Contemporary Japanese Society: What Has Been Happening Behind Demographic Change?

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Syllabus

  • Obtain basic knowledge of how various structural aspects of Japanese society have changed or remained unchanged.
  • Understand the basic mechanism of social stratification in Japanese society.
  • Develop awareness of similarities and differences between the social problems affecting many advanced capitalist societies.
  • Think actively about how these social problems can be alleviated.

Prerequisite

  • Interest in Japan and East Asia
  • This is course is particularly for first- and second-year college students.

Instructors

Sawako Shirahase
Professor of Sociology
The University of Tokyo

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The University of Tokyo was established in 1877 as the first national university in Japan. As a leading research university, UTokyo offers courses in essentially all academic disciplines at both undergraduate and graduate levels and conducts research across the full spectrum of academic activity.

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