It aims to foster a new generation of women with the sophistication and confidence to function effectively anywhere on the planet. While the program covers every aspect of Japanese culture, especially language and literature, fine and dramatic arts, philosophy, etc., it takes a very different standpoint from that of conventional Japanese studies courses. Since ancient times Japan's fate has been intimately linked with its huge neighbor China. The program fully covers the language, literature, philosophy, history and politics of China, with the special advantage of a perspective honed and refined over some two thousand years of mutual contact. For Japan, following the Meiji Restoration, Europe took over the place of India and China as mentor in the ways of the outside world.
Japan still has much to learn from Europe and to share with it.
Such is the theme this program examines from every social and cultural aspect. Huge in land area and the variety of its people, America defies generalization. Broad knowledge and deep understanding are called for and provided by this very broad-based program covering history, literature, religion, the arts, feminist issues, lifstyles, customs and more.