Abstract
The purpose of this article is to examine the value accruing to a regional area in Australia from the location of an undergraduate Japanese language education program in a university in that area. The focus is on the manner is which the inclusion of such aprogram enhances the sustainability of the area. Sustainability is here defmed as the resilience demonstrated by social subjects in the absence:,ofthe full range of services available in more densely populated and resource advantaged areas. Such resilienceimplies an ongoing capacity on the part of subjects to contribute productively to social and economic networks in the area. The rliscussion includes two cases of graduates of the program under review. On the basis of these cases, the argument is advanced that local regional and rural area access to a tertiary sector second language program offers a unique and valuable strategic dimension to the personal and professional development of social agents in regional areas and to the sustainability of these areas generally.
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