This book throws light on ideologies, practices and sociocultural developments currently shaping language use in Japan by departing from the more common investi

Japan today protects one-seventh of its land surface in parks, which are visited by well over a billion people each year. Parkscapes analyzes the origins, devel

A survey of the two main indigenous languages of Japan includes the most comprehensive study of the polysynthetic Ainu language yet to appear in English as well

Over the last thirty years, two social developments have occurred that have led to a need for change in language policy in Japan. One is the increase in the num

Despite its monolingual self-image, Japan is multilingual and growing more so due to indigenous minority language revitalization and as an effect of migration.