Places To Visit

Tokyo:
1) Waseda University (local host: Professor Satoshi Amako, who will also be one of the speakers)
2) International Christian University (local host: Professor Stephen Nagy, who will also be one of the speakers)
3) Parliament (visits to be arranged by Mr. Masataka Suzuki, former MP and former State Secretary for Defense Affairs)
4) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Ministry of Defense (MOD), Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), National Institute for Defense Studies
5) Historic and cultural sites: Yasukuni Shrine, Meiji Shrine, Tokyo National Museum, Asakusa, Ginza, Akihabara, Harajuku, etc..

Beijing:
1) Peking University (Local host: Professor Yong Wang, who will also be one of the speakers)
2) University of Foreign Affairs (Local host: Professor Xiaojun Liang, who will also be one of the speakers)
3) University of Business and International Economics (Local host: Prof. Xinquan Tu, who will also be one of the speakers)
4) Tsinghua University (Local host: Prof. Qi Chen, who will also be one of the speakers)
5) Academy of Chinese Social Science (Local host: Prof. Cheng Gao, who will also be one of the speakers)
6) Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
7) National Library of China and Library of Peking University
8) Historic and cultural sites: National Museum, History Museum, Forbidden City, etc.

Notes
Professors Akaha and Liang will supervise the students throughout this course, including the field trips to Tokyo and Beijing. Both professors have thorough and intimate familiarity with Tokyo and Beijing, respectively, as well as the local host institutions and faculty, as Akaha has previously taught at Waseda University and guest-lectured at International Christian University and Liang has taught at Peking University and University of International Business and Economics and guest-lectured at University of Foreign Affairs.