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Library AP Japanese Language & Culture Unit 6: Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges
⁂   AP Japanese Language & Culture · Unit 6

6. Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges

Key topics: Climate change policy and Japan's environmental commitments, Natural disaster preparedness: earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic activity; disaster vocabulary (jishin, tsunami, hinan), Nuclear energy debate following Fukushima (2011) and ongoing energy policy, Political participation and voting culture among Japanese youth, Immigration, diversity, and integration debates in contemporary Japan, Vocabulary: environmental policy terms, political discourse, cause-and-effect and argument connectors.

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Unit 6: Environmental, Political, and Societal Challenges

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Topics in this unit

  • Climate change policy and Japan's environmental commitments
  • Natural disaster preparedness: earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic activity; disaster vocabulary (jishin, tsunami, hinan)
  • Nuclear energy debate following Fukushima (2011) and ongoing energy policy
  • Political participation and voting culture among Japanese youth
  • Immigration, diversity, and integration debates in contemporary Japan
  • Vocabulary: environmental policy terms, political discourse, cause-and-effect and argument connectors