Impact of Globalization on Japanese Language and Culture Crossroads in Cultural Studies 2002 Norio Ota York University Impact on Culture and Society Judicial system reform Empowerment, accountability, informed consent Psychological analysis: ‘healing’, ‘co-dependency’ Aging, fixed contribution pension, portability of pension and tax reform Japan as a multi-cultural and multi-racial nation Impact on education Later marriage, fewer children and divorce Political correctness Restructuring, salary reduction, unemployment and homeless Asian Free Trade Zone – China, Korea and ASEAN ? Impact on Language Sociolinguistic and pragmatic changes Confrontational and aggressive approach From agreement-seeking to agreement-demanding Other changes in communication strategies: more – – – – Direct, Assertive Argumentative, Provocative, Challenging, Competitive Egalitarian [gender equal, rank equal] Self-righteous, Non-apologetic Impact on Language New usage in idiomaticity iken o suri-awaseru ‘rub opinions together’ mongon ‘statement’ hanzai ga okonawareta ‘a crime was committed’ denchuu to gekitotsu ‘crash with an electric pole (lit.)’ boosoo-zoku ga tsudou chuusha-joo ‘a parking lot where mortorcycle gangs get together’ shashin o totta mikka-mae ni Osore-san ni itta ‘He went to Mt Osore three days before the photo was taken saikin toku ni ninki ni natte ‘it has become popular recently’ Impact on Language Loan words fuurigan-taisaku ‘(anti-)hooligan measures seegi no hiiroo ‘champion (hero) of justice’ koosoku-dooro-dai-kurasshu ‘a big crash on a freeway’ honne-tooku ‘heart-to-heart talk’ riiku-suru ‘to leak’ happii-raifu ‘happy life’ akushidento ‘accident’ doggu-fuudo ‘dog food’ bureeku-suru ‘to get a break’ rajio reidio enerugii enajii hoomuresu reipu sutoriito-chirudoren ‘radio’ ‘energy’ ‘homeless’ ‘rape’ ‘street children’ Japan as an agent of globalization East Asia and Southeast Asia: ‘Doraemon’ , ‘Hello Kitty’, ‘TarePanda’, ‘Pokemon’ North America and West: ‘Sailor Moon’ , ‘Pokemon’, ‘Nomo, ‘Ichiro’ References 岩淵功一 ｢グロ｢バリゼ｢ションの中の日本文化の｢い｢ 世界 1998 年 月｢ 69 － 81 岩波書店 Iwabuchi, Koichi (2001) “Japan, Globalization, and Cultural Imperialism”, paper presented at ICAS2 Conference, Berlin Leung, Lisa (2001) “Gendering Transnationalism: Cultural politics of intra-East Asian media consumption, paper presented at ICAS2 Conference, Berlin Ota, Norio (1995) 'Cross-Cultural Communication through Japanese: Communicating with Japan through high school education', in D.J Dicks (ed.) Communicating with Japan: Images Past, Present and Future - An Interdisciplinary Anthology, Montreal: Concordia University, 1995, 108-130 (1999) ‘Culture in Language Context’, JSAC web publication, 12 th Annual Conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada, McGill University, Montreal (2000) ‘Coping with sociolinguistic and pragmatic changes in TJFL’, 13 th Annual Conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada, University of British Columbia