Studentsf Presentation
Modern History of Japan II
2022/06/22
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 your presentation. 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
July 4: A B, and C
July 11 D, E and H
A: The Emperor in the Postwar Japan (Lim)
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)
B:
Marriages of the Imperial Family (Lancia)
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 marriage of Princess Mako.
Empress Masako
(Japan Times, Wikipedia)
Ben Hills
(2006) Princess Masako - Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
C: Territorial
Disputes (Liu)
1. Japan –Russia
Relationship (Why did the latest effort by PM Abe fail?
Territory
(Japan Times)
Kuril Islands
Dispute
2. Japan-China
Relationship (Chinafs strategy toward Japan under the increasing
tension with USA)
Senkaku Islands (Japan
Times)
Senkaku Video
D. Korea (Farah)
1. Review the
Comfort Women Controversies
2. Review the
wartime labor problem
3. Review the
Kidnapping of Kim Dae-Jung (Who did it? How Koreafs 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)
Kidnapping of
Kim Dae Jung (Wikipedia)
The Debate over Japanfs War Responsibility
Japan's History Textbook Debate
The Korean "Comfort Women": Movement
for Redress
Performing Social Reparation: gComfort Womenh And The Path To Political Forgiveness
Focusing in on Contemporary Japanfs eYouthf 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
E: Okinawa (Mariam)
1. Why are Okinawa people so angry?
2. Why PM Hatoyamafs 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
F. Domestic
Politics – LDP (***)
Review the current conservative government
of Japan. Why do Japanese people support them?
G. Domestic
Politics – Progressive Parties (***)
Review the recent development of
the progressive parties in Japan. Why are they so confused?
Constitutional
Democratic Party of Japan
Democratic
Party for the People
H. Domestic
Politics – Populism in Japan (Irsyad)
Wikipedia: Toru Hashimoto
Wikipedia: Japan
Restauration Party
Wikipedia: Yuriko Koike
Wikipedia: Yamamoto Taro
Wikipedia: NHK Party
NY Times: Japan
where populism fails
Why
Japan has no Donald Trump
What
shape will populism take in modern Japan?