Japanese-related courses are offered across various disciplines and departments. For more information please refer to the University of Hawai’i at Manoa General and Graduate Information Catalog. Class registration can be found here.
| AMST 310 | Japanese Americans |
| AMST 318 | Asian America: Survey |
| AMST 319 | America, Hawaii & World War II |
| AMST 411 | Japanese Americans: Research Topic |
| AMST 438 | Asian Women (cross-listed as WS 462 & POLS 372) |
| AMST 465 | American Experience in Asia (cross-listed as ASAN 465) |
| AMST 611 | Asian America |
| AMST 664 | America in Asia |
| ANTH 462 | East Asian Archaeology |
| ANTH 483 | Japanese Culture & Behavior |
| ANTH 484 | Japanese Popular Culture |
| ANTH 720 | Anthropology of Japan |
APPAREL PRODUCT DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING
| APDM 416 | Costumes/Cultures of East Asia |
| ARCH 573 | Asia-Pacific Architecture and Culture |
| ART 320 | Brush Art of the Far East |
| ART 380 | Early Art of Japan |
| ART 381 | Later Art of Japan |
| ART 400 (003) | Japanese Woodblock Prints |
| ART 400 (004) | Modern and Contemporary Art of Japan |
| ART 483 | Applied Art of Japan |
| ART 780 | Special Topics in Japanese Art History |
| ASAN 310 | Asian Humanities |
| ASAN 312 | Contemporary Asian Civilizations |
| ASAN 320J | Asian Nation Studies: Japan |
| ASAN 323 | Way of Tea in Japanese History & Culture (cross-listed as HIST 323) |
| ASAN 324 | Chado – The Way of Tea Practicum |
| ASAN 325B | Japanese Film: Art & History 1900-1960 (cross-listed as EALL 325B) |
| ASAN 325C | Japanese Film: Art & History 1960-Present (cross-listed as EALL 325C) |
| ASAN 325D | Japanese Film: Art & History Special Topic (cross-listed as EALL 325D) |
| ASAN 393J | Field Study in Asia: Japan |
| ASAN 462 | Contested Issues in Contemporary Japan |
| ASAN 465 | American Experience in Asia |
| ASAN 470 | Sustainable Development in East Asia(cross-listed as FIN 470) |
| ASAN 482 | Political Economy of Japan |
| ASAN 491J | Topics in Asian Studies: Japan |
| ASAN 600J | Asian Studies Seminar: Scope & Methods (Japan) |
| ASAN 625 | Comparative Development in East Asia and Southeast Asia |
| ASAN 652 | Contemporary Japanese Studies Seminar (cross-listed as GEOG 652) |
| ASAN 705 | Asian Research Materials & Methods (cross-listed as HIST 705 and LIS 705) |
| ASAN 750J | Research Seminar in Japanese Studies |
| EDCS 641D | Seminar in Foreign Language: Japanese |
| DNCE 303 | Japanese Dance I |
| DNCE 306 | Okinawan Dance I |
| DNCE 403 | Japanese Dance II |
| DNCE 406 | Okinawan Dance II |
EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES & LITERATURE
| EALL 271 | Japanese Literature in Translation: Traditional |
| EALL 272 | Japanese Literature in Translation: Modern |
| EALL 273 | Survey of Japanese Literature (Study Abroad) |
| EALL 325B | Japanese Film: Art & History 1900-1960 (cross-listed as ASAN 325B) |
| EALL 325C | Japanese Film: Art & History 1960-Present (cross-listed as ASAN 325C) |
| EALL 325D | Japanese Film: Art & History Special Topic (cross-listed as ASAN 325D) |
| EALL 360 | Literary Traditions of East Asia |
| EALL 371B | Traditional Japanese Literature: Prose Fiction & Literary Miscellany |
| EALL 371C | Traditional Japanese Literature: Drama & Poetry |
| EALL 372B | Modern Japanese Literature: Fiction |
| EALL 372C | Modern Japanese Literature: Poetry, Drama & Criticism |
| EALL 590/591 | Intensive Japanese for Reading Knowledge |
| EALL 601 | Method of Teaching East Asian Languages |
| EALL 603J | Bibliographical & Research Methods: Japanese |
| EALL 750 | Seminar in Comparison of East Asian Languages |
| ECON 317 | The Japanese Economy |
| ECON 614 | Economic Development of Japan |
| EDEF 671 | Topics in Comparative Education: Japan |
| ES 330 | Japanese in Hawaii |
| ES 365 | Pacific/Asian Women in Hawaii (cross-listed as WS 360) |
| FIN 470 | Asian Business Environment (cross-listed as ASAN 470) |
| FIN 490C | Advanced Topics in Finance: Japanese Financial Management |
| FIN 635C | Advanced Topics in Finance: Japanese Financial Management |
| GEOG 352 | Geography of Japan |
| GEOG 652 | Contemporary Japan Seminar (cross-listed as ASAN 652) |
| HIST 309 | East Asian Civilizations: to 1500 |
| HIST 310 | East Asian Civilizations: from 1500 |
| HIST 321 | History of Japan: to 1700 |
| HIST 322 | History of Japan: from 1700 |
| HIST 323 | Way of Tea in Japanese History & Culture (cross-listed as ASAN 323) |
| HIST 324 | The Samurai of Japan |
| HIST 422 | Tokugawa Japan |
| HIST 423 | Okinawa |
| HIST 424 | 20th Century Japan |
| HIST 425 | Women in Japanese History |
| HIST 665B | Seminar in Japanese History: Traditional Period to 1600 |
| HIST 665C | Seminar in Japanese History: Early Modern 1600-1868 |
| HIST 665D | Seminar in Japanese History: 1868 to present |
JAPANESE LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
| JPN 100-2 | Elementary Japanese |
| JPN 105 | Accelerated Elementary Japanese |
| JPN 111-12 | Elementary Japanese for Oral Communication |
| JPN 201-2 | Intermediate Japanese |
| JPN 205 | Accelerated Intermediate Japanese |
| JPN 211-12 | Intermediate Japanese for Oral Communication |
| JPN 217 | Introduction to Japanese Reading and Writing with Basic Kanji |
| JPN 258-9 | Intermediate Japanese Abroad |
| JPN 301-2 | Third-year Japanese |
| JPN 305 | Accelerated Third-year Japanese |
| JPN 307-8 | Special Japanese Reading & Writing |
| JPN 315 | Third-year Japanese Aural Comprehension |
| JPN 318 | Oral Fluency Through Film |
| JPN 332 | Advanced Japanese Reading and Writing |
| JPN 350 | Introduction to Japanese Linguistics |
| JPN 358-9 | Third-Level Japanese Abroad |
| JPN 370 | Language in Japanese Society |
| JPN 399 | Directed Third-Level Reading |
| JPN 401-2 | Fourth-Level Japanese Reading |
| JPN 405 | Accelerated Fourth-Level Japanese Reading |
| JPN 407B | Readings in Original Texts: Newspapers & Magazines |
| JPN 407C | Readings in Original Texts: Social Sciences |
| JPN 407D | Readings in Original Texts: Humanities |
| JPN 407E | Readings in Original Texts: Modern Literature |
| JPN 415 | Japanese Aural Comprehension |
| JPN 420 | Fourth-Level Spoken Japanese |
| JPN 421 | Japanese Composition |
| JPN 423 | Advanced Listening and Speaking |
| JPN 425 | Japanese Translation |
| JPN 431 | Advanced Business Writing |
| JPN 451 | Structure of Japanese |
| JPN 452 | Introduction to Japanese Pedagogical Grammar |
| JPN 458-9 | Fourth-Level Japanese Abroad |
| JPN 461 | Introduction to Classical Japanese |
| JPN 466 | Readings in Classical Japanese |
| JPN471-72 | Okinawan Language and Culture |
| JPN 475 | Introduction to Japanese Sociolinguistics |
| JPN 485 | Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Literature |
| JPN 486 | Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Contemporary Topics |
| JPN 490 | Advanced Language Study: Japanese |
| JPN 493 | Project Work in Japanese |
| JPN 495 | Internship Program |
| JPN 499 | Directed Fourth-Level Reading |
| JPN 601 | Japanese Phonology & Morphology |
| JPN 602 | Japanese Syntax & Semantics |
| JPN 604 | Introduction to Japanese Language Pedagogy |
| JPN 605 | Research Methodology in Japanese Linguistics & Language Teaching |
| JPN 606 | Japanese Sociolinguistics |
| JPN 610B | Japanese Poetry: Classical |
| JPN 610C | Japanese Poetry: Medieval Edo |
| JPN 610D | Japanese Poetry: Modern |
| JPN 611B | Modern Japanese Literature: Meiji-Taishô |
| JPN 611C | Modern Japanese Literature: Shôwa-Heisei |
| JPN 612 | Edo Literature |
| JPN 613 | Medieval Japanese Literature |
| JPN 614 | Classical Japanese Literature |
| JPN 620 | Practicum: Teaching Japanese Language |
| JPN 626 | Introduction to Japanese Manuscripts and Xylographs |
| JPN 631 | History of the Japanese Language |
| JPN 632 | Teaching Japanese as a Second Language |
| JPN 633 | Japanese Sociolinguistics |
| JPN 634 | Advanced Japanese Syntax & Semantics |
| JPN 640 | Themes in Japanese Literature |
| JPN 641 | Traditional Literary Theory |
| JPN 642 | Kambun |
| JPN 650C | Topics in Japanese Linguistics: Jpn/Eng Contrastive Analysis |
| JPN 650G | Topics in Japanese Linguistics: Structure |
| JPN 650H | Topics in Japanese Linguistics: Historical Change |
| JPN 650K | Topics in Japanese Linguistics: History of Japanese Language Studies |
| JPN 650M | Topics in Japanese Linguistics: Morphophonemics |
| JPN 650P | Topics in Japanese Linguistics: Pedagogy |
| JPN 650S | Topics in Japanese Linguistics: Sociolinguistics |
| JPN 699 | Directed Research/Reading |
| JPN 710M | Research Seminar in Japanese Literature: Modern |
| JPN 710P | Research Seminar in Japanese Literature: Pre-Modern |
| JPN 730C | Research Seminar in Japanese Linguistics: Jpn/Eng Contrastive Analysis |
| JPN 730G | Research Seminar in Japanese Linguistics: Structure |
| JPN 730H | Research Seminar in Japanese Linguistics: Historical Change |
| JPN 730K | Research Seminar in Japanese Linguistics: History of Japanese Language Studies |
| JPN 730M | Research Seminar in Japanese Linguistics: Morphophonemics |
| JPN 730P | Research Seminar in Japanese Linguistics: Pedagogy |
| JPN 730S | Research Seminar in Japanese Linguistics: Sociolinguistics |
| LAW 514 | Law & Society in Japan |
| LAW 546 | Asian-Pacific Law Journal |
| LAW 556 | Asian Comparative Labor Law |
| LAW 575J | Topics in International Legal Studies: Japan |
| LAW 577 | US-Japan Business Transactions |
| LAW 587 | Asian Comparative Law |
| MGT 343 | Comparative Management Systems: US & Japan |
| MGT 460 | Asia Pacific Business Systems |
| MGT 670C | International Management & Industrial Relations: Japanese Management Systems |
| MKT 652 | Japanese Marketing Systems |
| MUS 107 | Music in World Cultures |
| MUS 127-8B | Asian Music Performance Class: Koto |
| MUS 127-8C | Asian Music Performance Class: Shamisen |
| MUS 127-8E | Asian Music Performance Class: Shakuhachi |
| MUS 230B | Elementary Applied Music, Ethnic: Koto |
| MUS 230C | Elementary Applied Music, Ethnic: Shamisen |
| MUS 230F | Elementary Applied Music, Ethnic: Shakuhachi |
| MUS 311C | Ethnic Music Ensembles I: Japanese |
| MUS 311F | Ethnic Music Ensembles I: Okinawan |
| MUS 311I | Ethnic Music Ensembles: Gagaku |
| MUS 330B | Advanced Applied Music, Ethnic: Koto |
| MUS 330C | Advanced Applied Music, Ethnic: Shamisen |
| MUS 330F | Advanced Applied Music, Ethnic: Shakuhachi |
| MUS 407 | Music Cultures of the World |
| MUS 410N | Theatre Music (Kabuki) |
| MUS 411C | Ethnic Music Ensembles II: Japanese |
| MUS 411F | Ethnic Music Ensembles II: Okinawan |
| MUS 457 | Asian and Pacific Music in Education |
| MUS 472 | Sound Systems of World Musics |
| MUS 478D | Musical Cultures: Japan |
| MUS 657 | World Musics in Undergraduate Education |
| MUS 670B | Regional Musics: Asia |
| MUS 678B | Advanced Problems in Ethnomusicology: Transcription of Music Performance |
| NURS 342 | Health-Care/Nursing in Japan in Comparison with the US |
| PHIL 360 | Buddhist Philosophy |
| PHIL 380 | Japanese Philosophy |
| PHIL 406 | Introduction to Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist Philosophy |
| PHIL 665 | Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist Philosophy |
| PHIL 671 | Neo-Confucianism |
| PHIL 760 | Seminar in Buddhist Philosophy |
| PHIL 780 | Seminar in Japanese Philosophy |
| POLS 307H | Topics in Comparative Politics: Japanese Politics |
| POLS 372 | Asian Women (cross-listed as AMST 438 & WS 462) |
| POLS 635G | Topics in International Relations: US-Japan Relations |
| POLS 685B | Topics in Asian and/or Pacific Politics: Japanese Politics |
| POLS 730 | Seminar: International Relations (US-Japan Relations) |
| REL 204 | Understanding Japanese Religions |
| REL 207 | Understanding Buddhism |
| REL 308 | Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist Masters |
| REL 475 | Seminar on Buddhism |
| REL 490 | Buddhism in Japan |
| REL 661C | Seminar on East Asian Religions: Japanese Religions |
| REL 661D | Seminar on East Asian Religions: East Asian Buddhism |
| SOC 357 | Sociology of Japan |
| SOC 720 | Social Structures of East Asia |
| SOC 722 | Modern Japanese Society |
| THEA 420C | Intermediate Voice for the Actor: Asian Traditions |
| THEA 428 | Japanese Acting Workshop |
| THEA 466 | Drama & Theater of Japan |
| THEA 663C | Topics in Asian Theater: Theories and Systems |
| THEA 663D | Topics in Asian Theater: Modern Asian Drama |
| THEA 763D | Seminar in Asian Theater: Japan |
TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION
| TI 411-12J | Technical Translation (English): Japanese |
| TI 413J | Translation Skills (Second Language): Japanese |
| TI 414J | Technical Translation (into Second Language): Japanese |
| TI 432J | Consecutive Interpretation: Japanese |
| TI 442J | Simultaneous Interpretation: Japanese |
| TI 452JJ | Sight Translation: Japanese |
| TI 499J | Directed Reading/Studies: Japanese |
| WS 360 | Pacific/Asian Women in Hawaii (cross-listed as ES 365) |
| WS 462 | Asian Women (cross-listed as AMST 438&POL 372) |