Studentsf Presentation

Modern History of Japan II

2021/06/16

Make a presentation slide in a popular presentation format and present it in the class. You are expected to speak for 30 minutes for each issue to which you are assigned.

1       Convert your file to a PDF format (.pdf).

2       Name the file as < LAST-First-Course title> like <YAMADA-Taro-History>

3       Upload your pdf file to my JTW-history folder at the file sharing system of the Kyushu University before Monday July 12. No late submission will be accepted

4       Do not send your work by e-mail. Do not bring it to my office in a USB memory. Thank you for your cooperation

5       A tentative assignment is in (the parenthesis).

A1: The Emperor in the Postwar Japan (Alissa)

1.     Review the Succession Controversy

2.     What is the difference between the female emperor, female-line emperor, and empress?

3.     Review the succession rules of European monarchs (UK, Dutch, Denmark,c)

The Status of the Emperor
Imperial House of Japan
Japanese Succession Controversy
Emperor Akihito (Japan Times)

Emperor Naruhito (Japan Times)

Reiwa – Japan Times

   A2: Marriages of the Imperial Family (Carla)

1.     What is the problem about Empress Masako?

2.     Explain why it is difficult to find the next empress?

3.     Review the problem with the hopefully-upcoming marriage of Princess Mako.

Empress Masako (Japan Times, Wikipedia)

Ben Hills (2006) Princess Masako - Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne

Kei Komuro

B: Territorial Disputes (Jacob)

1.     Japan Russia Relationship (Why did the latest effort by PM Abe fail?
Territory (Japan Times)
Kuril Islands Dispute

2.     Japan-China Relationship (Chinafs strategy toward Japan under the increasing tension with USA)

Senkaku Islands Dispute

Senkaku Islands (Japan Times)
Senkaku Video

C. Korea (Yshana)

1.     Review the Comfort Women Controversies

2.     Review the wartime labor problem

3.     Review the Kidnapping of Kim Dae-Jung (Who did it? How Koreafs government handled it?)

4.     Review the abductions of Japanese Citizens by the North Korea

Japan-Korea Disputes (Wikipedia)

Comfort Women (Japan Times)
History Recognition (Japan Times)

Wartime Labor (Japan Times)

Kidnapping of Kim Dae Jung (Wikipedia)

The Debate over Japanfs War Responsibility
Japan's History Textbook Debate
The Korean "Comfort Women": Movement for Redress
Performing Social Reparation: gComfort Womenh And The Path To Political Forgiveness
Focusing in on Contemporary Japanfs eYouthf Nationalism

Official Site by the Japanese Government
North Korean abductions of Japanese
BBC News (2008) N Korea abductions hamper Japan
Christopher Hughes (2009) "Super-Sizing" the DPRK Threat

D: Okinawa (Trinh if you are in)

1.     Why are Okinawa people so angry?

2.     Why PM Hatoyamafs relocation effort failed?

Relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma

Okinawa (Japan Times)
Okinawa Prefecture- Wikipedia
Shimoji Yoshio: The Futenma Base and the U.S.-Japan Controversy: an Okinawan perspective