In December, Linguapax Asia conducted several workshops at a number of universities in the Tokyo area on the topic of immigrant communities and languages

Students proudly displaying their poster on Immigrant Communities of Japan

of Japan. Some 150 students participated in the workshops with the purpose of raising awareness of the multilingualism, and indigenous and minority languages in Japan. Posters of students’ presentations will be displayed at the upcoming Linguapax Asia 2016 symposium at Kansai University in Osaka, and the best group invited to give a presentation of their research at the symposium.