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HISTORY of Japanese Business: Monday 4th Period (月）4限
MONDAY History (Fall 2025)
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WEEK 8HistoryNovember 17 [月] ~ November 23 [日] |
2025 Fall SemesterHistory Class Schedule (Monday)[14 weeks] | ||
| Class Week | Day | Location |
| 8 | 11/17 & extra lec. | 6009 教室 & Cold War (17:00~) |
| 9 | 11/24 | 6009 教室 |
| 10 | 12/1 & extra lec. | 6009 教室 & Women (17:00~) |
| 11 | 12/8 | 6009 教室 |
| 12 | 12/15 | 6009 教室 |
| 13 | 12/22 (no 6009) | website オンライン assignment |
| - | 12/29~1/12 (no Monday class) | No Monday classes at KU |
14 | 1/19 (no 6009) | website オンライン assignment |
SECTION 1: GDPGDP Video 1900-2021REQUIRED Assignment(25 points required) Complete : 提出期限 November 23 (10pm) (Sunday) 11月23日 (22:00) (日) (+1) Points: submit by 11/20 (木) 22:00 | ||
 Watch GDP Video | Watch the video and do the exercise. Answer the questions. Please email me if you think there are mistakes in this assignment. | |
1. GDP Assignment Assignment (課題) Watch GDP Video | ||
*MINIMUM SCORE - required for first attempt (13/25) - Only 1st & 2nd scores recorded (You can try this as many times as you want, but your instructor will only consider the 1st & 2nd scores.) | ||
SECTION 2Origins of SonyREQUIRED Assignment November 23 (10pm) (Sunday) 11月23日 (22:00) (日) (+1) Points: submit by 11/20 (木) 22:00 | |||
 Watch video: SONY | Section 2Watch video: SONY(Assignment 20 points)(課題) | ||
*MINIMUM SCORE - score 10/17 required for first attempt - (You can try this as many times as your want, but your instructor will only consider the 1st & 2nd scores.) | |||
| Directions: Please watch these videos and do the exercise. - Use the CC button at the bottom of the Youtube video to follow the subtitles (字幕). | |||
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LAST WEEK - ASSIGNMENT
SECTIONHow American Occupation Changed Japanese CultureREQUIRED Assignment(40 points = 26 for questions + 14 for writing)Complete : 提出期限 November 16 (10pm) (Sunday) 11月16日 (22:00) (日) (+1) Points: submit by Thursday 11/14 (木) 21:00 | ||
 | Watch the video and do the exercise. Answer the questions. Please email me if you think there are mistakes in this assignment. | |
1. US Occupation & Japanese Culture Assignment (課題) Watch Video | ||
*MINIMUM SCORE - required for first attempt on Questions section (13/22) - I will grade the writing section separately. - Only 1st & 2nd scores considered (You can try this as many times as you want, but your instructor will only consider the 1st & 2nd scores.) - Use the CC button at the bottom of the Youtube video to follow the subtitles (字幕). | ||
Extra Information | ||
Cross-Cultural ManagementLeadership & Decision Making | ||
Web Version of article:Leadership and Decision Making PDF version of article: Leadership and Decision Making.pdf Eight-scale Tool for Mapping Cultural Differences.pdf Culture Map Comparison: | ||
CURRENT GRADESWeeks 1~7 246 Points Possible Assignments & Class Tasks = 246 points Updated 11/16 23:00 | |||
4th period - 4限 | |||
| ID Points (%) | |||
| 201945 179 (73%) | 592595 164 (67%) | 592620 222 (90%) | 592650 247 (100%) |
| 301770 255 (104%) | 592599 216 (88%) | 592627 243 (99%) | 592651 243 (99%) |
| 301789 135 (55%) | 592602 244 (99%) | 592628 247 (100%) | 592653 269 (109%) |
| 301965 210 (85%) | 592604 100 (41%) | 592635 203 (83%) | 592657 308 (125%) |
| 302036 237 (96%) | 592605 189 (77%) | 592637 236 (96%) | 592659 194 (79%) |
| 302070 196 (80%) | 592606 176 (72%) | 592638 221 (90%) | 592662 262 (107%) |
| 302097 155 (63%) | 592608 241 (98%) | 592639 263 (107%) | 592663 219 (89%) |
| 401827 214 (87%) | 592610 213 (87%) | 592641 190 (77%) | 592664 231 (94%) |
| 402051 187 (76%) | 592611 240 (98%) | 592643 224 (91%) | 592665 239 (97%) |
| 402091 225 (91%) | 592613 239 (97%) | 592644 265 (108%) | 592668 287 (117%) |
| 592592 234 (95%) | 592616 132 (54%) | 592645 199 (81%) | 592680 170 (69%) |
| 592593 195 (79%) | 592618 221 (90%) | 592646 241 (98%) | 592688 287 (117%) |
| 592594 251 (102%) | 592619 166 (67%) | 592649 240 (98%) | |
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September 29 Class Topic:Evolution of Religion in AsiaConfucianism, Buddhism, Arrival of Europeans & Christianity If you have never seen this film, I highly recommend "Silence," by Italian-American filmmaker Martin Scorsese. It takes place around the year 1635, during the Tokugawa government's violent persecution of Japanese Christians, who are mostly peasants. The film is based on the 1966 novel 沈黙 (Silence) by Shusaku Endo. Scorsese spent about 20 years planning this film, which is visually and historically accurate for the period. It stars several excellent Japanese actors, including Tadanobu Asano, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Yoshi Oida. | |
 | Highly recommended film:Silence (2016) Film Clip: Crucifixion by the SeaFilm Clip: Priest Meets Edo InquisitorFilm Clip: Priests Talk (Why did they die?) |
LINKS World History Encyclopedia (WHE) https://www.worldhistory.org/Taoism/ | |
Ten-Year Bond Yields & Bank Rates
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September 22 [week 1] (15:20~17:00)Japan: General Themes in History -Various themes from ancient times to the present -Economic History of Japan | |
September 29 [week 2] (15:20~17:00)Japan: Foreign Technologies & Influences -China, Korea, Portugal, Holland, USA -rice, tea, silk, writing, guns, Buddhism, neo-Confucianism -Tokugawa regime (bakufu); daimyo | |
-> Imperial Japan 1868-1945 <- | |
October 6 [week 3] (15:20~17:00)Meiji Era (PART 1)15:20~16:10 (required)1870s~1910s Introduction to the Meiji Era & History of Yokohama --Assignment (PART 2) 16:20~18:20 (optional)Walking Tour of Yokohama Harbor -history in Yokohama on foot -Traditional Port Area & Yamashita Park | |
October 13 is KU holiday: no classes | |
October 20 [week 4] (15:20~17:00)Meiji Era: Industrialization 1870s~1910s -Meiji Restoration; changes to nation -Tokugawa vs. Meiji economic, political & social organization -"Western learning" through the Japanese lens -rapid industrialization; zaibatsu ("financial cliques" = monopolies) -steel; shipbuilding; textiles -wars: China & Russia; annexation of Taiwan & Korea -industrial boom due to WWI video: zaibatsu illustration (6 min.) Class PDFs | |
October 27 [week 5] TWO PARTS(PART 1) (required 70 min.) 15:20~16:30 1920s & 1930s -economy and politics after WWI; the 1920s-30s -consumer product markets: cosmetics; clothes, cars -birth of Toyota, Nissan, etc. -zaibatsu expansion -"new zaibatsu" and growth of militarism & global crises -banking crisis of 1927 (general) 昭和金融恐慌 Shōwa Kin'yū Kyōkō -Economist article: The Problem with the Meiji Period (PART 2) (EXTENDED LECTURE) (optional 60 min.) 16:40~17:40 -economy and politics in the 1920s-30s -global crises increase zaibatsu and militarism -details about internal & external conflicts -Japan's actions in China (1931~onward) -Second China-Japan War (1937-1945) Bloody Saturday (baby bombed photo) | |
November 3 [week 6] TWO PARTS(PART 1) (required 70 min.) 15:20~16:30 -democracy, labor, peacetime economy 1923-36 -Japan's wartime economy, 1937-45 -war benefits zaibatsu, Toyota, Nissan, etc. -how the war affects issues today Asia-Pacific War (1937-1945) -War 1937-1945 (map of each day: video) (PART 2) (EXTENDED LECTURE) (optional 60 min.) 16:40~17:40 -details about the relationship between Japan & USA -details about the Pacific War -U.S. campaign in the Pacific -the atomic bombs and impact -"Downfall" by Richard Frank (End of the Japanese Empire) -Asia-Pacific War: Death Tolls & Actual Focus -WWII in the Pacific (1941-1945) | |
-> Japan after 1945 <- | |
November 10 [week 7]-democracy, labor, peacetime economy 1923-36 -Japan's wartime economy, 1937-45 -war benefits zaibatsu, Toyota, Nissan, etc. -the failure of Japanese colonialism 1. US Occupation & Japanese Culture-lecture about post-1945 Japan -postwar Japan & new companies like SONY | |
November 17 [week 8] TWO PARTS(PART 1) (required 75 min.) 15:20~16:35To understand Japan today, it is important to understand Japan after 1945. 1945-1960: Postwar occupation and recovery -current economic complexity - Japan -economic and political rebuilding (economic & political ideologies) -new constitution (1947) and industrial institutions (zaibatsu -> keiretsu) -developing close ties with the U.S. -war in Korea drives recovery in Japan -NTT from AT&T -birth of Sony, Honda, & Japan becomes exporter -evolution of Yamaha -Does Capitalism Actually Limit Creativity? Innovation Under Socialism (article) (PART 2.1) (optional 60 min.) 16:45~17:45Cold War in East Asia 1945-1991 (PART 1) -political, economic, & military conflicts of the period -revolution in China -polarized region: China & USSR vs. USA, Japan, allies -post-colonialism & revolution; violence & genocide -war in Korea: revolution in Indonesia; war in Vietnam; genocide in Cambodia Cold War in East Asia 1945-1991 (PART 2): More details, questions, etc. | |
November 24 [week 9](PART 1) (required) 15:20~16:551960s & 1970s -High-Growth Period of 1960s-70s -two economies: old industrialist vs. new consumerist -the new efficient business model -the new Japanese management model (Meyer's Culture Map) -Toyota Production System -creating the world's 2nd largest GDP -oil & automobiles, electronics (exports) (PART 2)(optional) 17:05~17:45Extra discussion and details about this period | |
December 1 [week 10] = 6009 / hybrid classEach student can choose one option for themselves: class OR online (1) Room 6009: History of women in Japan (15:20~17:00)-themes and topics from history that are important today -women in business and politics -working, labor: career statistics -Japanese women in the arts -geisha [geiko] vs. maiko -Japanese patriarchy & family system -family -women under the law (sex crime statistics) Between 2019 and 2022, nearly 40% of countries – home to over 1.1. billion women and girls in 2022 – stagnated or declined on gender equality. (SDG Report, 2025). Unfortunately, Japan is one of the stagnating countries. Most other stagnating countries are poor countries. (PART 2)(optional) 17:10~18:00Extra discussion and details about this topic (2) Website-hybrid: Online Subjects -videos and reading on economic topics -online assignment | |
December 8 [week 11] (15:20~17:00)Bubble economy バブル経済 (1980s-90s)-Japan's economy in the 1980s-90s -management styles & philosophies -effects on Japan since year 2000 | |
December 15 [week 12] (15:20~16:35)Entertainment industry (exporting)-entertainment industry (exports) -film, anime & manga (industrial report) -Kurosawa, samurai films, Godzilla (ゴジラ) | |
December 22 [week 13] = Website (online)Hisotry and video on Japan since 1990s --web assignment | |
December 29 & January 5 & January 12 are holidays: no classes | |
January 19 [week 14] = Website (online)--FINAL ASSIGNMENT due | |
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Contact (email) Theron Fairchildtheron at mailfence dot com | |
