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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

AAS 353 - Postwar Japan


This course provides an in-depth look at post World War II Japanese society, culture, and political-economy. We will take up a number of debates on topics such as the postwar “miracle,” technocracy vs. democracy, mass consumer culture, Japanese youth, postwar feminism, US-Japan relations, and war memory.

3 credits

Prerequisite(s): U3 or U4 standing; 1 D.E.C. F or SBS course

Offered: This course is offered as both AAS 353 and HIS 353 .

DEC: J

SBC: GLO, SBS+