The government will expand the number of official Japanese-language education facilities overseas to about 100 from 10 in the next three years to cope with rising demand for courses and to counter the spread of Chinese language and culture abroad. Read... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Wed, Apr 16 2008
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