A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This book synthesises current theory and research on L2 motivation in the EFL Japanese context carried out by internationally recognized researchers and upcoming researcher-educators working in various educational contexts in Japan. Topics covered include the issues of cultural identity, demotivation, language communities, positive psychology, possible L2 selves and internationalisation within a key EFL context. The studies in the book utilise a wide ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This valuable reference tool offers a complete library of Japanese legal codes, with translations taken from an array of esteemed documents. The Japanese Ministry of Justice, the Japanese Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Information are among these primary sources. View More...
Beginning with the drafting of Vietnam's civil law in 1996, the Japan Inter national Cooperation Agency (JICA) has supported the ?gmaking of laws?h in developing countries including Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. This is a field of cooperation unique to Japan, originating from its experience studying f oreign legal systems during the Meiji Restoration.Today, Official Developme nt Assistance (ODA) is considered one of the pillars of Japan's rule of law promotion. JICA has collected documents relating to its 20 years of work, along with interviews with those involved in rule of law promotion from ... View More...
A selection of 48 words and phrases related to issues of ongoing newsworthi ness are discussed in both a Japanese and world context. The book is divide d into chapters covering society, economics, politics, world affairs, scien ce and technology. View More...
This edition includes country reports, current statistics, and background e ssays on the Pacific Rim, the Pacific Islands, and Japan. It also features a wide selection of carefully selected articles from newspapers and magazin es from around the world and an annotated list of World Wide Web sites guid es students to additional resources. View More...
Genesis in Japan rises from a journal of reflections that were collected by the author while teaching the Bible to Japanese university students in Tok yo. It relates the diverse responses to the Bible that rebound, subtly but forcefully, back to the teacher from these students--extraordinary response s, in that they are simple, pure, ordinary, and entirely disorienting. Teaching and learning the Bible in Japan has led the author to another view of the Bible, one that stands in stark contrast with the Bible in the Bible-heavy culture that was the author's beginning at a small crossroads in cent... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. On March 11th 2011, Japan was hit by a triple disaster that changed the nation forever. Patrick Fox, a literature teacher working in an international school in west Tokyo, kept a blog from 3/11 2011 to 3/11 2012, recording the extraordinary social upheaval that began that year, and linking it to other global events such as the London riots and the emergence of the Occupy Movement. He used theories of literary criticism to try to make sense of what was... View More...
A highly collectible first edition, tight clean copy, protected in a new br odart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. Gercik (managing director, M.I.T. Japan Program) employs 23 case studies to illustrate her model that organizes the Japanese approach to building rela tionships into four basic stages: Know Me, Trust Me, Believe Me, and Marry Me. A "Miss Manners" guide for the business person, this primer of proper behav ior for Americans living or doing business in Japan may be the most specifi cally useful such book to date. Drawing on ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In this volume, Gudykunst applies his world-renowned approach to intercultural communication to the specifics of Japanese//North American communication. After laying out the basic theories of intercultural communication, the authors explain the similarities and differences in patterns of communication in Japan and the United States. They then demonstrate how an understanding of these contrasting patterns can help Japanese and North Americans communica... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This atlas covers all of Japan, with place names in both Japanese and Engli sh for the greatest convenience in locating where one wishes to go. The atl as is divided into five parts--area maps, city maps, sight-seeing maps, tra nsportation maps, and thematic maps. A helpful guide to all travelers. FEATURES *21 large-scale maps of the regions of Japan, featuring Greater Tokyo and t he Kanto area and the Greater Osaka Area, with the locations of almost ... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...