From February 26 to March 2, 2018, Professor Naoya Yamazaki (山崎 直也) of Teikyo University (帝京大学) visited Kyushu University to deliver an intensive course on Contemporary Taiwanese Society and Politics to our students. Prof. Yamazaki discussed a range of significant and contentious aspects of Taiwan's current predicament - setting this in historical context, and paying particular attention to ongoing debates over culture and identity, and their political ramifications.