Japan: Educators fret fate of nation's language

[Francis Hult]

The Japan Times

 

Educators fret fate of nation's language

 

Last year, more than 10,000 people spoke out against the government's apparent disregard for Japanese-language education when it submitted a bill to effectively abolish the National Institute for Japanese Language.

 

The semigovernmental institute, established in 1948 by the government, has been researching the spoken, written and other aspects of the language as it is actually used today.

 

Full story:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20100820f1.html

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