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YEAR
2025

department of east asian studies

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Japanese language education policy for
international students.
Intercultural language learning.
Business communication.
RESEARCH KEYWORDS

Student employability; Communication
competency in Japanese; Collaborative
international learning

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Kimura, K., & Paidi, R. (2023). Another Reality of
Malaysian Academics in Invigorating the Spirit of
the Look East Policy: Focusing on Japan Studies
dr.
Program in University of Malaya. In Malaysian
kaori kimura Association of Japanese Studies (Ed.), [Book Title].
UKM Press, pp. 128-146.
k.kimura@um.edu.my Kimura, K. (2022). Creating Cyclical and
Collaborative Learning for Malaysian students
through Students Exchange Programs between
EDUCATION ASEAN countries and Japan. In Ikeda, R., Tateoka,
PhD, (Japanese Applied Linguistics) Y., Kondo, A., & Kim, H. (Eds.), Diverse Practices
Waseda University, Japan Built by the collaboration of teachers and learners
(Chapter 5, pp. 85-106). Tokyo: Koko Publishing Co.,
M.A, (Japanese Applied Linguistics) Ltd. ISBN 978-4-86676-036-0.
Waseda University, Japan Koga, M., & Kimura, K. (2022). How Can Teachers
Embrace the Outcomes-Based Education Approach
B.A, (Liberal Arts in General Education) in University Education? : A Case Study of Public
Fukuoka University, Japan University in Malaysia. The Japanese Language
Association of Korea, 72, pp. 21-41. ISSN 1229-
7275. DOI 10.14817/jlak.2022.72.21.
UMEXPERT LINK
https://umexpert.um.edu.my/k-kimura.html SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
The Bridge Project for Japanese Language
RESEARCHER ID Education and Japan Studies in ASEAN (Shoyu
AEY-6723-2022 (Web of Science) Club, 2025).
Japan–Malaysia Human Resources Bridge (JACTIM,
SCOPUS ID 2023).
59458721700 Student Exchange–Nippon Discovery Program
(MEXT Japan, Joint Programme Committee, 2012–
2017).

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