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2. Paper City: A Conversation with Director Adrian Francis.
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Lynch, Michael
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SHORT-term memory ,DOCUMENTARY films ,CHINA-United States relations - Abstract
Paper City (2021), directed by Adrian Francis, is a documentary film that highlights the 70th anniversary of the firebombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945. The film presents three elderly survivors' oral accounts of the firebombing and observes their work as memory activists in a long campaign to compel the Japanese government to publicly memorialize the event in a way commensurate with its enormous devastation. Reflecting on issues of memory and forgetting, Francis intends the film as a way of passing survivors' experiences to audiences, who can help to transfer memory to others and to generations beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
3. Japan Defence White Paper 2022 - Key Highlights.
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GOVERNMENT publications ,GROUP of Seven countries ,RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine, 2022- ,NATIONAL security - Published
- 2022
4. Minimally invasive technique for non-vital tooth bleaching using traditional Japanese paper.
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Jurado, Carlos A., Akimasa Tsujimoto, Villalobos-Tinoco, Jose, Hidehiko Watanabe, Toshiki Takamizawa, Masashi Miyazaki, Tsujimoto, Akimasa, Watanabe, Hidehiko, Takamizawa, Toshiki, and Miyazaki, Masashi
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BICUSPIDS ,DENTAL pulp diseases ,HYDROGEN peroxide ,TOOTH whitening ,DENTAL discoloration - Abstract
The purpose of this case report is to describe a minimally invasive technique for non-vital tooth bleaching using traditional Japanese paper, known as washi. Non-vital tooth bleaching with a mixture of sodium perborate and 30% hydrogen peroxide rolled in Japanese paper for a traumatically injured tooth, and in-office vital-tooth bleaching for the upper front six teeth and first premolars, were performed. Five-year follow-up showed satisfactory stability in the bleaching effects and did not show any problems in the traumatically injured tooth. The use of Japanese paper for non-vital tooth bleaching may minimize damage to discolored non-vital teeth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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5. Japan Defence White Paper 2021 - Key Highlights.
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GOVERNMENT publications ,COASTAL surveillance - Published
- 2021
6. Follow the Vertical and Horizontal View: after Reading the Papers Written by Prof. Kosoto and Prof. Endo.
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LIAO Yuqun
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TRADITIONAL medicine ,HERBAL medicine ,MEDICAL schools ,MEDICINE ,HISTORY of medicine - Abstract
The article discusses the papers by Professors Kosoto and Endō on the development of a number of important schools in Japanese "Kanpō" which is traditional Japanese medicine from ancient China. It describes relationship between different schools of medicine in Japan and between eastern and western medical arts on their development point to a common Japanese thinking. The importance of obtaining necessary foundation for understanding the papers is also included.
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- 2012
7. A cultural approach to recovery assistance following urban disasters [1] Section “The Kobe earthquake and the term ‘civil society’ as a watchword” of this paper was written by the second author, while the latter part was ...
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Nakagawa, Shin and Suwa, Koichi
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DISASTER relief ,KOBE Earthquake, Japan, 1995 ,YOGYAKARTA Earthquake, Indonesia, 2006 ,CIVIL society - Abstract
Abstract: Using the Kobe earthquake of 1995 and the Mid-Java earthquake of 2006 as case studies, this paper discusses the process of providing cultural recovery assistance; it also analyses the term ‘civil society’, a term that reflects efforts to make assistance activities sustainable. The Kobe earthquake should be seen as a point of departure for citizen activism by volunteers; because of it, cultural recovery support was vigorously provided. Since people influenced by those support efforts later became involved in providing Mid-Java earthquake recovery assistance, both earthquake recovery support initiatives can be seen as part of an ongoing chain of events. In analysing the Kobe earthquake, it becomes clear that while there are many semantic meanings for and usages of the term ‘civil society’, it was incorporated into policy guidelines for recovery during a period of low economic growth, and a new civil society was envisioned in this period of social transformation. Organisations participating in assistance efforts following the Mid-Java earthquake sought to make ‘civil society’ a reality; this continued after the earthquake recovery was complete, and it comprised an attempt to build the connections within a civil society by looking to overcome many persistent social problems. The power of communication that ‘culture’ holds plays a large role in this. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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8. Paper, electronic or online? Different dictionaries for different activities.
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Pasfield-Neofitou, Sarah
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ENCYCLOPEDIAS & dictionaries ,FOREIGN language education ,LANGUAGE & education ,ELECTRONIC encyclopedias ,REFERENCE sources ,STUDENTS - Abstract
Despite research suggesting that teachers highly influence their students' knowledge and use of language learning resources such as dictionaries (Loucky, 2005; Yamane, 2006), it appears that dictionary selection and use is considered something to be dealt with outside the classroom. As a result, many students receive too little advice to be able to make informed choices about which dictionary to use for which task. In particular, while teachers may recommend a few paper dictionaries, it appears that little thought is given to electronic and online alternatives. This article uses the case of (English) alphabet-background students of Japanese as an example, and discusses the pros and cons of computer versus non-computer dictionary tools, based on a survey of available resources, and making reference to empirical case studies of students and their dictionary use. The article concludes with recommendations for teachers and students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
9. LIONHEART OR PAPER TIGER? A FIRST-TERM KOIZUMI RETROSPECTIVE.
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Anderson, Gregory E.
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PRIME ministers ,POLITICAL leadership ,JAPANESE politics & government ,POLITICAL science - Abstract
Many commentators have opined as to the relative success or failure of Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro's efforts to enact reform during his first term. This article analyzes the empirical evidence using a simple framework for assessment. The principal questions it asks are: What, if anything, has he accomplished thus far, and how will history remember his legacy? Following a summary of the circumstances that led to Koizumi's ascendancy and the political and economic conditions under which he governs, the article analyzes the results achieved in the prime minister's top three priority areas: banks, government spending, and regulatory reform. Despite the incremental progress achieved by Koizumi in the face of intense political opposition--most particularly from his own party--the article concludes that his current pace of reform is not likely to result in significant reform by the end of his second term as his party's president. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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10. Paper mulberry: Broussonetia papyrifera.
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PAPER mulberry ,TREES ,TAPA ,MEDICINAL plants ,ANIMAL feeds - Abstract
The article presents information on the paper mulberry tree or the Broussonetia papyrifera. Paper mulberry, a deciduous tree native to Japan and Taiwan, is known for its use in making tapa, a native bark cloth and papers. Other uses of the plant include medication, fuel and animal feeds. The process of making tapa cloth and Japanese tissue and paper are also given. Information on propagation is offered.
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- 2007
11. Condemning J. Mark Ramseyer's Paper "On the Invention of Identity Politics: The Buraku Outcastes in Japan" / Mark Ramseyerの論文 "On the Invention of Identity Politics: The Buraku Outcastes in Japan"に対する...
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Fujioka, Mieko, Hankins, Joseph, Kumamoto, Risa, and Yengde, Suraj
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IDENTITY politics ,SINGLE-parent families - Published
- 2021
12. Practitioner Response to Onishi Paper.
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Tokumura, S. Sanae
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FUNDRAISING ,GLOBALIZATION ,CHARITABLE uses, trusts, & foundations ,ENDOWMENTS - Abstract
The article discusses the globalization of fundraising. It details how fundraising professionals face growing opportunities to involve diverse constituencies in the support of their organizations. The article offers practical tips for working with Japanese in pursuit of the major gift regardless of where the nonprofit may be based.
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- 2007
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13. NIPPON PAPER GOES 'WAVY WAVY'.
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PAPER bags ,PAPER containers ,PAPER industry - Abstract
The article reports on Tokyo, Japan-based Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s development of a paper bag for industrial use made from a stretching method. The "wavy-wavy" paper has the following features: better energy-adsorbing properties and can stretch 20 percent more than regular kraft paper. A paper bag can be manufactured from two layers rather than the normal three by using stretched paper.
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- 2006
14. Chapter 11: Paper walls and flowers at the bank.
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ETIQUETTE ,GIFTS ,CUPBOARDS ,FLOWERS ,SOCIAL norms - Abstract
The article presents information on etiquettes of Japanese people. Musings on the implications of the multi-layered gift, and other possible parallels, led to an alteration in the focus of the author's research. Takako, a Japanese woman, was helpful on this front because she was familiar with some of the author's reading, and she could quickly find relevant references, such as the example mentioned in the previous chapter of wrapping a single-page letter in an extra blank sheet. Another line of thought was inspired one morning in Takako's house when the author found her busy with a man stripping the covers of her cupboards. These were floor-to-ceiling affairs, exactly like those in their own house, which enclosed and concealed a capacious storage space, accessed through large, sliding doors. The sliding doors are called "fusuma," and the man who was here to recover them is called a" fusuma-ya," a skilled occupation which he explained required many years of training. Plain white paper is also used for the wrapping of a formal gift, and its quality is measured in its texture, and in the visible grain.
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- 1999
15. A commentary on Yoko Kawaguchi's paper "Ëxploring a Bridge between Hiroshima and the US: Tanimoto Kiyoshi and his activities in the early post war period" "History and Society".
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AZAM, Kousar J.
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COLLECTIVE memory ,PEACE movements ,BOMBARDMENT of Hiroshima, Japan, 1945 - Abstract
The article presents a speech by Kousar J. Azam, professor at Osmania University, given at the 2010 Nagoya American Studies Summer Seminar (NASSS) at Japan's Nanzan University. The speech was given in response to the presentation of paper entitled "Exploring a Bridge between Hiroshima and the US: Tanimoto Kiyoshi and his activities in the early post war period," by Yoko Kawaguchi. Azam comments on collective memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan and the peace movement it sparked.
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- 2010
16. Slow glass: a case for photomedia literacy.
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McLeod, Gary
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VISUAL literacy ,LITERACY ,DIGITAL literacy ,DIGITAL cameras ,INFORMATION literacy - Abstract
Like many fields, visual literacy is enamoured with digital cameras. They are convenient for classrooms, can accelerate learning, and can facilitate research where verbal language cannot. However, exclusive use puts at risk the possibility of experiencing affordances of other photomedia. This paper argues for diversifying photomedia used in research. While it recognises that digital cameras have a role to play in developing visual skills, particularly when resources are limited, it posits that sole use of digital cameras obfuscate other possibilities for expression. Adopting autoethnographic description, affordances were considered of three photomedia as used during a rephotography project along Japan's north-eastern coast between 2019 and 2022. Setting out photomedia literacy as a competence that complements rather than competes with a range of other literacies (e.g. media literacy, digital literacy, information literacy), the paper concludes with challenges for any scholars thinking that digital cameras are convenient one-stop solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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17. The growth of the production of scientific papers in China and Japan-China relationship in co-authored papers.
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Ueno Sen, Yasuhiro, Yamashita, Tomizawa Hiroyuki, and Kondo Masayuki
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INTERNATIONAL cooperation with research ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation on science ,INTERNATIONAL cooperation on technology ,SCIENCE ,TECHNOLOGY ,PHYSICS ,ENGINEERING ,MATHEMATICS - Abstract
The science and technology activities in China are rapidly growing since 90s. This paper analyzes the production of scientific papers and the factor of increasing papers, and Japan-China relationship in co-authored papers. The growth rate of papers production became the sixth place in the world, the world share of papers increased by more than three times, and the papers production has concentrated on priority universities since the implementation of the top priority policy (211 project). And in internationally co-authored papers, Japan-China relationship rapidly deepens in the high share fields such as chemistries, materials, physics and engineering, while in mathematics in which China exceeds Japan, Japan-China relationship is not strong. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
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18. The Database White Paper: Its locus for these 23 years.
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Negishi, Masamitsu
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DATABASES ,ELECTRONIC data processing ,INFORMATION retrieval ,ELECTRONIC information resource searching ,LIBRARY reference services ,ELECTRONIC industries ,INFORMATION technology ,DOCUMENTATION - Abstract
"The Database White Paper" was first published in 1986 and "Electronic Information Services 2008" has marked its 23rd year. The paper traces the changes in database related activities in Japan for these years by examining the annual editions of the White Paper, and would serve readers to foresee the future direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
19. A Non-Paper Treasure from a Paper Journey.
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Koretsky, Donna
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JAPANESE paper ,PAPERMAKING ,PAPER ,CALLIGRAPHY - Published
- 2019
20. Transition of a society journal from paper bounded to complete electronic: The case of Cell Structure and Function of the Japan Society of Cell Biology.
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Akihiko, Nakano
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CYTOLOGY ,PERIODICALS ,BIOLOGY ,LIFE sciences ,ELECTRONIC publishing - Abstract
The Japan Society for Cell Biology has made an epochal decision on publication of its journal Cell Structure and Function. The sole official publication of Cell Structure and Function will be the presentation of articles at the electronic journal Website on the internet, and paper-bound issues will not be published for individual members any more. This reformation of the publication system aims at increasing the activity and the visibility of the journal by accelerating publication of high-quality papers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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21. JAPAN'S NEW, NEW THING: YOUNG DESIGNERS INVIGORATING AGING INDUSTRIES.
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POLLOCK, NAOMI
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CLOTHING & dress ,KIMONOS ,PAPER products ,WOOD products ,JAPANESE art - Published
- 2018
22. Of Paper and Grass.
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Gawlik, Leesa Zarinelli
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GRASS weaving ,WEAVING ,PAPER arts ,PAPER garments - Abstract
The article discusses the work of Mikiko Yatani, weaver of paper, and her daughter, Sachiko Yatani, weaver of grasses, both from Japan. Mikiko's work is part of the tradition of shi-fu nuno, or paper fabric, commonly worn by the very poor during the Edo to Meiji periods in 1852-1912. Sachiko's work grew out of a dissatisfaction with working with the chemical dyes used in screenprinting on fabric and with mass production. She weaves various grasses including choma, or ramie, and kuzu, or arrowroot.
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- 1998
23. ECF BLEACHING WILL BE INTRODUCED AT IWAKUNI MILL OF NIPPON PAPER.
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PAPER industry & the environment ,PAPER mills & the environment ,CHLORINE ,CHEMICAL processes - Abstract
Reports that the Japanese paper manufacturer Nippon Paper has announced an investment to convert two bleaching lines to elemental chlorine-free process at its Iwakuni mill. Use of chlorine dioxide, oxygen and high temperature sulfuric acid treatment; Environmental improvement efforts by Nippon Unipac Holding Group.
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- 2004
24. NIPPON PAPER.
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BUSINESS planning ,INVESTMENTS ,PAPER industry - Abstract
Reports on the plan of Nippon Paper Industries Co. to invest in a fluidized bed boiler at its Ishinomaki paper mill in Japan.
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- 2005
25. JAPANESE PAPER RECOVERY RATE HIGH.
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CONSUMPTION (Economics) ,PAPER recycling ,PAPER ,PAPER industry - Abstract
Reports on the release of the trend information regarding the paper recovery and its consumption by the Paper Recycling Promotion Center Japan.
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- 2004
26. JAPAN'S PAPER PRODUCTION DOWN.
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ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,RESEARCH ,ECONOMIC recovery ,PAPER coatings ,CARDBOARD ,PAPER industry ,IMPORTS ,ECONOMICS - Abstract
Discusses Japan Paper Association's report that paper production has declined due to slow economic recovery. Amount of paper and paperboard production in tons; Impact of coated paper import on domestic production rate.
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- 2004
27. Linkage between recycling and consumption: a case of toilet paper in Japan
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Yamashita, H., Kishino, H., Hanyu, K., and Hayashi, C.
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WASTE management ,TOILET paper ,CONSERVATION of natural resources ,WASTE recycling - Abstract
This study examines consumer factors of paper recycling in Japan. The study specifically focuses on toilet paper as a paper product and attempts to reveal how individuals evaluate recycled toilet paper, howthe evaluation relates to toilet paper consumption, and why people use or do not use recycled toilet paper. The study also examines what factors influence collection recycling behavior, and what people believe as necessary to achieve a society with better recycling. Responses were obtained from 1242 respondents in Japan. Four results were found. (1) People cannot judge the raw material of virgin toilet papers correctly, while people can correctly judge the raw material of recycled toilet paper. The quality and appearance of recycled toilet paperwas not high enough to compete with virgin toilet paper. Furthermore, the image of recycled toilet paper also had negative impact on the willingness to use recycled toilet paper. (2) The primary criterion for purchasing recycled toilet paper was pro-environmental attitude. For the virgin toilet paper, it was brand. As expected, recycled toilet paper users had a positive evaluation and image of recycled toilet paper, while virgin toilet paper users had a negative evaluation and image of it. (3) Actual recycling behavior might not relate directly to consumption behavior of recycled paper. Rather, it was determined by the knowledge of waste collection system and payment system. (4) Most people have not realized that without the consumption of recycledproducts, the recycling system is not completed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2000
28. Correspondance analysis of paper recycling society: consumers and paper makers in Japan
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Yamashita, Hidetoshi, Hanyu, Kazunori, Hayashi, Chikio, and Kishino, Hirohisa
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PAPER ,WASTE recycling ,TOILET paper - Abstract
Paper passes through many hands. In the present paper, key parts of this cycle in Japan were examined, using questionnaire surveys of households and paper makers. The study aimed to examine the paper makers' strategy for paper production and their attitude to recycling, in comparison with those of the consumers. The study especially focused on toilet paper because consumers have a lot of freedom in purchasing toilet paper. A total of 1242 consumers and 60 paper makers responded. The major findings were as follows. First, we compared the criteriaof consumers for purchasing toilet paper with the conjectures of paper makers. Brand, advertisements and the appearance of shopping displays received 60% support from paper makers, but less than 12% of consumers selected these criteria even if we exclude those who do not buytoilet paper or do not have any particular criteria. On the other hand, multiple plies and benefit to the earth were selected by moderatenumbers (between 20 and 25%) of consumers, while only 16.77 and 5.69%, respectively of paper makers marked these criteria. Paper makers strongly believe that many retailers sell toilet paper as a loss-leader. By comparing those matters considered important for recycling by consumers with those considered important by makers, it was shown thatmany makers have a clear awareness of the particular problem, the lack of used paper consumption, in the current paper recycling situation in Japan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
29. JAPAN RECYCLING 60% OF ITS PAPER.
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ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,PAPER recycling ,RECYCLED products ,EXPORTS ,RAW materials - Abstract
Discusses the report of the Recycled Promotion Center of Japan which states the percentage of Japan's raw material for paper production in 2003 that came from recycled paper. Percentage of recycled paper exported.
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- 2004
30. Japan Tries to Shred Its Paper Habit.
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HABIT - Published
- 2020
31. Immigration and labor shortages: Learning from Japan and the United Kingdom.
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Liu-Farrer, Gracia, Green, Anne E., Ozgen, Ceren, and Cole, Matthew A.
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EMIGRATION & immigration ,SCARCITY ,DEVELOPED countries ,IMMIGRATION policy ,EMPLOYMENT policy ,EMPLOYMENT practices - Abstract
Industrialized countries have increasingly used skill-based selective migration policies to reduce labor and skill shortages. But are these policies effective? This paper uses Japan and the United Kingdom to illustrate how immigration policy and employment, training and labor practices influence labor and skill supply. Until recently, these two countries had different migration policies and labor practices. Yet data shows similar patterns of labor and skill shortage profiles in both countries. This paper draws on empirical research to argue that such outcomes suggest that immigration policies will not alleviate labor and skill shortages unless accompanied by the transformation of employment and training practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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32. Recycling and consumption in Germany and Japan: a case of toilet paper
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Yamashita, M., Hayashi, C., Kishino, H., and Hanyu, K.
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WASTE recycling ,TOILET paper - Abstract
This paper compares the recycling attitudes of consumers in Germany and Japan, based on our nationwide questionnaires. We analyzed consumption behavior as well as recycling behavior in narrow sense, becauseit is important to study the former to see how the supply of recycled materials is balanced with the demand, particularly in Japan which exports little recycled materials. Toilet paper was adopted as a specific good for study, because consumers have options of buying virgin products and recycled products. It was found that German households pay for waste collection specifically and have higher recycling rates than Japanese households. On the other hand, similar figures in German and Japanese consumers were observed with regard to consumption of recycled products. Their purchasing criteria and preference on virginand recycled products of toilet paper were examined by self-report and blind test with 2x 2 experimental design for toilet paper (German versus Japanese, virgin versus recycled). Blind test showed that people prefer domestic and virgin products in both countries. Half of respondents rating virgin products guessed that the products contained recycled material. For Japanese, the material of the sample toilet paper, made from virgin pulp, seems to be a more determining factor thanthe nationality of products, i.e. made in Japan. On the other hand, for Germans, the domestic nature seems to be a more dominant factor than the material, i.e. made from virgin material. Canonical discriminant analysis in conjunction with logistic regression based on self-reporting data detected the characters `multiplied', `appearance' and `brand' as major factors making the difference in preference between the two countries. The possible reasons causing the similarity and dissimilarity between the two countries are discussed with reference to the background history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 1999
33. No Longer a Safe Haven Currency? A Fresh Evidence of Japanese Yen under Uncertainty.
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Zheng-Zheng Lee, Chi Wei Su, and Ran Tao
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JAPANESE yen ,ECONOMIC uncertainty ,ECONOMIC policy ,HARD currencies ,INTEREST rates ,FOREIGN exchange rates - Abstract
This paper aims to study the safe haven attribute of the Japanese yen under domestic and U.S. economic and policy uncertainty (EPU). Because of the existence of structural changes, a bootstrap rolling window subsample causality test is used to enhance the credibility of the results. The empirical results confirm that the exchange rate returns (RER) and Japanese EPU are correlated in specific periods when major economic or political events occur. In most crisis periods, the Japanese EPU has positive effects on RER, and the yen appreciates when the EPU is increasing. In addition, the RER of the yen and U.S. EPU are both negatively and positively connected. This finding confirms the hedging function of the yen in certain periods. The reason for this relationship is that Japan's low interest rates make the yen the primary funding currency in speculative carrying trade strategies, and thus, it tends to appreciate during crisis periods regardless of the origins of the EPU shocks. Therefore, the yen can be held as a safe haven currency unless the government intervenes artificially. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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34. Distant lending for regional small businesses using public credit guarantee schemes: Evidence from Japan.
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Tsuruta, Daisuke
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LOANS ,COMMUNITY banks ,SMALL business loans ,SMALL business ,SMALL business finance ,BANK loans ,SURETYSHIP & guaranty - Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the extent to which banks use public credit guaranteed loans for distant small business borrowers. Existing studies argue that when banks offer loans for these borrowers, the information asymmetry between them is often severe. These studies then empirically demonstrate how banks can mitigate this problem. We focus instead on the role of Japan's public credit guarantee scheme in mitigating these same information problems, an approach unaddressed in the literature. If banks offer credit guaranteed loans, they suffer few losses from borrower default because the public credit guarantee corporations (not the small business borrowers) make payments to the banks. Therefore, banks can offer loans to informationally opaque and distant borrowers. To conduct the econometric analysis, we use semiannual bank-region-level data from Japan, which allows us to control for several unobserved fixed effects. The results reveal that credit guarantee loan size is larger and the default rate higher when banks offer credit guaranteed loans to distant borrowers. These findings suggest that banks successfully mitigate the losses of distant lending using the public credit guarantee scheme, thereby providing a valuable contribution to the small business finance literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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35. Inexspensive all-season passive thin metal film for energy savings in cities.
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Sasaki, Takashi and Takefuji, Yoshiyasu
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METALLIC films ,THIN films ,CITIES & towns ,THERMAL equilibrium ,ELECTROCHROMIC windows - Abstract
Active thin film electrochromic or thermochromic coatings have been used in smart windows. However, the current cost of active thin film windows is approximately 10 times that of passive film windows. This paper proposes an inexpensive passive thin metal film for all-season energy savings. The proposed passive thin metal film allows heat to flow preferentially in one direction. Thin metal films attached to glass indoor can absorb solar heat and the solar can radiate the heat to a room and to the glass respectively until thermal equilibrium. Because of the heated metal film against the room, as long as the temperature of the film is higher than that of the room, there is no heat flux from the room to the thin metal film which is called perfect thermal insulation. The 960m
2 film was installed in an actual hotel in Japan over 10 years and contributed to reducing the energy cost of air conditioning from 54 million yen to 43 million yen, demonstrating an annual energy savings of 11 million yen (US$0.1 million). This paper briefly describes how the proposed economical passive thin metal film will provide all-season energy savings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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36. THE NIPPON PAPER GROUP.
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SOIL amendments ,PAVEMENTS - Abstract
Reports that Nippon Paper Group Inc. has developed a technique to produce a material for soil amendment and road pavement using paper sludge ash in collaboration with Kajima Road in Tokyo, Japan.
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- 2005
37. "SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal sponsored by ZEON".
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AWARDS ,POLYMERS conferences ,LECTURES & lecturing - Abstract
The article describes the Society of Polymer Science, Japan (SPSJ) award for an outstanding academic paper that will be published in "Polymer Journal," which is sponsored by ZEON. The rules of the award include that the nominee must be less than 38 years of age upon submitting the paper for publication, the number of awards is limited to three annually, and the awardee must present a lecture at an SPSJ meeting.
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- 2008
38. VANITAS, WABI SABI AND The Fragility of Life.
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Parks, John A.
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ART education ,ART colleges ,CONTEMPLATION ,GRAPHITE - Abstract
Hiroshi Hayakawa, a Japanese-born artist, has developed a unique artistic voice through his drawings that are both realistic and rich with symbolic meaning. Despite not having a formal art education in Japan, Hayakawa pursued his passion for art after meeting contemporary Japanese artists and realizing that being a professional artist was a possibility. His drawings, influenced by the Japanese aesthetics of wabi sabi and 17th-century Dutch paintings known as "Vanitas," explore themes of beauty, fragility, and the impermanence of life. Hayakawa's meticulous process involves photography, sketching, and creating composite images before rendering his drawings in graphite with thousands of tiny strokes. His drawings often feature female figures as symbols of earthly pleasure and beauty, accompanied by traditional symbols of mortality. The resulting artworks are visually stunning and invite contemplation of symbolic relationships. Hayakawa has exhibited his work widely and currently teaches at Columbus College of Art and Design. In addition to his drawings, he has also published books on making paper animals. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2024
39. "SPSJ Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal 2005 sponsored by ZEON.".
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POLYMERS ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,MOLECULAR dynamics ,POLYCONDENSATION ,LEWIS acids - Abstract
The article provides information on several of the nominees for the Society of Polymer Science, Japan Award for the Outstanding Paper in Polymer Journal 2005. Papers nominated include "Molecular Dynamics Study of the Adhesion between End-grafted Polymer Films," by Hiroshi Morita and "Room-Temperature Polycondensation of Dicarboxylic Acids and Diols Catalyzed by Water-Stable Lewis Acids," by Akinori Takasu .
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- 2006
40. MISHIMA PAPER ACQUIRES OTAKE SHIGYO.
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MERGERS & acquisitions ,CORPORATE reorganizations - Abstract
Reports on Mishima Paper's acquisition of Otake Shigyo. Sale as part of Nippon Unipac Group's restructuring.
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- 2004
41. Precarious digital mothering: creativity, entrepreneurship and hidden labor within digital foodscapes.
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Barnes, Christine
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MOTHERS ,UNPAID labor ,SOCIAL reproduction ,JAPANESE cooking ,HOUSEKEEPING - Abstract
Digital foodscapes not only transform our everyday relationships with food but offer creative and entrepreneurial opportunities. This paper works to expand the Anglo-American focus of digital foodscapes scholarship in analysis of Japanese Instagram food influencers and their relationship to gendered social reproduction. Japan's most prominent influencers are mothers documenting the bentos (boxed lunches) they prepare for their children, a meal suffused with socio-cultural meaning about good food and good mothering. I develop the concept of precarious digital mothering to examine the hidden, gendered labor created and magnified through Instagram bento accounts. I argue that the creative and entrepreneurial opportunities offered to women though Instagram are inseparable from the cultural meaning of bento as a judgment on good mothering and create a bind where digital success cannot occur without taking on additional domestic food work. Precarity is created both for the mothers who take on unpaid and unrecognized labor in the pursuit of Instagram success, and those who consume their content and the problematic narratives of food and motherhood it normalizes in its idealized and mediated performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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42. Grey wolf optimizer-based machine learning algorithm to predict electric vehicle charging duration time.
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Ullah, Irfan, Liu, Kai, Yamamoto, Toshiyuki, Shafiullah, Md, and Jamal, Arshad
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MACHINE learning ,ELECTRIC vehicle charging stations ,GENETIC algorithms ,ELECTRIC vehicles ,PREDICTION models ,METAHEURISTIC algorithms - Abstract
Precise charging time prediction can effectively mitigate the inconvenience to drivers induced by inevitable charging behavior throughout trips. Although the effectiveness of the machine learning (ML) algorithm in predicting future outcomes has been established in a variety of applications (transportation sector), the investigation into electric vehicle (EV) charging time prediction is almost new. This calls for the investigation of the ML algorithm to predict EV charging time. The study developed an EV charging time prediction model based on two years of charging event data collected from 500 EVs in Japan. To predict EV charging time, this paper employed three ML algorithms: extreme learning machine (ELM), feed-forward neural network (FFNN), and support vector regression (SVR). Furthermore, ML algorithms parameters are optimized by a metaheuristic techniques: the gray wolf optimizer (GWO), particle swarm optimizer (PSO), and genetic algorithm (GA) to achieve higher accuracy and robustness. The prediction results reveal that GWO-based ML models yielded better results compared to other models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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43. Museum "Diaspora" Collections for Archaeological Research: Edo-Period Shogun Family's Funerary Lanterns Outside Japan.
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Nishimura, Yoko
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL museums & collections ,DIASPORA ,TOMBS ,MUSEUMS ,TOKUGAWA Period, Japan, 1600-1868 ,PLANT identification ,EIGHTEENTH century - Abstract
This paper advocates using museum collections for archaeological research by offering a new approach to generate questions on the sociocultural lives of ancient people. I define "diaspora" collections as historical and archaeological artifacts excavated in a homeland site but currently stored in museums that are outside the homeland country. Of particular importance in this approach is the identification of artifacts' diagnostic traits, including material composition, morphology, and symbolic decoration, that are to be linked to the "original" data in their homeland. Diaspora collections-based research necessitates provenience studies, as well as direct observation of both the diaspora collection and its original data. It also takes advantage of the recent development of various digital and remote technologies. A case study to show this methodology comes from dedicatory lanterns currently stored outside Japan that were part of the shogun (Tokugawa) family's graveyards in modern Tokyo during the 18th and 19th centuries a.d. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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44. Did the Japanese government's travel subsidy increase the number of hotel guests and infection during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Funashima, Yoshito and Hiraga, Kazuki
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COVID-19 pandemic ,HOTEL guests ,COVID-19 ,COST benefit analysis ,VIRAL transmission ,HOTELS - Abstract
In July 2020, the Japanese government launched the "Go To Travel" campaign, providing subsidies for domestic travel, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. While the campaign aimed to revitalize the declining tourism industry, concerns were raised about its potential to spread infection. Although the literature indicates that the campaign increased hotel reservations, its causal effects on infection are not well-known. Using a difference-in-differences framework, this paper examines whether the campaign increased the number of domestic hotel guests and caused the virus to spread. The results show that the campaign increased the number of domestic hotel guests, as travel was not a Giffen good even at the risk of contracting COVID-19. However, the campaign did not increase infection spread in Japan, as it did not increase the transient population in the downtown areas. Moreover, this study provides a comprehensive cost–benefit analysis of the campaign. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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45. Presenting an Egalitarian Multicultural Empire through Transparent Media: Photographic Reporting in Print Mass Media in Late Interwar Japan.
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Shiho Maeshima
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MASS media ,WOMEN'S magazines ,INTERWAR Period (1918-1939) ,PHOTOJOURNALISM ,RACISM ,CENSORSHIP ,PHOTOCOPYING - Abstract
Facilitated by technological advances in cameras, printing methods and equipment, photojournalism blossomed throughout the world during the interwar period. It offered readers insights into the contemporary world, providing access to diverse peoples and remote locations through a combination of photographs and text. Japan was no exception. However, unlike Europe or North America, where the primary medium for disseminating knowledge through images was photo magazines or newspapers, in interwar Japan it was mass-market women's magazines that popularised the practice of using images to convey information within society. This paper specifically examines representations seen in a particular photo-article genre known as the "life pictorial", published in the best-selling women's magazine Shufu no tomo ("Housewife's Friend"). The analysis of these articles demonstrates how they contributed to the circulation of an imagined geography in 1930s Japanese society by presenting an image of a utopian multicultural Japanese empire that covertly intimated a distinct social, ethnic and racial hierarchy. Furthermore, this analysis explores how the magazine guided and shaped its readers' visual literacy by training them in how to "read" these photo articles, in a time before state censorship became fully entrenched. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
46. Integration of international marriage migrants: Russian-speaking female marriage migrants in Japan and South Korea.
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Kim, Viktoriya and Yem, Natalya
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INTERNATIONAL marriage ,MARRIAGE ,FAMILY support ,MARRIED women ,LANGUAGE acquisition ,GENDER role ,IMMIGRANTS - Abstract
This paper analyzes the integration processes of international marriage migrants in Japan and South Korea and identifies the steps and conditions required for integration. It contributes to the wider discussion of obstacles that migrants face during the integration process. Despite Japan and South Korea's reluctance toward the influx of large numbers of international migrants, their stance is more positive toward (female) marriage migrants. The qualitative data used for the analysis were collected by authors during the period between 2007 and 2022 on women from former Soviet Union countries, married to South Korean (54) or Japanese (50) men. The analysis of women's experiences identifies four major steps leading to receiving society integration: Pre-migration, arrival, early years and long-term settlement. The findings show that early language acquisition and receiving family support resulted in relatively smooth integration. However, human capital appears to be both a driver and an obstacle to integration. Furthermore, mismatched gender role expectations, limited social networks and employment opportunities increased difficulties in the integration process. Additionally, stronger ties with the receiving family and weaker ties with the home countries influenced women's decision to settle in the country. The largest differences between Japan and South Korea were the higher employment opportunities for marriage migrants in South Korea, especially for those with professional skills and Korean language knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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47. 海域和陆域地震动输入能量与强度指标相关性.
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胡进军, 田浩, 谭景阳, 刘巴黎, and 靳超越
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EARTHQUAKE hazard analysis ,GROUND motion ,EXTREME value theory ,ENGINEERING mathematics ,EARTHQUAKES ,STATISTICAL correlation - Abstract
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- 2023
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48. Die Gerechtigkeitsbewegung für die „Trostfrauen“ in intersektionaler postkolonialer Sicht.
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Lenz, Ilse
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COLONIES ,FEMINISM ,SEX workers ,SEXUAL assault ,WAR ,COMFORT women ,COLLECTIVE memory - Abstract
During the Asia Pacifi c War (1937-1945), the Japanese Imperial Army forced women in Japanese East Asian colonies to work as so-called “comfort women” (sex workers). The justice movement for these women is an international intersectional alliance of feminists from Japanese ex-colonies in East Asia, the former colonial power Japan, and other societies, such as Australia, Germany, and the USA. This long-term feminist justice movement has campaigned for an apology and compensation from the Japanese government, as well as for recognition of “comfort women‘s” suff ering and of sexual violence in war in cultural memory. Through researching this justice movement from a processual intersectionality perspective, this paper shows that it gained power and legitimacy from refl ecting and working on its internal intersectional inequalities. This included refl ecting on the class hierarchies between many former “comfort women”, who had power of defi nition, and intellectual feminist activists, as well as on the postcolonial divide between former Japanese colonies and the former colonial power Japan, leading it to develop horizontal cooperation and practices. Following an overview, the paper outlines the movements in South Korea, Japan, and Germany, and highlights the different postcolonial constellation between East Asia and Germany, the main actors, and their aims. While the Japanese government rejected the justice movement‘s demands and the right wing mobilised against it, has been able to infl uence cultural memory to widely recognize sexual violence in war and the dignity of the “comfort women”. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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49. My Response to Ramseyer's Effort to Deny the History of Japanese Military Sexual Slavery.
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Pyong Gap Min
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HUMAN trafficking ,HUMAN rights organizations ,SEX workers ,LABOR contracts - Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to critically evaluate as many of Ramseyer's arguments as possible included in his 2022 paper. It consists of three sections in addition to the introduction and concluding remarks. The first section summarizes the expanded literature that interpreted the "comfort women" system as sexual slavery, judgments, and recommendations to the Japanese government given by scholars, international human rights organizations and the legislative branches of four Western countries. Since Ramseyer published his article denying the "comfort women" system as sexual slavery without introducing this literature, we cannot consider his article as an academic work. The second section critically evaluates Ramseyer's unacceptable and untenable arguments that Japanese and Korean "comfort women" were commercial sex workers with labor contracts rather than sexual slaves. The third section critically evaluates Ramseyer's severe criticisms of the Korean council and its redress activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
50. COVID-19 Signs in Tokyo and Kanagawa: Linguistic Landscaping for Whom?
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Janice Nakamura
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LINGUISTIC landscapes ,COVID-19 ,JAPANESE language ,SOCIAL distancing ,ENGLISH language ,JAPANESE people - Abstract
COVID-19 has dramatically transformed Japan's linguistic landscape. This paper determines the types of COVID-19 store signs in Tokyo and Kanagawa and the extent to which they cater to the growing number of non-Japanese residents living in this highly populated urban region. Analysis of 293 COVID-19 signs shows that many are text-andimage monolingual Japanese signs that display multiple messages related to customer and staff policies. Although the stores predominantly prepare these signs, they are influenced by government policy, particularly those related to social distancing. Only a quarter of these signs is multilingual, and many contain Japanese and English only. Consequently, the majority of the foreign population from non-English-speaking countries who cannot read either language well may need to rely on the images contained in COVID-19 signs and the signs' positioning to decipher the meaning. However, this paper demonstrates that neither images nor the positioning of Japanese monolingual signs is an adequate substitute for the greater use of multilingual signs. The prevalence of monolingual Japanese COVID-19 signs suggests that non-Japanese residents in Japan potentially face a linguistic disadvantage in navigating a linguistic landscape altered by COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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