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All data is as of November 10, 2025.

SAIJO YUTO: Associate Professor

Affiliation	Morito Institute of Global Higher Education
Discipline	Japanese Language Education
Academic Degrees	Naruto University of Education　Master of Education Hiroshima University　Doctor of Philosophy in Education
Research Fields	Humanities; Linguistics; Japanese language education Humanities; Linguistics; Linguistics Social sciences; Education; Sociology of education
Research Keywords	discourse / Japanese language teacher training / Kyrgyzstan / Central Asian studies / persuasion / Japanese language education / interpersonal communication
Comments	My specialty is Japanese language education and sociolinguistics. In particular, I am interested in topics (1)–(3). (1) Research on strategies to persuade monolinguals and bilinguals in multilingual societies; (2) research on the classroom culture of Japanese language teachers in developing countries (views of learning, teaching, and teaching); and (3) Research on Japanese language education and Japanese language teacher training curricula in Central Asia (mainly Kyrgyzstan), as well as joint research in Japan and Kyrgyzstan. We are working on the development of textbooks for Japanese language teacher training and teaching materials for Japanese language learners (presentation materials, Japanese-Japanese dictionaries, etc.).
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Topic	Asia/Oceania Education/School/Language Higher Education Situations Surrounding Developing Countries
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