授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
33844:[2025 春セメスター]Japanese Economy(E) 2025 春セメスター 木3 経済学部 西 洋 2

キャンパス

BKC

授業施設

ラルカディア　２０１号教室

授業で利用する言語

英語および日本語

授業の概要と方法

This lecture explains the historical development of the Japanese economy after the Second World War and recent economic issues, mainly based on macroeconomic theory and statistical data.

First, we will learn basic macroeconomic theory on the role of goods, asset, and labour markets. On this basis, we will consider important issues in the Japanese economy (e.g. the Corona shock and current inflation).

Second, we will trace the history of the Japanese economy from the post-war reconstruction period through the period of rapid economic growth to the 1970s and 2010s, by dividing it into 10-year periods and explaining in detail how it has changed.

By doing so, we will understand how the structure of today's Japanese economy has been shaped by its history.

受講生の到達目標

Students will acquire:
(1)basic knowledge of the Japanese economic growth process.
(2)basic skills to analyse the Japanese economy with empirical data and economic theory.
(3)perspective on how contemporary economic and political issues are historically related to the past Japanese economy.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and Japanese economic history are helpful as prerequisite subjects.

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1

Introduction and guidance

 Class outline, grade evaluation, self-introduction of participants

2

Theoretical gateway to the Japanese Economy (1) Goods market

GDP, prices, and economic growth

3

Theoretical gateway to the Japanese Economy (2) Asset market

Money, financial system, and monetary poliy

4

Theoretical gateway to the Japanese Economy (3) Labour market

Wage, unemployment, and human resource management

5

Contemporary economic issue (1)

Causes and consequences of long-term deflation

6

Contemporary economic issue (2)

From long term deflation to sudden but chronically inflation?

7

Midterm exam

8

Japanese economy during the high economic growth period

Post-war recovery, period of high economic growth, plan to double income

9

Japanese economy of the 1970s

Stable growth period, inflation, and change in international regime

10

Japanese economy of the 1980s

Plaza accord, yen appreciation, bubble economy

11

Japanese economy of the 1990s

Bubble burst, lost decade, combined recession

12

Japanese economy of the 2000s

Export-led slow growth, global financial crisis, lost two decades

13

Japanese economy of the 2010s

Abenomics, Corona crisis, lost three decades?

14

Final exam

授業実施形態

Lectures and exams are generally delivered in face-to-face classroom style, but the first lecture (Class 1) is delivered via video on demand. When courses are zoom-based (or on-demand style), information will be posted on the course news page.

授業外学習の指示

(1) Students are expected to attend each class with good classroom etiquette.
(2) The class will be held in a typical lecture style. The teacher will use slides and a whiteboard to explain how to observe the Japanese economy. Students should take notes on the lecture points from the distributed lecture notes. Students should review the lectures with these notes.
(3) In the case of remote lectures, students will be notified in advance via manaba+R.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記）

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 100

Evaluation will be based on midterm exam (50%) and final exam (50%).

成績評価方法(備考)

Students must attend the course more than 10 times and 14 times in total.

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

The Japanese economy moves so fast that even if the topics in the lecture are up to date, they may be out of date shortly afterwards. To keep up with the latest economic developments, students are expected to read the newspapers every day.

Japanese economic history is important to understand the contemporary Japanese economy from a historical perspective, and both macroeconomics and microeconomics are useful to explore it from a theoretical perspective.

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

We do not use textbook.

参考書

書名 著者 出版社 ISBNコード 備考
The Japanese Economy, second edition Takatoshi Ito and Takeo Hoshi MIT Press 0262538245

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

manaba+R,学生との直接対話

備考

Students are kindly asked to study in a quiet environment and to observe good classroom manners. In particular, we respectfully request that the following behaviour be avoided in the classroom:
・private talking
・being late
・entering and leaving without permission
・using smartphones and other devices not related to the class
・falling asleep at your desk
・eating in
・forgetting assignments
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