International Christian University

This course asks the question how Japan's role in the world changed between 1945 and 2018. A particular focus of the course is on developments over the past two decades; foreign policy factors at home and abroad, and future prospects for relations with Europe, China, South Korea, ASEAN, and Australia. It introduces the current state of these bilateral and multilateral relations, as well as core foreign policies such as security, trade, development,  and human security.
 

The purpose of this course is to provide health and safety information using the latest scientific evidence. Health Sciences aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge to aim for good health in everyday life, as it reduces the risk of illness and injury during their studies at ICU.

This course introduces the politics, history and international relations of modern South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka). The course emphasizes communal (i.e., ethno-religious) conflict. The course covers colonialism and the independence struggle; partition; development; communalism and secularism, and the international politics of South Asia since independence. 

The globalization of markets and industries has created new growth opportunities for companies by accessing resources and serving markets worldwide. At the same time, managing across different cultures, administrative systems, geographic distances, economic structures pose its own managerial challenges. This course is designed to help integrate the existing knowledge of the functional areas of business into an internationally oriented view of the firm by evaluating the global environment and speculating on the future international direction of the firm. This course addresses the strategic and organizational challenges involved in managing activities across borders and introduces theories of international trade; differences in political economy and culture; barriers to trade; foreign exchange; business government relations, and the strategic alternatives available to companies operating in the global economy. It goes on to consider strategic options for the major functions of marketing, manufacturing, materials management, research and development, human resources, and finance, relating them to the firm's overall global strategy.

This course is for students learning Japanese as a mother tongue, first language, or heritage language. By the end of this course, students are expected to read and write 1100 Kanji and vocabulary using those kanji.  

Prerequisite: "Special Japanese Kanji 1" or equivalent.