Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hashimoto, Kayoko (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Language policy.; Ethnology-Asia.; Languages.; Language and languages.; International relations.; Language Policy and Planning.; Asian Culture.; Asian Languages.; International Relations.

This cutting edge collection considers how the Japanese language functions as a key element of Japanese soft power in Asia. Within Japanese culture itself, the promotion of language has been an area of ambivalence. This interdisciplinary book looks across the fields of language policy, language teac...