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Fitting in at last? Learners of Japanese as community language in search of belonging and legitimacy
JCL learners need to be recognised not as problems but assets with the potential to become a bridge between Japan and Australia.
What motivates Japanese language learners in Australia and beyond?
The common promotional discourses of ‘employability’ and ‘international trade’ related to Japanese language learning do not reflect learners’ motivations.
Issues for working women as debated in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
What do female politicians in Japan raise as crucial issues for gender equality?
VIDEO: Civil Society in Asia 4: International Conference in Melbourne (part 2)
Speakers draw attention to the diverse ways in which civil society operates, the forms it takes, the approaches it embraces, and the effects it has.
More than placeholders: The ‘century of empresses’ against modern succession laws
The argument that Japan has only ever had ‘placeholder’ female sovereigns is misguided and here’s why.