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Lidia Tanaka. Navigating Language in Parliamentary Practice: Between Courtesy and Conflict in Japan. Routledge, 2025. 208 pp. ISBN 9781032897653 (hardcover) $ 190.00

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Published online: 24 November 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.25076.ali
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