The Form of Our State: Japan’s Self-Image (Global Focus on Knowledge)
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The Nation from the Perspective of Constitutional Law
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#1 The Nation from the Perspective of the Constitution
Overview: A nation fights wars. It engages in diplomatic negotiations and signs treaties. It collects taxes from citizens and provides services such as police agencies and the administration of justice. What is a nation? What is it for? And what are the boundaries under which it should act? What significance does the constitution have in restricting a country’s actions? We will explore these qu…
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#12 The Nation That Fights Wars
Overview: A nation fights wars. It engages in diplomatic negotiations and signs treaties. It collects taxes from citizens and provides services such as police agencies and the administration of justice. What is a nation? What is it for? And what are the boundaries under which it should act? What significance does the constitution have in restricting a country’s actions? We will explore these qu…
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#13 Issues Surrounding Article 9 and Article 96
Overview: A nation fights wars. It engages in diplomatic negotiations and signs treaties. It collects taxes from citizens and provides services such as police agencies and the administration of justice. What is a nation? What is it for? And what are the boundaries under which it should act? What significance does the constitution have in restricting a country’s actions? We will explore these qu…
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Japanese Thought and the Constitution of Japan
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#3 Issues Surrounding the Monarchy
Overview: There is a deep relationship between how people in different countries and at different times consider the politics and the conditions produced by the intellectual traditions of their countries. The topics of these two lectures will afford us the perspectives to consider this relationship.
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#4 Post-war Pacifism and the Constitution
Overview: There is a deep relationship between how people in different countries and at different times consider the politics and the conditions produced by the intellectual traditions of their countries. The topics of these two lectures will afford us the perspectives to consider this relationship.
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The Nation from the Perspective of Criminal Law
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#5 The Nation Protected by Criminal Law
Overview: We will examine the shape of Japan as a country from a legal perspective through the following two lenses: 1) the shape of the country that criminal law seeks to protect; 2) the shape of the country that emerges in its actual application of criminal law to individuals.
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#6 The Nation That Imposes Criminal Penalties
Overview: We will examine the shape of Japan as a country from a legal perspective through the following two lenses: 1) the shape of the country that criminal law seeks to protect; 2) the shape of the country that emerges in its actual application of criminal law to individuals.
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The Nation from the Perspective of Wars
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#7 Current State of Scholarship on the First Sino-Japanese War
Overview: In the field of historical studies, academic exchanges take place on a worldwide scale on the occasion of major anniversaries of historic events, resulting in an epochal jump in the level of scholarship. Nineteen ninety-five was such a year for research on the First Sino-Japanese War, as was 2005 for the Russo-Japanese War. In these lectures, we will reconsider the self-image of the Ja…
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#11 Current State of Scholarship on Russo-Japanese War
Overview: In the field of historical studies, academic exchanges take place on a worldwide scale on the occasion of major anniversaries of historic events, resulting in an epochal jump in the level of scholarship. Nineteen ninety-five was such a year for research on the First Sino-Japanese War, as was 2005 for the Russo-Japanese War. In these lectures, we will reconsider the self-image of the Ja…
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Post-War Japanese Society and Redefinition of Self-Image
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#8 “Japan” from the Comfort of Living Rooms
Overview: In these lectures, we examine how post-war Japanese society sought to redefine its national self-image. We also inquire into how these efforts faced setbacks and changes as the character of “Japan” until the period of rapid economic growth was widely accepted and consumed by almost all homes.
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#9 アメリカの雲-「お茶の間のなかのニッポン」への補論-
Overview: In these lectures, we examine how post-war Japanese society sought to redefine its national self-image. We also inquire into how these efforts faced setbacks and changes as the character of “Japan” until the period of rapid economic growth was widely accepted and consumed by almost all homes.
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