Links also to a Japanese language version of the same, and to some of the academic organizations involved. Includes studies on Japan from original sources, Japanese-English bilingualism, intercultural communication, and on efforts to indigenize the English language teaching profession in Japan. Its primary focus is how digital technology and the Internet will transform the book and other print media, and what new media may emerge from this transformation. This project serves as an umbrella for three concurrent undertakings. One, a six-installment multimedia series, addresses the impact of the industrial and technological revolutions on the Japanese language.
Topics range from the Gutenberg of Japan to the invention of the Japanese word processor.