preparing students for actually using
the language beyond a translation/research setting, which is what the majority interested in learning
Japanese language wishes to do.’More teaching hours (15)‘Having more hours on language study. I understand that these limitations are imposed by theuniversity but they need to be reconsidered’Year abroad related issues: More support for year abroad (2), more flexibility on year abroad(work placements etc.) (3), year abroad earlier in studies (2), more time spend abroad (3)‘Maybe additional time spent abroad on top of the year abroad. Maybe one term in the first year? A socalled baptism of fire.’‘More choice in year abroad activities - we were all made to do a year at a Japanese university, which
was very useful, but I might have liked to get a job in Japan too.’‘I also believe that more freedom for students to choose what they do on their year abroad… also
allows students to decide what would be more beneficial to them: a study abroad course at auniversity, an internship or a work placement, or maybe a research-oriented trip to allow for better
dissertation.’
Suggestions for a more interactive teaching style: use of media for Japanese language or to
express Japanese Studies ideas (2), more opportunity for student presentations in JapaneseStudies classes (2) , more up to date resources (2), more integration between Japanese215

language and Japanese Studies classes (through teaching Studies classes in Japanese etc.)(4), more content relevant to finding a job related to Japan (2).
‘Less rote learning from textbooks, more from interactive resources, such as videos, films, television
programmes.’‘The use of more media and films to introduce ideas.’‘By making classes more interactive - let the students do more research and presentations.’‘Incorporate more aspects of culture and history into the language lessons to improve learning incontext’‘I think it could be better if the courses were taught in Japanese or having one lesson that iscompletely immersed in Japanese. ‘‘Maybe by getting the Japanese exchange students to come and talk in some of the classes would beinteresting. Learning about the experience of Japan from young Japanese people would give
Japanese studies students and fresh perspective’‘I wish we had more opportunities to improve our oral skills, especially to get us ready for everyday
situations such as what to say in an interview for a part-time job in Japan’Integrating Japanese Studies more with other disciplines or East Asian Studies (7)‘(Japanese Studies course) should be more integrated with other research (i.e. instead of only hearing
about Japan when doing Japanese studies, more should be said about it in other contexts as well andput into a global perspective).’‘By focusing on more general theory surrounding certain disciplines like history or anthropology. It
was very japan-based and did not include many comparisons or theoretical frameworks.’‘By including more bridges to other disciplines within East Asian studies.’
More customisation of courses to be allowed (5)‘More open minded understanding of people's different approaches and speed of language
acquisition’More contemporary focus and more up to date research materials (4)‘Keep the material fresh and up to date. Many time when we have asked young Japanese people
about things we learned in class they tell us that it is no longer the case.’‘a greater diversity in non-language modules, including all kinds of social science options and more
options related to the most contemporary Japan, which is just as relevant as the Japan up until the'Bubble Burst'
More focus on language modules for those who wish to study this alone (4)‘I feel like there should be more focus on language rather than 50% (roughly) of the course as that is
the main reason people want to study it. ‘‘More stringent history and political studies for language learners; more stringent language learning
for the reverse.’
More feedback (3)‘if tests and exams were returned to the students instead of just a percentage of how we did, so that
we may be able to find out what mistakes we made and learn from them ‘More joint degree options (2)‘An emphasis on a wider variety of dual degrees that allows us to pick up additional skills. "Scienceand Japanese", "Information Studies and Japanese", "Computer Science and Japanese." This would
be effective.’
Improving perceived stigmatised image of field (1)216‘Stigmatised image of the field (partially due to associations with anime and manga fans who cannot
speak Japanese). The image of the field must be improved.’
Increasing awareness of Japanese studies as an option (1)‘I think that people should be made more aware that Japanese studies is actually an option; eventhough I was interested in Japan, I didn't find out you could take Japanese Studies at university until I
was searching for universities to apply to. Also, potential applicants should be made aware that somecourses will let you learn Japanese from scratch and that not having a history in Japanese isn't an
obstacle to taking Japanese Studies.’
Two differing opinions on the role of modern popular culture in academic study:‘Modern pop culture should be treated more seriously’‘I think that there should be less focus on the pop culture aspects, despite their popularity. It feels likethey are very much forced and attempting to appeal to an image of Japan not strongly rooted inreality.’
Greater intensity of course (2)/ Slower pace (2)217

APPENDIXTABLE 1: LIST OF UNDERGRADUATE JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES DEGREE
COURSES AT GROUP 1 AND 2 UNIVERSITIESThis table shows changes in Japanese Studies courses which have occurred since the JapaneseStudies Survey was last carried out in 2010.
Please note that these universities also offer individual modules in Japanese/Japanese Studies aspart of other degree courses. For more information about individual modules please see the individual
section for each institution.

218

University

2010 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeJoint Honours Degree2015 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeJoint Honours Degree

Birkbeck

None listed

BA Japanese Cultural Studies/Creative
Industry Studies
BA Japanese & Film/MediaBA Japanese & Journalism
BA Japanese & Management
BA Linguistics & Language
BA Modern Languages

None listed

BA Japanese and/with English
BA Japanese and/with Film
BA Japanese and/with French, German,
Portuguese, or Spanish
BA Japanese and/with History
BA Japanese and/with International Law
BA Japanese and/with Journalism
BA Japanese and/with Linguistics
BA Japanese and/with Management
BA Japanese and/with Politics/Global Politics

Birmingham

None listed

BSc Economics with Japanese
BSc International Business with Japanese
BA Modern Languages
BA Modern Languages with BusinessStudies or Psychology

None listed

Economics with JapaneseInternational Business or Relations withJapanese
BA Modern Languages
BA Modern Languages with Business
Management

Cambridge

BA JapaneseStudiesOriental Studies (Japanese with Chinese)
Oriental Studies (Chinese with Japanese)

BA Japanese Studies

BA Japanese with Chinese

Cardiff

None listed

BSc Business Studies and Japanese
BA French and Japanese
BA German and Japanese
BA Italian and Japanese
BA Spanish and JapaneseNone listed

BSc Business Studies & Japanese
BA French & Japanese
BA German & Japanese
BA Italian & Japanese
BA Portuguese & Japanese
BA Spanish & Japanese
BA Translation Studies (Japanese)219

University

2010 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeCentralLancashire

None listed

Joint Honours Degree

BA(Hons) Asia Pacific Studies (Japanese)
BA (Hons) Modern Languages
BA (Hons) Japanese with TESOL2015 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeNone listed‘Japanese can also be taken as a part of
Combined Hons and students choose oneof the Major, Joint or Minor routes.’

Joint Honours Degree

BA (Hons) Asia Pacific Studies / Japanese
BA (Hons) Modern Languages / Japanese
BA (Hons) TESOL and Japanese
BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics
and Japanese
BA (Hons) English Literature and Japanese
LLB (Hons) Law with International Studies(Japanese)
Combined Honours with Japanese Studies

DurhamNo survey entry

No survey entry

BA Japanese Studies

East Anglia

None listed

None listed

BA Japanese (BAModern Languages,
BA Modern Languages
with a year abroad)BA Modern Languages (Double Honours)
BA Modern Languages (s) Management
StudiesBA Modern Languages with Management
Studies (Double Honours)
BA Translation and Interpreting with Modern
Language Double Honours (with a year
abroad)BA Translation, Media and Modern Language
BA Translation, Media and Modern Language– 3 year option
BA Translation, Media and Modern
Languages (Double Honours)

Edinburgh

MA Hons Japanese

MA Hons Japanese and Linguistics

MA Hons Japanese

MA Hons Japanese and Linguistics

220University

2010 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeJoint Honours Degree2015 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeLeeds

BA JapaneseArabic and JapaneseAsia Pacific Studies and JapaneseChinese and Japanese
Cultural Studies and Japanese
Economics and JapaneseEnglish and Japanese
French and Japanese
German and JapaneseInternational Development and JapaneseInternational Relations and Japanese
Italian and JapaneseJapanese and Linguistics
Japanese and Management
Japanese and Philosophy
Japanese and Russian
Japanese and Russian Civilisation
Japanese and South East Asian Studies
Japanese and Spanish

BA JapaneseLiverpoolJohn Moores

None listed

BA Japanese with International BusinessStudies or Public Relations

None listed

Manchester

BA JapaneseStudies

Anatomical Sciences with a Modern
Language
Biochemistry with a Modern Language
Biology with a Modern Language
Biomedical Sciences with a Modern
Language
Cell Biology with a Modern Language
Chinese and JapaneseEnglish Language and Japanese

BA Japanese Studies

Joint Honours Degree

Arabic and JapaneseAsia Pacific Studies and JapaneseChinese and Japanese
Cultural Studies and Japanese
Economics and JapaneseEnglish and Japanese
Film Studies and Japanese
French and Japanese
German and JapaneseInternational Business and JapaneseInternational Development and JapaneseInternational Relations and Japanese
Italian and JapaneseJapanese and Linguistics
Japanese and Management
Japanese and Philosophy
Japanese and Politics
Japanese and Russian
Japanese and Russian Civilisation
Japanese and South East Asian Studies
Japanese and Spanish
None listed
BA East Asian Studies
BA Modern Languages with Business andManagement (Japanese)
BA degrees combining Japanese with mostother subjects in Arts and Humanities

221

University

2010 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeJoint Honours Degree2015 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeJoint Honours Degree

BA Japanese Studies

Linguistics with JapaneseCombined Studies (including Japanese)
International Business Management(including Japanese)Modern Languages (including Japanese)Modern Languages and Business Studies(including Japanese)Modern Languages and Linguistics (including
Japanese)
Modern Languages with Management
Studies (including Japanese)

French and Japanese
German and Japanese
Italian and Japanese
Linguistics and Japanese
Mathematics with a Modern Language
Microbiology with a Modern Language
Modern Lang and Business Mgt(Japanese)
Molecular Biology with a Modern
Language
Neuroscience with a Modern Language
Pharmacology with a Modern Language
Physiology with a Modern Language
Plant Science with a Modern Language
Portuguese and JapaneseRussian and Japanese
Screen Studies and Japanese
Spanish and JapaneseZoology with a Modern Language

Newcastle

BA Japanese andCultural Studies

Linguistics with JapaneseCombined Studies (including Japanese)
International Business Management(including Japanese)Modern Languages (including Japanese)Modern Languages and Linguistics(including Japanese)Modern Languages with Management
Studies (including Japanese)222

University

2010 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeNottingham

None listed

OxfordBA Hons Japanese

OxfordBrookes

Joint Honours Degree2015 Survey
Single HonoursDegreeJoint Honours Degree

Manufacturing Engineering & Mgt withJapanese
Electrical & Electronic Engineering withJapanese
Mechanical Engineering with JapaneseNone listed

No survey entry

No survey entry

BA JapaneseNone listed

BA Hons JapaneseStudiesBA (Hons) / BSc (Hons)– combined

BA Hons JapaneseStudiesBA (Hons) / BSc (Hons) – combined

SOAS

BA Japanese
BA JapaneseStudies

None listed

BA Japanese
BA Japanese Studies

BSc International Management (Japan)
BA Japanese Studies and…
BA Japanese and…

Sheffield

BA JapaneseStudies

Japanese Studies and Politics (last intake
2010)Japanese Studies and Sociology (lastintake 2010)
Management and JapaneseJapanese Studies with German
Japanese Studies with Russian
Japanese Studies with Spanish
Linguistics and Japanese Studies
Japanese Studies and History
French with Japanese
Germanic Studies with Japanese
Hispanic Studies with JapaneseRussian with JapaneseChinese Studies with Japanese
Korean Studies with Japanese

BA Japanese Studies

Management and JapaneseJapanese Studies with German
Japanese Studies with Russian
Japanese Studies with Spanish
Linguistics and Japanese Studies
Japanese Studies and History
French with Japanese
Germanic Studies with Japanese
Hispanic Studies with JapaneseRussian with JapaneseChinese Studies with Japanese
Korean Studies with Japanese223

TABLE 2: LIST OF JAPANESE/JAPANESE STUDIES POSTGRADUATE PROVISION
This table shows changes in Japanese Studies postgraduate provision which have occurred since the Japanese Studies Survey was last carried out in 2010.
The table also shows changes in opportunities for PhD research and whether each institution presently has any active PhD candidates.
University

2010 Survey
Masters Courses

2015 survey
Masters Courses

PhD
Available

Enrolled

PhD
Available

Enrolled

Group 1 and 2 Universities
Birkbeck

MA Japanese Cultural Studies
MPhil Japanese Studiesxx

None listed (Plan to offer MRes inJapanese Cultural Studies from 201617)

xx

Cambridge

MPhil Japanese Studies bydissertation onlyxxMPhil in Japanese Studies bydissertation only
MPhil in Japanese Studies with taught
element (from 2016)xx

Cardiff

None listedxJapanese strand on MA in Translation
StudiesxxCentralLancashire

MA in Interpreting and Translating

MA Interpreting and Translation

DurhamNo survey entry

MA in Translation Studies withJapanesexEast Anglia

None listed

Japan-related options as part of other
MA programmes offered in particularthrough the Faculty of Arts andHumanities (e.g. MA in Museum
Studies, MA in Cultural Heritage
Studies, MA in Film Studies offeredthrough School of Art, Media andAmerican Studies (AMA)).

x

x

224

University

2010 Survey
Masters Courses

2015 survey
Masters Courses

PhD
Available

Edinburgh

MSc Japanese Studies (Taught)
MSc by Research

x

Leeds

MA Japanese Studies
MA Japanese Businessx

Enrolledx

PhD
Available

Enrolled

MSc in Japanese Society and Culture
MSc in East Asian Relationsxx

MA Japanese Studies

x

x

x

Japan-related modules offered on thefollowing programmes:
MA Asia Pacific Studies
MA Chinese Studies
MA East Asian Regional Development
MA Chinese Business
MA Chinese Business and the Asia
Pacific

Japan-related modules offered on thefollowing programmes:
MA Asia Pacific Studies
MA Chinese Studies
MA East Asian Regional Development
MA South East Asian Studies
MA Mongolian Studies
MA Chinese and Business
MA Chinese Business and the Asia
Pacific
Online MA in Asia Pacific Studies

MA Applied Translation Studies and PG
Diploma in Applied Translation Studies
MA Conference Interpreting andTranslation Studies and Postgraduate
Diploma in Conference Interpreting
MA Audio-visual Translation Studies

MA Applied Translation Studies
MA Interpreting and Translation
Studies and Postgraduate Diploma in
Conference Interpreting
MA Translation Studies with
Interpreting
MA Screen Translation Studies
Manchester

MA Translation Studies (Japanese)xxMPhil Japanese Studies
MA Languages and Cultures (researchroute)
MA Translation Studies (Japanese)x

Newcastle

MA East Asian History (China andJapan)

xx

Research based program offered.

x

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University

2010 Survey
Masters Courses

2015 survey
Masters Courses

PhD
Available

Enrolled

PhD
Available

Enrolled

OxfordMSc in Modern Japanese Studies
MPhil in Modern Japanese Studies
MSt Japanese Studies
MSt Oriental Studiesxx

MSc/MPhils in Modern andContemporary Japanese studies
MSt in Japanese Studies
MPhil in Traditional East Asia (allows
specialization in pre-modern Japanese
history or literature)xx

OxfordBrookes

Japan related postgraduate courses
are offered from School of Social
Science and Law.

xx

MA by Research in Japanese Studies
Japan related options in courses taught
in the Department of Anthropology

x

x

SOAS

MA Japanese Studies
MA Japanese Applied Linguistics
MA Japanese Literature
MA Pacific Asian Studies
MA Theory and Practice of Translation(Asian and African Languages)xx

MA Japanese Studies
MA Japanese Language Learning andTeaching
MA Japanese Literature
MA [Discipline] and Intensive Japanese
MA Pacific Asian Studies
MA Theory and Practice of Translation(Asian and African Languages)
MSc Economics with reference to the
Asia Pacific Region
MSc International Management (Japan)
MSc Asian Politics
MRes Politics with Japanesexx

Sheffield

MA in Advanced Japanese Studies
MA in Japanese Studies
MSc East Asian Political Economy
MSc in East Asian Businessxx

MA in Contemporary Japan
MSc in East Asian Business

x

x

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University

2010 Survey
Masters Courses

2015 survey
Masters Courses

PhD
Available

Enrolled

PhD
Available

Enrolled

None listedxx

MSc in East Asian Development andGlobal Economyxx

Opportunities to study Japan related
topics within taught Masters degrees(Theology and Religious studies,
English Literature, History of Art, Filmand Television Studies, Stirling Maxwell
Centre for the Study of Text/Image
Cultures)
None listed

x

x

x

Focus on Japanese performance art,
film, urban culture and architecture on
MA in Art and Design History.
In the Politics Department, dissertation
supervision and opportunities to study
Japan related topics in the module
PO7012 From State to Global Politics.
Module in Department of War Studies:
East Asian Security

x

x

x

x

Opportunities to study Japan related
topics within International Relations andInternational Journalism Masters
DegreesxxGroup 3 Universities
Bath
Bournemouth

MA in Interpreting and Translating(Japanese and English)
No survey entry

Bristol

MSc in East Asian Development

Glasgow

No survey entry

Goldsmiths

No survey entry

KingstonNo survey entry

KCL

None listed

Liverpool John
Mores

None listed

No survey entry

x

x

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University

2010 Survey
Masters Courses
Available

LSE

Nottingham
Trent
Portsmouth

Modules: Japan and Korea as
Developing Economies; East Asia in
the Age of Imperialism
MA in Asia Pacific Studies

2015 survey
Masters Courses

PhDx

Enrolledx

Modules: Japan and Korea as
Developing Economies; East Asia in theAge of Imperialism
None listed

PhD
Available

Enrolledxx

None listed

MA Translation studies (Japanese)

St Andrews

No survey entry

None listed

x

x

York

No survey entry

Module: Japan’s Empire

x

x

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TABLE 3: LINKS BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN JAPAN AND THE UK
REPORTED IN 2015 SURVEY
These links may include student exchanges and research collaboration amongst other activities.
For full details about the nature of these links please refer to the individual university listings.
Institutions in Japan
Birmingham

Hitotsubashi University, Kansai University, Keio University, Kobe
University, Kyoto University, Sophia University, Waseda University

Cambridge

Doshisha University, Keio University, Kyoto University

Cardiff

Asia-Pacific University, Chuo University, Dokkyo University, Hiroshima
University, International Christian University, Keio University, University of
Kitakyushu, Kobe National University, Meiji University, Ritsumeikan
University, Toyo University, Yokohama National University
Aichi Prefectural University, Akita International University, Daito Bunka
University, Hokusei Gakuen University, Kanazawa University, Kanda
University of Foreign Studies, Kinjo Gakuin University, Kumamoto Gakuen
University, Kurume University, Meio University, Mejiro University, Mie
University, Mukogawa Women's University, Nagasaki University of Foreign
Studies, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Oita University, Ryukoku
University, Osaka International University, Seinan Gakuin University,
Utsunomiya University, Yamaguchi University
Kumamoto University, The University of Tokyo, Waseda University

Central Lancashire

DurhamEast Anglia

Edinburgh

Leeds

Manchester

Newcastle

OxfordAkita International University, Gakushuin University, Hokkaido University,
International Christian University, Kansai University, Kobe College, Meiji
University, Meiji Gakuin University, Okayama University, Ritsumeikan
University, Ryukoku University, Waseda University, Yokohama National
University
Doshisha University, Gakushuin University, Hokkaido University,
International Christian University, Keio University, Kwansei Gakuin
University, Kyoto University, Nanzan University, Okayama University,
Ritsumeikan, Seikei University, Sophia University, Tsukuba University,
Waseda University, Yokohama International University
Akita International University, Doshisha University, Fukuoka University,
Gakushuin Women's College, Hosei University, International Christian
University, Kansai Gaidai University, Kobe Gakuin University, Konan
University, Kumamoto University, Nanzan University, Osaka University,
Ritsumeikan University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Waseda
University
The University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Kyoto University, Hokkaido
University, Kobe University, Nagoya University, Hiroshima University,
Nanzan University, Ritsumeikan University, Kansai University, Kansai
Gaidai University, Fukuoka Women's University, Oita University, Keio
University, Hitotsubashi University, Meiji University, Tokyo University ofForeign Studies, Waseda University, Ochanomizu Women's University,
Saitama University, Rikkyo University, Yamagata University
Akita International University, Aichi Prefectural University, Dokkyo
University, Fukuoka University, Hiroshima Shudo University, Hitotsubashi
University, Hokkaido University, Hosei University, International Christian
University, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto
University of Foreign Studies, Kyushu University, Tohoku Gakuin
University, Waseda University
Hokkaido University, Kobe University, Kyoto University, National Institutefor Japanese Language and Linguistics, The University of Tokyo229

Institutions in Japan
Oxford Brookes

SOAS

Sheffield

Bristol
Coventry
Glasgow

Aoyama Gakuin University, Gakushuin University, Kansai Gaidai
University, Kitakyushu University, Kyushu Sangyo University, Kyoto
University of Foreign Studies, Meiji Gakuin University, Nagasaki University,
Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Obirin University, Ritsumeikan Asia
Pacific University, Ryūkoku University, Tsukuba University, Tsuru
University, Yamanashi University
Doshisha University, Hiroshima University, Hokkaido University of
Education, Kansai University, Keio University, Kobe University, Kyushu
University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nagoya University, Nanzan
University, Ochanomizu University, Osaka University of Foreign Studies,
Osaka University, Ritsumeikan University, Sophia University, The
University of Tokyo, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Waseda
University,
Aoyama Gakuin University, Akita International University, Chuo University,
Doshisha University, Hiroshima University, Hosei University, International
Christian University, Kanazawa University, Keio University, Kobe
University, Kyoto University, Kyushu University, Meiji University, Nagoya
University, Okayama University, Otaru University of Commerce, Rikkyo
University, Seijo University, Sophia University, Tohoku University, The
University of Tokyo, Yamaguchi University, Yokohama National University,
Waseda University
Kyoto University, Kyushu University, Nagoya University, Nigata University
Nagasaki International University

Goldsmiths

Akita International University, Hitotsubashi University, Joetsu University of
Education, Kyoto University, Kyushu University, University of Tokyo,
Waseda University
Osaka University, The University of Tokyo

Hull

Ochanomizu University

Imperial College

Keio University, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan Maritime Staff and Command College,
Keio University, National Institute for Defence Studies

KCL
Kingston

Keio University, Kyoto Seika University

Liverpool John
MooresLoughboroughOsaka University

LSE

Hitotsubashi University, Keio University, University of Tokyo, Waseda
University,
Kokushikan University, Kyoto University, Nagasaki University, Nagoya
University of Foreign Studies
Akita International University, Aomori Public University, Atomi University,
Kanto Gakuin University, Kwansei Gakuin University,
Miyazaki Municipal University, Rikkyo University, Sophia University,
Waseda University, Yamanashi Gakuin University
Tohoku University

Portsmouth
Stirling

York
University College
Cork
University College
DublinDublin City

International Christian University

Kobe University, Kyoto University, The University of Tokyo
Doshisha University, Hokkaido University, Hosei University, International
Christian University, Keio University, Kyoto University, Rikkyo University,
University of Tokyo, Waseda University,
Doshisha University, Kanazawa University, Kobe University, Kyoto
University of Foreign Studies, Ritsumeikan University, Rikkyo University,
Sophia University, Takasaki City University of Economics, Toyo University,
Waseda University
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Institutions in Japan
Limerick

Josai University, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies, Toyo University,
Waseda University

Trinity

Kyoto University, Nara Institute of Science and Techology, Osaka
University, The University of Tokyo

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TABLE 4: AREAS OF JAPANESE STUDIES RESEARCH AND TEACHING CONDUCTED BY UNIVERSITY
We asked each university to indicate areas of Japanese Studies undertaken as research and/or taught on Japanese Studies courses at the university from alist of 13 possible areas.

Other

Japanese
Language

Traditional
CultureModernPopularCultureScience/Technology

Linguistics

Religious
Study

Anthropology

Art

Sociology

Literature

History

Economics

Politics/
International
Relations

Please note that not all universities provided this information for publication.

Group 1 and 2 Universities
Birkbeck

Birmingham

Cambridge

Researchxx

Teaching

x

x

x

x

Teachingx

Teachingx

Researchx

Teaching

xCentralLancashire

Research
Teaching

DurhamResearch
Teaching

EdinburghxMedia and Cultural Studiesxx

East Anglia

xResearchResearch

Cardiff

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Researchxxx

Teachingxxx

Research

x

x

x

x

x

Teaching

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Education, Translation
Studiesx

Translation Studies

x

x

x

x
x
x

x

x

Media and Cultural Studies

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

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Manchester

Traditional
CultureJapanese
Language

x

x

x

x

x

Teaching

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Teaching

x

x

x

x

Art

Literature

History

Researchx

Newcastle

Researchx

Teaching

x

x

x

x

OxfordResearch

x

x

x

x

x

Teaching

x

x

x

x

x

x

OxfordBrookes

Researchx

Teachingx

SOAS

Research

x

x

x

x

Teaching

x

x

x

x

ModernPopularCulturex

Religious
Studyx

Sociology

Research

x

x

x

x

x

x

Other

Science/Technology

Linguistics

Anthropology

Economics

Politics/
International
Relations
Leeds

x

x
x
x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Applied linguistics,
Translation Studies

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Applied linguistics,
Translation Studies

Group 3 Universities
Bournemouth

ResearchxJapanese Business Model
Japanese Business Model

TeachingxxxBristol

Researchxxx

Teaching

xGlasgow

Research
Teaching

Hull

Research
TeachingxSocial PolicyxxSocial Policy

x

x

x

x

x

x

x
x

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Kingston

Researchx

Teachingx

Researchxx

Teaching
KCL

Researchx

Teachingx

LSE

Researchxx

Teachingx

Research

Portsmouth

Research

Reading

Researchx

Film
Medicine

x
x

York

x

x

x

x

x
x
x

x

x

x

Teachingx
Translation Studies
x
x

x
x

Researchx

Teachingx

Researchxx

Teachingxx

Researchx

Teaching

Otherx

Teaching

Stirling

Japanese
Language

Film

Teaching

St Andrews

Traditional
CultureModernPopularCultureScience/Technology

Linguistics

Religious
Study

Anthropology

Art
x

x

Research

Nottingham
Trent

x

x

Teaching
LoughboroughSociology

Literature

History

Economics

Politics/
International
Relations
Kent

x
x
x

x

x

x

Environment andConservation

x
x

x

x

x

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Modern
PopularCultureTraditional
CultureJapanese
Language

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

Art

Religious
Study

x

Other

Science/Technology

Linguistics

AnthropologyxSociologyx

Literature

History

Economics

Politics/
International
Relationsx

Irish Universities
University
College Cork

Research

University
College
DublinResearch

Dublin City

Research

Teachingxxx

Research
Teaching

TrinitySocial Policy

Teaching

Teaching
Limerick

x

x
x

x

x

x

x

x

x
x

x

x
x

x
x

x

x

x
x

x

x

Materials Sciencex

Research

x

x

x

x

Teaching

x

x

x

x

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