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HIS 150CInventing Modern Japan: The State and the People

5 creditsGE CCUndergraduateStudent Option

Surveys the history of the peoples of the modern Japanese nation from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Focuses on the formation of the modern state, empire, social movements, and cultural production. (Formerly Modern Japan.)

  • Enroll in lecture and associated discussion section.
  • Course lectures will be taught in person. Discussion sections will be taught via remote/synchronous instruction

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When it runs

Fall 2025Open Fall 2025

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 9:20am–10:25am
Soc Sci 2 071N. AsoOpen 42/60

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Noriko Aso4.5 / 52.8 / 585%37

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