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Journal articles on the topic "Tokyo (japan), description and travel"
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Senica, Klemen. "Following in the Footsteps of Isabella Bird?" Asian Studies 9, no. 3 (September 10, 2021): 225–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.4312/as.2021.9.3.225-257.
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Alma Karlin (1889–1950), a round-the-world traveller, intellectual, and writer from Celje, Slovenia, arrived in Japan and lived in Tokyo in the early 1920s, an era which historians consider to be an interim period between the initial expansion of the Japanese Empire to mainland Asia and its end in 1945. The writer’s fascination with the land can be inferred, among other things, from a 35-page description of Japan and the Japanese in her most famous book, Einsame Weltreise. Die Tragödie einer Frau (The Odyssey of a Lonely Woman), and passages in Reiseskizzen (Travel Sketches), an earlier work. The article aims to place these travel accounts in the historical and ideological contexts of their time while highlighting some similarities and differences between the representations of the land and its people by Karlin and those by Isabella Bird (1831–1904). Although Karlin makes no explicit reference to the famous British traveller in her writing on Japan, the article demonstrates that she must have known about Bird’s book Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. It is, above all, her decision to introduce her (German) readers to topoi that were typical of Victorian women’s travel writing which suggests that Karlin partly based her image of Japan, if not even the itinerary of her journey there, on Bird’s bestselling work. Nevertheless, Karlin does not seem to have conformed to the then dominant orientalist discourses on Japan, her representations generally showing none of the Western arrogance that was so typical of her fellow travellers of both sexes.
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Kim, Gainha, Justine M. Natuplag, Sui Jin Lin, Jinyi Feng, and Nicolas Ray. "Balancing Public & Economic Health in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Analysis." Epidemiologia 3, no. 2 (April 8, 2022): 199–217. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/epidemiologia3020016.
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Despite loose restrictions and a low mortality rate due to COVID-19, Japan faced the challenge of stabilizing its economy during the pandemic. Here, we analyzed how the Japanese government attempted to maintain a balance between the health of the population and the health of the economy. We used a mix of quantitative data, information from policy documents, and news agency publications. Features of the Japanese government’s handling of the pandemic include the lack of constitutional authority to enforce a lockdown, the laxer restrictions compared with other countries in which citizens were advised only to exercise self-restraint and avoid close social contact, and the existence of expert panels that had only an advisory role. Our findings address the slow initial response of the government, which feared that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would be canceled, and the increased testing when the Olympics were postponed, as well as the expansion of vaccination efforts after the Olympics. In addition, there was a targeted campaign to promote national travel to increase economic revenue in the tourism sector, but this led to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
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СУРОВЕНЬ, Д. А. "The upper layers of the legend on two brothers and sea and mountain good luck as the source on histories of southwest Japan during the late Yayoi period." Эпосоведение, no. 3(11) (September 24, 2018): 63–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.25587/svfu.2018.11.16941.
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В статье анализируются сказания Южного Кюсю, в которых сохранились сведения о путешествии предка династии Ямато в заморскую «страну морского бога» и покорения им народа хаято, обитавшего в Сацума и Осуми. Исследователи пришли к выводу, что эти верхние слои сказания, судя по ряду признаков, относятся к периоду позднего яёй и являлись в это время событием ещё не столь отдалённого прошлого. Кроме того, как установили учёные, понятие подводный мир по представлению древних японцев было синонимом любого места на море очень удалённого от суши.Установлено, что описываемые в сказании события должны были происходить на рубеже II-III вв. н. э. По сообщению китайских династийных историй, в это время в Японии закончились «великие замешательства» (60-е - нач. 70-х гг. II в.), связанные с созданием федерации Нюй-ван-го в северном Кюсю во главе с правительницей Бимиху, а в годы Гуан-хэ (178-184 гг.) случился мятеж противников Бимиху, которые (судя по археологическому материалу) могли бежать в Южный Кюсю. Среди них, видимо, был отец двух братьев – главных героев сказания. Получается, что путешествие в «страну морского бога», описанное в сказании, могло произойти в начале III в.Локализация дворца Тоё-тама-хйко и Тоё-тама-химэ (предков рода Адзуми-но мурадзи) по сказанию находившегося «на далёком острове» определена как местность Тоё-тама на островах Цусима (описанных в китайских источниках как владение Дуйма-го). Сказание о Тоё-тама-хйко и Тоё-тама-химэ, правивших вдвоём «на далёком острове», отражало реальную ситуацию с организацией власти в виде диархии верховной жрицы-правительницы и мужчины-соправителя (яп. химэ-хико) в юго-западной Японии в I-III вв., что подтверждается китайскими и корейскими летописями. Описание дворца Тоё-тама-хйко совпадает с описаниями дворцов местных правителей юго-западной Японии в китайских династийных историях.Таким образом, группа сказаний о путешествии Хйко-хохо-дэми в страну Тоё-тама-хйко (находившуюся на далёком острове) является смутным воспоминанием общинников Южного Кюсю о контактах с населением островов Цусима и общинами северо-западного Кюсю III в. In this article, the legends of the Southern Kyushu, in which data have remained on the travel of the ancestor of a Yamato dynasty to the overseas “country of sea god” and conquest by him of the Hayato people, living in Satsuma and Osumi, are analyzed. Researchers have come to a conclusion that this the upper layers of the legend, judging by a number of signs, belong to the period late Yayoi – and were the event not of the so remote past at this time. Besides, as scientists have established, the concept of “underwater world”, on representation of ancient Japanese, was synonym of any place at the sea, very remote from land.It is established that the events described in the legend had to take place at the turn of the 2nd-3rd centuries AD. According to the Chinese dynastic histories, at this time in Japan have ended “great disorder” (60’s - early 70’s of the 2nd century), related with creation the Nü-wang-guo federations in northern Kyushu led by the woman-ruler Bimihu; and in Guang-he years (178-184) has happened the mutiny of opponents to Bimihu who (judging by archaeological material) could run to the Southern Kyushu. Among them, probably, there was the father of two brothers – the main characters of the legend. In result, the travel to “the country of sea god” described in the legend could take place in early 3rd century.Localization of the Toyo-tama-hiko and Toyo-tama-hime palace (ancestors of the Azumi-no muraji clan), according to the legend, being “on the far island” – is defined as Toyo-tama area on the islands of Tsushima (described in the Chinese sources as Duima-guo community). The legend on Toyo-tama-hiko and Toyo-tama-hime governing together “on the far island” reflected the real situation with the organization of power in the form of diarchy of Supreme priestess-ruler and male co-ruler (Jap. hime-hiko) in southwest Japan in the 1st-3rd centuries AD that is confirmed by the Chinese and Korean chronicles. The description of the palace Toyo-tama-hiko coincides with descriptions of palaces of local rulers of southwest Japan in the Chinese dynastic histories.Thus, the group of legends on the travel of Hiko-hoho-demi to the country Toyo-tama-hiko (which was on the far island) is Southern Kyushu community members’ vague reminiscence about contacts with the population of the Tsushima islands and communities of northwest Kyushu in the 3rd century.
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Harding, Lauren. "How do school nurses in Tokyo identify and prevent child maltreatment?" British Journal of School Nursing 14, no. 7 (September 2, 2019): 342–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjsn.2019.14.7.342.
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Lauren Harding shares the learning activities and outcomes of a Florence Nightingale Foundation Travel Scholarship to Tokyo/Japan, undertaken in March 2018 to explore how school nurses protect children from maltreatment.
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Kawamura, Akira, Hideo Amaguchi, Jonas Olsson, and Hiroto Tanouchi. "Urban Flood Runoff Modeling in Japan: Recent Developments and Future Prospects." Water 15, no. 15 (July 28, 2023): 2733. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w15152733.
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Since the 20th century, Japan has experienced a period of very rapid urbanization. Cities have experienced substantial densification and expansion, resulting in gradually elevated flood risk. Urban flooding has also occurred in most large cities in Japan, particularly in Tokyo. In response to this growing problem, much effort and resources have been spent on research and development aimed at understanding, simulating, and managing urban flood risk in Japan. The objective of this review is to summarize, discuss, and share key outputs from some of the main research directions in this field, significant parts of which have been uniquely developed in Japan and only published in Japanese. After a general introduction to urban runoff modeling, in the next section, key historical works in Japan are summarized, followed by a description of the situation in Japan with respect to observations of precipitation and water level. Then, the storage function model approach is reviewed, including an extension to urban basins, as well as recent experiments with AI-based emulation in Japanese basins. Subsequently, we review the prospects of detailed hydrodynamic modeling involving high-resolution, vector-based Geographical Information System (GIS) data for the optimal description of the urban environment with applications in Tokyo. We conclude the paper with some future prospects related to urban flood risk modeling and assessment in Japan.
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Kurita, Junko, and Yoshitaro Iwasaki. "Effect of Long-Distance Domestic Travel Ban Policies in Japan on COVID-19 Outbreak Dynamics During Dominance of the Ancestral Strain: Ex Post Facto Retrospective Observation Study." Online Journal of Public Health Informatics 16 (April 22, 2024): e44931. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/44931.
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Background In Japan, long-distance domestic travel was banned while the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain was dominant under the first declared state of emergency from March 2020 until the end of May 2020. Subsequently, the “Go To Travel” campaign travel subsidy policy was activated, allowing long-distance domestic travel, until the second state of emergency as of January 7, 2021. The effects of this long-distance domestic travel ban on SARS-CoV-2 infectivity have not been adequately evaluated. Objective We evaluated the effects of the long-distance domestic travel ban in Japan on SARS-CoV-2 infectivity, considering climate conditions, mobility, and countermeasures such as the “Go To Travel” campaign and emergency status. Methods We calculated the effective reproduction number R(t), representing infectivity, using the epidemic curve in Kagoshima prefecture based on the empirical distribution of the incubation period and procedurally delayed reporting from an earlier study. Kagoshima prefecture, in southern Japan, has several resorts, with an airport commonly used for transportation to Tokyo or Osaka. We regressed R(t) on the number of long-distance domestic travelers (based on the number of airport limousine bus users provided by the operating company), temperature, humidity, mobility, and countermeasures such as state of emergency declarations and the “Go To Travel” campaign in Kagoshima. The study period was June 20, 2020, through February 2021, before variant strains became dominant. A second state of emergency was not declared in Kagoshima prefecture but was declared in major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. Results Estimation results indicated a pattern of declining infectivity with reduced long-distance domestic travel volumes as measured by the number of airport limousine bus users. Moreover, infectivity was lower during the “Go To Travel” campaign and the second state of emergency. Regarding mobility, going to restaurants, shopping malls, and amusement venues was associated with increased infectivity. However, going to grocery stores and pharmacies was associated with decreased infectivity. Climate conditions showed no significant association with infectivity patterns. Conclusions The results of this retrospective analysis suggest that the volume of long-distance domestic travel might reduce SARS-CoV-2 infectivity. Infectivity was lower during the “Go To Travel” campaign period, during which long-distance domestic travel was promoted, compared to that outside this campaign period. These findings suggest that policies banning long-distance domestic travel had little legitimacy or rationale. Long-distance domestic travel with appropriate infection control measures might not increase SARS-CoV-2 infectivity in tourist areas. Even though this analysis was performed much later than the study period, if we had performed this study focusing on the period of April or May 2021, it would likely yield the same results. These findings might be helpful for government decision-making in considering restarting a “Go To Travel” campaign in light of evidence-based policy.
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Varghese, Varun, Makoto Chikaraishi, and Hironori Kato. "Analysis of Travel-Time Use in Crowded Trains using Discrete-Continuous Choices of Commuters in Tokyo, Japan." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, no. 10 (July 22, 2020): 189–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120934794.
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Travel-based multitasking and the possibility to perform activities during travel are important factors that can make a transportation mode attractive. However, serious crowding in public transportation systems might adversely affect the passengers’ free choice to participate in activities during travel. This study aims to examine how crowding in public transportation systems is related to discrete-continuous choices in different types of multitasking options using a data set of 500 commuters in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Employing a multiple discrete-continuous extreme value model, this study investigates the relationship between crowding levels and multitasking behavior. The results show that high crowding levels, relative to being seated, have a significantly negative association with many multitasking options, which suggests the importance of seat availability. The estimation results also show that information and communication technology (ICT)-dependent leisure activities and non-ICT active activities, such as reading and talking with other passengers, have the lowest satiation and higher baseline preference constants, which indicates that they are preferred by passengers. Meanwhile, crowding levels were observed to have a significant relationship with these multitasking activities. Finally, the key findings, contributions, and policy implications of the findings are discussed.
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Fukuhara, Tetsuya. "Overview of the research work of Dr. Fukuhara in thermal infrared cameras across Hyabusa2, Akatsuki, Wildfire Monitoring and Lunar Flares." Impact 2020, no. 5 (November 9, 2020): 33–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.21820/23987073.2020.5.33.
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A technology that has only been recently introduced into astronomy and space exploration is infrared thermography (IRT) using uncooled microbolometer arrays (UMBA) to capture images. Assistant Professor Tetsuya Fukuhara, from the Department of Physics at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan has been pioneering its use and over the last decade he has proved that UMBA IRT can uncover novel astronomical phenomena, help guide space travel and potentially allow satellites to stay precisely and accurately on orbit.
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Wang, Xia, and Hiroshi Nishiura. "The Epidemic Risk of Dengue Fever in Japan: Climate Change and Seasonality." Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology 2021 (October 21, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6699788.
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Dengue fever is a leading cause of illness and death in the tropics and subtropics, and the disease has become a threat to many nonendemic countries where the competent vectors such as Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti are abundant. The dengue epidemic in Tokyo, 2014, poses the critical importance to accurately model and predict the outbreak risk of dengue fever in nonendemic regions. Using climatological datasets and traveler volumes in Japan, where dengue was not seen for 70 years by 2014, we investigated the outbreak risk of dengue in 47 prefectures, employing the temperature-dependent basic reproduction number and a branching process model. Our results show that the effective reproduction number varies largely by season and by prefecture, and, moreover, the probability of outbreak if an untraced case is imported varies greatly with the calendar time of importation and location of destination. Combining the seasonally varying outbreak risk with time-dependent traveler volume data, the unconditional outbreak risk was calculated, illustrating different outbreak risks between southern coastal areas and northern tourist cities. As the main finding, the large travel volume with nonnegligible risk of outbreak explains the reason why a summer outbreak in Tokyo, 2014, was observed. Prefectures at high risk of future outbreak would be Tokyo again, Kanagawa or Osaka, and highly populated prefectures with large number of travelers.
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Koketsu, Kazuki, and Sadanori Higashi. "Three-dimensional topography of the sediment/basement interface in the Tokyo metropolitan area, central Japan." Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 82, no. 6 (December 1, 1992): 2328–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/bssa0820062328.
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Abstract An extensive seismic refraction experiment was conducted in the Tokyo metropolitan area, central Japan, to reveal the three-dimensional basin structure in this area. Sixty-three explosions were fired over 14 years and more than 2000 travel times were picked for several phases. For our inversion, the basement is divided into two homogeneous regions where the sediment is assumed to be of uniform velocity. The interface separating the sediment and basement is then parameterized by bi-cubic B-splines and a smoothness constraint is imposed to avoid oscillatory artifacts in the solution. The relative weight of the constraint to data residuals is determined by minimizing Akaike's Bayesian information criterion. About 1500 travel times of refracted P waves are inverted tomographically, and the interface shape determined agrees well with the results of other geophysical surveys such as borehole measurements and gravimetric observations. The basement velocities in the northern and southern regions are 5.7 and 5.4 km/sec, respectively. Previous two-dimensional analyses suggested there is a 4.5 km/sec layer in the uppermost part of the southern basement, but we ignore it for simplicity so that estimated depths are likely underestimated by 1 ∼ 2 km in the southern region. Nevertheless, this study provides the first detailed image of the basin structure in the area, which will help strong motion and earthquake hazard studies as additional constraints.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Tokyo (japan), description and travel"
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Bazzocchi, Karl. "A westerner's journey in Japan : an analysis of Edward S. Morse's Japan day by day." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=101875.
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Japan Day by Day---the Western Zoologist Edward S. Morse's account of his stay in Japan from 1877 to 1883---is analyzed by first comparing it to other contemporary travelogues written by western travelers to Japan, and then by viewing it through a more theoretical framework, including Edward Said's theory on post-colonialism and Michel Foucault's theory of discourse and body experiences. Viewed through this framework, the goal of analysis is not to test the validity of Morse's writings, but to explore the formation of his interpretation of his experience in Japan.
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Walker, Brett L. "William Smith Clark: A Study in Education, Christianity, and American-Japanese Cooperation in the Nineteenth Century." PDXScholar, 1993. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4640.
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In March, 1990, I was hired to teach English in Japan at a small, private academy in Chitose, Hokkaido. The school was called the Academy of Clark's Spirit. My first day at work I was asked by my boss, Sato Masako: "So Mr. Walker, of course you know who Dr. Clark is?" I told Mr. Sato that I was sorry, but that I did not. "You said in your resume that you are a history student? We named this school after him. He's one of the most important people in Hokkaido's history," he said, looking disappointed. Mr. Sato explained that he wanted me to teach with the spirit of Clark in mind and bring to his classrooms what Clark brought to Hokkaido over a hundred years before. I nodded and asked to see my apartment. I began this study of William Smith Clark after my first stay in Hokkaido. It is the product of my interest in modern Japanese history, particularly Japan's relationship with the United States. The first leg of this project was started in Amherst, Massachusetts, where I met with Dr. John Maki. He directed me through the Clark collection at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. I had several interviews with Maki during the week I was in Massachusetts and was given liberal access to the Clark collection under his influence. The second leg of my study was continued in Sapporo, Hokkaido. I met with Dr. Toshiyuki Akizuki at Hokkaido University and was shown through the Clark collection there. I lived in Hokkaido for about two years and have kept notes on the tribute paid to Clark and visible signs of his impact on the northern island. The focus of this study is to look at Clark's contribution to the development of Hokkaido by detailing his work in education, Christianity, and agriculture. By focusing on Clark's particular contribution to Hokkaido a larger historical trend, that is, the importation of foreign ideas in the history of Meiji Japan, is better understood. ~he results of this study conclude that Clark was an important figure in the history of Hokkaido's settlement, and to the development of nineteenth century Japan.,. ,Clark was also an important figure in the history of the relations between Japan and the United states., It is in lasting institutions like Hokkaido University and the Sapporo Independent Christian Church where Clark's impact is best illustrated. These institutions, particularly the university, were the nerve centers for Hokkaido's development, and Clark planted these seeds of enlightenment, under the direction of the Meiji government, in the fertile northern soil. I have gained a better understanding of Clark's stay in Hokkaido because of this project, but doubt that I could even now satisfy Mr. Sato's insistence that I teach with Clark's spirit. I do understand, however, why it was important to Mr. Sato that I try. Clark's phrase "Boys Be Ambitious" still embodies the spirit of many educators in Hokkaido and his success with Japanese students is one of the better examples of international exchange in any country. Clark is cherished by the people of Hokkaido as the spiritual pioneer of their island even though his stay
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Rogers, Michelle Marrian Anna. "Twentieth century travels : tales of a Canadian Judoka." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/691.
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Sun, Qiyuan. Riben Dongjing =: Tokyo Japan. Hong Kong: Guo Lianghui xin shi ye you xian gong si, 2016.
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Cybriwsky, Roman A. Tokyo: The changing profile of an urban giant. London: Belhaven Press, 1991.
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Sheppard, W. Anthony. "“Beyond Description”." In Extreme Exoticism, 18–53. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190072704.003.0002.
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Chapter one places music in the context of late 19th-century Euro-American japonisme. The focus is on American perceptions of and reactions to Japanese music encountered in Japan in the second half of the 19th century. Sources include published and unpublished correspondence and diaries of Americans (from Salem sailors to scholars to Gilded Age socialites) who traveled to Japan as well as travel books, scholarly journals, newspapers, and novels set in Japan. The chapter presents the earliest songs, musicals, and plays representing Japan and Japanese music to the American public. Bostonian Japanophiles are central as are American music educators who worked in Japan. The context in which Japanese music was first heard in the U.S., particularly at World Expositions, is explored. These early and primarily negative reports indirectly reveal contemporaneous American musical values and unintentionally marked Japanese music as an ideal model for later modernist composers.
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Monserrati, Michele. "Cosmopolitan Possibilities in Translation: Views from the Russo-Japanese War." In Searching for Japan, 37–84. Liverpool University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781789621075.003.0002.
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Chapter 1 considers three texts revolving around the events of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, first examining the diary/novel of Italian-born Daniele Pecorini, who travelled in Korea and Japan as British Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs Service, before turning to a compilation of Luigi Barzini Sr.’s dispatches from Manchuria and Tokyo written for Corriere della Sera, Italy’s premier newspaper. Finally, a third section of this chapter delves into the travel account by the “Baronessa di Villaurea,” who visited Japan after the end of the hostilities. The reading of the baronessa’s travelogue introduces the perspective of gender and social class to the chapter.
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Huffman, James L. "The Slum Setting." In Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan. University of Hawai'i Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.21313/hawaii/9780824872915.003.0002.
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After a description of a “ typical” hinmin day in Tokyo, the chapter examines the forces that caused Japan’s cities to mushroom and slums to explode numerically after the 1880s, in particular the mass migration of young farm males because of rural economic disasters. The slums (hinminkutsu) and other poverty pockets where they lived are then described, not only as grim and polluted places but as neighborhoods full of energy and variety. In Osaka, the poor lived primarily in the south; in Tokyo, they lived in shitamachi—the northeastern wards such as Asakusa and Fukagawa along the Sumida River. A discussion follows of hinmin living spaces. The greatest numbers lived in cheap, cramped apartments in nagaya or row houses, paying rent by the day; the worst off lived in kichin’yado or flophouses.
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McDonald, Andrew T., and Verlaine Stoner McDonald. "Rusch in Winter." In Paul Rusch in Postwar Japan, 180–99. University Press of Kentucky, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813176079.003.0009.
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The twilight of Rusch’s years are highlighted in Chapter 8, beginning with distinguishing honors Rusch received during the 1970s. Rusch’s health became increasingly frail as KEEP confronted various crises. The Kiyosato Farm School closed for lack of applicants, the consequence of a changing Japanese economy. There was scandal at KEEP, as Ryo Natori was accused of misappropriating funds sent from America. Then cancer began to cast a shadow over Rusch’s life, as his dearest friend, Karl Branstad, succumbed to the disease. The ailment also took the life of three of Rusch’s other protégés at KEEP, most painfully Ryo Natori, who passed away from liver cancer. Because Rusch was unable to travel and raise money owing to his ill health, the prospects for KEEP looked grim until Eli Lilly Jr. bequeathed over $2 million in Lilly stock to KEEP. Rusch died of cancer at the age of seventy-nine at St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo.
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Thomson, Peter. "Power in the East." In Sacred Sea. Oxford University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195170511.003.0021.
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On the western coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, there’s a tiny town called Fushiki. It doesn’t appear on many maps. Its dusty, somewhat unkempt streets make it feel more like the Philippines than sleek, modern Japan. Maybe there’s a boat that sails from there to Russia, and maybe there isn’t. After six days in Japan, we’ll find out. Our travel agent, who specializes in getting to and from Russia, had never heard of this boat. And the guidebooks I’d consulted had said the ferries from Japan to Russia had gone out of business years ago, when they lost their subsidy from the Russian government. But a couple of hours on the Web had turned up a lead, and a fax to a number in Vladivostok had brought a cryptic response. Perhaps the ship was still running after all. I gave our travel agent the coordinates, and she went to work. A few days later, she reported in the affirmative—it seemed that there was a boat, and she’d made the arrangements. But we would have to pick up our tickets on the dock. We had no confirmation of the sailing, no receipt from the company, no physical evidence that the boat really did exist. The overnight journey from Tokyo to Fushiki is more like traveling through time than through space. A Shinkansen bullet train whisks you at 175 miles per hour from the pulsating megalopolis of year 2000 Tokyo to a transfer station in Yuzawa, where you catch an only slightly less astonishing express train to the spotless but eerily empty western city of Toyama, where you spend the night. The next morning, you board a still-more ordinary train for a twelve-minute ride to the even smaller city of Takaoka, with a decidedly older and shabbier downtown—the Japan, perhaps, of 1960. And finally, you find your way onto an unkempt two-car shuttle train, perhaps the only remaining diesel train in all of Japan, which clatters and chugs off through a maze of power lines, rusting cranes, and decrepit warehouses and creaks to a halt at a dusty little station, from which you emerge onto the forlorn streets of Fushiki.
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Robertson, Jennifer. "Robot Visions." In Robo sapiens japanicus. University of California Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520283190.003.0001.
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A discussion of fictional and actual robots sets the stage for a working definition of robot and a description of three different types of robots: industrial, humanoid, and android. Following a synopsis of the 1920 Czech play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)—for which the word robot was coined—an overview of the demographic and social conditions occasioning the development of the robotics industry in Japan is provided. (R.U.R. was performed in Tokyo in 1924, sparking a robot boom.) Also previewed are religious and philosophical approaches to human-robot coexistence. Japanese and American robot initiatives are compared. Constituent chapters, detailing the insights of a decade of ethnographic fieldwork and historical research, are summarized.
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Ashkenazi, Michael. "Annotated Print and Nonprint Resources." In Handbook of Japanese Mythology, 299–310. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195332629.003.0004.
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Abstract Aston, William George. 1905. Shinto: The Way of the Gods. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. An early and rather laudatory description of Shintō. Aston was one of the earliest foreign scholars in Japan. The book is an excellent exposition of the Great Tradition view of one aspect of Japanese religion. Aston, William G., trans. Nihongi. 1956 London: Allen and Unwin. A translation of the second of the major works on Shinto mythology. Unfortunately, Aston’s translation is both abridged (he did not include elements that he found repetitious or conflicting, or perhaps just boring) and bowdlerized (he steers well clear of all sexual and scatological words). Batchelor, John. 1971. Ainu Life and Lore: Echoes of a Departing Race. Tokyo, Kyobunkwan, and New York: Johnson Reprint Corp. A description of the vanished way of life of the forest-dwelling Ainu of Hokkaido. Batchelor was a doctor in Hokkaido at the turn of the century, and his report, though somewhat colored by his missionary zeal, is sympathetic and authentic.
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Wang, Xusheng, Ismael Dongmo Fodjo, Xiaomin Chu, Kewei Chen, Fangyan Dong, and Kaoru Hirota. "A Hierarchical Multiplex Structure Plus Model with Fuzzy Inference for VRSDP/MD Practical Transportation Problems." In Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering. IOS Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/atde220013.
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By introducing the Vehicle Routing, Scheduling & Dispatching Problem for Multiples Depot (VRSDP/MD) and the description of formalization, it is helpful to offer a solution to solve the complex situation in practical transportation problem. In order to decrease the influence of the problem, A computing model embodying Hierarchical Multiplex Structure to take shape with an object-oriented multiple paradigms (HIMS+ model) are put forward as a proposal. And HIMS+ is divided into three layers: the first layer is the system cost adjusting area, the second layer is formation area for the system state, and that, the third layer is decision-making area for the system optimization. Two methods of meta-heuristic and fuzzy inference are proposed as an optimality calculation for HIMS+ architecture. There are two types of 24 tank lorries in the metropolis of Japan (Tokyo area), where two types of experiments are scheduled for 3-day of actual order data. Experiments results show that the HIMS+ model increase acceleration by 10 percent and decreases fast by 75 percent compared to what experts predict. The HIMS+ model has become a very reliable computing architecture for the multi objective and multi constraint optimization to real world transportation problems.
Conference papers on the topic "Tokyo (japan), description and travel"
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Onishi, Kyosuke, Kazushi Yoshizawa, Hiroyuki Kosukegawa, and Hikari Fujii. "Use of multiple core lengths and travel times to calculate propagation velocity in laboratory measurements." In Proceedings of the 12th SEGJ International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 18-20 November 2015. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/segj122015-066.
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Zheng, X. H., J. W. Niu, S. T. Ding, and Q. X. Zhou. "Three Dimensional (3D) Head Data Classification Based on a Local Shape Feature Description." In 1st Asian Workshop on 3D Body Scanning Technologies, Tokyo, Japan, 17-18 April 2012. Ascona, Switzerland: Hometrica Consulting - Dr. Nicola D'Apuzzo, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.15221/a12.091.
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Clark, Kevin, Kazuhiko Yamazaki, James Kwolyk, and Sruti Vijaykumar. "Tokyo Sensory Safari: Experience Innovation & Human Factors Immersion." In 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023). AHFE International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1003315.
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The intention: Bring people to Japan to learn about human senses and cognition. This was just before the world locked down for the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan: Conduct a Sensory Safari that coincides with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. An opportunity for people to experience Tokyo at peak form and Japan at the top of its hosting spirit. An immersive way to expose participants to all human senses and methods for making offerings that are more understandable and fully human compatible. This curated experience is inspired by Proctor & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley and his visit to Japan decades earlier. After this visit he invests heavily in design and human factors seeking Japan-unique innovation in product packaging and placement. Uniqueness found only in Japan that persists to this day. Three years later, the country reopens for business and tourist travel and the renewed Tokyo 2023 Sensory Safari is again set in motion. Behind the safari is the Content Evolution SenseMapping practice team, with pioneering members of the now 30-year-young ThinkPad notebook computer, including the first IBM designer collaborating with the legendary industrial designer Richard Sapper, and the first named brand steward for IBM ThinkPad (today Lenovo). SenseMapping is a process and perspective to create coherence at the intersection of an organization (how it behaves and what it makes) with its value chain, customers, and stakeholders, and the intersection of human sensory perception and sense-making in the head, heart, and gut. The outcome: This paper documents the design of this immersive action learning experience, the framework for both observing and documenting product and service experiences while in Tokyo and sending participants home with a draft plan for action.
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Yu, Chiu Hsien, Tomoe Oikawa, Wataru Miyazaki, Takeo Kondo, Kazukiyo Yamamoto, and Kazuya Egami. "An Experimental Study on the Waterway Rescue System for Natural Disasters in the Tokyo Metropolis." In ASME 2011 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2011-49858.
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When the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake struck Japan in 1995, water transportation effectively supported rescue operations. Subsequently, Tokyo metropolitan government created a plan for a series of disaster relief piers in preparation for the Tokyo Metropolitan Epicentral Earthquake. In this study, we carried out field surveys for nine disaster relief piers which were established by the Japanese government, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the wards in Tokyo, in order to find out issues of disaster relief piers for wheelchair users in case of a disaster. In the surveys, we checked the actual conditions of barrier-free implementation of the disaster relief piers, and analyzed the accessibility from the shelters to the disaster relief piers in terms of the shortest distance and travel time. As a result, we elucidated various mobility barriers for wheelchair users when they evacuate to the disaster relief piers.
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Melibaeva, Sevara, Joseph Sussman, and Travis P. Dunn. "Comparative Study of High-Speed Passenger Rail Deployment in Megaregion Corridors: Current Experiences and Future Opportunities." In 2011 Joint Rail Conference. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/jrc2011-56115.
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Deployment of high-speed passenger rail services has occurred around the world in densely-populated corridors, often with the effect of either creating or enhancing a unified economic “megaregion” agglomeration. This paper will review the technical characteristics of a variety of megaregion corridors, including Japan (Tokyo-Osaka), France (Paris-Lyon), and Germany (Frankfurt-Cologne), and their economic impacts. There are many lessons to be drawn from the deployment and ongoing operation of high-speed passenger rail service in these corridors for other countries now considering similar projects, such as the US and parts of the European Union. First, we will review three international cases, describing the physical development of each corridor as well as its measured impacts on economic development. In each case, the travel time reductions of the high-speed service transformed the economic boundaries of the urban agglomerations, integrating labor and consumer markets, while often simultaneously raising concerns about the balance of growth within the region. Moreover, high-speed travel within the regions has had important implications for the modes and patterns of travel beyond the region, particularly with respect to long-distance air travel. An example is the code-shared rail-air service between DeutscheBahn and Lufthansa in the Frankfurt-Cologne corridor. Next, we will examine the implications of these international experiences for high-speed rail deployment elsewhere in the world, particularly the US and Portugal, one of the EU countries investing in high-speed rail. Issues considered include the suitability of high-speed passenger rail service in existing megaregions as well as the potential for formation of megaregions in other corridors. By understanding the impact of high-speed passenger service on economic growth, labor markets, urban form, and the regional distribution of economic activity, planners can better anticipate and prepare countermeasures for any negative effects of high-speed rail. Examples of countermeasures include complementary investments in urban and regional transit connections and cooperation with airlines and other transportation service operators. High-speed passenger rail represents a substantial investment whose implementation and ultimate success depends on a wide range of factors. Among them is the ability of planners and decision-makers to make a strong case for the sharing of benefits across a broad geography, both within and beyond the megaregion (and potential megaregion) corridors where service is most likely to be provided. This paper provides some useful lessons based on international experiences.
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Calabrese, R., and F. Vettraino. "Testing of TRANSURANUS Code for RIA Analysis: The FK-1 NSRR Case." In 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone18-29098.
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Reactivity Initiated Accident (RIA) leads to an unwanted increase in fission rate and power in a region of the reactor core confined around the position of occurrence. The power excursion due to such events may cause fuel rods failures and a subsequent release of radioactive material into the primary coolant of reactor, in severe cases, this release could damage nearby fuel assemblies. In nuclear power plants, RIAs are due to control system faults, e. g. control elements ejection/insertion, or rapid changes in temperature or pressure of moderator. In Boiling Water Reactors (BWRs), the control rod drop accidents (RDAs) at cold zero power have been deeply investigated, in fact, notwithstanding they are less frequent in comparison with the control rod ejection event in PWRs, in this kind of plant these conditions are the most severe in case of a RIA occurrence. RDA transient, comprised in the design basis events considered in safety analysis, may cause rod failures especially at high burnup. To simulate a RIA, a peaked power pulse is applied to a pre-irradiated and re-instrumented rodlet aiming at investigating the most important phenomena that could lead to the rupture of cladding tubes. This paper is focused on the investigation of the TRANSURANUS fuel performance code capability to predict the thermomechanical state of rodlets subjected to RIA tests. To this purpose the FK-1 test, carried out at the Nuclear Safety Research Reactor (NSRR) of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), was simulated. This experiment is part of a set of 12 tests performed at the NSRR facility to study the performance under a reactivity initiated accident of BWR rodlets with burnup between 41 and 61 MWd/kgHM. In the FK-1 test, a STEP I BWR rodlet, previously irradiated in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Unit 3) operated by the Tokyo Electric Power COmpany (TEPCO) up to 45 MWd/kgHM, was subjected to a peak enthalpy insertion of 544 J/g. In this paper the code findings for the FK-1 test are discussed on the basis of the experimental data and the predictions of other stand-alone codes for transient analysis. The FK-1 predictions of FRAPTRAN (2001), FALCON (2003) and SCANAIR (ver. 3–2) are reported. The choice of fuel relocation model and important cladding properties (swelling, thermal expansion, thermal conductivity) was made relying on preliminary calculations whose results are also presented. Notwithstanding a satisfactory agreement between predictions and experimental data and a good agreement in the presented code-to-code comparison were envisaged, these results also emphasized the need to improve the models for FGR, heat transfer to plenum. Investigations are also required to ascertain possible contribution from fission gas to pelles thermal expansion. Ongoing modeling activity, performed at the ITU Joint Research Centre, is focused on a new model for FGR, ENEA (Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile) is expected, in the near term, to give a contribution to refine the model for plenum gas temperature. These activities should improve the description of RIA transient and further investigations on NSRR tests will be performed with newly developed models. The work presented in this paper will be part of ENEA contribution in FUMEX III project leaded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and aimed at the improvement of fuel codes predictions at high burnup.