This Symposium will be the 12^th in a series of international symposiums on Japanese Language Education and Japanese Studies held every two years in Hong Kong. This year, the symposium will be jointly co-organized by the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Society of Japanese Langauge Education Hong Kong. With generous support provided by the department of Japanese language education / Japanese studies of various higher educational institutions, the 12^th International Symposium will be a very important academic event in Hong Kong. Apart from Hong Kong academics, the symposium has also attracted the participation of scholars, educators and researchers from Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, and other East and Southeast Asian countries in the past years.