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. .