Editor's Note

The Study of Social Media Usage Behavior to Enhance Japanese Language Skills of Japanese Major Students in Southern Thailand

2-21

Cultural Policy and the Soft Power of Japan and South Korea

22-38

Prince Moriyoshi’s Grudge Against Ashikaga Tadayoshi in “The Taiheiki”, Seigenin Edition

39-56

Semantic Extensions of the Verb “dasu” from a Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

An analysis of Usage on Twitter

57-75

The Use of Topic-Shifting Discourse Markers by Thai Learners of Japanese

76-99

Linguistic and Cultural Challenges of Thai Caregivers in Japan

100-121

A Comparative Study of ‘dake-da’ in Japanese and ‘thâonán’ in Thai at Sentence-final Positions

Single Element Focus and Interpretation

122-141

The Use of Kanji Pronunciation in Japanese for Learning Korean Vocabulary

142-162