Fifteen articles dealing with international/intercultural communication are contained in this journal. The following topics are considered: a communication perspective on aging in Japan and America; Japanese speech characteristics; the development of a communication-conflict test; information systems in the educational institution; the foundation, development, and effects of the intercultural communication workshop; a critical review of the literature about the conceptualization of satisfaction; a prescriptive model for enhancing intercultural communication; nonsexist communication; the speech education trident; the effects of an intercultural communication unit in the basic speech course; the necessity of intercultural communication; evaluating oral interpretation; the right to communicate; a cross-cultural perspective on decision making; and nonverbal aspects of interpersonal communication. (FL)