077: Living Together with Japanese Language

2023.1.27

In recent years, as the number of foreign residents in Japan has increased, so has interest in how to achieve a cohesive intercultural and inclusive society. In order to live together with people from diverse backgrounds, the use of "plain Japanese" as a means of providing information is being promoted in many fields, along with efforts to support multilingualism, and there is a growing need to develop new Japanese-language materials with content more suited to everyday situations and to support learners.
In order for a diverse group of people ―native speakers and non-native speakers ― to live together using the Japanese language as a communication tool, the key is not for a few to make an effort, but for everyone to take small steps to meet halfway. In this special feature, we use several cases to consider what each of us can do.

Top Stories
Living Together with Japanese Language <1>
Interview with Lead Actor Fonchi and the Production Team of "ひきだすにほんご Activate Your Japanese!"
What Activates Our Communications (Part 1)
December 28, 2022

Living Together with Japanese Language <2>
Interview with Lead Actor Fonchi and the Production Team of "ひきだすにほんご Activate Your Japanese!"
What Activates Our Communications (Part 2)
December 28, 2022

Feature Stories - Somewhere in the world today
Living Together with Japanese Language <3>
Contributed by Yamawaki Keizo, Professor, School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University and Members of the Yamawaki Seminar
Yasashii Nihongo and Tabunka Kyosei
October 5, 2022

Behind the Scenes - Stories from backstage
Living Together with Japanese Language <4>
Toward Japanese for Mutual Understanding: Focusing on the JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education
Setsuko Shinozaki (Chief Lecturer at the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa)
January 27, 2023

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