Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part 1: Theoretical Framework -- 1. Standardization of Language and Culture -- 2. Language as a Countable and the Regime of Translation -- Part 2: Kokugo Education: Japanese Education Designed for 'Native Speakers' -- 3. On the Necessity of 'Being Understood': Rethinking the Ideology of Standardization in Japan -- 4. Rethinking 'Norms' for Japanese Women's Speech -- 5. Constructing and Constructed Japanese: The History of Standard Japanese and Practice at a Japanese Preschool -- 6. How Japanese Education for Young People Has Been Discussed: A Critical Analysis from a Relational Viewpoint -- 7. A Consideration of the Discourse on Mother Tongue Instruction in Japanese Language Education: A Case Study of the Practices of Japanese Language Classes for Chinese Returnees and Vietnamese Residents -- Part 3: Nihongo Education: Japanese Education Designed for 'Non-Native Speakers' -- 8. Teaching Japanese People's Thinking: Discourses on Thought Patterns in Post-war Studies of Japanese Language Education -- 9. On Learning Japanese Language: Critical Reading of Japanese Language Textbook -- 10. Critical Teaching of Japanese Culture -- 11. The Process of Standardization of Language and Culture in a Japanese-as-a-Foreign-Language Classroom: Analysis of Teacher-Students Interactions -- Conclusion and Departure -- Index