1) What have been the lasting results of the US occupations's efforts to preserve the Emperor and restore to power those responsible for the atrocities of Japanese imperialism? Would you do things differently? If so, how? If not, why?
2) What were the key stages of Japan's colonial rule in Korea and what do these tell us about the everyday experience of Imperial Modernity throughout Japan's empire?
3) The unprecedented disasters of March 2011 continue to reshape the definition of Japan and question the very foundations of our global civilization in real time. Based on what you have learned about the evolving "map" of "Japan" within East Asia from the Tokugawa period to the present, outline a possible course for Japan's redefinition. Reflect on the immediately given choices, "do nothing, retain the status quo" or "rethink, redefine, and question," to argue how and why the political, economic, social or cultural "map" of "Japan" as well as its relations with East Asia should either "do nothing, retain the status quo" or "change."