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1. Introduction: Language in Public Spaces in Japan  Nanette Gottlieb  2. Public Signs as Narrative in Japan  Patricia Wetzel  3. Language Choices at Naha Airport  Patrick Heinrich  4. Multilingualism in Japanese Public Space – Reading the Signs  Peter Backhaus  5. Local Government Websites in Japan: International, Multicultural, Multilingual?  Tessa Carroll  6. Playing with Language in E-Japan: Old Wine in New Bottles  Nanette Gottlieb  7. Finding Mr. Right: New Looks at Gendered Modernity in Japanese Televised Romances  Debra J. Occhi, Cindi L. SturtzSreetharan and Janet S. Shibamoto-Smith  8. Who is to say ‘Your Japanese is incorrect’? Reflection on ‘Correct’ Japanese Usages by Learners of Japanese  Chihiro Kinoshita-Thomson  9. Partial Non-Use of Interpreters in Japanese Criminal Court Proceedings  Ikuko Nakane