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Social Sciences, 2023 Cross-cultural studies have suggested that happiness in Eastern countries is characterized by a greater extent of relationships and harmony with others than in Western countries; however, happiness levels may differ across Asian countries.
Hitomi Aoyama, Satoshi Horiuchi
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 BackgroundThree clinical trials have examined the chronic effects of medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) on muscle mass and function in frail older adults (mean age 85 years old).
Osamu Ezaki, Sakiko Abe
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Emotional Factors in the Service Experience in the COVID-19 Environment:
Maketingu rebyu, 2022 The aim of this study is to identify factors that evoke customer emotion and how this emotion influences the service experience in the context of changes in the business environment brought about by COVID-19.
Jing Zhang, Tingchang Liang
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Effect of personality traits on matching dolls and their makers
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Studies have shown that possessions such as cars and dogs resemble their owners, and products such as dolls resemble their makers even when students make them. We conducted three experiments to examine which part of the dolls resembled their makers.
Miki Uetsuki +2 more
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Do Dolls Resemble Their Makers?
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Many often say that people resemble their pets or that the faces of manga characters and Buddha statues resemble those of their artists. Previous studies demonstrated that participants could match dogs with their owners, suggesting that pets resemble ...
Miki Uetsuki +2 more
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Romanticising Shinsengumi in Contemporary Japan
New Voices, 2011 Shinsengumi, a group of young men recruited by the Bakufu to protect Kyoto from radical Imperial House loyalists in the tumultuous Bakumatsu period, is romanticised and idolised in Japan despite its limited place in history.
Rosa Lee
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Analysis on accessibility to urban facilities using the flexible distance attenuation function
Japan Architectural Review, 2020 In urban planning, variations in accessibility to facilities that change with distance are often regarded as monotonically decreasing distance functions. However, it is difficult to select an appropriate function type.
Yusuke Kataoka
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Representing the Silk Road: Literature and Images between China and Japan during the Cold War
Humanities, 2022 The essay focused on the TV documentary series The Silk Road and discussed the significance of this co-production between China and Japan. Two television stations, NHK and CCTV, provided each other with technical support to create a new image of the Silk
Zhixi Yin
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Japan Architectural Review, 2023 In Amami‐Oshima, folk houses are characterized by the “HIKIMUN construction” system, which is different from other wooden construction systems of the Japanese main island.
Yuka Aoyagi
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Potential influence of decision time on punishment behavior and its evaluation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Previous studies on whether punishers are rewarded by reputational gains have yielded conflicting results. Some studies have argued that punitive behaviors potentially result in a positive evaluation, while others have found the opposite. This study aims
Kaede Maeda +2 more
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