Government related materials

Chuutoo-gakkoo Sahoo Yookoo Kaisetsu
[Educational Guidelines for Secondary Schools] 1933 Tokyo: Teikoku Jikkoo Kyooikukai ‘The Japan Society for the Study of Education’.Google Scholar
Reihoo Yookoo
[Handbook of Manners] 1941 Tokyo: Mombusho ‘The Ministry of Education’.Google Scholar
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Shin Nippon Kensetsu ni Kansuru Shoosho
[Imperial Rescript on the Construction of a New Japan] 1946 Tokyo. [URL]
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Online news

Ameba News
2013, November 16. Toshiue toiu dake de keii o harau? Wakamono no kotae wa oomune iesu [Do you give respect only because someone is older than you? The answer from young people is mostly ‘yes’]. Retrieved from [URL]
MyVoice
2015, January 15. Famirii resutoran, famiresu [Family restaurant]. Retrieved from [URL]
NHK Kininaru Kotoba
2012, October 10. Anata to iwareru no wa fukai? [Are you unconformable with being referred to as anata?]. Retrieved from [URL]
Yomiuri Hatsugen Komachi
2012, April 16. Anata to yobu hito fukai janai desu ka [Don’t you feel uncomfortable with people who use anata?]. Retrieved from [URL]

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