POLICY RESPONSE OF ASIAN ECONOMIES TO COVID-2019 PANDEMIC: CHINA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN by Alisa S. Mahdich

“…The most effective measures which have been taken by the government of Japan to were: there have been allocated USD 4.1 billion to support Japanese SMEs; there has been announced the development of a package of large-scale measures to support the country’s economy; there have been introduced special conditions for lending to SMEs; the activities of the companies involved in the fight against the pandemic have been subsidized; there has been introduced a simplified license renewal procedure for import/export and tariff quota certificates; the Bank of Japan has doubled up to USD 112 billion the exchange-traded fund (ETF) buyback program; a payment has been provided for the citizens who cannot work; a consulting service has been organized to support SMEs; for SMEs which were forced to send part of their employees on vacation or training, the state would cover the costs of forced leave in the amount of 4/5 during 100 days.…”
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Intermittent Growth of a Newly-Born Volcanic Island and Its Feeding System Revealed by Geological and Geochemical Monitoring 2013–2020, Nishinoshima, Ogasawara, Japan by Fukashi Maeno, Atsushi Yasuda, Natsumi Hokanishi, Takayuki Kaneko, Yoshihiko Tamura, Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto, Shun Nakano, Akimichi Takagi, Minoru Takeo, Minoru Takeo, Setsuya Nakada, Setsuya Nakada

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Relationship between menstruation status and work conditions in Japan by Mariko Nishikitani, Mutsuhiro Nakao, Shinobu Tsurugano, Mariko Inoure, Eiji Yano

“…This interval time was based on EU regulations and the goal set by the government of Japan. Health outcomes included: menstrual cycle, dysmenorrhoea symptoms, anxiety regarding health, and satisfaction in terms of health. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination coverage by company size and the effects of workplace vaccination program in Japan: a cohort study by Koji Mori, Takahiro Mori, Tomohisa Nagata, Hajime Ando, Ayako Hino, Seiichiro Tateishi, Mayumi Tsuji, Keiji Muramatsu, Yoshihisa Fujino

“…To promote COVID-19 vaccination coverage, the government of Japan established the workplace vaccination program. …”
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The Effect of Providing Subsidies for Vehicles and Infrastructures to shift toward a low carbon passenger car mix by Kobayashi, Naoki

“…To address this issue, the Government of Japan (GOJ) provides subsidies both for vehicles and infrastructure. …”
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Effects of financial support on treatment of adolescents with growth hormone deficiency: a retrospective study in Japan by Eri Maeda, Takahiro Higashi, Tomonobu Hasegawa, Susumu Yokoya, Takahiro Mochizuki, Tomohiro Ishii, Junko Ito, Susumu Kanzaki, Akira Shimatsu, Koji Takano, Toshihiro Tajima, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yusuke Tanahashi, Akira Teramoto, Toshiro Nagai, Kunihiko Hanew, Reiko Horikawa, Toru Yorifuji, Naohiro Wada, Toshiaki Tanaka

“…Abstract Background Treatment costs for children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency are subsidized by the government in Japan if the children meet clinical criteria, including height limits (boys: 156.4 cm; girls: 145.4 cm). …”
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Genomic and phenotypic characterization of chloracidobacterium isolates provides evidence for multiple species by Saini, Mohit Kumar, Sebastian, Aswathy, Shirotori, Yoshiki, Soulier, Nathan T., Costas, Amaya M. Garcia, Drautz-Moses, Daniela Isabel, Schuster, Stephan Christoph, Albert, Istvan, Haruta, Shin, Hanada, Satoshi, Thiel, Vera, Tank, Marcus, Bryant, Donald A.

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Outcome of emergency patients transported by ambulance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Osaka Prefecture, Japan: a population-based descriptive study by Yusuke Katayama, Yusuke Katayama, Kenta Tanaka, Hisaya Domi, Hisaya Domi, Jun Masui, Jun Masui, Shunichiro Nakao, Jotaro Tachino, Tomoya Hirose, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Jun Oda, Tetsuya Matsuoka, Tetsuya Matsuoka

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Impact of the Lockdown Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Yu Nishida, Shuhei Hosomi, Koji Fujimoto, Rieko Nakata, Naoko Sugita, Shigehiro Itani, Yuji Nadatani, Shusei Fukunaga, Koji Otani, Fumio Tanaka, Yasuaki Nagami, Koichi Taira, Noriko Kamata, Toshio Watanabe, Satoko Ohfuji, Yasuhiro Fujiwara

“…Background: The government of Japan declared a state of emergency on April 16, 2020, owing to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. …”
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Comprehensive geriatric intervention program with and without weekly class-style exercise: research protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial in Kyoto-Kameoka Study by Watanabe Y, Yamada Y, Yokoyama K, Yoshida T, Yoshinaka Y, Yoshimoto M, Tanaka Y, Itoi A, Yamagata E, Ebine N, Ishikawa-Takata K, Kimura M

“…Yuya Watanabe,1–4,* Yosuke Yamada,2,4,* Keiichi Yokoyama,2,5,6,* Tsukasa Yoshida,2,4,7 Yasuko Yoshinaka,5,6 Mie Yoshimoto,8 Yoko Tanaka,9 Aya Itoi,10 Emi Yamagata,11 Naoyuki Ebine,1 Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata,12 Misaka Kimura2,3 1Faculty of Health and Sports Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan; 2Laboratory of Applied Health Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; 3Department of Health and Sports Sciences, Kyoto Gakuen University, Kameoka, Japan; 4Section of Healthy Longevity Research, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan; 5Specified Non-profit Corporation Genki-up AGE Project, Kameoka, Japan; 6Department of Business Administration, Kyoto Gakuen University, Kyoto, Japan; 7Senior Citizen’s Welfare Section, Kameoka City Government, Kameoka, Japan; 8Corporation of Japan Dental Hygienists’ Association, Kyoto, Japan; 9Kyoto Dietetic Association, Kyoto, Japan; 10Department of Health, Sports and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Welfare, Kobe Women’s University, Kobe, Japan; 11Faculty of Nursing, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Kyotanabe, Japan; 12Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan *These authors contributed equally to this work Objective: The number of long-term care (LTC) users and the associated expenditures in Japan are increasing dramatically. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 vaccination status on hospitalization and disease severity: A descriptive study in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan by Guoxi Cai, Shiwen Liu, Yixiao Lu, Yumika Takaki, Fumiaki Matsumoto, Akira Yoshikawa, Toshitsugu Taguri, Jianfen Xie, Kazuhiko Arima, Satoshi Mizukami, Jiwen Wu, Taro Yamamoto, Maiko Hasegawa, Nguyen Tien Huy, Masaya Saito, Shouhei Takeuchi, Kouichi Morita, Kiyoshi Aoyagi, Fei He

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The historical story of B. Polianych “Seven golden cups”: the divineity of historical memory’s poetics. by Марина Богданова

“…The main direction of scientific activity is historical prose, the phenomenon of memory in the historical prose of writers of the Ukrainian diaspora in the second half of the twentieth century. 2 So, one of the geographic memory places of the story is Hamburg, where on the Japan ship the vice graph Chevalier de Meson Ruzh meets with the leader of military government of Japan – Great Shogun Tokugawa. In Hamburg the fate of Ukraine is decided. …”
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Current Measures on Radioactive Contamination in Japan: A Policy Situation Analysis. by Stuart Gilmour, Shoji Miyagawa, Fumiko Kasuga, Kenji Shibuya

“…In the immediate aftermath of the accident the Government of Japan placed strict measures on radio-contamination of food, and enhanced radio-contamination monitoring activities. …”
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日本高級中等教育的「多樣化政策」分析：特色學校的教改理念與實施 Policies for the Diversification of Upper Secondary Education in Japan: Educational Reform Concepts and Their Implementation in Featured High School... by 劉語霏Yu-Fei Liu

“…Following the emergence of the comprehensive course in the 1990s, the government of Japan aggressively promoted special designations among high schools regardless of whether they were public, private, general, or specialized, including the Super Science High School, Super English Language High School, Becoming a Specialist, and Japanese Dual System designations. …”
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Long-Term Observation of Atmospheric Speciated Mercury during 2007–2018 at Cape Hedo, Okinawa, Japan by Kohji Marumoto, Noriyuki Suzuki, Yasuyuki Shibata, Akinori Takeuchi, Akinori Takami, Norio Fukuzaki, Kazuaki Kawamoto, Akira Mizohata, Shungo Kato, Takashi Yamamoto, Jingyang Chen, Tatsuya Hattori, Hiromitsu Nagasaka, Mitsugu Saito

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Effective Corporate Governance And Financial Reporting In Japan by Rahman, Khondaker Mizanur, Marc Bremer, Marc Bremer

“…This paper examines corporate governance in Japan since the 1990s. Its focus includes financial reporting, a key part of good governance. …”
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Corporate management in Japan: Board systems and outside members with a review on function of the supervisory board in Serbian companies by Dubajić Dunja

“…The corporate governance in Japan was mostly characterized by the main-bank system, board members that are internally promoted executives and employee-focused management. …”
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Evaluation of action in local governments for reducing vacant houses and availability of qualitative system by Yasuhisa Tatsukami, Shunsuke Yokoyama, Tetsu Tokuono

“…Abstract This study explores practical approaches to address future vacant housing problems by investigating various support systems established by local governments in Japan. The investigation aims to clarify the components and application of such countermeasures and identify local governments that have achieved positive results after taking qualitative measures and implementing distinct policies. …”
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Ethical Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Japanese Perspective by Satoshi Kodama

“…I argue that the lack of effective governance hampered Japan’s timely use of digital technologies. …”
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Japan’s Corporate Governance Transformation: Convergence or Reconfiguration? by Theo Renou, René Carraz, Thierry Burger-Helmchen

“…Japanese firms have historically followed a country-specific model of corporate governance. Yet, Japan has had to adapt its corporate model over the last 30 years, along with the transformation of distinctive characteristics of Japanese capitalism in the same period. …”
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