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1. General
2. Arts and visual cultures
3. Humanities
4. Japanese-American Studies
5. Social and behavioral sciences
6. Japanese company histories
7. Science and Technology in Japan
8. More to come

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In many cases 日本学科 is a reasonable equivalent for the term Japanese Studies. As an academic field conducted outside of Japan, Japanese Studies stresses proficiency in and knowledge about Japanese language as a first basic requirement for further research, for example, on the history and culture of Japan, the sciences, industries, and arts developed there, and the physical nature of its lands and peoples.

In contrast, the term 日本学 is more properly translated as Japanology (see Japanese language Wikipedia: 日本学 for discussion) and is less concerned with using the Japanese language as a medium for research and more concerned with things Japanese as objects of study. Japanese advances in medicine and technology with global application, for example, might be ignored by a Japanologist except insofar as said advances reveal something about Japan in particular.

For our purposes, Japanese Studies is meant to have a broader coverage than either of these terms in their usual senses. From here you can access

• Secondary resources and primary research on Japan (science, history, politics, technology, popular culture, etc.)
• General research by Japanese scientists, historians, anthropologists, economists, etc.
• Primary research on the Japanese experience and influence abroad (exploration, emigration, exports, Hollywood's portrayal of Japanese people, etc.)
• Primary resources on Japanese literature, art, film, music, theatre, sports, cuisine, etc.