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BJUI Compass, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Objective We aim to evaluate the association between sheath size and outcomes in suction mini‐percutaneous nephrolithotomy (SM‐PCNL). Materials and Methods A prospective, multicentre study enrolled 1534 patients undergoing SM‐PCNL from March to November 2024 across 30 centres.
Vineet Gauhar +17 more
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Russian Japanology ReviewThis article is devoted to the analysis of the Act on Promoting Measures to Realize a Society in Which the Pride of the Ainu People Is Respected (Act No. 16 of 2019).
E. S. Yukliaevskikh (Chekunkova)
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Creative and Sustainable Tourism: The Case of Ainu in Japan
Symphonya, 2019 Tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing business sectors and a key economic contributor around the world. In Japan, Hokkaido is a popular tourist destination for both domestic and international tourists because it provides a unique natural ...
Edgar Bellow +2 more
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Multicultural Shakespeare, 2020 This paper discusses how Japanese theatres have handled race in a country where hiring black actors to perform Shakespeare’s plays is not an option. In English-speaking regions, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, it is common to hire a ...
Kitamura Sae
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Japan: Political Developments and Data in 2024
European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 363-385, December 2025.Abstract Following several years of opinion polling decline, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) sought to draw a line under successive scandals with the election of a new leader, Shigeru Ishiba. However, the LDP‐led coalition went on to lose its majority in the lower house for the first time since 2012 in the snap election that Ishiba ...
AIRO HINO +3 more
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Ainu A culture of silence? [PDF]
, 2009 2009-10-31The purpose of this paper is to present an introduction to Ainu History and Culture from an educational perspective. Analytical categories from the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire were applied.
Aakre, Bjørn Magne
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The Description of the Ainu and the Japanese by Gavriil Davydov (1807)
Russian Japanology Review, 2021 In 1802, upon the orders of the Russian-American Company, Ensign Davydov and Lieutenant Khvostov were sent to deliver food supplies to the Russian colonies in America.
O. V. Klimova
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Tōjisha‐Kenkyū on Autism in Japan: Against Epistemic Injustices and Tokenism
Journal of Social Issues, Volume 81, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT The Japanese mental health system, marked by isolation and restraint, has been challenged by Tōjisha‐Kenkyū, a peer‐led research practice initiated in 2001 by Urakawa Bethel House members. Drawing from disability rights and addiction self‐help movements, it addresses hermeneutical injustice by creating shared language for minority experiences.
Satsuki Ayaya
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CONCEPTS OF MODERN IDENTITY AMONG THE AINU OF HOKKAIDO AND THE GAELS OF SCOTLAND. (Joint Research Project : "Methodological Studies on Crosscultural Understanding in International Communication : Toward Effective Policies for Reducing Cultural Barriers") [PDF]
, 1995 This paper compares and contrasts aspects of identity among modern-day Ainu and Scottish Gaels. The Ainu are the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, in the north of the Japanese archipelago, who were gradually displaced by Japanese immigration from the ...
SMITH, Ian
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Journal of Anime and Manga Studies, 2020 Little scholarly attention has been given to the visual representations of the Ainu people in popular culture, even though media images have a significant role in forging stereotypes of indigeneity. This article investigates the role of representation in
Christina Spiker
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