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Japan’s Shifting Approach towards Language Knowles, Lawrence 関西外国語大学 Kansai Gaidai University open access Japan language policy English report 論文 ARTICLE This paper discusses the language use and policies in Japan over the centuries. In particular, it gives an overview of four languages, Japanese, Ainu, Okinawan, and English, and addresses their present status in the country. Additionally, it discusses the use of Japanese and English in education, media and business and Japan’s move toward greater communicative competence in the latter language. 関西外国語大学・関西外国語大学短期大学部 Kansai Gaidai University 2020-09 eng departmental bulletin paper VoR https://doi.org/10.18956/00007925 https://kansaigaidai.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/7952 10.18956/00007925 AN00046756 0388-1067 研究論集 Journal of Inquiry and Research 112 17 25 https://kansaigaidai.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/7952/files/r112_02.pdf application/pdf 460.7 kB 2020-09-14