1 Table of Contents In Fulfilment of Motherhood: An Exploratory Study of Filipino Migrant Mothers on Welfare in Japan .....................................................................................................................................1 An Ambivalent Homecoming: Case Studies of Japanese-Filipino Youth in Japan .............................22 Emerging Patterns and Strategic Directions of Japan and China’s Economic Cooperation in CLMV: A Review ............................................................................................................................36 Longing for a “Gender-Open Japan”: Filipino Yaoi and BL Fans’ Imaginations of Contemporary Japanese Gender and Sexual Norms ...........................................................................54 Performing the Nation: Representing Japanese Nationalism(s) in the NHK’s Taiga Dramas .................................................................................................................................................67 The Japanese Haiku Poem in the Culture and Spiritual Life of Modern Vietnam...............................88 The Prospect of ASEAN’s Lead Role in East Asian Multilateral Cooperation ...................................94 Gender Distinction in Japanese Instructional Textbooks in the Philippines ...................................... 112 The Third Country Resettlement Programme in Japan: Myanmar Refugees from Thailand who have Resettled in Japan ..............................................................................................................127 Current Trends in Japan and China: A Comparative Analysis of Political and Social Attitudes in the Biotechnology Industry ............................................................................................134 The Reception of Haruki Murakami in Vietnam ...............................................................................146 Vietnam-Japan Economic Relations in the Context of Building an ASEAN Economic Community ........................................................................................................................................155 From The Kojiki to Children’s Literature: The Intertextuality of Japanese Myths ............................163 The Empress Who Could Have Been: The Implications of Disallowing Women from Ascending the Imperial Throne in Japan ...........................................................................................175 Negotiating Perceptions of Japan in Thailand: Transformation of Cultural Identity Through Work ....................................................................................................................................184 Filipino Ladyboy Entertainers in Japan .............................................................................................190 近௦朝鮮ࡢ女ᛶ࡟付୚ࡉࢀࡓ新ࡋい๓―ࠕ新女ᛶ………………………………………….206 城山୕郎素直࡞ኈࡕࡓ࡟ࡅ࠾ࡿḟ男健ḟࡢ中学験期௨降―苛立ࡘ思春期ࡢ実像―.. 214 ࣐ࢩ࢔ࡢ中等教育࡟ࡅ࠾ࡿ日ᮏ語教育ࡢṔ史経緯࡜今ᚋࡢ展開……………………….. 220