Do the readings and take notes. Midterm and final are open note and based mostly on the readings. Passionate teacher

Ikeuchi is very nice and a great lecturer. She makes the content of the course extra interesting and her outfits always eat. Only issue is the test format is sort of difficult but Ikeuchi and Xu gave extra credit and redemption opportunities. Also there are assigned readings which are alright. I recommend taking Ikeuchi's classes shes a great prof!

THIS IS FOR JAPAN153! Professor Ikeuchi is sooo kind and truly cares about teaching, the subject, and her students. On the last day she even brought snacks! Very interdisciplinary course that combines history, econ, gender studies, and sociology. I genuinely loved the movies we watched. There's no midterm but there's a final project and exam.

Very proof heavy lectures but exams were quite easy and very straightforward.

Cannot lecture on material at all, dont even bother going to classes, his practice midterms are very similar to the actual ones and the homework is 40% of the grade so its super easy to get an A, but expect to learn all the material by yourself

Easy class to get an A, Hard A+ kind of class, 40% free homework, midterms and assuming also final similar to practice exams. However, the actual quality of the class is very low, the professor pretty much drones in front of slides, and you should expect to learn the content yourself.