Department of Japanese Studies, School of Modern Languages and Cultures HKU

This course offers a broad historical survey of Japan and its society from the 1850s to the beginning of Japan’s lost decades of deflation that began in the early 1990s. Students who complete this course will have a deeper understanding of the key social, political, economic, international, and demographic changes that have transformed Japan.

Interdisciplinary Elective Course
JAPN2089	Twentieth century Japan: History, state and society	6 credits

This course offers a broad historical survey of Japan and its society from the 1850s to the beginning of Japan’s lost decades of deflation that began in the early 1990s. Students who complete this course will have a deeper understanding of the key social, political, economic, international, and demographic changes that have transformed Japan.

Assessment: 100% coursework
(Not on offer in 2020/2021)