The duration of the Japanese Honours degree is 4 years.
In years one and two, the focus of study is Japanese language. In the third and fourth years, specialist study is emphasised, and students choose subjects from the following: classical literature, modern literature, society and social history, politics, economics and linguistics. In the final year, students are required to select a special subject from the following list:

Japanese history I: to 1185
Japanese history II: feudal Japan
Japanese history III: the emergence of modern Japan , 1868-1972
The government and politics of Japan
The intellectual history of the Tokugawa period
The history of Japanese literature to the end of the Tokugawa period
The history of modern Japanese literature
The modern Japanese economy
Japanese linguistics
Classical Chinese
Modern Chinese
Korean Language
Korean History I: to 1392
Korean History II: 1392-1876
Korean History III. 1876 to the present

The study abroad period occurs in the third term of first year.
Junko Hagiwara is responsible for the study period abroad.
Oxford has links with Kwansei Gakuin university.

M.St. in Japanese Studies
There are Japan-related PhDs currently in progress at Oxford .