The book explores how internationalisation, a process affecting many countries throughout the world, is affecting Japan. The book considers how internationalisation is imagined, discussed and operationalised, both in Japan, and in surrounding countries; focuses in particular on educational, leisure and cultural activities, fields which are often overlooked in favour of economic and political developments; and concludes by assessing how internationalisation in Japan is likely to develop in future, taking into account the impact of the March 2011 earthquake.

1. Introduction: Internationalising Japan as Discourse and Practice 2. The Dog That Didn't Bark: 3/11 and International Students in Japan 3. Internationalising Legal Education in Japan as Discourse and Practice 4. From 'Internationalisation' to 'Multicultural Co-living' in Japanese Schools 5. Fitting Japanese Cuisine into Australia: Im-perfect Translations 6. Internationalising Japanese Culture: Australian Interpretations of Urasenke Chado (the Way of Tea) Tradition 7. Uneven Cosmopolitanism: Japanese Working Holiday Makers in Australia and the 'Lost Decade' 8. Self-help Groups for Alcoholics in Japan: Models of 'Recovery' 9. Globalisation, Soccer, and the Sportsworlds of Japan, Australia and the United States 10. Internationalising Sumo: From Viewing to Doing Japan's National Sport 11. The Transfer of Japanese Baseball Players to Major League Baseball: Have Japanese Ball Players Been Internationalised? 12. Conclusion: Reflections: The Rhythms of Internationalisation in Post-Disaster Japan

Jeremy Breaden is Lecturer in Japanese Studies at Monash University, Australia.

Stacey Steele is Associate Director (Japan) at the Asia Law Centre of the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Carolyn S. Stevens is Professor of Japanese Studies at Monash University, Australia.