Yoshio Sugimoto: An Introduction to Japanese society (third edition), 2010. Cambridge University Press.
Fujiwara Masahiko: The Dignity of the Nation, 2007. IBC.
James L. McClain: Japan: A Modern History, 2002. W.W. Norton & Company. (this is the textbook of the JAP1503 Japanese History class. We will only use the last few chapters).
Additional articles to be read will be available on Fronter.