Some Trends in Communication Research and Education in Japan.

The article focuses on the numerous trends in communication research and education in Japan. It says that the disaster communication research is considered one of the biggest and richest subareas in communication research in the country. It mentions that the country has a good long-term longitudinal data in social sciences including "The Time Budgets Survey," by Broadcasting Culture Research Institute of Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK).