A Comparison of Cohesion Marker of Japanese Fairy Tale Saru Kani Gassen and Indonesian Fairy Tale Monyet dan Kura-Kura

Some Japanese fairy tales have its similar fairy tales in Indonesian, such as Saru Kani Gassen (The Battle of The Monkey and Crabs) and Monyet dan Kura-Kura (The Monkey and The Turtle). This study
aims to compare the cohesion marker of the two fairy tales mentioned above. This study uses cohesion theory from Nitta, Halliday and Hasan, and also Nesi and Sarwoyo. The research method used descriptive qualitative analysis. The method used in data collection is the listening method and the note taking technique.
The method used to analyze the cohesion marker is descriptive analysiswith the determinant element sorting technique. Based on the analysis in the data, conjunction is the most common grammatical cohesion marker in both fairy tales, while the least in Saru Kani Gassen is substitution, and in Monyet dan Kura-Kura is
ellipsis. Meanwhile, repetition is the most common lexical cohesion marker found in both fairy tales, while the least found in the Saru Kani Gassen are antonyms and hyponyms, and the least found in the Monyet dan Kura-Kuraare synonyms and hyponyms