Foreword -- Preface -- The Impact of Internationalization on Japanese Higher Education: Is Japanese Education Really Changing? -- Part 1: Intercultural -- International Education as Intercultural Communication: Using the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) as a Framework of Reference -- Global and Local Perspectives on Discourses and Practices of University Internationalization -- Microsociology of Internationalization of the Akita Community: “International” Universities and Impact of Study Abroad on Students -- English Proficiency and Internationalization among Japanese University Students -- Part 2: Administrative/Political -- Dimensions of Internationalization: Some Japanese Case Studies -- The Difficulty of Developing and Nurturing the “International” in an International Japanese Higher Education Institution -- Is “Dynamism without Risk” Possible in the Japanese University Sector?: A Critique of the 2009 OECD Report on Higher Education in Japan -- Part 3: Perspective from Below -- Living Apart Together: The Limited Interaction between International and Local Students in Higher Education in Japan (and Abroad) -- Muddling through Internationalization in the University of Tsukuba: A Case Study -- Betwixt and Between JA: Japan, Jamaica, Agriculture, Education and the Will to Employment -- Part 4: Context -- International Education: The Beginnings -- Smart City—Stupid Countryside: Social and Political Implications of the Urban/Rural Split in Japanese Education -- “International” Higher Education in Japan: Expanding Intracultural Knowledge or (Re)defining Intercultural Boundaries? -- Part 5: Overview -- Internationalization as a Contradictory Sign in the Global Era -- About the Contributors -- Index. .“Deftly avoiding both the zealous idealism of the policymaker and the cynical realism of the practitioner, the contributions to this volume offer empirically grounded, culturally nuanced analyses of university internationalisation in practice. Recommended reading for anyone interested in Japanese higher education today, and a fine example of how to blend engaging ‘insider’ stories with rigorous scholarly analysis.” – Jeremy Breaden, PhD (Melbourne), Lecturer in Japanese Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University “An excellent timely publication! This book brings together critical insights and multi-dimensional understandings of internationalization, and international and intercultural practices in Japanese higher education. It will be an important sourcebook, a must-read for all interested in Japanese higher education and internationalization. It will certainly raise the bar of competencies and knowledge of the field.” – Terri Kim, PhD (London), Reader in Comparative Higher Education, Leader of the Higher Education Research Group, University of East London .