Vol.41-4 CONTENTS

Toponymic Guidelines for Map and Other Editors : Japan (Second Edition)

Jun'ichi KANEKO, Takehide HISHIYAMA

Contents

1. Language
  1.1 National language
  1.2 The Japanese language
  1.3 Common alphabet
  1.4 Rules for spelling Japanese geographical names
    1.4.1 Spelling rules for the romanization of Japanese geograpical names
  1.5 Pronunciation of Japanese geographical names
  1.6 Basic knowledge of Japanese geographical names
2. Committee on the standardization and method of the standardization of geographical nemes
  2.1 Committee on the standardization of geographical names
  2.2 The method of the standardization of geographical names
3. Source materials
  3.1 Maps
  3.2 Gazetteers
4. Glossary of generic terms necessary for the understanding maps of Japan
5. Administrative divisions