Japan in the World

Harvard FAS

How should democracies respond to rising great-power competition, economic coercion, and demographic change? Japan has confronted each of these challenges earlier and more intensely than almost any other advanced economy. This research seminar explores Japan’s role in world politics since World War II. This course surveys the “normal country” debate, regional territorial disputes, the politics of memory, and ongoing debates over economic security. Students will acquire the analytic…