Indonesia (University of Indonesia, Gadjah Mada University, Darma Persada University) Yuka Kawaji, Sociolinguistics Division

Italy (Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", L'Università degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale) Toshihiro Takagaki, Contrastive Japanese Division

Korea (Ewha Womans University, Seoul National University, Chung-ang University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) Kyoko Nomoto, Comparative Japanese Culture Division; Megumi Sakamoto, Sociolinguistics Division