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Ebisu: Études Japonaises, 2019 Since the annexation of Hokkaidō and assimilation of its indigenous Ainu people, their official status in Japan has evolved to adapt to the diplomatic, ideological, political and economic stakes.
Noémi Godefroy
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Geo-disasters induced by the recent earthquakes in Japan and Indonesia [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2020 This paper is focusing on the geo-disasters induced by the 2018 Hokkaido Iburi-tobu earthquake in Japan and the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia. The Hokkaido Iburi-tobu earthquake occurred at east of Iburi region in Hokkaido, Japan on September 6th,
Miyajima Masakatsu +2 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2004 Background Selfish genetic elements that distort the sex ratio are found widely. Notwithstanding the number of records of sex ratio distorters, their incidence is poorly understood.
Toda Masanori J +2 more
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Physical anthropology in Japan: The Ainu and the search for the origins of the Japanese [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper I examine the quest by physical anthropologists in Japan for the origins of the Japanese. A major focus of this research has been the Ainu people of the northern island of Hokkaidō, who have recently been declared an indigenous people of ...
Low, Morris
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Siebold’s beech, Fagus crenata, is widely distributed across the Japanese Archipelago and islands in Japan Sea. Similar to the northern limit of the geographical distribution of F.
Keiko Kitamura +5 more
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Investigation and mechanism analysis of disasters under Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2020 An Mw6.6 earthquake occurred at 3a.m. on September 6, 2018, in the eastern part of Iburi, Hokkaido. This earthquake killed 41 people, caused a series of service interruptions in Sapporo city.
Hanxu Zhou +3 more
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Response of snowpack to +2°C global warming in Hokkaido, Japan
Journal of Glaciology, 2020 The response of snowpack to a +2°C global warming relative to the present climate was estimated in Hokkaido, Japan, using a physical snowpack model driven by dynamically downscaled (DDS) data, after model evaluation.
Yuta Katsuyama +2 more
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La chasse à la baleine chez les Aïnous et leurs traditions préhistoriques dans l’archipel du Japon
Les Nouvelles de l’Archéologie, 2022 The Ainu is an ethnic group native to Hokkaido in the north part of Japanese Archipelago. Their territory also previously extended to the island of Sakhalin and the Chishima Islands. This knowledge and experience, was maintained by the Ainu.
Kazuharu Takehana
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Estimating the rate of change in heavy rainfall intensity for flood control planning in Japan [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological SciencesHeavy rainfall leading to disasters is projected to intensify and become more frequent as the average global temperature continues to rise. To manage flood risk, flood control plans that account for future climate change are urgently needed in Japan.
Y. Maeda, T. Takeshita, M. Kawasaki
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Frontier spirit and the making of the Japanese pioneer [PDF]
, 2023 This article analyses the origins of the so-called frontier spirit as the main feature of the Japanese pioneers who were the grass-roots agents of Japanese expansion into Asia.
Scherer, Anke
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