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Part 1: Japanese learners of English in Japan and abroad: Friendship, model, and ideologies 1. Japanese students’ friendship with Asians in western ESL class: De-discrimination? 2. Japanese students’ re-construction of English model in English-speaking ASEAN 3. Japanese students’ struggle with English ideological divisions in Japan Part 2: Japanese women and English study at school, work and home 4. Female students’ socially constructed association of English with globalization 5. Female adults’ socially re-constructed feminization of English in the real world 6. Japanese women’s magazines’ empowering yet feminized discourses on language study 7. Japanese men’s struggling transition from demotivated EFL students to business English users Part 3: English and other language study needs at school and work 7. Japanese business magazines’ discourses on English and Mandarin study needs 8. Japan’s poor English education in a world-class economy 9. English supremacy and resistance from other languages: the case of Japan and beyond Part 4: Gloomy but hopeful future for research on Japanese learners of English 10. Japan’s decline and a chance for change