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Takahashi, Kosei. "Greenspace Depletion in Tokyo, Japan." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1211565944.
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Svensson, Lembke Mattias. "Tokyo intergenerational day care center." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-122911.
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Japan is facing a great demographic shift, where by 2050 more than 40% of it's inhabitants will be over the age of 65 years. The womens emencipation from the role of stay at home mothers has allowed them to have careers of their own, although a good thing it does not leave a lot of room for starting a family in Japan's hard working climate. This new cultural norm has collided with the the long tradition of family care and Japan is now facing a large cultural collision, where there is a great lack of working solutions for child and senior care. The project suggests a prototypical intergenerational day care center for elderly and children in Tokyos dense now-rise residential neighborhoods. This form of care started being built in America during the 90's and has prooven to provide some of the best care availible for elderly and children.Japan möter i dagsläget ett stort demografiskt skifte, till år 2050 kommer mer än 40% av befolkningen att vara över 65 år gamla. Kvinnornas frigörelse från hemmet har tillåtit dem att påbörja egna arbetsliv och karriärer, vilket inte lämnar mycket rum för att starta egen familj i Japans hårda arbetsklimat. Denna nya kulturella norm har kolliderat med den traditionella familjevården och Japan står idag utan en bra lösning för barn- och äldrevård. Det föreslagna projektet är ett prototypiskt intergenerationellt dagvårdscenter för barn och seniorer i Tokyos täta lågbebyggda bostadsområden. Intergenerationell vård började byggas under 90-talet i USA och har visat sig ge bland den bästa vården tillgänglig för barn och äldre.
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Grunow, Tristan R. "Tracks to Teito : the Tokyo train network and the Meiji quest for domestic hegemony and international recognition /." Connect to title online (Scholars' Bank), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/8016.
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Dias, Maria Carlota da Rocha Baptista. "Internationalization of Água das Pedras to Tokyo (Japan)." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9811.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsÁgua das Pedras is a natural carbonated mineral water exploited and sold by Unicer S.A, a 44% Danish and 56% Portuguese company, the largest beverage company in Portugal1. The market for bottled water in Portugal has been stabilizing in the past years due to its maturity character. At the same time, the expansion of off-trade distribution channels such as supermarkets and large distribution chains associated with the original limited demand for premium waters have been making the market for sparkling water decrease in value. At the moment, exports in Unicer represent 30% of sales and the company had therefore it had decided to focus its internationalization efforts in the beer and water sectors. The most recent internationalization project designed for the brand was its placement in selected cities in Brazil and the US market, under the ‘Projecto Mil Milhões’, aimed at increasing Água das Pedras profit through market expansion. As an alternative to diversify its markets, Tokyo appears as a challenging opportunity that may open a door to the Asian market through Japan. Japan has an interesting dynamics on bottled water and premium beverages, and it is extremely dependent on agri-food imports to maintain the food supply for its population. This WP will clarify Unicer as a consulting report.
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Robbins, Jane M. J. "Tokyo calling : Japanese overseas broadcasting 1937-1945." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1998. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14444/.
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Although largely ignored by Western historians, Japanese overseas radio propaganda during World War Two was sophisticated and wide-ranging. Regular overseas radio broadcasting began in Japan in 1935, after several European powers had already begun such services. Following the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931, research into short-wave radio broadcasting was expanded, and after Japan left the League of Nations in 1933, overseas radio was considered essential to present the Japanese government's views abroad. Radio Tokyo broadcasts began in Japanese and English and were initially directed at the United States. Other languages were soon added and the range of broadcasts extended to Europe, South America and the Pacific region. At its height in 1944, Radio Tokyo broadcast to fifteen transmission regions in thirty-three languages. In addition, Japanese-controlled short-wave stations broadcast from fifteen Asian cities under Japanese occupation Themes used in broadcasts varied according to the war situation and the target country. However, certain common themes were used in broadcasts throughout the war, and to most regions. The Japanese analysis of the war situation often formed the central element of news broadcasts, and reconstruction in occupied regions under Japanese administration was frequently emphasised to indicate the benevolence of Japanese rule. Within Asia, independence from colonial rule was advocated, whilst in broadcasts to the enemy the strength of Japanese combat forces was emphasised. Entertainment programmes were developed gradually from 1935. Most such broadcasts were based on Japanese domestic broadcasts and consisted of serious talks, news and some classical music. It was recognised that this was not the format of popular Western broadcasts and several attempts were made to lighten the output of Radio Tokyo. It was allowed to play jazz music, which was banned within Japan, but it was only by using prisoners-of-war in the production of programmes that the Japanese created truly ''Western-style'' broadcasts. This thesis traces the development of Japanese overseas broadcasting from the first experimental broadcasts to the closure of Radio Tokyo by the American occupation forces in 1945. It also analyses the common themes of radio broadcasts in the China Incident and Pacific War and to assess how successful they were as propaganda. The thesis concludes that Japanese overseas radio propaganda was both sophisticated and flexible in its approaches. It showed little resemblance to the propaganda of Nazi Germany, but more to the propaganda of the wartime B.B.C. Many of its broadcasts contained a high degree of "truth," albeit "selective truth," favourable to Japan. The exception was the propaganda issued by the Army and Navy Ministries, which showed little of the sophistication of regular broadcast material.
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張明麗 and Ming-lai Regina Chang. "The role of land-use planning as a means to achieve sustainable development in Tokyo." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31260214.
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Thafvelin, Leo. "Förutsättningar för det moderna japanska enfamiljshuset. Projekt: Calahorra, Spanien." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-143188.
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Textens syfte är att peka på ett antal av de förutsättningar som har möjliggjort det moderna japanska enfamiljshusets särart. Fokus ligger på det typiska i centrala Tokyos stadsbild som är en viktig faktor för den allmänna utvecklingen. Stor inflyttning och ett svagt regelverk för stadsplanering har skapat unika småhusområden. Den täta stadsstrukturen har skapat många speciella lösningar även i bebyggelse utan arkitektonisk ambition, mycket av det man ser i publicerade arkitekturprojekt är vanliga inslag i den standardbetonade bebyggelsen. Ekonomi är också en viktig faktor. Priset för mark är mycket högt i förhållande till byggkostnader vilket både gör att husets kostnad i en totalbudget är proportionerligt mindre än på många andra platser och att omsättningen på byggnader är hög. Ritningsmaterialet är ett tävlingsprojekt i staden Calahorra i norra Spanien. Projektets ide var att med främst småhusbebyggelse rita en plan där man uppnår en lika stor befolkningsmässig täthet som i ett område med flerbostadshus. De urbana lösningarna är baserade på de situationer man hittar i Tokyos småhusområden och kan ses som ett försök att formalisera de stadsplanemönster och situationer som genom långa processer har uppstått i Japan.The aim of the thesis was to discuss preconditions shaping the modern Japanese single-family dwelling. The typical characteristics of the Tokyo cityscape were crucial for the general development of architecture. Urbanization and weak planning regulations have created unique low-rise districts. The density of the urban fabric has created specific architectural solutions in the average house. Many features in houses published in architectural press depict common solutions in the average area. Economy has also been an important factor. The price of land is very high in proportion to other building related costs. The actual building costs are proportionally lower compared to the land price than in many other places and because of this the redevelopment frequency of properties has become high. The drawings are from an architectural competition in the city Calahorra in the north of Spain. The idea of the project was to use primarily single-family dwellings to create as high density of population as an area containing taller buildings. The urban solutions were based on situations found in the low-rise districts of Tokyo, this is an attempt to formalize the urban patterns that have developed through long processes in Japan.
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Yang, Edward C. "Feasibility study for the retail complex in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78803.
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Owari, Toshiaki, Naoki Yasumura, Seiji Ishibashi, Shigehiro Kamoda, and Haruo Saito. "The University of Tokyo forests and forest science education in Japan." Technische Universität Dresden, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34126.
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In-forest teaching is a vital element of forest science education at university level, and university forests play a critical role in this. In Japan, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) owns the oldest university forest, which was established in 1894. This paper outlines how the University of Tokyo Forests (UTF) provide in-forest education for forest science. The UTF consist of seven branch stations with a total area of over 32,000 ha. Third- and fourth-year undergraduate students majoring in forest science attend field courses in these forests. Same undergraduate and graduate students are affiliated with the UTF, where they conduct field studies for their graduate theses. Since 2005, the UTF have expanded their educational activities by offering university-wide hands-on experience seminars with field experience for first- and second-year undergraduate students, although these courses are open to all students studying at UTokyo.
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Assmann, Lars. "Theater Missile Defense (TMD) in East Asia implications for Beijing and Tokyo." Berlin Münster Lit, 2005. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2914038&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Thouny, Christophe. "Mapping Tokyo : cartography and modernity in Japan in the early Meiji period." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33935.
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Studies of the Early Meiji Period have until now been mainly articulated around the issue of continuity and discontinuity between the Edo and Meiji eras. Thus Tokyo has become the central locus of production of multiple discourses on Japanese modernity, urbanity and culture.This work adopts a discontinuist approach by considering each era as two entirely distinct, although related, historical assemblages. For this, I focus my study on the conditions of production of Tokyo as a modern urban space. The entry into modernity is the crossing of a threshold. As Edo is marked by the order of the general equivalent and the law of the sumptury, Tokyo is produced in abstract space. We shift from an essentially heterogeneous space to a homogeneous, fragmented and hierarchized space. Following Henri Lefebvre, I try to analyze the production of modern abstract space as it is associated with a new mode of control of social space through administrative policies, cartography and urbanism.
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Ueki, Yutaka. "A global city strategy : the rise and fall of Tokyo." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.322893.
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Payne, Rachel M. "Early Meiji drama reforms at the Shintomi-cho Theatre." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391067.
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Aßmann, Lars. "Theater Missile Defense (TMD) in East Asia : implications for Beijing and Tokyo." Berlin ; Münster Lit, 2007. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2914038&prov=M&dokv̲ar=1&doke̲xt=htm.
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Tosaka, Yuji. "Hollywood goes to Tokyo American cultural expansion and imperial Japan, 1918-1941 /." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1060967792.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 416 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-416). Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2006 Aug. 15.
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Ezzell, Christine. "An exercise in selective memory the dissenting judgment of Justice Radhabinod Pal in postwar Japan /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1589.
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Cheung, Kin-keung Stanley, and 張健強. "Comparative study on rock music in Beijing and Tokyo." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31951909.
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Martinsson, Hanna. "Tokyo no Hana : en studie av japanskt subkulturmode i Harajuku och Stockholm." Thesis, Konstfack, Institutionen för Bildpedagogik (BI), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-535.
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Jag var utbytesstudent i Tokyo, Japan under våren 2007. Där intresserade jag mig för de olika kläduttryck som ungdomarna använde sig av i stadsdelen Harajuku. När jag kom hem till Stockholm igen såg jag tydligt hur de Harajukuinspirerade stilarna hade växt fram här. Uppsatsen tar avstamp i Harajukus mode. Syftet är att undersöka hur det har förflyttats och utvecklats i Stockholm, vad har förändrats, förstärkts eller suddats ut och varför? Vad förändras i överföringen? Jag ställer följande frågor: Hur ser det Harajukuinspirerade modet ut bland unga i Stockholm? Hur ser det ut i jämförelse med de unga i Harajuku? På vilket sätt har modet förändrats och varför? Vad kan jag som bildpedagog erbjuda ungdomar för att de ska få utveckla sina intressen inom subkulturen? Hur kan jag skapa en miljö med verkstäder och utställningar som passar denna målgrupp? I mitt designpedagogiska projekt skapar jag en japansk subkulturfestival med verkstäder och fotoutställning på Lava på Kulturhuset den 24-25 november. Den syftar till att undersöka den skaparkraft som finns hos de grupper som är intresserade av modet i Harajuku och japansk kultur, samt att visa upp stilarna och skapa förståelse för nyinvigda i ämnet. I min roll som lärare vill jag ha stor inblick i de frågor som rör ungdomskultur och särskilt i den här subkulturen, för att kunna skapa en så inspirerande arbetsmiljö för eleverna som möjligt. De resultat jag har kommit fram till har skapats på många plan. Hur modet ser ut i Stockholm besvaras genom, deltagande observation, semiotiska bildanalyser, enkätundersökningar. Skillnaden i modet besvaras i jämförande bildanalyser. Det designpedagogiska projektet beskrivs i en pedagogisk dokumentation. Det Harajukuinspirerade modet är utbrett i Stockholmsområdet och befinner sig i en utvecklingsfas. De vanligaste stilarna är decora och lolitastil. Modet i Harajuku är mer extremt än det Harajukuinspirerade modet i Stockholm. Men i Stockholm utgör kläderna mer en livsstil som bärs varje dag, inte bara på söndagar som ofta är fallet i Harajuku. Jag känner mig nöjd över den mångfacetterade undersökning jag har gjort och att den berör både Harajuku och Stockholm, samt den japanska subkulturfestivalen som blev väldigt lyckad.
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Cole, Emily. "Towards a New Way of Seeing: Finding Reality in Postwar Japanese Photography, 1945-1970." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/19275.
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This study examines postwar Japanese photography and the influence of World War Two, the Allied Occupation (1945-1952), and social and economic transformations during the Era of High-Speed Growth (1955-1970) on ways in which photographers approached and depicted reality. In the late 1940s, censorship erased the reality of a devastated society and evidence of the Allied Occupation from photography magazines. Once censorship ended in 1949, photographers reacted to miserable living conditions, as well as the experience of producing wartime propaganda, by confronting reality directly. Finally, photographers responded to social transformations and resulting challenges during the Era of High-Speed Growth by shifting from an objective reporting to a subjective critique of reality. A study of photography from 1945 to 1970 not only demonstrates how socio-historical forces influence photography but also reveals key changes in Japanese society and the urban landscape as Japan transitioned from a defeated, occupied nation to an economic powerhouse.
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Kinley, Philip L. "An evaluation of a mission school in Japan Tamagawa Seigakuin /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.
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Thesis (D. Miss.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1994.Includes Japanese translation of Tamagawa Seigakuin graduate and teacher questionnaires. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 237-246).
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Krautheim, Ulrike. "Keimzellen der Avantgarde - Yasuo Ozawas 'Tokyo Experimental Performance Archive'." Hochschule für Musik und Theater 'Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy' Leipzig, 2015. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A7503.
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Das „Tokyo Experimental Performance Archive“ wurde 2014 von Yasuo Ozawa, einem unabhängigen Produzenten im Bereich Musik- und Tanz-/ Körperperformance initiiert. Im ersten Jahr des zunächst auf eine Dauer von drei Jahren angelegten Projekts wurden sechs Performances von Künstlern, die der japanischen experimentellen Musik- und Tanzszene zuzurechnen sind, filmisch dokumentiert und auf einer projektbezogenen Website im Internet veröffentlicht.
In einem Gespräch mit der Autorin erläutert Ozawa seine Vorstellung von einem Archiv als ‚kreativer Kommunikationsplattform’, seine Kurz- und Langzeitvision des „Tokyo Experimental Performance Archive“, sowie seinen Kampf mit den Windmühlen der japanischen Bürokratie.
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Lynhiavu, Tou Chu Dou. "The establishment of Canada's Tokyo Legation in 1928: Canada's relations with Japan, 1894-1933." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/7757.
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Canada's decision to establish a Tokyo Legation in 1928 was a major foreign-policy initiative. The Tokyo Legation demonstrated a clear shift, slight as it may have been, in Canada's international outlook away from its traditional North Atlantic orientation. Japan had emerged from World War One a major power on the international scene and the key actor in the far east. The establishment of the diplomatic mission in Tokyo at such an early date clearly demonstrated that the Department of External Affairs recognized the importance of Canada's relations with Asia/Pacific in general and Japan in particular. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Janiec, Grygo Milena Urszula. "Situating Migrants in Contemporary Japan: From Public Spaces to Personal Experiences." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6267.
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Within the broader literature on migration, Japan is often portrayed as straddling two categories, one of a homogenous country and another of a multicultural society. The arguments on both sides are supported through the historical evidence, analysis of media resources, as well as narratives of Japanese residents. This inquiry seeks to highlight voices of migrants within these debates. This dissertation focuses on the urban – rural residential experiences of international migrants in Kanto and Tohoku regions. This inquiry treats international migration processes in terms of moving between the contexts of different countries as well as between urban – rural locations. These global – local experiences of migrants are set within broader milieu of the social and spatial stratifications created through neoliberal competition. The theoretical framework for this analysis is based on post-structural understandings of identity, migration, and economy. This study draws on qualitative methods, including, ethnographic data, interviews, content and textual analysis of job advertisements, as well as cognitive mapping. These sources allow us to create a unique portrait of migrant subjectivity that pulls from different contexts of fluid, spatial identities which mediate migrants’ interpretations of living and working in neoliberal Japan. The findings of this dissertation support the thesis that intersectional social identities such as gender, ethnicity, and social class, have a spatial component.
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Keet, Philomena Benedicta Camelia. "Mimicking in a material world : negotiating stylish selves and networks in a Tokyo youth fashion scene." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602392.
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Walsh, Brian P. "The rape of Tokyo| Legends of mass sexual violence and exploitation during the occupation of Japan." Thesis, Princeton University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10120354.
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Much recent writing on the Occupation of Japan has challenged the traditional picture of a well-disciplined American army laying the groundwork for Japan’s transition to democracy by the example of its behavior. Instead it depicts the Occupation, especially its opening phase, as marred by the widespread rape of Japanese women by American servicemen. In addition, many writers claim the United States encouraged, requested or even ordered the Japanese government to establish brothels for its troops. Copious documentation of American behavior from both Japanese and American sources does not support such claims. Rather, it makes very clear that though there were a fair number of reported rapes of Japanese women by American and other Allied servicemen, stories of mass rape during any period of the Occupation, including its opening phase, are simply not credible. In addition the contemporary record suggests that American authorities regarded prostitution not as a benefit for their troops, but as an entrenched social problem which they tolerated reluctantly. This raises the question of how such stories became incorporated into the mainstream. Part of the reason for this was the psychic environment in which these stories were originally created. There is an innate and deep-seated association between rape and war in the human psyche. The Japanese understanding of war in the mid-twentieth century reinforced this association. Rape also served as a metaphor for the American conquest of Japan. GHQ robbed Japanese men of their control of women’s sexuality. Many women then used their sexual autonomy to consort with American soldiers. To many this seemed like a hypocritical seizure of Japanese women, a rape of sorts. Shortly after the Occupation ended a leftist anti-American propaganda campaign and a boom in exploitation literature coincided to produce a great number of works purporting to be true exposes of American cruelties. Though these books are wholly unreliable, and contradict contemporary evidence, many have been incorporated into mainstream history. This is an error. Stories of mass rape and organized sexual exploitation during the Occupation are better understood as metaphoric expressions of the humiliation of defeat, occupation and continuing diplomatic subordination, than as history.
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Lo, Albert. "The Impact of American Conductors on the Development of Japanese Wind Band Repertoire as Evidenced in the Programming of Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Musashino Academia Musicae, Showa Academia Musicae, Senzoku Gakuen School of Music, and Tokyo University of the Arts." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404612/.
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The wind bands in Japan are considered by many scholars and wind band conductors to be among some of the finest ensembles in today's wind ensemble medium. The literature and repertoire of Japanese ensembles have evolved from orchestral transcriptions, patriotic music, and military marches to original compositions by European, American, and Japanese composers. British conductor Timothy Reynish states that Japanese wind band music has looked traditionally towards the United States and occasionally United Kingdom for inspiration and repertoire. This phenomenon can be attributed to the many collegiate American and the few English wind band conductors who traveled to Japan as guest conductors, and in some cases, became residents of Japan. The focus of this study is to closely examine this significant impact of American collegiate wind band conductors, their influence on Japanese programming and how that programming has affected the collegiate repertoire. This study includes surveys of repertoire, concert programs, discographies of recordings, and interviews with prominent American conductors currently conducting in Japan. This research documents the impact that American wind band conductors have had on the programming of Japanese wind bands and how their influence have altered the collegiate repertoire. Evidence of this impact is documented by Toshio Akiyama, who states that "The influence of visiting musicians from abroad must be measured as one of the most influential aspects affecting Japanese band growth. Although the effect of Japanese musicians traveling to the United States or Europe has been beneficial, the overall impact on large numbers of people has been more directly due to the visitors from abroad."
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Vogt, Silke. "Neue Wege der Stadtplanung in Japan : Partizipationsansätze auf der Mikroebene, dargestellt anhand ausgewählter machizukuri-Projekte in Tokyo /." München : Iudicium Vlg, 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38882733w.
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Kamata, Naoto. "Using university forests for interntional forest science education activities: The experiences of the University of Tokyo Forests, Japan." Technische Universität Dresden, 2019. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34128.
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The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) is one of the leading Asian universities. The University of Tokyo Forests (UTF) was established in 1894 as the first university forest in Asia. To date, UTF owns seven forests and has accumulated long-term data regarding forest ecosystems, conifer plantations, and selection cutting with natural regeneration, in addition to data regarding meteorology and hydrology. In terms of quantity and quality, this longitudinal dataset is among the best available in the world of forest science. A teaching staff of 26 people belongs to UTF. The advantages of studying under the supervision of UTF staff members are as follows. First, students have the opportunity to gain broad disciplinary knowledge from the 26 members of the teaching staff. Second, they can use UTF as a context for their research fieldwork, relying on good research facilities supported by a 50-strong technical staff. Third, they can utilize longitudinal data accumulated by UTF over a period of more than 100 years. Students from at least ten countries have been supervised at UTF. Students are selected, in particular, from China, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. UTF has also provided fieldwork classes for students of foreign universities, such as Universiti Malaysia Sabah and the National Taiwan University. These students gain experience in disciplines such as forest vegetation and forest management, where Japanese practice differs from that of their own countries. Students can stay at UTF lodges for a modest fee. Students from European universities are also welcome to undertake fieldwork courses at UTF. We accept interns from overseas. Recently, interns from European universities have been increasing in number. The unique culture of Japan - with its traditional features and more modern ones, like the Japanese comics manga - are fascinating to European students. UTF provides the best environment for forest education in Asia.
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Young, George R. (George Ross). "Yasukuni shrine and the continuing problem of religious freedom in Japan viewed against the background of Asian history /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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Kirby, Peter Wynn. "Environmental consciousness and the politics of waste in Tokyo : "nature", health, pollution, and the predicament of toxic Japan." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620198.
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Nethercott, Nancy L. "Developing a scripture reader training workshop for Christians in the Arts Network (CAN) worship seminar in Tokyo, Japan." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.089-0082.
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Ishii, Regiane Akemi 1986. "Tóquio no cinema contemporâneo : aproximações." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/285307.
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Orientador: Gilberto Alexandre SobrinhoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes
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Resumo: Este trabalho propõe a análise de investimentos espaciais e processos de significação em filmes realizados em Tóquio por diretores não japoneses, na década de 2000. Nosso interesse recai sobre a relação entre cinema e cidade, tomando como principal aporte teórico as ideias de Giuliana Bruno, em Atlas of Emotion ¿ Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film (2007). Assim, debruçamo-nos sobre as jornadas singulares dos títulos selecionados, analisando como cada filme, ao tomar como ponto de partida o espaço real de Tóquio, atualiza um novo espaço fílmico. Evidenciando as marcas de enunciação destes filmes, também investigamos como o espectador é convocado a confrontar uma emoção geográfica. No início, refletimos sobre a ligação entre o cinema, a arquitetura e a viagem, e fazemos um breve histórico de títulos que se dedicaram a filmar Tóquio. Em seguida, são analisados os três filmes que compõem o corpus da pesquisa: Encontros e Desencontros (Lost in Translation, 2003), de Sofia Coppola, Babel (2006), de Alejandro González Iñarritu, e Enter the Void (2009), de Gaspar Noé
Abstract: This work proposes the analysis of spatial investments and processes of meaning in films made in Tokyo by non-Japanese directors, in the 2000s. Our interest is focused on the relationship between cinema and city, taking as main theoretical contribution the ideas of Giuliana Bruno in Atlas of Emotion - Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film (2007). Thus, we address to the singular journeys of selected titles, analyzing how each film, by taking as starting point the real space of Tokyo, updates a new filmic space. Having as evidence the marks of enunciation of these films, we also investigate how the viewer is called upon to confront a geographic emotion. At first, we reflect on the link between cinema, architecture and travel, and do a brief historical review of titles that were dedicated to film Tokyo. Then, the three films that make up the corpus of the research are analyzed: Lost in Translation (2003), by Sofia Coppola, Babel (2006), by Alejandro González Iñarritu, and Enter the Void (2009), by Gaspar Noé
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Roberts, Holly Ann. "ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SENSEMAKING DURING A CASCADING CRISIS: TOKYO DISNEY AND THE 2011 JAPAN EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI/NUCLEAR CRISIS." UKnowledge, 2012. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/comm_etds/3.
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This study examines the connection between organizational crisis communication and sensemaking. In particular, the research focuses on messages of instructing, adjusting and reputation management and the use of social media in distributing these messages through and by the Tokyo Disney Resort during the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis that hit Japan in 2011. Case study methods are used to analyze news coverage, Twitter and YouTube videos, informed by personal interviews and documentation related to the crisis and the Tokyo Disney Resort. The analysis found that the Tokyo Disney Resort provided messages of instructing, adjusting and reputation management in order to effectively foster the sensemaking process, which was corroborated by personal communication with cast members. Messages of instruction were delivered regularly through a park-wide speaker system and cast members who also provided instruction to minimize harm. Adjusting information was evident in effectively taking care of guests’ physical and psychological needs through provision of food, water, blankets, etc. and by keeping them updated about the status of the outside world. Finally, messages of reputation management were apparent in the Resort’s willingness to put people above profit by sacrificing food, products and money to help victims of the disaster.
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Tanaka, Aki. "Questions of Identity for a Nigerian-Born Japanese Man in Kabukichyo, Tokyo." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1276116460.
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Bundy, Christopher. "Big in Japan the novel /." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_diss/41/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2009.Title from title page (Digital Archive@GSU, viewed July 22, 2010) Sheri Joseph, committee chair; John Holman, Josh Russell, committee members. Includes bibliographical references (p. 38).
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Holmberg, Martin. "Stress and the City : Exploring perceptions of stress and what coping strategies are used among university students in the city of Tokyo, Japan." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-324905.
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Introduction and Aim Stress and how individuals cope with environmental stressors is an essential issue in urban settings, where expanding and densely developed artificial environments have negative effects on the psychosocial health of the urban population. The aim of this thesis was therefore to explore and identify environmental stressors and coping strategies among young adults. Method Collection of data was made through five focus group discussions with four to five university students, between 20 to 30 years of age in Tokyo, Japan. The data was then further analyzed with thematic analysis. Findings Three themes with sub-themes were identified from the thematic analysis, highlighting exposure of external pressures and stressors that threatens young adult’s capability in coping with these stressors on a daily basis. The study identified the urban environment, including transportation and crowds as main sources of stress. Furthermore, young adults in Tokyo expressed interpersonal relationships as a significant factor when coping with environmental stressors. Conclusion The present study identifies several different and similar perceived stressful threats and coping strategies among young adults in Tokyo. Where potential stressful threats were created by person-environment transactions that determines how one can adapt and cope with these stressors. Further research on the subject of environmental stressors will be needed to further outline the relationship and influence of environmental stressors on individuals wellbeing and health.
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Magwaza, Mayibuye Matthew. "South Africa and Japan - a bureaucratic policy analysis." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85570.
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Thesis (MA)-- Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study applies a modified bureaucratic policy process model to analyse contemporary South African – Japanese relations, particularly in regards to a proposed Economic Partnership Agreement, and the experiences of Japanese agencies within South Africa. South Africa and Japan are major trade partners, and the Japanese government has a significant presence in the African aid scene via the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), and through the works of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). South African – Japanese relations have been documented in a modest but respectable fashion by a range of researchers, including Alden, Skidmore and Osada. The bureaucratic policy process model has been used in an array of studies on international relations and decision making, notably by Graham Allison. However, it has not been previously applied to South African – Japanese relations. As a result, there is a dearth of information on how bureaucratic dynamics affect Japanese – South African relations. In response to this, a modified bureaucratic policy process model is used to analyse contemporary South African – Japanese governmental relations. A literature review of primary and secondary sources is undertaken, consisting of a historical review of South African – Japanese relations. Following this, a brief overview of contemporary literature on South African – Japanese relations is performed. This includes both secondary sources and primary sources relating to government bureaucracies current priorities and strategies. Material on TICAD is included in this section. Interviews with government officials from both the Japanese and South African governments are carried out using a modified snowball sampling system. The interviews provide insights into the different bureaucratic organization’s priorities and programmes, as well as their relationships with other organizations. From this data, two emergent themes are addressed: the failure of a contemplated Free Trade Agreement / Economic Partnership Agreement and the way in which Japanese agencies, particularly JICA, operate within the South Africa context. It is found that the FTA failed due to welfare concerns from the South African Department of Trade and Industry, as well as greater complications relating to trade agreements in general. These greater complications stem from the involvement of regional bodies such as the South African Customs Union. Japanese agencies are found to be constrained within South Africa by a lack of resources as well as by the independent and somewhat sceptical attitude of South African government agencies towards Japanese aid efforts. It is proposed that the relevance of extra national bureaucracies to the decision making process surrounding the FTA has implications for deploying the bureaucratic policy process model, which has generally only considered national bureaucracies in discussing how decisions are made. It is further suggested that South African trade deals are complicated by the country’s location within the South African Customs Union and the South African Development Community, and the consequent need to consult and negotiate with third parties who are likely to be impacted by such deals. Finally, it is suggested that because both South Africa and Japan face significant, but different economic challenges, they should prioritise improving their economic relations.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie het ’n aangepaste burokratiese beleidsprosesmodel gebruik om die hedendaagse betrekkinge tussen Suid-Afrika en Japan te ontleed, veral wat betref ’n voorgestelde ekonomiese vennootskapsooreenkoms tussen die twee lande en die ervarings van Japannese agentskappe in Suid-Afrika. Suid-Afrika en Japan is groot handelsvennote, en die Japannese regering handhaaf ’n beduidende teenwoordigheid op die Afrika-hulptoneel deur middel van die Tokiose Internasionale Konferensie oor Afrika-ontwikkeling (TICAD) en die werk van die Japannese Internasionale Samewerkingsagentskap (JICA). Verskeie navorsers, waaronder Alden, Skidmore en Osada, het die betrekkinge tussen Suid-Afrika en Japan al op beskeie dog aansienlike wyse beskryf. Die burokratiese beleidsprosesmodel is al in ’n rits studies oor internasionale betrekkinge en besluitneming gebruik, in die besonder deur Graham Allison. Tog is dit nog nooit voorheen op betrekkinge tussen Suid-Afrika en Japan toegepas nie. Dus bestaan daar weinig inligting oor hoe burokratiese dinamiek die betrekkinge tussen hierdie twee lande raak. In antwoord hierop is ’n aangepaste burokratiese beleidsprosesmodel dus gebruik om die hedendaagse staatsbetrekkinge tussen Suid-Afrika en Japan te ontleed. Eerstens is ’n literatuuroorsig van primêre en sekondêre bronne onderneem wat uit ’n historiese oorsig van betrekkinge tussen Suid-Afrika en Japan bestaan het. Daarná is ’n oorsig van kontemporêre literatuur oor die verhoudinge tussen die twee lande onderneem. Dít het sowel sekondêre as primêre bronne met betrekking tot die huidige prioriteite en strategieë van staatsburokrasieë ingesluit. Hierdie afdeling sluit ook materiaal oor TICAD in. Onderhoude met staatsamptenare van die Japannese sowel as die Suid-Afrikaanse regerings is met behulp van ’n aangepaste stelsel van sneeubalsteekproefneming gevoer. Die onderhoude bied insig in die verskillende burokratiese organisasies se prioriteite en programme, sowel as hul verhoudings met ander organisasies. Twee temas wat uit hierdie data na vore gekom het, is vervolgens bespreek: die mislukking van ’n beoogde vryehandel-/ekonomiese vennootskapsooreenkoms, en die funksionering van Japannese agentskappe, veral JICA, in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. Daar word bevind dat die vryehandelsooreenkoms misluk het weens welsynsbesware van die Suid-Afrikaanse Departement van Handel en Nywerheid, sowel as groter komplikasies met betrekking tot handelsooreenkomste in die algemeen. Hierdie groter komplikasies hou verband met die betrokkenheid van streeksliggame soos die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeane-unie. Voorts blyk Japannese agentskappe in Suid-Afrika aan bande gelê te word deur ’n gebrek aan hulpbronne, sowel as Suid-Afrikaanse staatsagentskappe se onafhanklike en effens skeptiese houding jeens Japannese hulppogings. Die studie doen aan die hand dat die relevansie van bykomende nasionale burokrasieë in die besluitnemingsproses oor die vryehandelsooreenkoms bepaalde implikasies inhou vir die gebruik van die burokratiese beleidsprosesmodel, wat meestal slegs rekening hou met enkele nasionale burokrasieë se rol in besluitneming. Voorts blyk dit dat Suid-Afrikaanse handelstransaksies bemoeilik word deur die land se lidmaatskap van die Suider-Afrikaanse Doeane-unie en die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap, en die gevolglike behoefte om oorleg te pleeg met derde partye wat waarskynlik deur sulke transaksies geraak sal word. Laastens word aangevoer dat aangesien Suid-Afrika en Japan met beduidende dog verskillende ekonomiese uitdagings te kampe het, die verbetering van ekonomiese betrekkinge tussen die twee lande nou voorrang behoort te geniet.
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Batyko, Richard J. "The Impact of Japanese Corporate and Country Culture on Crisis Communications: A Case Study Examining Tokyo Electric Power Company." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1352852227.
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Ushiyama, Rin. "Memory struggles : narrating and commemorating the Aum Affair in contemporary Japan, 1994-2015." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2017. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/267895.
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This dissertation investigates how different stakeholders have competed over the interpretation and commemoration of the Aum Affair. The Aum Affair was a series of crimes committed by new religious movement Aum Shinrikyō between 1988 and 1995, which culminated in the gassing of the Tokyo subway system using sarin in March 1995. The Tokyo attack was the largest act of terrorism in post-war Japan. I combine qualitative methods of media analysis, interviews, and participant observation to analyse how different stakeholders have narrated and commemorated the Aum Affair. I propose ‘collective trauma’ as a revised theory of ‘cultural trauma’ to describe an event which is represented as harmful and indelible to collective memory and identity. In contrast to ‘cultural trauma’, which stresses the importance of symbolic representations of traumatic events, ‘collective trauma’ considers other ‘material’ processes – such as establishing facts, collective action, state responses, and litigation – which also contribute to trauma construction. My overarching argument is that various stakeholders – including state authorities, mass media, public intellectuals, victims, and former Aum believers – have constructed the Aum Affair as a collective trauma in multiple and conflicting ways. Many media representations situated Aum as an evil ‘cult’ which ‘brainwashed’ believers and intended to take over Japan through terror. State authorities also responded by treating Aum as a dangerous terrorist group. In some instances, these binary representations of Japan locked in a struggle against an evil force led to municipal governments violating the civil rights of Aum believers. Some individuals such as public intellectuals and former believers have challenged this divisive view by treating Aum as a ‘religion’, not a ‘cult’, and locating the root causes of Aum’s growth in Japanese society. Additionally, victims and former members have pursued divergent goals such as retributive justice, financial reparations, and social reconciliation through their public actions. A key conclusion of this dissertation is that whilst confronting horrific acts of violence may require social construction of collective trauma using cultural codes of good and evil, the entrenchment of these symbolic categories can result in lasting social tension and division.
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Tanaka, Aki. "The Influence of Female Leaders’ Perceptions of Peace and Globality on Leadership Styles and Organizational Development Practices in Voluntary Organizations: A Qualitative Case Study of YWCA-Japan and YWCA-Tokyo." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou149398155050782.
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Monteiro, Raquel Nascimento. "Revitalizar a partir da memória de uma cidade canal." Master's thesis, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Arquitetura, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18334.
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Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Arquitetura, com a especialização em Arquitetura apresentada na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre.Uma cidade que outrora foi considerada a “Veneza de Oriente”, hoje encontra-se de costas voltada para a água. “Revitalizar a partir da Memória de uma Cidade Canal”, centra-se na reinvenção de antigos canais como estimuladores de revitalização urbana e incentivo para outros exemplos no território. As frentes de água, mais do que um lugar de lazer público, são um espaço com um grande potencial para habitação e comércio. Nesse sentido, o trabalho desenvolvido defende a fusão de espaços de habitação e espaços de comércio, através da criação de um Quarteirão Habitacional Híbrido, com o objetivo de desenvolver a frente de água no Bairro de Tsukiji, em Tóquio, e fazer deste lugar mais do que um lugar turístico.
ABSTRACT: In a city that was once considered the "Venice of the East", today it is facing away from the water. Revitalizar a partir da Memória de uma Cidade Canal, focuses on the reinvention of old canals as stimulators of urban regeneration and encouragement for other examples scattered over the territory. Waterfronts, more than a place for public leisure, are a place with great potential for housing and commerce. Therefore, the developed project, defends the fusion of housing and retail spaces, through the creation of a Hybrid Housing Block, in order to develop Tsukiji’s waterfront, in Tokyo, and making this place more than a tourist point.
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Languillon, Raphael. "Global Tokyo : ville mature, métropole renaissante." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LYO22008/document.
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Tokyo est une ville mature qui se caractérise par une contraction de sa population active à la suite du vieillissement démographique et par une stagnation de ses indicateurs économiques (Produit Urbain Brut, prix immobiliers, stagflation). Néanmoins, malgré cet état, le tissu urbain de ses espaces centraux a été rénové à un rythme soutenu à partir du tournant des années 2000. Le dynamisme de la livraison de tours de grande hauteur contraste avec le contexte de maturité. La politique de renaissance urbaine mise en place en 2002 par le gouvernement central participe de la grande mutation des espaces centraux et péri‐centraux de la capitale japonaise. Elle permet d’articuler acteurs publics et privés autour d’opérations de rénovation urbaine de grande ampleur, qui concentrent les investissements dans des espaces précis. Ce travail de recherches doctorales analyse les impacts de la maturité urbaine sur la production immobilière et les recompositions spatiales du tissu tokyoïte, en interrogeant la mutation des stratégies des acteurs publics et privés impliqués dans la fabrique urbaine. La maturité est au cœur des questionnements : qu’est ce qu’une ville « mature » ? Comment continuer de créer de la richesse dans un contexte de quasi stagnation économique et démographique ? Cette thèse de doctorat aboutit à trois constats. La ville mature évolue peu à l’échelle macro, mais connaît d’intenses recompositions internes aux échelles méso et micro, traduisant une maximisation de la concurrence et de la compétition entre acteurs et entre territoires. Fruit de cette concurrence généralisée, Tokyo se recompose en points chauds qui concentrent les investissements et en points froids sur‐déprimés dans lesquels les pertes économiques et démographiques sont importantes. Afin de maintenir des taux de rentabilité intéressants pouvant garantir les opérations de renaissance urbaine, un nouveau régime d’accumulation du capital se met en place : un régime d’accumulation « dynamique ». Ce nouveau régime maximise les profits en accélérant la rotation du capital et des investissements immobiliers par le biais d’une obsolescence accélérée du bâti et par la mise en place d’une rotation cyclique des investissements par catégorie (bureau, Résidentiel de luxe, équipement, hôtellerie de luxe). La Contrepartie en est la contraction continue des espaces économiquement rentables ou intéressants les investisseurs privés. La Ville mature entraîne alors une contraction spatiale et temporelle des investissements et aboutit à des logiques de plus en plus concentrées et de plus en plus court‐termistesTokyo is a mature city characterized by two elements: its working population shrinks because of the demographic ageing, and its economic indicators stagnate (Growth Urban Product, real estate prices, stagflation). Nevertheless, in stead of this state, the urban frame of central spaces has been rapidly renewed since the turn of the 2000s. The dynamism of high rise building construction contrasts with the urban context. The urban renaissance policy initiated in 2002 by the central government encourages the great transformation of Tokyo’s central and sub‐central spaces. It allows to articulate public and private agents developing big urban renaissance projects, which concentrate investments in few urban spaces. This doctoral research work analyzes the impacts of urban maturity on real estate activities and on spatial restructurations of Tokyo’s urban frame. It investigates the strategy mutations of public and private agents involved in urban making. Maturity is the core of this PhD: What is a « mature » city? How to continue to create values in such a context of economic and demographic stagnation? This PhD thesis makes three conclusions. The mature city slightly changes at the macro scale, but faces intense internal recomposition at the meso and micro scales. It maximizes competition between agents and territories. As a result of this general competition, Tokyo is recomposed in hot spots, where are concentrated the investments, and in cold spots where economic and demographic losses are important. In order to maintain interessant rentability levels, a new capital accumulation regime appears: a « dynamic » capital accumulation regime. This new regime maximizes profits by speeding the rotation of capital and real estate investments speeding up the obsolescence of buildings and developing a cycle rotation of investments by category (commercial, residential, equipments, hotels). The counterpart is the shrinkage of economically profitable spaces. The mature city is therefore characterized by a spatial and temporal shrinkage of investments, and leads to more and more concentrated and more and more short- termist logics
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Takeshita, Junko. "Urbanisme et centralité, le cas de Tokyo." Paris 5, 2006. http://www.theses.fr/2006PA05H015.
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Cette thèse développe une observation sociologique de la ville de Tokyo, dont la question est focalisée sur la formation du centre urbain. La particularité du sujet exige une présentation générale autant qu'une analyse culturelle et s'oriente ainsi vers une étude comparative par rapport aux cas occidentaux notamment. Certaines enquêtes menées sur le style de vie des Japonais d'aujourd'hui expliquent une autre forme d'individualisme à leur propre manière, conséquence d'un développement atypique, du matérialisme et de l'occidentalisation. Ces facteurs constituent l'essentiel de la culture hybride de ce pays exceptionellement avancé. L'histoire de la ville, à travers des architectures symboliques, peut raconter en ce sens l'inspiration sociale selon les époques, et aussi décrire le processus d'une modernisation bien spécifique. L'urbanisation est ainsi étudiée en tant que fruit des changements sociaux qu'il s'agit principalement des transferts démographique et industriel. Cette recherche phénoménologique permet de dégager une conception unique dans les planifications urbaines de la ville de Tokyo : c'est un modèle "circulaire" appliqué massivement aux plans publics, depuis les réseaux de transport jusqu'aux structures des zones centrales. Etant considéré comme une politique alternative entre la concentration et l'élargissement, cet aménagement de la future mégapole crée une valeur unificatrice de la centralitéThis thesis develops a sociological observation on the town of Tokyo, whose question is focused about the formation of the urban centre. The specificty of the subject requires a general presentation as well as a cultural analysis, and thus orients itself towards a comparative study, particularly in relation to the Occidental cases. Some investigations into the life style of the contemporary Japanese explain another kind of individualism in their own way, in consequence of an atypical development, bound to the materialism and to the Westernization. These factors shape the main structure of this exceptionally advanced country's hybrid culture. The history of the city, through symbolic architectures, in that sense tells every period's peculiar social orientation, and describes the process of modernization. The urbanization is thus studied as a product of social changes, mainly due to demographic and industrial transfers. Such a phenomenological research makes it possible to underline a unique conception in Tokyo city's town planning : that of a "circular" model, massively applied to public projects, from transport networks to central zones' structures. Regarded as an alternative policy between concentration and expansion, this enterprise of the future magalopolis creates a unifying value of centrality
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Duteil-Ogata, Fabienne. "La vie religieuse dans un quartier de Tokyo." Paris 10, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002PA100025.
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La vie religieuse dans un quartier de Tokyo interroge la façon dont les Japonais perçoivent aujourd'hui la religion. Comment s'articulent tant du point de vue de la pratique cultuelle que du système de représentation, les religions traditionnelles (shintô et bouddhisme) par rapport aux religions récentes (nouveaux mouvements religieux) ou considérées comme étrangères (christianisme) ? L'étude ethnographique, circonscrite à un quartier analyse les conceptions religieuses véhiculées par les formations locales (lai͏̈ques et/ou religieuses). L'observation participante et les interviews des représentants et des membres de ces formations ont permis de rendre compte de l'organisation des activités de ces instances qui jouent un rôle essentiel dans l'animation de la vie religieuse du quartier. Une enquête statistique réalisée auprès des résidents et enrichie d'entretiens semi-directifs a permis de saisir l'articulation de leurs pratiques et de leurs représentations religieuses avec cet ensemble. Ce travail montre la coexistence de plusieurs conceptions de la religion. La population âgée ou conservatrice. . . . A tendance à considérer la religion comme un système culturel global, comme une dimension du social qui transmet une identité japonaise. Les résidents nés après-guerre témoignent d'une vision plus occidentalisée. .The study of the religious life in a specific Tokyo neighborhood allows us to wonder about Japanese perceive religion nowadays. From the point of view of worship practices as well as from the point of view of the representation systems how are the traditional religions linked to new religions (i. E. New religious movements) or foreign religions? The ethnographic study confined to a specific neighborhood analyses the religious conceptions essentially conveyed by local organizations (religious and secular ones). The participating observation and interviews of members or representatives of these local organizations allowed us to define more precisely the organization of the activities of these local organizations which play an important part in the liveliness of the religious life of the neighborhood. A statistic survey made with the residents interviews (semi oriented) help us to understand the links between their worship practices and their religious representations, on the whole. This study tends to prove the coexistence of several conceptions of religion. The older population or conservative. . . Is inclined to consider the religion as a global cultural system as well as a socia029185882l dimension which participates in the transmission of the Japanese identity. The residents born after the second world war will rather join the occidental point of view. .
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Malinas, David Antoine. "Protestation et résistance dans le Japon contemporain : la mobilisation des sans-abri (Tokyo, Shinjuku)." Paris 1, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007PA010297.
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Au début des années 90, le nombre de sans-abri augmente rapidement dans une certaine indifférence, sinon répression, administrative. En 1994, les sans-abri de Shinjuku (Tokyo) décident de lutter contre les pouvoirs publics. Ils constituent alors la Shinjuku Renraku Kai (SRK), première organisation dédiée à cette cause. Après plus de quatre années de lutte, ils sont victorieux et le traitement des sans-abri sera désormais plus social. Dans cette thèse, sont tout d'abord envisagées les contraintes qui pèsent sur l'émergence d'une telle action collective. Ensuite, nous nous concentrons sur la structure de J'action collective en insistant sur le rôle des soutiens extérieurs et les techniques de mobilisation. Enfin nous analysons les « échanges de COUPs» entre la SRK et les autorités. Le soubassement théorique utilisé est celui de la mobilisation des ressources avec une intégration de l'analyse des carrières militantes et de l'analyse écologique.
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Petko, Lukas. "From Dameisho to Meisho." Thesis, KTH, Arkitektur, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-170826.
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Seen from abroad, Tokyo appears as a huge, vibrant metropolis where 21st-century Japan meets the traditional side of the country. Tokyo´s skyline is a diverse jumble of traditional houses and shrines, and modern architecture from skyscrapers of glass to 1970´s living capsules. Since the beginning, Tokyo has had great prerequisites for creating a city with amazing urban environment. Water was the first reason for people to settle down in Tokyo Bay. During Edo period (1603 – 1867), Tokyo was always described as a picturesque city with well-planned hydrology and a harmonic relationship with nature. With its canals full of water, it was a city comparable to Venice. The distribution and exchange relied almost entirely on water transport. With the expansion of the city, the water system had to be upgraded, which led to creating a complex network of waterways. Unlike in Western countries, where the economic, social and cultural life of the city developed around rather formal places as plazas and squares, in Japan, the lifeblood of the city developed in close connection with the water and nature. These places, also known as “meisho” (名所, lit. “famous places”) used to be linear open structures such as streets, river shores and bridges. During the transformation of Tokyo into a modern capital, the city cut many ties with the past. The unused canals suddenly became redundant and started belonging to the “wrong” side of the city. By the 1980s, many of the waterways were so polluted that the government began filling them up or covering them with elevated highways in preparation for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The modernization and its transformation also meant that most of the network of “meisho” and greenery have disappeared. “From dameisho to meisho” is inspired by series of woodblock prints “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (名所江戸百景, Meisho Edo Hyakkei) completed by the Japanese artist Hiroshige Ando (1797–1858), depicting a matrix of famous public spaces in Tokyo. My project examines the possibilities of recasting “meisho”, a spatial representation in Japanese culture, into a new, modern context via editing different layers of the city and its fabric. It explores linear, thread-like spaces such as Edo waterways, its transformations roads, as well as recently built elevated highways in order to search for contaminations and new collaborations, unexpected conditions and create new, green urban stitches. As one of the tackling tools, the project also looks at demographic trends shaping Japan and benefits from aging society and shrinking Japanese population. Last but not least I investigate ways of graphical reinterpretation of the series of woodblock prints using Tokyo and its new “meisho” spaces as a rolemodel.
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Asanuma-Brice, Cécile. "La transformation de la périphérie urbaine de Tokyo par les organismes de logements publics." Paris, EHESS, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012EHES0049.
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Si les cités de logements sociaux ont stigmatisé des territoires entiers en France, il ne semble pas en être de même partout, les Japonais, quant à eux, entretiennent une image agreste de ces mêmes territoires. Le Japon ayant connu les mêmes cycles économiques que la France, nous nous sommes interrogée quant à un décalage possible entre la réalité formelle afférente, soit la production en masse de logements pour une population d'ouvriers qu'il fallait fixer près des lieux de production, et l'image retenue et véhiculée collectivement d'un même lieu. Par ce biais, il s'agira de démontrer que l'image que l'on peut avoir d'un territoire est moins liée au territoire lui-même, à la forme urbaine, qu'aux pratiques qui ont cours dans ce territoire, constituant la culture du lieu. Les politiques économiques choisies après guerre ont su jouer de ce processus, de la valorisation des images d'un espace imaginaire idéalisé afin de produire et de faire accepter aux résidents, des espaces dont la planification n'a pour seule motivation la rentabilité économique de celui qui le produit. La planification urbaine engendrée multiplie règles et interdits, clos les espaces habités sous un discours sécuritaire, engendrant une destruction du fonctionnement communautaire. L'État japonais, faute d'avoir su répondre à ses objectifs, décide de cesser son implication dans le secteur du logement et se désengage financièrement à partir de 2005. La triple catastrophe qu'a connu le Japon le 11 mars 2011 aurait pu générer un nouvel engagement de l'État dont l'un des rôles est la protection de sa population. Mais la situation actuelle semble confirmer un abandon de l'État-Providence au secteur privéIf social housing estates stigmatized some territories in France, it does not seem to be the same everywhere, Japanese, meanwhile, maintain an image of these rural areas. Japan has experienced the same economic cycles than France, we questioned about a possible gap between the formal reality related, or mass production of housing for population of workers that was set near production sites and the chosen image and collectively conveyed the same place. Through this, it will demonstrate that the image can have a territory is less tied to the land itself, the urban form, as current practices in this area, constituting culture of the place. Economic policies chosen after the war were able to play in this process, recovery images of idealized imaginary space to produce and to accept residents see, for extreme enhancement of the image of the place, to achieve that the resident calls himself spaces whose planning has motivated solely by economic return from that product. Urban planning rules and multiply generated prohibited in enclosed spaces inhabited security discourse without success to question the motivations behind these societal dysfunction. The Japanese government, not having been able to meet its objectives, decides to cease its involvement in the housing sector and financial disengages from 2005. The triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, nuclear power plant explosion in Fukushima) experienced by Japan March 11, 2011 could generate a new commitment of the State of one of the roles is to protect its population. But the current situation seems to confirm the intent of a transmission role of the welfare state to the private sector
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Movahedi, Nahid. "La prévision de l'évolution du marché financier japonais." Paris 9, 1988. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=1988PA090008.
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La question de la prévision de l'évolution du marché financier japonais conduit à l'examen des préceptes des démarches fondamentalistes et techniques et à l'utilisation d'analyses comparatives. L'approche économétrique permet de déterminer la nature des liaisons entre les fluctuations de l'indice nikkei et des principales variables explicatives (PIB, masse monétaire, inflation, taux d'intérêt,. . . ). La comparaison des mouvements des cours boursiers et des bénéfices et dividendes montre le bien fondé des outils déterministes. Le recensement des caractéristiques saisonnières de l'évolution de la bourse de Tokyo invalide l'hypothèse du cheminement aléatoire des cours. Il cerne les limites de la prévision formalisée. Pour anticiper les revirements de tendances, l'analyse technique propose la théorie de dow, la théorie ondulatoire d’Elliott, les configurations d’Edwards et Magee, les moyennes mobiles, le momentum et les points et figures. Les applications sur un portefeuille de 20 valeurs mobilières japonaises permettent d'apprécier la justesse des recommandations et les variations de rentabilité que les méthodes génèrent selon leurs modalités d'utilisation. Il ressort que les gestionnaires de patrimoines peuvent ne pas opérer en état d'indéterminisme absolu. Sous certaines conditions, ils disposent d'outils crédibles de réduction du risque de placement sur le marché financier japonaisThe study examines the predictive ability of the fundamental approach and technical methods for forecasting Japanese market prices and change of trends. Comparative and econometric analysis indicate that the Nikkei index fluctuations are associated with the movements of leading elements of economic activity and monetary factors such as interest rates, inflation, money growth rate,. . . These relations show promising areas for reliable predictions; stock prices depend on the future benefits and dividends of companies. Because the fundamentals facts of business are responsible for the medium and long term stock market trends, economic considerations are a trustable vehicle. The fundamentalist method of determining values has virtues and gives rules with which an investor's profit potential can be enhanced. There is also sufficient evidence on the Tokyo stock market that the problem of forecasting stock prices don't support the theory of random walk. Seasonal effect are detectable. The testing done in the research tends to determine the validity and the usefulness of the decision rules provided by the technical approach. The down theory, the Elliott waves theory, the Edwards and Magee’s patterns, the moving average, the momentum and points and figures are tested
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Oba, Natsumi Nancy. "The Space between the Architect and the Project." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72967.
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In the realm of architecture there is a space between the architect and the
project. The thesis weaves together a collection of singular encounters
with architecture, whether through reading, traveling, or designing, as if
they were lines on a drawing, edges on a model, or tones on a photograph. It
is in these lineaments one discovers the choreography of architecture. The
project is a guesthouse for strangers located in the heart of an imagined Tokyo. The program consists of a place to arrive, guest rooms, courtyards, common areas, and a contemporary onsen. The various studies attempt to find the architecture of stillness for a stranger in an otherwise turbulent
city. The drawings were rendered as representations, the models were made as explorations, and the photographs were taken as graphic confirmations. In these representations, explorations, and confirmations, there is a continuous search to establish tranquillity. It is the same tranquillity that may occupy the space between the architect and the project.Master of Architecture
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Kahlert, Johanna. "Möglichkeiten interreligiösen Lernens am Beispiel deutscher Jugendlicher in Japan und japanischer Jugendlicher in Deutschland." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=967796334.
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