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Presents several announcements related to economics as of October 2005. Inclusion of the journal "Pacific Economic Review" in the Social Sciences Citation Index; Information on the international workshop entitled Recent Advances in International Economics IV: Empirical Analyses of International Trade Issues, organized by the Department of Economics and Finance, and the Research Center for International Economics of City University of Hong Kong on May 20 and 21, 2005; Information on the First International Conference on Business, Technology and Competitive Intelligence, to be held at the Graduate School of Business, Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan, on October 25 and 26, 2005.

Information about the topics discussed during the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems in Kashiwa Campus of the University of Tokyo, Japan on March 7 to 8, 2006 are presented. The event discusses effective styles of research and education for society as well as encourage the next generation of students worldwide, especially women, to enter and develop their careers in robotics, human science and technology. The event featured speakers including Keiko Homma, Maria Gini and Rolf Pfeifer.

The purpose of this article is to provide information about Japan and its psychology in advance of the 31st International Congress of Psychology ( ICP), to be held in Yokohama, Japan, in 2016. The article begins with the introduction of the Japanese Psychological Association (JPA), the hosting organization of the ICP 2016, and the Japanese Union of Psychological Associations consisting of 51 associations/societies, of which the JPA is a member. This is followed by a brief description of a history of psychology of Japan, with emphasis on the variation in our approach to psychology in three different periods, that is, the pre- and post-Pacific War periods, and the post-1960 period. Next, the international contributions of Japanese psychology/psychologists are discussed from the point of view of their visibility. Education and training in psychology in Japanese universities is discussed with a final positive remark about the long-awaited enactment of the Accredited Psychologist Law in September, 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the Satellite Symposium themed "Nurture Medical Care in Uonuma" held in Uonuma, Japan on October 11, 2012. Topics discussed include challenges of health and social care professionals in providing better health, establishment of a community-based comprehensive care in Nagaoka, Japan, and community-based health and social care at Aga-machi, Japan. The symposium featured community care professionals including Katsuya Fuse, Tsuyoshi Koyama and Fumitoshi Yoshimine.

Focuses on the International Symposium on Intelligent Artifacts and Bio-Systems that was held at Institute of Fluid Science at the Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan on February 24 to 25, 2004. Aim of the symposium; Sponsors of the symposium.

Highlights the international symposium held at the University of Tokyo in Japan on April 2004 to discuss environmental change and the role of forests in Asia. Number of participants; Role of forests in social overhead capital; Relationship between forest resources and the environment; Consideration of biodiversity.

Rapid aging of the population necessitates improved collaboration among healthcare professionals. Unfortunately, interprofessional collaboration has yet to be implemented effectively in Japan. Therefore, we aimed to develop an interprofessional competency framework for Japanese healthcare professionals. The project was conducted as a four-step process, starting with initial categorization of potential competency domains, followed by guiding principle and prototype development, feedback on the prototype, and final consensus. First, authors (JH and MO) collected opinions about competency in interprofessional collaboration at two academic meetings of the Japan Association for Interprofessional Education (JAIPE) and then analyzed the data thematically. Second, a project team consisting of JAIPE and University representatives extracted the domains and statements as prototype 1. Third, seven representatives from professional organizations joined the project team and developed prototype 2. We then called for feedback on the revised prototype 2 at both an open symposium and via public comments. Following revision of prototype 2, a new project team including 20 university, professional organization and health practitioner representatives finally discussed prototype 3, developed the final draft and reached a consensus. In analysis after collecting the data, we extracted 11 themes. We developed four key principles which applied to six domains as prototype 1-3. Finally, our competency framework included two core domains of “Patient-/client-/family-/community-centered” and “Interprofessional communication”, and four peripheral domains of “Role contribution”, “Facilitation of relationships”, “Reflection” and “Understanding of others”. We developed an interprofessional competency framework in Japan which consists of two core and four peripheral domains. The interprofessional competency framework is likely to affect the understanding of “high-context” and “relationalism” in Japanese healthcare. We hope that our interprofessional competency framework will encourage the systematic implementation of interprofessional education and collaboration in Japan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium on the new trends in bridging mineralogy to technology, live sciences and planetary sciences is presented. The conference ,hosted by the Convention Center of Kobe in Japan, was organized by various institutions including one by The Science Council of Japan. Doctor Takamitsu Yamanaka form Osaka University was the chairman of the congress and K. Fujino from Hokkaido University was the secretary general.

This article presents information related to dermatology. The next meeting of the Netherlands Association of Dermatology and Venereology will be held in the Dermatological Department of Leiden University on February 21, 1981. The 1st European Congress of Dermocosmetology will be held May 19-21, 1981. Topics include: structure and function of the stratum corneum, skin culture techniques, free communications and the exploration of the surface of the skin. On the occasion of the XVI International Congress of Dermatology in Tokyo, Japan, the Alfred Marchionini Prize founded in 1966 will again be awarded.

28–29 March 2000 Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan (Local Organizers: Junko Yoneda and Susumu Tomonaga, Yamaguchi University). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]