Minato City Citizen's University at Temple University Japan Campus (TUJ)
"Issues in Contemporary Japan"

Dates: Tuesdays May 19, 26, and June, 2 Thursdays May 21, 28, and 4.
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. * Registration starts at 6 p.m.

Venue:	Mita Hall Rooms 502, 503, 504 at Temple University, Japan Campus 4-1-27 Mita

Access:	• Subway Shirokane-takanawa station • JR Tamachi station www.tuj.ac.jp/maps

Cost: ¥2,500 for six sessions
<Note> Bank transfer prior to the first session necessary. Non-refundable.
Capacity: 50 * Randomly selected
Please apply online www.tuj.ac.jp/kumin or by phone 0120-86-1026.
If selected, you will be contacted by TUJ.
The application deadline is Wed. 4/22 at 5 p.m.

This series of six talks provides an overview of important issues in contemporary Japan, from politics and legal systems to youth culture to art history. For a full description of each lecture, please visit www.tuj.ac.jp/kumin The lectures will be in English and should prove informative to both newcomers and seasoned veterans of living and working in Tokyo.

Session 1: Tuesday, May 19

What Do Political Scientists have to say about Japanese Politics?
Matthew Linley, Assistant Professor of International Relations

Session 2: Thursday, May 21

Japanese Foreign Policy: a problem of principles?
Phil Deans, Associate Dean and Professor of International Relations

Session 3: Tuesday, May 26

The Saiban-in Seido/Jury Trial System Starts Now- How Will This Change the Japanese Legal System and Japanese Society as a Whole?
Matthew Wilson, Senior Associate Dean and General Counsel

Session 4: Thursday, May 28

Potential Synergies From Regional Economic Cooperation: Japan, China and India William Swinton, Director, Special Management Programs

Session 5: Tuesday, June 2

This Way Out> Subculture Identity and Soft Power Politics in Japanese Youth Culture Kyle Cleveland, Associate Professor of Sociology

Session 6: Thursday, June 4

Japanese Art in the US: History of Collecting and Changing Attitudes
Noriko Murai, Assistant Professor of Art History