| Contents | 
              
            
           ・Cover page 
                ・Editorial Information 
                ・Editor's Preface | 
            
              
        | [Articles] | 
      
      
        | Content No. | 
        Author(s) | 
        Title | 
        Number of Pages | 
      
      
        | 11 | 
        Maho KONDA and Shinji TANI | 
        The Effect of Defusion on the Believability of Japanese Speakers’ Self-Descriptions: Results of the Function Acquisition Speed Test | 
        14 | 
      
      
        | 12 | 
        Yenni ANGGRAYNI | 
        Major Influencing Factors of Out-of-School Children in West Java Province, Indonesia | 
        16 | 
      
   
                | 13 | 
                Raffaella MARINI | 
                Strategic Communication, Strategic Narratives, and Museums: An
                    Introductory Study of “Authentic Japan” through the Japan House Project | 
                16 | 
              
   
                | 14 | 
                Yuting YANG, Chiaki MURAYAMA, Hisayoshi NORIMOTO, Tohru KAMITANAKA, Yuto NISHIDONO,
                  Yukio KAWATA, Yasuhiro TEZUKA, Ken TANAKA | 
                The Effects of Microbubble Washing on Microbial Contamination and the  Active Ingredient Contents of Crude Drugs | 
                15 | 
              
    
      | [Research Notes] | 
    
    
        | Content No. | 
        Author(s) | 
        Title | 
        Number of Pages | 
      
  
                | 31 | 
                Shanshan OUYANG, Ronda ROBINSON and Stuart B. KAMENETSKY | 
                Breaking Windows and Mirrors: The
                    LGBTQ+/Disability Community's Representation in Japanese Media | 
                11 | 
              
              
                | 【Breif Research Report/Fieldwork Report】 | 
              
              
                | Content No. | 
                Author(s) | 
                Title | 
                Number of Pages | 
              
           
                | 51 | 
                Naomi AKIYAMA, PHAM Hồng Hà, Akihiro TAKEDA | 
                Enhancing Vietnamese Healthcare through Joint Ventures with 
                  Japan: A Case Study of T-Matsuoka Medical Center  | 
                 4 | 
              
     
                | [Book Reviews] | 
              
              
                | Content No. | 
                Author(s) | 
                Title | 
                Number of Pages | 
              
              
                | 71 | 
                Fernando WIRTZ | 
              Evolving Postwar Japanese Philosophy: Odyssey Towards a Contemporary Cosmology through the Human Body, Technology, and Ecology By MATSUI Nobuyuki, Kyoto: Ritsumeikan University Asia-Japan Research Institute, 2023* | 
                4
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                | 72 | 
                Sudipta Das | 
              The War Diary of Asha-san: From Tokyo to Netaji's Indian National Army Lt. Bharati “Asha” Sahay Choudhry (Author), Tanvi Srivastava (Translator), India, HarperCollins, 2022* | 
                3
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                | 73 | 
                Sharifah Faigah Syed ALWI | 
                Digital Transformation in Islamic Finance: A Critical and Analytical View
                    By Yasushi SUZUKI and Mohammad Dulal MIAH, New York: Routledge, 2023 | 
                 5 |