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Ohte, Nobuhito, Naoko Tokuchi, Hideaki Shibata, Maki Tsujimura, Tadashi Tanaka, and Myron J. Mitchell. "Hydrobiogeochemistry of forest ecosystems in Japan: major themes and research issues." Hydrological Processes 15, no. 10 (2001): 1771–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.239.
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Mizuno, Akira. "A Brief Review of Interpretation Research in Japan." HERMES - Journal of Language and Communication in Business 8, no. 14 (January 5, 2017): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/hjlcb.v8i14.25099.
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This paper reviews current empirical and theoretical research on interpreting in Japan. Though interpreting research in Japan is in its infancy, it is hoped that it will be activated by the effort of the Interpreting Research Association of Japan. One of the important themes of interpreting research in Japan is to find ways in which to overcome the difficulties that arise in the interpretation between Japanese, which is an SOV-type language, and SVO-type languages such as English.
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NAKAZAWA, Atsuo, and Izumi MIYAZAKI. "THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS IN JAPAN: TRADITIONAL THEMES AND NEW RESEARCH." Учёные записки Петрозаводского государственного университета 183, no. 6 (September 2019): 64–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.15393/uchz.art.2019.373.
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Naito, Yumi, Yoko Tomita, Katrina Breaden, and Yvonne Parry. "Community Nurses' Perspective on Barriers to Effective Utilization of Advance Care Planning for Terminal Care of The Elderly in The Home Environment in Japan: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Studies." International Journal of Advanced Health Science and Technology 2, no. 3 (June 15, 2022): 150–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.35882/ijahst.v2i3.4.
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Advance care planning (ACP) allows individuals to plan the health care which dignifies their personal values at the terminal phase of their illnesses. The Japanese government previously endorsed the concept of ACP in the guideline on end-of-life care and community nurses in Japan could play an increased role to improve its utilization by patients. The current study aimed to identify challenges surrounding ACP practice in the home environment in Japan from the community nurses’ perspectives. Semi-structured interview was performed on eleven community nurses working in metropolitan areas in Japan. Qualitative data was collected and analyzed using Braun & Clarke’s six-step framework of thematic analysis (2006). Five themes were identified as barriers to effective ACP utilization: complexity surrounding family power, informed consent and discussion, cultural influence, longer life versus better life, and absence of frameworks and guidelines. The first three themes were further subdivided into subthemes: imbalance in family power and family guilt, inadequate information for decision-making and ‘no one talk about it’, and traditional ways of thinking and taboo surrounding talking about death, respectively. The identified issues surrounding the current ACP practice in Japan were interconnected and reflective of the social, cultural, legal, and ethical aspects of life and care in Japan. This study highlighted the importance of respecting patients’ preferences in care, which should be additionally protected by establishing clear policy and legal frameworks on ACP
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Garcia, Lermie Shayne. "THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT’S RHETORIC ON JAPAN-CHINA RIVALRY AND INDEPENDENT FOREIGN POLICY." Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) 3, no. 2 (December 28, 2018): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol3iss2pp1-16.
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This study examines the Japan-China rivalry and independent foreign policy (IFP) rhetoric of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Using both AntConc (concordance program) and conventional reading, this study identifies the themes and aspects as to how he used words related to China and Japan in his speeches. Data analysis reveals that his rhetoric centered on several themes, such as historical relations, brotherly and friendly relations, strategic partnership, China as an economic and military superpower, development assistance, and as point of reference, among others. Contrary to what Duterte portrays as IFP, the study shows that even after two years into his presidency, nothing has really changed in the Philippines. His promise of pursuing an IFP policy has neither taken the form of a concrete plan nor materialized as a policy. This paper argues that the ambivalence in Duterte’s foreign policy rhetoric is just a strategy to accommodate China’s influence while maintaining his nationalist narrative. His IFP rhetoric is just a manifestation of continuing dependency to outside powers. No matter how different it initially seemed to be from previous administrations in the way that it entertains other powers such as China and Japan apart from the US, it still cannot be considered as IFP.Keywords: Independent foreign policy, Japan-China rivalry, Philippine foreign policy under Duterte, presidential speech analysis, Rodrigo DuterteCite as: Garcia, L.S.S. (2018). The Philippine president’s rhetoric on Japan-China rivalry and independent foreign policy. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 3(2),1-16.http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol3iss2pp1-16
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Taniguchi, Chinatsu, Natsuko Seto, and Yasuko Shimizu. "Outpatient nursing support for self-monitoring in patients with chronic heart failure." PLOS ONE 16, no. 7 (July 2, 2021): e0254019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254019.
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Background Early symptoms of worsening heart failure are difficult for patients to detect and manage, contributing to the high readmission rate for worsening heart failure. Thus, it is important to promote self-monitoring and to support patients in recognizing and interpreting their symptoms. This study aimed to explore the ways in which specialized nurses in the outpatient setting provide support for self-monitoring in patients with chronic heart failure in Japan. Methods This exploratory study adopted a qualitative study design. The participants were a convenience sample of five nurses certified in chronic heart failure nursing and one advanced practice nurse certified in chronic care nursing, all with experience in outpatient nursing in Japan. Data were collected from June 2017 to October 2017 through semi-structured one-on-one interviews and were analyzed using an established qualitative inductive method. Results The analysis identified seven themes describing the nursing support provided by the study participants. Among these were three themes describing different forms of direct support for self-monitoring: “Encourage patients to reflect on their own,” “Support touching the body and developing body awareness,” and “Support sharing the task.” Two themes described practice perspectives: “Support self-monitoring that is not overly sensitive” and “Support connection with the patient’s life.” Two final themes described contextual factors in the outpatient care setting: “Struggling with constraints and powerlessness” and “Building a support system in the outpatient setting.” Conclusions The findings provide a practice for nurses promoting self-monitoring in patients with chronic heart failure in the outpatient setting. The study findings inform and provide goals for the support of self-monitoring in patients with heart failure and also, suggest the need to establish a strong support system for outpatient care in Japan.
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Dessì, Ugo. "Religion, Hybrid Forms, and Cultural Chauvinism in Japan." Journal of Religion in Japan 1, no. 2 (2012): 168–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/221183412x649629.
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Abstract This article analyzes a few selected case studies from different religious traditions in contemporary Japan to illustrate, first, the active role played by religion in Japan in the creation of hybrid forms and, secondly, the potentiality in two instances to promote cultural chauvinism. The topics explored here are Japanese Buddhism and the issue of human rights, Shintō’s self-representation as a ‘religion of the forest,’ and Kōfuku no Kagaku’s adoption of Theosophical themes. The discourse of human rights found in traditions such as Jōdo Shinshū, Jōdoshū, and Sōtōshū shows how this western idea is made to resonate with religious concepts from the Buddhist tradition, thus making possible a reshaping of local religious identities. While in this case the catalyst in the process is provided by an external source, the recent reshaping of Shintō as a ‘religion of the forest’ may be characterized as a glocalization leaning to ‘native’ sources, in which the ‘native’ religious tradition is subject to a creative reading following the worldwide growing awareness of ecology. Here a tendency to emphasize the superiority of the ‘native’ culture may also be noticed. However, as the case of Kōfuku no Kagaku’s adoption of various Theosophical themes illustrates, also glocalization leaning to external sources may be accompanied by forms of cultural chauvinism.
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Akamine, Yoko, Rintaro Imafuku, Takuya Saiki, Jannet Lee-Jayaram, Benjamin W. Berg, and Yasuyuki Suzuki. "Physicians’ perceptions of followership in resuscitation in Japan and the USA: a qualitative study." BMJ Open 11, no. 8 (August 2021): e047860. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047860.
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ObjectivesWhile leadership is accepted as a crucial aspect of a successful resuscitation team, the role of followership has not been sufficiently explored. This study aims to explore physicians’ perceptions of common favourable followership in resuscitation teams in two different countries.DesignA qualitative study with interviews and a reflexive thematic analysis.SettingThe authors individually interviewed critical care and emergency physicians whose clinical experience exceeded 6 years in Japan and the USA.ParticipantsA total of 18 physicians participated in a face-to-face, semistructured and in-depth interviews.ResultsFive themes and nine subthemes related to followership in resuscitation were identified. Under technical skills, two themes (being knowledgeable and skilled) and three subthemes (understanding guidelines/algorithms, clinical course and being competent with procedural skills), were generated. Under non-technical skills, three themes (assuming roles, team communication and flattening hierarchy) and six subthemes (taking roles spontaneously, calm tone of voice, sharing information, closed-loop communication, respectful attitude and speaking up), were generated. Each generated theme involved commonly perceived favourable attributes of followership in resuscitation teams by experienced critical care and emergency physicians in both countries.ConclusionsThis study clarified physicians’ perception of common favourable followership attributes in resuscitation teams, both in Japan and in the USA. The results of this study shed light on followership-focused resuscitation education, where followership skills are generally underestimated.
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Rawski, Evelyn S. "Research Themes in Ming-Qing Socioeconomic History—The State of the Field." Journal of Asian Studies 50, no. 1 (February 1991): 84–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2057477.
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China's political “opening to the West” in 1979–89 directly affected historical scholarship on Ming and Qing socioeconomic history. Some PRC scholars were able to travel abroad, others met foreign specialists at international conferences held in China, and many more were introduced to foreign scholarship through Chinese translations of articles and books published in Taiwan, Japan, Europe, and North America. Foreign scholars, also, profited from new access to archival sources for research; a few anthropologists and historians even were able to reside in the countryside and interview villagers. While increased access and scholarly exchange have enriched research, they have not erased national differences in interpretation and approach.
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Kohno, Ayako, Maznah Dahlui, David Koh, Inge Dhamanti, Hanif Rahman, and Takeo Nakayama. "Factors influencing healthcare-seeking behaviour among Muslims from Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia and Malaysia) living in Japan: an exploratory qualitative study." BMJ Open 12, no. 10 (October 2022): e058718. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058718.
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ObjectivesTo identify factors influencing healthcare-seeking behaviours and to explore issues with healthcare experiences of Muslims from Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia and Malaysia) living in Japan.DesignQualitative study.SettingKansai area of Japan (Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo and Nara prefectures).ParticipantsForty-five Muslims in Japan from Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia and Malaysia).MethodsSemistructured interviews were conducted by trained interviewers who are Muslims living in Japan. Interviews were conducted in Indonesian and Malaysian languages and transcribed and translated into English. The data were thematically analysed.ResultsFour themes were identified: (1) trying to comply with the recommendations of Islam, (2) confusion about healthcare system, (3) improvising an informal support system and (4) language barrier problems.ConclusionMuslims in Japan have some issues when obtaining healthcare services mainly because of communication issues besides the conflicts to meet their religious obligations. Education and awareness building for the Muslim patients in Japan as well as Japanese healthcare providers are needed to allow smooth communication between Japanese healthcare providers and Muslim patients in Japan.
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Wada, Akinori. "Experience Bali in Japan: A Short Trip to Nasu Highland." Bali Tourism Journal 4, no. 3 (December 5, 2020): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.36675/btj.v4i3.49.
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COVID-19 outbreak around the world made overseas travel almost impossible. Thus, for this summer holiday, Nasu may be opted as destination to spend freetime with family. Located in the northeast of Tochigi prefecture, Nasu is a rural town set in a vast mountain range. The area is famous for its attractions such as onsen, themed park and winter sports. There is also a historical sightseeing Sessho-seki, Nasu Yumoto Onsen, and Imperial villa. Those who wish to experience overseas experience may visit the mini theme park of the Asian old bazaar, located on Nasu Road in Tsumujiga-daira Yumoto, Nasu Town. There we can find shopping complexes with Asian themes such as Vietnam, India, Nepal, Thailand and Bali. Ubudo Restaurant, a restaurant decorated with Balinese architecture, offers a variety of Balinese culinary specialties. The Balinese vibe is strongly-felt right after entering the restaurant's Candi Bentar gate, which perfected the dining experience in Bali. The visitor may also visit many favorite spots such as Nasu ropeway, Minamigaoka Bokujo, the Monkey Park, the Museum of Cars, the Teddy Bear Museum, and the Animal Kingdom tourist park that should not be missed.
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Law, Jane Marie. "Remembering Sugihara, Re-framing Japan in Europe: Holocaust Era Altruism and the Politics of Cultural Memory." Acta Orientalia Vilnensia 7, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2006): 13–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/aov.2006.3769.
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This paper is a comparison of two museums dedicated to the Japanese diplomat to Lithuania during World War II, Sugihara Chiune. Credited with having written over 6,000 visas to save the lives of Jews fleeing German occupied Poland into Lithuania, Sugihara is regarded in Europe, in Japan, and within the Jewish community as a whole as an altruistic person. This study is not an inquiry into the merits of Sugihara’s action, but rather astudy of how the process of memorializing, narrativizing and celebrating the life of Sugihara in two vastly different museums is part of a larger project of selective cultural memory on the part of various Japanese organizations and institutions. This paper situates the themes of altruism and heroism in the larger process of cultural memory, to see how such themes operate to advance other projects of collective memory. The case of Sugihara is fascinating precisely because the vastly differing processes of cultural memory of the Holocaust―in Lithuania, in Japan, and in a wider post-World War II, post Holocaust Jewish Diaspora each have different ways of constructing, disseminating and consuming narratives of altruism. This paper is based on fieldwork in Kaunas and Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2003, 2004 and again in 2005 and in Japan in 2005.
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Meadows, Bryan. "Utilizing Comparative Education as a Platform for Deepening Student Engagement with Catholic Social Teaching: An Exploratory Case Study in Study-Abroad." Journal of Catholic Education 24, no. 2 (2021): 170–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.15365/joce.2402102021.
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Central to the mission of Catholic higher education are the themes of Catholic social teaching. This contribution to the Education in Practice section recounts a 15-week undergraduate course that deepened student engagement in Catholic social teaching themes through comparative education studies and a study abroad experience to Japan. A detailed description of the course’s main segments draws on artifacts of student coursework and post-interviews. The contribution of comparative education is that students are provided a platform upon which they can explore deeper, underlying principles to individual Catholic social teaching themes. This contribution further provides practitioners step-by-step guidance in how to develop similar learning experiences for students in their university context. This report of Catholic Education at the classroom-level fits into the existing knowledge of how universities in the United States are engaging undergraduates in Catholic social teaching themes, as an expression of Catholic mission.
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Minowa, Yuko, and Russell W. Belk. "Gifts and Nationalism in Wartime Japan." Journal of Macromarketing 38, no. 3 (May 1, 2018): 298–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0276146718773473.
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This study investigates the shifting discourse and visual rhetoric of consumer rituals in the cultural media during wartime. Specifically, we examine Japanese newspaper advertisements for seasonal gifts and sympathy gifts in urban cities published between 1937 and 1940. This research addresses two questions: (1) how were advertising arguments constructed justifying spending for gifts while instructing readers on being thrifty during the wartime material shortages, and (2) how was the consumer ritual practice of gift giving used to propagate nationalism? The results of our iconographic-semiotic analysis show four advertising themes: compatibility with national policy, timeliness under the wartime circumstances, empathy with families whose members were serving at the front, and sympathy with those serving at the front. The advertisements enhanced nationalism in two ways: (1) through the promotion of nationalistic gift giving, and (2) by appealing to patriotism, which involves emotionally laden nationalistic sentiments.
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Nishimura, Mayumi, Ayako Kohno, Jenny T. van der Steen, Toru Naganuma, and Takeo Nakayama. "Conceptualization of a good end-of-life experience with dementia in Japan: a qualitative study." International Psychogeriatrics 32, no. 2 (August 28, 2019): 255–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610219001017.
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ABSTRACTObjectives:To conceptualize a “good end of life” for people with dementia from the perspectives of bereaved family caregivers in Japan.Design and participants:A qualitative study using in-depth, semi-structured interviews focused on the family caregivers’ perceptions of their loved one’s experiences. Family caregivers who had lost their relatives with dementia more than six months previously were recruited using maximum variation sampling by cultural subpopulation. A thematic analysis was conducted.Results:From 30 interviews held, four main themes emerged. A good end of life for people with dementia means experiencing a “Peaceful Death” while “Maintaining Personhood” at a “Preferred Place” allowing for feelings of “Life Satisfaction.” A “Preferred Place” emerged as a basic requirement to achieving a good end of life according to the three other themes, in particular, “Maintaining Personhood.” However, the interviewees experienced difficulties in ensuring that their loved ones stayed at a “Preferred Place.”Conclusions:Despite different cultural backgrounds, perceptions of a good end of life with dementia were remarkably similar between Japan and Western countries. However, recent societal changes in family structures and long-term care access in Japan may explain the theme of a comfortable place taking a central position. We suggest that these themes be considered and translated into care goals. They could supplement established end-of-life care goals for quality of life in dementia, which aim to maximize functioning and increase comfort.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBEREthics Committee of the Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University (R0808-2)
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Paden, Mary. "Researcher-Practitioner Conference in Japan Seeks to Reorient EE to ESD and Set Research Themes." Journal of Education for Sustainable Development 1, no. 1 (March 2007): 97–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097340820700100116.
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Kotera, Yasuhiro, Akihiko Ozaki, Hirotomo Miyatake, Chie Tsunetoshi, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, Makoto Kosaka, and Tetsuya Tanimoto. "Qualitative Investigation into the Mental Health of Healthcare Workers in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 1 (January 5, 2022): 568. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010568.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the mental health of healthcare workers in many countries including Japan. While many survey-based findings have reported the serious state of their wellbeing among healthcare workers, the first-hand experience of the mental health and coping in this population remains to be evaluated. Accordingly, this study aimed to appraise them using constructionist thematic analysis on semi-structured interviews attended by a purposive and snowball sample of 24 healthcare workers in Japan conducted in December 2020–January 2021. Four themes were identified: (1) increased stress and loneliness, (2) reduced coping strategies, (3) communication and acknowledgement as a mental health resource, and (4) understanding of self-care. Participants noted that the characteristics of Japanese work culture such as long hours, collectivism and hatarakigai (i.e., meaning in work) to explain these themes. These findings suggest that robust support at an organizational and individual level, capturing intrinsic values, are particularly important for this key workforce to cope with increased stress and loneliness, leading to better patient care.
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Higaki, Tatsuya. "Japan as Thousand Plateaus." Deleuze and Guattari Studies 12, no. 2 (May 2018): 240–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/dlgs.2018.0306.
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The concept of the ‘island’ constitutes a unique theme in Deleuze's thought: desert islands and perversion, continental islands and isolated islands, the connection between the emergence of life and orogeny, the relationship between imagination and islands (we can see these themes not only in the articles of Desert Islands and in the appendix of The Logic of Sense on Michel Tournier, but also in Difference and Repetition), and the sea as a rhizome. To think from this point of view on Japan, it is neither an isolated island nor an oceanic island in Deleuze's sense. Rather, it is a place where a unique stratum of thought has accumulated like a multilayered plateau. Japan has often been portrayed as a malignant kind of rhizome, as an oriental land, a land of animism. However, the Japanese islands, as part of the Pacific Rim island arc, and, on the other hand, as a place which bears the forces from the continent, can also be depicted as a manifold location, bearing the rhizome called the sea in a unique way. Not only does it have only a virtual signifier = signifiant of One-ness, but it can also be said to hold multiple strata of signifiers = signifiants within its arc between the continent and ocean. My aim in this paper is to explicate this place called ‘Japan’ as a case study of what Deleuze calls geophilosophy in his last book with Guattari, What is Philosophy?
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Asada, Hirofumi. "Linguistic and cultural learning processes of four Chinese exchange students at a women’s university in Japan." Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 24, no. 2 (December 22, 2014): 301–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/japc.24.2.09asa.
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With an inter-disciplinary perspective of second language acquisition and cross-cultural adaptation, this study explores the nature of linguistically- and culturally-specific learning processes perceived by sojourners during study abroad. Methodologically, their diary entries with follow-up interviews were analyzed using the grounded theory approach. Findings included two themes that emerged as key in determining and reflecting sojourners’ learning processes in the host environment: (1) attitudes towards normative or authentic language use; and (2) perceptions of traditional or exploratory identity. Furthermore, dynamic tensions were observed between these two themes, constrained by the prescriptive knowledge and skills that sojourners had developed in formal classroom instruction and learning in the home country.
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Kameyama, Yasuko. "Research focused on climate change and security for Japan." Impact 2020, no. 6 (November 16, 2020): 23–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2020.6.23.
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The economic knock-on effect of climate change is often underrepresented. When Japan's Ministry of the Environment first started to appreciate that climate change related events at home and abroad were going to threaten supply chains, the Japanese economy and foreign relations, they set out to assemble a team who could research and report on the problem. Dr Yasuko Kameyama, Director, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) is leading a project team that has developed a collaborative research programme addressing themes and sub-topics that consists compound risks of climate change.
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Saydazimova, Umida Turakhanovna. "Leading topics and ideas of new Korean poetry of the XX century." Linguistics and Culture Review 5, S1 (September 22, 2021): 969–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/lingcure.v5ns1.1481.
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This article discusses the leading themes and ideas of new Korean poetry of the twentieth century. Many Korean youths went to Japan to study. Here they studied in the faculties of literature and were able to get acquainted with Western European, English, and Russian literature. Western literature had a significant influence on the formation of modern Korean literature.
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Yamashita, Jun. "Influence of Jean Gottmann's thought on national development plans in Japan." Ekistics and The New Habitat 70, no. 422/423 (December 1, 2003): 358–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.53910/26531313-e200370422/423265.
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The author is an associate professor in the Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies at Kyushu University, Japan. He got his Ph. D from the Department of Social and Economic Geography at Lund University, Sweden. His main research interests address regional structure, urban policies, and regional and environmental planning. He also teaches GIS at Kyushu and Nagasaki Universities. His recent works on the aforementioned research themes include Tokyo: satellites and GIS for the new capital" (co-author, Sistema Terra, 1997), "A note on suitable cities: From the viewpoint of regional structure" (Comprehensive Environmental Studies, 1998), "A sustainable city or technopolis?: Technical innovation in environmental coexistence in Nagasaki, Japan" (in K. Kobayashi et al., Local Knowledge and Innovation, 1999)
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Shibata, Yoshiaki, and Tazuko Morikawa. "Review of the JCAP/JATOP Air Quality Model Study in Japan." Atmosphere 12, no. 8 (July 22, 2021): 943. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12080943.
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Around 1997, when JCAP (the Japan Clean Air Program) began, Japan’s atmospheric environment did not meet the environmental standards for NO2 and suspended particle matters (SPM), and strict reduction requirements for automobile exhaust gas were required. To achieve environmental standards, further cooperation between the automobile technology and fuel technology sectors was needed. In Europe and the United States, Auto-Oil programs were being implemented to reduce automobile exhaust gas, and JCAP was established as an Auto-Oil program in Japan. The Air Quality Model Study was one of the research themes and research activities continued for a total of 21 years, including JCAP I/II and JATOP I/II/III (the Japan AuTo Oil Program). JATOP was the successor program of JCAP. This paper describes the outline and main results of the JCAP/JATOP Air Quality Model Study.
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Yonezawa, Akiyoshi. "The Humanities and Social Sciences in the Age of STEM: The Struggle of Japanese as a Linguistic Minority." International Higher Education, no. 88 (January 17, 2017): 31–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2017.88.9696.
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The author analyzes the background of the recent disputes on the relevance of humanities and social sciences at national public universities in Japan. Based on the analysis, several themes emerge, including long term governmental policies to prioritize STEM fields, and the difficulties of identifying the values of the humanities and social sciences in countries that are linguistically isolated in the age of globalization.
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Saeed Alamri, Dawla. "The Remains of Empires in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of The Day." Arab World English Journal For Translation and Literary Studies 6, no. 2 (May 24, 2022): 26–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awejtls/vol6no2.2.
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This paper aims to explore how Kazuo Ishiguro has found a position of enunciation away from the conflicting sentiments of otherness between the deeply rooted traditions of both Japan and England. With a particular focus on Ishiguro’s third novel, The Remains of the Day (1989), the paper highlights the shift of the scene from Japan in his first two novels, A Pale View of Hills and An Artist of the Floating World to a purely English setting in The Remains of the Day. Drawing on the postcolonial theoretical framework, the study examines Ishiguro’s literary production grapples with universal themes. It offers ways to question the ‘national greatness’ of both empires as represented through Japanese and British voices while narrating their personal histories and traumas. The main contribution of this study lies in extending arguments on the postcolonial engagement of Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day, by focusing on his demythologization of both Eastern and Western Empires. The paper concludes that Ishiguro’s ‘fictional’ metamorphosis serves to subvert imperial landscapes, and convert them into mythical metaphors to approach universal themes and worlds, while simultaneously finding his own voice and territory.
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Oh, Yoonsin, Saori Braun, Joshua Stringer, Zoe Kapusta, and Daniel Stockhaus. "A Qualitative Study of Secondary Physical Education Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Japan, South Korea, and the United States." Journal of Health, Sports, and Kinesiology 3, no. 2 (July 31, 2022): 32–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.47544/johsk.2022.3.2.32.
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The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore the themes and factors surrounding secondary PE teachers’ job satisfaction and to find similarities and differences in the factors that influence job satisfaction among secondary school physical education (PE) teachers in Japan, South Korea, and the United States. Using a purposive sampling, nine secondary school PE teachers, three in each country, were recruited. A total of five investigators visited each participant’s school for an entire day and collected field notes while observing PE sessions. At the end of each class period, each participant reported their job satisfaction on an 11-point visual analog scale, and a semi-structured interview was conducted in their native language. Four primary themes surrounding job satisfaction emerged: 1) student behavior, attitude, & motivations, 2) teacher’s workload including their compensation and work-life balance, 3) their relations with coworkers, and 4) administration, funding, & professional development support, among which workload and student behaviors were consistently reported in all three countries. Future research should quantitatively examine, with a larger sample size, the interrelationships of these identified themes impacting overall job satisfaction in secondary PE teachers.
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Deringil, Selim. "Intellectual Encounters with the West: The Cases of Turkey and Japan." New Perspectives on Turkey 35 (2006): 65–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0896634600004489.
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This project started as an update of the volume by Ward and Rustow on political modernization in Japan and Turkey. I think we all agree that we have moved on to something entirely different, and original. Comparisons of Japan and Turkey in terms of industrialization, westernization and so forth are obviously quite absurd, but what still has validity is the question of how these two non-Western societies encountered the West and modernity. The paper will focus on questions of perceptions and mentalities which have not been discussed at length previously. In this paper, I will look at some general themes in the beginning, and then focus more specifically on the encounters of several Ottomans with the West in comparison with the experience of their Japanese counterparts.
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Ueda, Edilson. "Sustainable product design through fire themes: A case study of concepts of the Japan Design Foundation." International Journal of Sustainable Design 4, no. 3 (2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsdes.2022.10046947.
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Ueda, Edilson Shindi. "Sustainable product design through water themes: a case study of concepts of the Japan Design Foundation." International Journal of Sustainable Design 3, no. 4 (2020): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsdes.2020.10034434.
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Ueda, Edilson Shindi. "Sustainable product design through water themes: a case study of concepts of the Japan Design Foundation." International Journal of Sustainable Design 3, no. 4 (2020): 279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsdes.2020.112107.
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Ueda, Edilson Shindi. "Sustainable product design through fire themes: a case study of concepts of the Japan Design Foundation." International Journal of Sustainable Design 4, no. 3/4 (2022): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsdes.2022.128518.
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Hogan, Jackie. "Constructing the Global in Two Rural Communities in Australia and Japan." Journal of Sociology 40, no. 1 (March 2004): 21–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783304040451.
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This article examines discursive constructions of the global in two rural communities, one in Australia and one in Japan. Based on an analysis of interviews with 195 Australians and Japanese, the article identifies a set of common themes and concerns associated with globalizing social changes in these two local contexts. Economics, immigration, and cultural change feature prominently in respondents’ discourses of the global. However, national and local conditions as well as the social locations of participants are shown to shape conceptions of the global in both communities.
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White, Merry. "Assumptions and Distortions: Dore on Equality in Japanese Schooling." Pacific Affairs 92, no. 4 (December 1, 2019): 701–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5509/2019924701.
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Ronald Dore's work on education in Japan centred on themes of selection and equality. In his work on Tokugawa education, Dore presaged some of the emphasis he gave in his later work on quality and social and moral content in modern education. The argument of The Diploma Disease concerned the "late development effect" as a tool in understanding the emphasis on qualification and selection that led to Japan's postwar examination hypertrophy, and in understanding the distortions and inequities that ensued. "Late ascription"—tracking and determining one's life chances with a single examination—was one such distortion, narrowing the gate to educational and occupational success, belying the notion that Japan demonstrates a pure "meritocracy."
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Wu, Chaoran, Aleksandra Zecevic, Maxwell Smith, and Shannon Sibbald. "Preventable? Long-Term Care Policy Successes and Failures During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Literature Review." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2021): 842. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.3081.
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Abstract The number of older adults who live in long-term care (LTC) is expected to increase worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious consequences in Canadian LTC homes, while homes in China and Japan reported minimal infection and death rates in residents. The differences in LTC policies may be one of the contributors. The purpose of this literature review was to identify elements of the LTC policies that might have impacted COVID-19 outcomes in LTC homes in Canada, China, and Japan. A scoping review was conducted following the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley. Scholarly articles and grey literature published between January 2015 and June 2020 were identified in six databases, four in English (CINAHL, Scopus, ProQuest, and PubMed), one in Chinese (CNKI), and one in Japanese (CiNii), using MeSH terms for LTC and health policy. Grey literature was identified using Google. Data were extracted, summarized and common themes identified through content analysis. A total of 52 articles and 26 grey sources were included in the review based on determined inclusion criteria. They were research articles, reviews, government or association reports, policy briefs, policy documents, and guides. Four common themes of challenges emerged: caregiver workforce, service provision, funding, and physical environments. Three sub-themes were identified for caregiver workforce and service provision. Differences in COVID-19 consequences in LTC homes in the three countries seem to be related mainly to the challenges with the caregiver workforce and the lack of funding. The result suggests Improvements of LTC policies are required, especially in Canada.
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Broiles, David. "When Myths Collide: An Analysis of Conflicting U.S.-Japanese Views on Economics, Law, and Values." Texas Wesleyan Law Review 1, no. 1 (March 1994): 109–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.37419/twlr.v1.i1.3.
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This paper examines why Americans so often feel compelled to describe the Japanese in such strong terms. Americans are threatened by Japan. It is not that Japan is stronger, or bigger. The problem is that the Japanese are perceived as different. The difference threatens American assumptions about the American way. This will be illustrated by first reviewing what the problem is between the United States and Japan - centering on the trade imbalance. Then some scholars' analyses of this problem are reviewed, not to find the cause of the problem, but to identify common themes. The common theme is that Japan and the United States do things differently. The differences are reflected in the way government and business relate, in the different role of law in the two societies and in different perceptions about values inherent in the individual or the community. These dif- ferences are described, at least as reflected in the scholarly literature on the subjects. Finally, the hope is that by recognizing that the Japanese challenge the American myth about the market economy, and how it should function in terms of individualism and societal relations, one can come to the conclusion that the strong terms used to describe Japanese conduct mask the real problem: that Japan challenges America's myth about itself.
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Rowlett, Peter. "Editorial." MSOR Connections 15, no. 2 (January 26, 2017): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.21100/msor.v15i2.494.
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This special issue of MSOR Connections presents a selection of papers from the inaugural E-Assessment in Mathematical Sciences (EAMS) conference, held in September 2016 at NewcastleUniversity. It is pleasing that there is enough activity in this area to support a two-day internationalconference on this topic. I am delighted that this issue offers international perspectives on theconference themes, including papers from Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Japan and the UK.
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Parmenter, Alison. "The Sound of Silence: Spiritual Struggle and Apostasy in Masahiro Shinoda’s Film." Film Matters 13, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 167–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/fm_00214_7.
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This article assesses the spiritual journey of a Christian priest in seventeenth-century Japan in Masahiro Shinoda’s 1971 film, Silence. With a specific focus on cinematic elements like soundscapes and themes, it evaluates how the director utilizes filmic features to establish and heighten prevalent motif’s such as religious boundaries and apostasy. Furthermore, it strives to understand how the film reflects its contemporary sociopolitical climate and aims to explore any authorial influences.
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Sakharova, Evgeniya B. "Printed Buddhist Canon in the Context of Japanese-Korean Official Relations during Muromachi Period." Voprosy Filosofii, no. 11 (2022): 156–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.21146/0042-8744-2022-11-156-163.
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The article is based on the first Japanese collection of diplomatic documents, Zenrin Kokuhōki (1470), related to official diplomatic correspondence between Japan and Korea for the period from 1392 to 1428, that is to say during the reigns of the 3rd and 4th Ashikaga shoguns. For Koreans the main themes were suppress of piracy (anti-piracy program) and repatriation of Koreans who had been captured by Japanese pirates. Japanese embassies were concerned with Korean version of the Buddhist canon and repeatedly asked for the Koryŏ Tripitaka and sometimes even for a set of printed blocks for the Korean versions of the Buddhist canon. Almost all documents refer to Japanese requests for Korean printed copies of the Buddhist canon. Buddhist canon continued to be one of the top themes in Japan-Korea relations in the 14th and 15th centuries. It was not until the early 16th century that the number of such requests dropped dramatically. A total of eight documents for Japanese-Korean correspondence were included in Zenrin Kokuhōki for the specified period, while there were thirteen documents for Japanese-Chinese correspondence. The article quotes fragments of diplomatic documents that have not been translated into Russian, most of them have not yet been translated into European languages.
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Leheny, David. "Internationalization in Ronald Dore's Changing Approach to Japan." Pacific Affairs 92, no. 4 (December 1, 2019): 729–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5509/2019924729.
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Ronald Dore's 1979 essay about Japan's "internationalization" tackled one of the defining themes of Japanese politics, society, and culture over the past decades. In his characteristically witty voice, Dore assessed the myriad ways in which a Japan that was well attuned to global cultures was also capable of reaffirming supposed chasms between Japanese society and the world outside, particularly in political and economic matters. In this article, I place Dore's compelling essay in the contexts both of his own changing views on Japan over the course of his distinguished and prolific career, as well as in the currents of a Japan that has been transformed dramatically over the past three decades by transnational flows that fall outside the prevailing use of the word kokusaika (internationalization). Dore's contributions to the field displayed not only his keen engagement with Japanese intellectual and social debates, but also moral judgments regarding the values encoded, reproduced, and sometimes betrayed by institutional environments. By extending the logics of Dore's work, this article suggests that we might think of internationalization as something not only challenging these environments, but also transformed and embedded within them.
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Jacobsen, Ushma Chauhan. "Does subtitled television drama brand the nation? Danish television drama and its language(s) in Japan." European Journal of Cultural Studies 21, no. 5 (January 29, 2018): 614–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367549417751150.
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This article explores the relationships between nation branding, authenticity, language and their ideologies by considering two themes. First, how language ideologies and language practices texture the transnational production, distribution and viewing of subtitled television drama. Second, the extent and ways by which subtitled television dramas, in languages other than English, brand the nation to which they are associated. Using the context of increasing exports of Danish television drama to other nations, the article draws its empirical material from fieldwork interactions with industry professionals and viewers in Japan to consider both themes. The article proposes that there are different intensities by which Danish television dramas brand Denmark and the Nordic region; it discusses the implications of the use of English, and how branding the nation involves processes that are intrinsically fragile and require symbiotic relations with other languages and other nations to be successful. This article forms part of the Theorizing Media in Nation Branding Special Issue.
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Palem Zainol, Siti Zulfa, and Izziah Suryani Mat Resad @ Arshad. "[The Role of Abdul Hay Kurban Ali to The Development of Islam in Tokyo, Japan] Peranan Abdul Hay Kurban Ali Terhadap Perkembangan Islam di Tokyo, Jepun." Jurnal Islam dan Masyarakat Kontemporari 22, no. 1 (June 10, 2021): 119–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.37231/jimk.2021.22.1.550.
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Abdul Hay Kurban Ali’s arrival in Japan in 1924 has a huge impact on the development of Islam and towards the Muslim community in Tokyo Japan. The migration of the Turkic Tatar Muslim to Japan resulting from the Russian Revolution un 1917 has cause several Islamic Associations to emerge in Japan. Abdul Hay Kurban Ali was the leader of one of this Islamic Association for the Muslim community representing the Turkic-Tatar Muslim in Japan under the name Mahalla Islamiya. With this, Abdul Hay Kurban Ali has carried the interests from each of the Islamic Association from the Muslim community in Japan to build education institution and mosque in Tokyo, Japan. As such, Abdul Hay Kurban Ali cooperate with Syeikh Abdul Rashid Ibrahim in creating good relationship between Turkey and Japan to ease the construction of education institution and mosque in Tokyo, Japan. This research is a qualitative research using the historical history design. This research used the documentation method through data collection that focus on sources under four themes which is historical background of Abdul Hay Kurban Ali, the arrival of Islam in Japan, the role of Da’wah by Abdul Hay Kurban Ali and his contributions in Tokyo, Japan. Meanwhile, the researcher use descriptive and historical methods in analysing the data and sources under the prescribed themes. The finding from the research showed that the four thematic analyses has given a clear and organized information. The role of Abdul Hay Kurban towards the development of Islam in Tokyo, Japan is very significant for the Da’wah aspect towards the Japanese community, the Islamic Association of the Muslim community and the construction of education institution and mosque.
Keywords: Abdul Hay Kurban Ali, Muslim community, Turkey, Islam in Japan, mosque
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Kedatangan Abdul Hay Kurban Ali ke Jepun pada tahun 1924 memberi kesan yang besar terhadap perkembangan Islam dan komuniti Muslim di Tokyo, Jepun. Penghijrahan komuniti Muslim Turki Tatar ke Jepun akibat revolusi Rusia pada tahun 1917 telah menyebabkan wujudnya beberapa persatuan-persatuan Islam di Jepun. Abdul Hay Kurban Ali telah mengetuai salah satu daripada persatuan komuniti Muslim bagi bangsa Turki-Tatar di Jepun, Mahalla Islamiya. Menerusi hal ini, Abdul Hay Kurban Ali telah membawa hasrat daripada setiap persatuan-persatuan komuniti Muslim di Jepun untuk membina institusi pendidikan dan masjid di Tokyo, Jepun. Oleh itu, Abdul Hay Kurban Ali bekerjasama dengan Syeikh Abdul Rashid Ibrahim untuk mengadakan hubungan baik bersama kerajaan Turki dan Jepun bagi memudahkan pembinaan institusi pendidikan dan masjid di Tokyo, Jepun. Kajian Ini merupakan kajian berbentuk kualitatif dengan menggunakan reka bentuk kajian sejarah. Kajian ini menggunakan metode dokumentasi melalui pengumpulan data dengan menfokuskan pada sumber-sumber yang berkaitan empat tema iaitu, sejarah latar belakang Abdul Hay Kurban Ali, kedatangan Islam di Jepun, peranan dakwah Abdul Hay Kurban Ali dan sumbangan beliau di Tokyo, Jepun. Manakala pengkaji menggunakan metode deskriptif dan metode sejarah untuk menganalisis data-data dan sumber-sumber menerusi tema yang ditetapkan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa sumber-sumber menerusi empat tematik yang dikaji oleh pengkaji telah memberikan maklumat yang tersusun dan jelas. Peranan Abdul Hay Kurban Ali terhadap perkembangan Islam di Tokyo, Jepun amat besar jasanya dari aspek dakwah kepada komuniti Jepun, penyatuan persatuan-persatuan komuniti Muslim dan pembinaan institusi pendidikan dan masjid.
Kata kunci: Abdul Hay Kurban Ali, Komuniti Muslim, Turki, Islam di Jepun, Masjid
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Ueda, Edilson Shindi. "Sustainable product design through wind-air themes: a case study of concepts of the Japan Design Foundation." International Journal of Sustainable Design 4, no. 2 (2021): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsdes.2021.122143.
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Kasahara, Maho, and Ann P. Turnbull. "Meaning of Family—Professional Partnerships: Japanese Mothers' Perspectives." Exceptional Children 71, no. 3 (April 2005): 249–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001440290507100303.
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This study inquired into the meaning of family-professional partnerships from the perspective of Japanese families of children with disabilities. Data were collected from 30 mothers who participated in focus groups and/or interviews in Japan. Qualitative data analysis guided identification of four themes. The study's contributions are discussed in relation to not only Japanese society, but also to the global community including the United States. The study's implications for developing partnerships with culturally diverse families also are discussed.
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MITTER, RANA, and AARON WILLIAM MOORE. "China in World War II, 1937–1945: Experience, Memory, and Legacy." Modern Asian Studies 45, no. 2 (February 10, 2011): 225–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x10000387.
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AbstractChina's long war against Japan from 1937 to 1945 has remained in the shadows of historiography until recently, both in China and abroad. In recent years, the opening of archives and a widening of the opportunity to discuss the more controversial aspects of the wartime period in China itself have restored World War II in China (‘the War of Resistance to Japan’) to a much more central place in historical interpretation. Among the areas that this issue covers are the new socio-political history of the war that seeks to restore rationality to the policies of the Guomindang (Nationalist) party, as well as a new understanding in post-war China of the meaning of the war against Japan in shaping Cold War and post-Cold War politics in China. In doing so, it seeks to make more explicit the link between themes that shaped the experience of World War II in China to the war's legacy in later politics and the uses of memory of the conflict in contemporary Chinese society.
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Eguchi, Toru, Robert Schmidt, Andrew Dainty, Simon Austin, and Alistair Gibb. "The Cultivation of Adaptability in Japan." Open House International 36, no. 1 (March 1, 2011): 73–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ohi-01-2011-b0009.
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This paper explores the adaptability of buildings in Japan from the perspective of three distinct practice typologies: large general contractors, large architectural design firms, and small design ateliers. The paper illustrates the cultivation of adaptability in Japan revealing a maturing of concepts into current innovations, trends, priorities, and obstacles in relation to adaptability in design. The paper contextualizes the situation by reviewing the evolution of residential development in support of building adaptability, and the ways in which these policies and concepts have shaped practice and transcended residential design. This evolution is then explored through non-residential case studies undertaken by the three practice types, and supported through a review of critical themes emerging from the interviews. The importance of particular physical characteristics are examined including storey height, location of services, planning modules and structural spacing/spans. The interviews expose the critical relationship between adaptability and different social variables - the state of the market, the role of planning regulations and other legal frameworks; as well as, the misconceptions and variations in the perceptions on the role and meaning adaptability has in practice. The paper is concluded by revealing the lessons learnt, including the unfolding of dependencies outside the ‘black box’ of adaptability (e.g. practice culture, material and, stakeholder mindsets) and the requirement of effective communication of concepts to allow an informed conversation between professionals and with clients and users. Like many other philosophical design concepts in complex processes, adaptability benefits from a mutual understanding, good relationships, communication, integration, and shared goals amongst team members.
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Mochimaru, Yuri, and Krystal Demaine. "Digital Art Therapy and Social Withdrawal in Japan." Creative Arts in Education and Therapy 8, no. 1 (August 23, 2022): 99–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.15212/caet/2022/8/16.
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This article discusses the use of digital art-making as an approach to examine the themes and outcomes of the Japanese mental health crisis, known as hikikomori, and its relationship to coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). In Japan, more than 1 million people experience Hikikomori, which is characterized by self-isolation for a period of at least 6 months. With the technology generation on the rise and increased comfort in using social media for creative expression and communication, the use of digital art-making may offer a meaningful therapeutic mode to express thoughts and feelingsduring a time of social withdrawal. The work presented in this article was conducted as part of a year-long senior thesis for undergraduate BFA degree in art therapy at Endicott College in Beverly, MA, USA, while the first author was in isolation in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve hand-drawn digital paintings were created with Clip Studio Paint Pro for Windows. The paintings are discussed from the artist’s perspective on Hikikomori and while living in isolation during the pandemic. Further recommendations toward the use of digital art as a mode of art therapy for managing feelings of loneliness and depression are discussed.
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Tanaka, Kimiko, Nan E. Johnson, and Deborah Lowry. "Gender, Family Norms, and Male-Factor Infertility in Japan: An Analysis of Internet Blogs." Journal of Family Issues 39, no. 14 (September 11, 2018): 3713–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x18796874.
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This study analyzes blogs about male-factor infertility posted on a Japanese blogsite on a certain day in April 2014. It focuses on an understudied topic and is the first study of Japanese male infertility based on blogs. The blog format afforded anonymity to the bloggers, and our sample of 97 adults yields the largest number of individual respondents of all cross-cultural studies cited in our literature review. We extract three major themes from the analysis of the blogs, offer suggestions for a redirection of family and infertility policy in Japan, and suggest lines for further research.
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Ando, Mizuho, Toshinobu Takeda, and Keiko Kumagai. "A Qualitative Study of Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lives in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Japan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 4 (February 21, 2021): 2090. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042090.
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(1) Background: COVID-19 may deteriorate some aspects among individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although some positive aspects were reported during the pandemic, it remains unclear how COVID-19 qualitatively influences their living context; (2) Methods: this study employed interviews with four participants with ADHD during the declaration of emergency issued in Japan. The study was a part of ongoing coaching as a psychosocial intervention for ADHD, which was initiated long before the pandemic. The data were the answers to the question: “how are things going with participants during this pandemic?”. In a qualitative analysis, the researchers coded the data to identify different themes and sub-themes; (3) Results and Discussion: the qualitative data analysis yielded five themes: (1) Terrible feeling caused by frustration, stress, and anger; (2) Closeness due to the internal difficulties and conflict; (3) Deteriorating ADHD symptoms and executive function related matters; (4) Condition is the same as usual; and (5) Positive aspects associated with the self-lockdown. As a whole, these results show that the COVID-19 pandemic could be a factor in inducing psychological distress in the participants who adjust relatively better at work/school but did not do well at home before the pandemic; (4) Conclusions: this study indicates the need for special support for individuals with ADHD, especially those who originally had difficulties at home.
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Levine, Tim P., Franck Perez, Yasunori Saheki, and Julia von Blume. "Meeting Report From the 2019 “Organelle Zone” Symposium in Osaka, Japan." Contact 2 (January 2019): 251525641987709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2515256419877091.
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On May 29, 2019, at the Osaka University Hospital, Japan, the “Organelle Zones” research grant group (see http://organellezone.org/english/ ) organized a 1 day symposium for its own members and four guest speakers, with about 60 attendees. The research group studies three different ways in which regions within organelles carry out functions distinct from other parts of the organelle. Work at this suborganellar level is increasingly recognized as an important aspect of cell biology. The group’s projects are divided into these themes with 9 Principal Investigators and 18 Coinvestigators over 5 years. The symposium followed a similar meeting in 2018 and had four speakers from within the consortium as well as the external speakers. The talks were divided into three sessions, each showcasing one way of subcompartmentalizing organelles into zones.
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Mehl, Margaret. "European Art Music and Its Role in the Cultural Interaction between Japan and the East Asian Continent in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries." Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia 7, no. 1 (May 1, 2016): 67–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jciea-2016-070106.
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Abstract The fact that much of what the Japanese regard as part of their culture originally came to Japan from the Asian continent in ancient and medieval times is well known and has been extensively researched. For the period after 1868, however, the attention of scholars has tended to concentrate on Japan’s comprehensive importation of Western civilization. This exploratory article suggests a different perspective. Taking music in modern Japan as an example and based in part on the author’s research for her recent book Not by Love Alone: The Violin in Japan, 1850-2010, the author will argue that music is a particularly rewarding fi eld for examining transnational fl ows. Research on music in modern Japan has tended to privilege the introduction of European art music from the West and this was undoubtedly one of the most important developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. There are, however, aspects to this development that merit more attention than they have received so far, including the relationship between Western music and other musics practised in Japan in the nineteenth century and the interactions between Japan and non-Western countries and in particular its East Asian neighbours. In this article, four general themes for further enquiry are introduced: 1. The possible relation between Meiji statesmen’s and intellectuals’ kangaku education and their views on the role of music in the modern state. 2. The Chinese origins and the place of minshingaku (Ming and Qing music) in the musical culture of nineteenthcentury Japan. 3. Japan’s role in the dissemination of Western Music in East Asia. 4. The role of the East Asian continent (particularly the cities of Shanghai and Harbin) as a place of encounter between Asia and Europe.