Makoto Yamazaki, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan; Haruko Sanada, Rissho University, Tokyo, Japan; Reinhard Köhler, Prof. Emeritus University Trier, Germany; Sheila Embleton, York University, Toronto, Canada; Relja Vulanović, Kent State University at Stark Ohio, USA; Eric S. Wheeler, York University, Toronto, Canada.