YASUKO KANNO is Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics in the Department of English of the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Her research interests include bilingual education, multilingual and multicultural identities, and sociocultural experiences of language minority students. She is author of Negotiating Bilingual and Bicultural Identities: Japanese Returnees Betwixt Two Worlds. She serves on the editorial boards of the Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

'Language and Education in Japan makes a welcome contribution both to critical studies of language education, and specifically to understanding bilingualism in Japan. I recommend it to scholars interested in applied linguistics, language education, and contemporary Japan.' - Chad Nilep, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, USA (via Linguist List)

• Introduction Framing the Study Nichiei Immersion School Zhonghua Chinese Ethnic School Hal International School Sugino Elementary School Midori Elementary School Imagined Communities and School Policies and Practices Student Bilingualism and Identities Conclusions: Unequal Access to Bilingualism Bibliography Index

YASUKO KANNO is Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics in the Department of English of the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Her research interests include bilingual education, multilingual and multicultural identities, and sociocultural experiences of language minority students. She is author of Negotiating Bilingual and Bicultural Identities: Japanese Returnees Betwixt Two Worlds. She serves on the editorial boards of the Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

'Language and Education in Japan makes a welcome contribution both to critical studies of language education, and specifically to understanding bilingualism in Japan. I recommend it to scholars interested in applied linguistics, language education, and contemporary Japan.' - Chad Nilep, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, USA (via Linguist List)

• Introduction Framing the Study Nichiei Immersion School Zhonghua Chinese Ethnic School Hal International School Sugino Elementary School Midori Elementary School Imagined Communities and School Policies and Practices Student Bilingualism and Identities Conclusions: Unequal Access to Bilingualism Bibliography Index

YASUKO KANNO is Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics in the Department of English of the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Her research interests include bilingual education, multilingual and multicultural identities, and sociocultural experiences of language minority students. She is author of Negotiating Bilingual and Bicultural Identities: Japanese Returnees Betwixt Two Worlds. She serves on the editorial boards of the Japan Journal of Multilingualism and Multiculturalism and the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

'Language and Education in Japan makes a welcome contribution both to critical studies of language education, and specifically to understanding bilingualism in Japan. I recommend it to scholars interested in applied linguistics, language education, and contemporary Japan.' - Chad Nilep, Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado, USA (via Linguist List)

• Introduction Framing the Study Nichiei Immersion School Zhonghua Chinese Ethnic School Hal International School Sugino Elementary School Midori Elementary School Imagined Communities and School Policies and Practices Student Bilingualism and Identities Conclusions: Unequal Access to Bilingualism Bibliography Index