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A study on the regional characteristics and determining factors of HIKIMUN folk house construction systems in Amami‐Oshima

open access: yesJapan 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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Representing the Silk Road: Literature and Images between China and Japan during the Cold War

open access: yesHumanities, 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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Traveling Yellow Peril: Race, Gender, and Empire in Japan's English Teaching Industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Contemporary U.S. white migrants working in Japan long-term as English teachers find themselves in an increasingly precarious labor market. When reacting to industry flexibilization, the U.S.
Owens, Christina D.
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Potential influence of decision time on punishment behavior and its evaluation

open access: yesFrontiers 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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Contemporary culture of wine consumption in Japan: women’s leading role in creating the market in an asia’s post-industrial context

open access: yesTerritoires du Vin, 2021
This research focuses on Japan’s culture of western wine consumption, based on historical research and fieldwork conducted from 2012 to 2018. First of all, it provides a brief overview of wine in Japan from an exotic to a familiar beverage, a ...
Chuanfei Wang
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Learners' perspectives on the prevention and management of pregnancy school dropout: a Namibian case

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology, 2023
BackgroundNamibia has had a problem with the high rate of learner pregnancy and school dropout for many years, despite implementing education sector policy on preventing and managing learner pregnancy.
Dorthea Nanghali Etuwete Shiningayamwe   +1 more
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Consumer Awareness and Acceptance of Information Trust System and Institutional Issues:

open access: yesMaketingu rebyu, 2022
With the diversification of personal data generated through the use of services on mobile terminals by individual consumers, the acquisition and abuse of data by companies have become a problem. The government is considering and developing an information
Shizuka Tabara   +3 more
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Human‐geographic effects on variations in the population genetics of Sinotaia quadrata (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) that historically migrated from continental East Asia to Japan

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2020
Background Anthropogenic factors potentially affect observed biogeographical patterns in population genetics, but the effects of ancient human activities on the original patterns created by natural processes are unknown.
Bin Ye   +5 more
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Diagnostic specificity of the child psychosis-risk screening system with a focus on the differentiation of schizophrenia spectrum disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders

open access: yesFrontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2023
BackgroundResearch on early psychosis has begun to identify psychiatric characteristics of the prodromal period of schizophrenia; however, subclinical characteristics of children in non-psychiatric fields have not been fully investigated. In our previous
Yukiko Hamasaki   +11 more
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The Japanese Encounter with the South: Japanese Tourists in Palau [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This paper examines some sociocultural implications of Palauan tourism through the lens of Japanese tourists. In 1997, Palau had some seventy thousand international visitors, of whom more than twenty thousand were Japanese, second only to the Taiwanese ...
Yamashita, Shinji
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