Japan’s Language Policy and the “Lost Decade”

Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 25-36

  Hashimoto, Kayoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85144995528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315092034-2     Document Type: Chapter

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