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Premaratne, Dilhara D. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
In 2009, two significant script policy measures were adopted by Japan and the People's Republic of China (China hereafter), both as a response to national language needs triggered by globalisation. However, the measures chosen by the two countries were very different, Japan choosing to increase and China choosing to standardise the Chinese…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Civil Rights, Foreign Countries, Orthographic Symbols
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Premaratne, Dilhara D. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
Information and communication technology appears to have had a profound impact on language use in Japan. An important issue arising from this is said to be the increase in the use of Chinese characters (kanji) outside the official standard. This development has made a re-appraisal of the existing script policy necessary in order to accommodate the…
Descriptors: Romanization, Foreign Countries, Chinese, Information Technology