Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kayoko Hashimoto.
• Editors: Hashimoto, Kayoko
• Contents: Introduction.- Why language matters in soft power.- Part I Cool Japan and Japan's soft power.- Cool Japan versus the China threat: Does Japan's popular culture success mean more soft power?.- Cool Japan and Japanese language: Why does Japan need 'Japan fans'?.- Part II Japanese language and the historical construction of Asia.- Japanese language education in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and the kokuji mondai (National Script Problem).- Media and cultural policy and Japanese language education in Japanese-occupied Singapore, 1942-1945.- Part III Japanese language teaching in Asia.- Japanese language for trainee nurses from Asia: the EPA scheme as a missed opportunity.- The roles of native Japanese speaker in Japanese language programs at high schools in South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand.- Japanese pop culture as a motivating factor for Japanese language learners in Qatar.- Part IV Japanese language and learners' empowerment.- Japanese Language in the wake of Hong Kong's Umbrella movement: Is it a form of soft power?.- Accessing the soft power of Japanese language in Australia: Young Korean migrants studying Japanese as a foreign language.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (207 pages)
• Subjects: Linguistics; Language policy; South Asian Languages; International relations; Social Science -- General; Foreign Language Study -- General; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Cultural studies; International relations; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics; Sociolinguistics; Ethnology-Asia
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811050862
• Related ISBNs: 9789811050855
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.