Japanese Language and Soft Power in Asia (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Introduction.- Why language matters in soft power.- Part I Cool Japan and Japan's soft power.- Cool Japan versus the China threat: Does Japan's popular culture success mean more soft power?.- Cool Japan and Japanese language: Why does Japan need "Japan fans"?.- Part II Japanese language and the historical construction of Asia.- Japanese language education in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and the kokuji mondai (National Script Problem).- Media and cultural policy and Japanese language education in Japanese-occupied Singapore, 1942-1945.- Part III Japanese language teaching in Asia.- Japanese language for trainee nurses from Asia: the EPA scheme as a missed opportunity.- The roles of native Japanese speaker in Japanese language programs at high schools in South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand.- Japanese pop culture as a motivating factor for Japanese language learners in Qatar.- Part IV Japanese language and learners' empowerment.- Japanese Language in the wake of Hong Kong's Umbrella movement: Is it a form of soft power?.- Accessing the soft power of Japanese language in Australia: Young Korean migrants studying Japanese as a foreign language.