Japan Studies Association of Canada

THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Thursday, 0ctober 12 - Sunday, October 15, 2006 The Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) plays a unique role to foster awareness of Japan in Canada and to promote peaceful and multilateral international relations. JSAC is a major promoter of Japan Studies in Canada. The theme for this year’s conference is Japan at our doorstep and in the changing global community. It will highlight how Japan and a changing Japanese society have influenced communities at local, regional and global scales.These communities not only pertain to social organization, but to social interaction as well. The conference will examine changing communities in the past and present, and from the local scale to regional and international scales. Panels will focus both on communities in Japan and abroad. They will examine such themes as local communities, international communities, language communities and historic communities. Actes du Congrès annuel d’études japonaises (ACEJ) 2006, 12-15 Octobre 2006. Vingt-six communications furent soumises pour colliger les actes du congrès. Ces textes sont maintenant disponibles, en document pdf, sur le site Web du Congrès annuel 2006. Nous n’avons effectué aucune modification à ces écrits. À l’avenir, nous demanderons aux auteurs de soumettre à nouveau leur manuscrit révisé pour une évaluation par leurs pairs. Merci beaucoup à tous nos collaborateurs. Nous aimerions remercier pour leur support : Sam Louie, qui a créé le site Web du Congrès annuel, le Dr. Richard Leclerc pour sa traduction en français, le professeur Norio Ota pour sa traduction en japonais et Kathy Gaynor, bibliothécaire à la Thompson Rivers University, pour son aide à la mise en ligne des actes. Cordialement, Cara Cadre, Joe Dobson, Darlene Kalynka et Tom Waldichuk, Comité organisateur du congrès ACEJ 2006 25 janvier 2008, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada Pour plus d’informations, veuillez contacter : Tom Waldichuk (twaldichuk@tru.ca) ou Cara Cadre (ccadre@tru.ca) Proceedings from the 2006 Japan Studies Conference(JSAC), October 12-15, 2006. The following 26 papers were submitted for the proceedings of the conference. The papers have been converted to pdf files and have been uploaded to the JSAC 2006 website -- we have not made any editorial changes to the papers. In the future we will ask people to resubmit their revised manuscripts for a peer reviewed publication. Thank you very much to all the contributors. We would like to acknowledge the assistance of Sam Louie for creating the JSAC website, Dr. Richard LeClerc for providing a French language version of the site, Professor Norio Ota for translating the website into Japanese, and Kathy Gaynor, Librarian at Thompson Rivers University, for her assistance with the web proceedings. Sincerely, Cara Cadre, Joe Dobson, Darlene Kalynka, and Tom Waldichuk, JSAC 2006 Conference Organizing Committee January 25, 2008, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada For further information please contact Tom Waldichuk (twaldichuk@tru.ca) or Cara Cadre (ccadre@tru.ca)