The course will cover the history of Japan from the 1940s to the 1970s in terms of Japan-U.S. relations and Japan's domestic politics and economy. Students will read the assigned book, Micahel Schaller, Altered states: the United States and Japan since the occupation (Oxford University Press, 1997), at the pase of one chapter in every week. In the class, a student will make a presentation of the one chapter, then the professor will lecture on the historical background, and the students will discuss on the chapter. The goal of the course is to understand the international relations that defined Japan and the political and economic character of Japan as shaped by those international relations.