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Examining language support practices in both formal and nonformal education, ranging from public night school to community-based language classes, this volume encourages the development of systems in Japan that foster equitable and inclusive language policies.

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This book is a timely and invaluable addition to the descriptive research on community-based efforts to provide Japanese-language instruction to foreign residents. The contributors, from scholars to on-the-ground actors, lucidly make the case for moving past the ad hoc to a language education policy that is more coherent and immigrant-centered. English readers will have at hand a work with a solid range of detailed, nuanced perspectives that discuss the missteps, challenges, and promises of this key facet of Japan's emergent multiculturalism. -- Aoi Tsuda, University of Notre Dame This volume-the outcome of longstanding engaged scholarship-not only critically examines policy but is deeply committed to practice and gives voice to a whole range of actors involved, including immigrants themselves. -- Goro Christoph Kimura, Sophia University

This book is a timely and invaluable addition to the descriptive research on community-based efforts to provide Japanese-language instruction to foreign residents. The contributors, from scholars to on-the-ground actors, lucidly make the case for moving past the ad hoc to a language education policy that is more coherent and immigrant-centered. English readers will have at hand a work with a solid range of detailed, nuanced perspectives that discuss the missteps, challenges, and promises of this key facet of Japan's emergent multiculturalism. -- Aoi Tsuda, University of Notre Dame This volume—the outcome of longstanding engaged scholarship—not only critically examines policy but is deeply committed to practice and gives voice to a whole range of actors involved, including immigrants themselves. -- Goro Christoph Kimura, Sophia University

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Keiko Hattori is professor of biology-oriented science and technology at Kindai University Kurie Otachi is professor of organization for educational support and international affairs at Tottori University Makiko Shinya is professor of international studies at Osaka Sangyo University

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