Why do you want to study the social and cultural history of modern Japan right now?

Q. Why do you want to study the social and cultural history of modern Japan right now? #HIEA115

A. In high school I was interested in Japanese and decided to take a Japanese course at a local community college. After that I have continued taking classes through college and am still taking them now. I really like the language, and I think the culture behind it and the culture in general is very interesting, especially since it differs so much from the American culture I’ve grown up in. Right now I am really interested in how the current Japanese culture came to be and how it was formed in the first place, I think is compelling to see how the trends have changed and compare it even to American culture. I am also a Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience major and love learning about why people act the way they do, taking a historic/cultural lens, I think will reveal a whole different type of understanding different types of people!