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Anthropology
Languages, Literature & Culture
Anthropology
East Asian Society & Culture
Japanese Language & Literature
Japanese Society & Culture Studies
London
United Kingdom
On Campus
About the course
SOAS offers the most comprehensive MA in Japanese Studies available anywhere in Europe.
Students are able to choose modules that cover all of Japan’s historical periods, from the earliest to the present and ranging over the social and political sciences as well as humanities.
The students who take this programme come from many countries and have a wide variety of academic backgrounds. Some have already studied, or lived, in Japan and wish to broaden their knowledge or understanding. Others wish to focus their previous training on the region, while still others will come from Japan or other East Asian countries wishing to study Japan from the perspective of a different culture and academic tradition.
Knowledge of the Japanese language is not a requirement of the programme. Language modules,
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Entry Requirements
Minimum upper second class honours degree (or equivalent)