Keio University

This course focuses on intermediate grammar corresponding to Level N3 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).

This course looks at Buddhism in Japan through the actions of Buddhist priests and followers to confront the real life problems and suffering of people in Japan today. The course looks at issues such as human relationships in terms of dying and grieving, alienation, and suicide. It explores economic development in terms of social and economic gaps; aging society; community breakdown and depopulation of the countryside; alternatives to globalization and Buddhist economics, and alternative energy and the environment. The course also surveys politics in terms of nuclear power and peace, and Buddhist complicity with war and work for peace.

The International Management workshop is intended to be a challenging advanced management course for highly motivated undergraduate students. Students will gain a general overview of the process and effect of internationalization in contemporary business, along with an introduction to theories; concepts, and skills relevant to managing effectively in today’s global environment, with a special focus on Japanese firms. Students will be challenged to integrate knowledge they have gained from this workshop and from other courses and apply their accumulated knowledge to business case studies and a group research project. Students will engage in analytical problem-solving related to managing in the international environment and will frequently be called upon to brief their findings to the class. In addition, students will conduct a research project in small groups to resolve ongoing global issues. The topics of these team-based projects will be confirmed before the fifth workshop session.