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Text mining was used to analyze the TAT story used to determine the presence or absence of uncertainty motivation. Participants were 82 university students. The results show that: (1) Although there were few words specific to the stories judged to have uncertainty motivation, the words "microscope," "medicine," and "life" tended to be used in this story. (2) There were relatively many words that were used only in the stories without uncertainty motivation, such as the words "friend," "early," "end," "I," "fork," "walk," and "home". (3) No clear co-occurrence relationship could be found between the words.

From 2007 to 2021, Yamaguchi Prefectural University offered a seminar course called "Seminar in Community Collaboration" as a part of its general education curriculum. In this seminar, students worked together with local residents to solve regional issues. Among these projects, we will introduce the example of working together for 13 years on the local festival "Mori-sama Festival" with residents and high school students under a cooperation agreement with the high school. In addition, we worked together with the students who took the "Seminar in Community Collaboration" to make a proposal to support the survival of the festival after the abolition of the course due to a curriculum revision.

Based on a paper aimed to document the pioneering use of Blended Learning and Instructional Design published in March 2021, an attempt was made to improve one compulsory subject in the Postgraduate Schools of YPU. The goal of improving the class called ‘Quality of Life (QOL)’ was to show a model to be used at Postgraduate level for mostly adult learners so that they could access the class from their workplaces or homes. The construction of the whole class needed to be reviewed, instead of just utilizing an interactive online ICT tool. This paper also tries to present an idea for a certificate program based on the above QOL class. Yamaguchi Prefectural University promotes four educational principles, including “respect for human nature,” “emphasis on citizens’ perspectives,” “co-existence with the community,” and “response to globalization”. The focus on humanities is crystalized on the teaching subject, QOL, as mentioned above. ‘Quality of Life’ covers the examination of the quality of everyday life in today’s changing world to diverse life stages, and then into every type of lives in nature and around the globe. By placing the QOL class as the core and adding one or two classes, it is assumed that the certificate course could be started by connecting issues in local towns to innovative solutions in wider society.

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The purpose of this article is to analyze the role of women in the magazine “Houtoku”, published by Houtokukai, which was established by Hanada Nakanosuke. It was formed to promote moral education in Japan, and especially the goal of the “Imperial Rescript on Education”.In the 1910s to 192 0s, a democracy and movement calling for equal rights and liberation of women spread throughout Japan. Articles about women in “Houtoku” always criticized individualism and opposed the right to vote for women. The Magazine’s writers believed that the role of Japanese women was to raise their families, educate their children, and support their husbands. They not only criticized contemporary women but also presented their own “ideal” model for a Japanese woman.

Reprinting Notes of letter to Ozu Keiso(A merchant of Edo period) owned by Motoori Norinaga Memorial Hall. No.5

The introduction of the long-term care insurance system and revisions to the Medical Care Act have increased the number of patients with intractable diseases who receive care in home settings. However, dissatisfaction and confusion were reported by patients and their caregivers when managing intractable diseases at home. To address this, a community care system was suggested as a "new system to support intractable diseases." This is in line with the Intractable Diseases Act, which aims to achieve and build collaborative relationships in which both parties and supporters can work together. Thus, in this study, the formation of a system for long-term, home-based, and community-centered care for patients with intractable diseases was composed across four chapters. This project also aims to investigate the feasibility and implementation of a community care system for intractable diseases. Chapter 1 reviews the history and research of community care systems for intractable diseases. It outlines the absence of specific measures for the establishment of a regional community care system, and the challenges of addressing individual cases of intractable diseases as regional issues. It also emphasizes the importance of understanding and addressing drastic changes in medical care of such patients in a timely manner. However, presently, little is known about the actual situation of patients with intractable diseases. Chapter 2 examines how patients with intractable diseases who receive home-based care rebuild their own lives. For these patients to continue their life at home, they must strive for self-management and receive the necessary support to build a lifestyle that adapts to long-term medical care. Building trust with health care providers and their engagement with systemic gaps has a significant impact on patients’ quality of life. Chapter 3 explores the experiences of a patient with an intractable disease who struggles with home-based care, its limitations, and deciding when to visit a health facility. They share that their life is unstable and repeatedly restructured, forcing them to make passive decisions when visiting a health facility, thereby experiencing a loss of autonomy and resulting in feelings of “giving up.” In Chapter 4, we examine the possible implementation of a community care system based on our findings. Such systems for intractable disease patients require a dual structure of common and individual systems, which can complement each other and enable multidisciplinary, professional support for intractable disease patients with a high level of individuality. The establishment of community care systems for patients with intractable diseases can lead to the construction of a more comprehensive healthcare system that addresses a wider range of health concerns.

This study was conducted to investigate the actual contamination of chicken meat with pathogenic microorganisms at each stage of the food chain, to clarify the risk of foodborne diseases, and to examine measures to reduce the risk. The survey at the distribution stage revealed that Campylobacter was isolated from 35.7% of commercial chicken meat in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and that the contamination rate was high in specific parts such as liver and during the summer season. Genotyping of the isolates by the mP-BIT method confirmed the presence of pathogenic genes and a high level of contamination with fluoroquinolone-resistant bacteria, which are feared to make treatment of infectious diseases more difficult. These results suggest that the disinfection of commercial chicken meat distributed in this prefecture is not sufficiently reduced in terms of foodborne diseases risk by the time they reach the distribution stage. Therefore, it is important to prioritize risk reduction measures at the consumption stage of chicken meat, and it is necessary to further educate consumers on the prevention of foodborne diseases. A survey at the chicken slaughtering stage showed that chicken meat shipped from a chicken slaughterhouse in Yamaguchi Prefecture was highly contaminated with Campylobacter, and that the disinfection of chicken meat by the cooling process using sodium hypochlorite at the facility was not sufficient to reduce the risk of foodborne diseases. In the future, it is necessary to improve sanitation management, such as the type of disinfectant, concentration used, and cooling time, in accordance with the actual conditions of the number of broiler processed and equipment at the facility. In addition, it was considered necessary to examine measures to prevent contamination of broiler at each production farm. A survey of several farms at the production stage revealed that the Campylobacter-positive rate was 46.9% in the Chugoku region and 75.0% in the Kyushu region, and the Salmonella-positive rate was 84.4% in the Chugoku region and 89.3% in the Kyushu region. The different characteristics of the contamination status of farms and broiler flocks, the bacterial species and serotypes, genotypes, and the acquisition of drug resistance were observed in the different regions. Therefore, it is important to take regional characteristics into consideration when clarifying the risk of foodborne diseases of chicken meat and considering measures to reduce the risk. The investigation of contamination factors in farms and broiler houses suggested that although the environment inside and outside the broiler house and feed were not factors for Campylobacter invasion and spread, contamination spread to the feeding environment through feces of infected broiler after 5 to 6 weeks of brooding. In addition, continuous contamination of Salmonella was confirmed in the feeding environment, including the bedding material (recycled fermented litter) of the broiler house. The results also suggested the spread of Salmonella through feed and workers. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen measures to reduce the risk of food poisoning by improving farm broiler feeding hygiene management manuals and introducing hygiene management based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP). In particular, it is necessary to establish Critical Control Points for sanitary management of bedding (recycled fermented litter) and to verify fermentation temperatures and times that can completely destroy the bacteria. In order to promote appropriate sanitary management based on HACCP at the chicken slaughtering and production stages, effective foodborne diseases risk reduction measures should be implemented at each stage of the chicken meat food chain based on the knowledge obtained in this study under cross-field collaboration and cooperation among various entities such as government health departments, livestock breeding departments, research institutes, businesses, and consumers. Based on the findings of this study, it is necessary to take effective measures to reduce the risk of foodborne diseases at each stage of the chicken meat food chain to ensure food safety and security.

The purpose of this study was to clarify the current status of support for children with chronic diseases through interprofessional collaboration and Yogo teachers’ roles in such collaboration. In inclusive education systems, it isimportant to develop various flexible structures that allow the teaching of children with individual educational needs, with a view to promoting their independence and social participation while fulfilling their needs. However, collaborative systems between schools and related institutions are still insufficient, and Yogo teachers’ roles in interprofessional collaboration remain unclear. Therefore, the need for studies to clarify the current status of support through interprofessional collaboration andYogo teachers’ roles in such collaboration was realized. This paper consists of 4 chapters. Chapter 1 specifies the background and objective of the present study, and discusses the current status of support through interprofessional collaboration and Yogo teachers’ challenges to carry out their roles in such collaboration based on policy trends for children with chronic diseases and the related literature. Chapter 2details a hypothetic model on Yogo teachers’ roles in interprofessional collaboration formulated from the quantitative analysis of data obtained from interviews with four institutions. Chapter 3 examines Yogo teachers’ roles that affect the outcomes of interprofessional collaboration based the quantitative analysis of data obtained from a questionnaire survey involving Yogo teachers working at public elementary/junior high schools. Chapter 4 describes the findings regarding Yogo teachers’ roles ininterprofessional collaboration. In the present study, the hypothetic model was evaluated and it was found that [support approaches to fulfill educational needs] lead to [agreement among supporters], and affect the [outcomes of interprofessional collaboration], such as <establishment of trust-based relationships with various other professionals/institutions>,<systems for handover when children are promoted to the next grade or proceed to the next level of education>, <broadened the understanding of children and methods to support them>, and <guarantee of a prosperous life for children with chronic diseases>. [Support approaches to fulfill educational needs] are part of individualized support, provided through <commitments to nurture self-esteem in children>, <perception of changes in physical condition through daily observations of health and analysis of records>, and <support based on characteristics>. [Agreement among supporters] is the step to build support systems through collaboration with teachers and various other professionals,including <information transmission byYogo teachers>, <development ofin-school support systems by information-sharing>, <understanding of Yogo-teachers by principals> and <acquisition of health management methods focusing on child development>, with this last item having the greatest impact. Specifically, Yogo teachers must provide support tailored to each chronically ill child’s characteristics to assist them in the acquisition of health management methods centered on development in conjunction with multiple professionals.But also to provide education that promotes understanding about children with chronic diseases by recognizing that the children around them are also supporters. Yogo teachers are expected to play a role as coordinators in promoting cooperation among multiple professions with shared goals of support and normative integration. Furthermore, they must provide support tailored to the children’s characteristics through daily observation and record analysis, disseminate support content for the educational needs of children with chronic diseases, deepen the understanding of principals and teachers, and develop an environment where the entire school can respond as a team. Above all, it is important to collaborate with multi-professionals to create support that allows children with chronic diseases to acquire their own health management methods as the subject of their own development.

The rapid expansion of telework during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan brought a delightful opportunity for telework migration to Japanese rural areas that had not seen significant progress before the Pandemic. However, as the infection of COVID-19 began to subside, telework migration has shown some new aspects, such as an extension of commuting limits and simply relocating and moving to the edge suburbs. Considering that, this study takes the position that the area around JR Shin-Yamaguchi Station in Yamaguchi City is a marginal edge suburb for commuting to Hiroshima and Fukuoka cities, and examines the latent needs of telework migration targeting the hybrid workers who work in both cities. Also, considering migration as a kind of aggregation of real estate transactions and migrants as its target customers, the authors of this paper have tried to conduct a questionnaire survey of experienced teleworkers in Hiroshima and Fukuoka prefectures in July 2022. We attempted to understand their primary push and pull factors of the telework migration, and the size of the potential demand for the telework migration to the area around JR Shin-Yamaguchi Station. As a result, those who either themselves or their spouses are from or have lived in Yamaguchi Prefecture, plus those who have family and household reasons, such as nursing care for their parents, are the most likely to carry out telework migration. In addition, the size of the potential demand would be for approximately 3,400 people in the case where the telework implementation rate returns to the level at the beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Based on the results of theoretical and empirical studies, interviews were conducted with one affiliate and one subsidiary of Japanese ICT firms in Shandong Province. Although the productivity of affiliate and that of subsidiary were dependent on the headquarter, the affiliate made efforts to increase productivity by shifting from labor-intensive to more knowledge-intensive work, while the subsidiary was able to increase productivity even in labor-intensive activity as long as the parent company's management was doing well. Yet, in China, where human capital is growing considerably, the subsidiary was facing increasingly difficulty in recruiting workers for labor-intensive work. This indicates the need to investigate affiliated companies and subsidiaries separately, which has rarely been clarified in previous studies, many of which have been written from the parent company's perspective.

This paper is the result of a GIS-based analysis of the characteristics of the ancient Ouchi Basin. In the first half of the paper, we began with the characteristics of settlements and burial mounds, and examined the role of flood control works, etc. In the second half of the paper, based on the results of the first half, the actual conditions of the early activities of the Tatara clan (Ouchi clan), which expanded its power based in this area in the early medieval period, were elucidated based on various historical documents.

Declining birth rate in Japan is a pressing issue that has garnered a significant amount of scholarly attention.Many couples express barriers to having a third child, citing financial concerns as the main reason. In addition, mental factors are the primary drivers for the decision to have children. Developing supportive relationships with others may provide reliable support in childbirth and child-rearing.

The follow is our three conclusions. First, even though the Prevention Law for Hansen disease at 1907 and 1931 have been regarded as a symbol of infringement of patient’s human rights, these Laws were not specified the term “segregation”, which made possible to survive patients with Hansen disease in Okinawa Island. These Laws had been included some relief measures. Second, we consider comparative research on Okinawan medical history of three infectious disease: Hansen disease, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The following is common ground of three diseases, which came to the end after the Okinawan reversion at 1972, owing to “American medical benefits”. These diseases has each own medical conditions and social interests before Okinawan war. In general, Okinawan medical institution was very scarce at that time. In Okinawa society, people with Hansen disease and Tuberculosis were possible to be recuperation at home, because sanatorium for them had not been constructed. For only the people with Hansen disease, however, it was possible to recuperate at home until disclosing infection. From the viewpoint of social stigma, the people with Hansen disease was inferior to the people with Tuberculosis. The people who disclosed infection with Hansen disease had to usually run away from home, then lived at refugee’s camp in Okinawa. On other hand, socio－economical risk was immanent in Tuberculosis and Malaria, because their infection would decreased to the population of industrial workers. As especially toropical Malaria had high risk to die, many cultivate villages were broken at Iriomote Island. As Malaria prevented from exploitation and economy in Yaeyama, the Island people decided to introduce into the compulsory Medical policy for Malaria. This policy derived from medical practice in Taiwan. Though the Ya-eyama medical institution for Malaria was nearly finished, it was not possible to exterminate before Okinawan War. It was been increased infection with Tuberculosis at rural area in Okinawa Island. To the contrary, because of the number of inpatients with Tuberculosis had been amounted to ten thousand degree, it was not possible to construct the medical policy before Okinawan War. Compare Hansen disease with Tuberculosis and Malaria, the number of inpatients with Hansen disease was low score（about 1000 inpatients ）, and the social-economical risk was small. The construction of sanatorium for inpatients with Hansen disease was preceded to Tuberculosis. Third, in this research, our hypothesis schema《state - region – patient and home》was direct from the history of constructing processes of institution for public health. The political power of state is not direct to patient, but is mediate by region. It is important to construct the managing system of relationship between region and patient, because of the medical policy for infection is not functional without voluntarily corporation from regional institution and patient.

This article introduced the historical background of “MURA NO SAIGO” written by Nakamura Seiko in July 1909.

Currently, medical institutions are not only pursuing technology, but are also practicing various attempts to provide safety and comfort in the environment, taking into consideration the emotional burden on patients and their families. Among these, "hospital art," which brings art into the medical field and actively utilizes the positive effects it can have on the viewer, is a representative activity. This paper describes the process of creating hospital art at Sanyo-onoda Municipal Hospital.

In this article, we discuss the application of image processing to old photographs. As concrete applications, we attempt to enhance the legibility of the characters on a notice board and to improve the quality of the image colored using the existing deep learning-based method. In addition, by using Python for image processing, we aim to complete the process using only open-source software.

This is an interim report on the background and implementation of the ongoing "Tego Project" activities by students in the Japanese and English teacher training programs. In the "Tego Project" activities, students in the Japanese Language Teacher Training Course and students in the Junior and Senior High School English Teacher Training Course (hereinafter referred to as "Language Supporters") will support students who need Japanese and English language instruction. In addition, to improve the support for these students, we will develop and test a curriculum for teaching Japanese and English through online learning. The goal is to build a "Japanese/English Start-up Learning Tego Site" and eventually disseminate the results of the project.

This paper aims to clarify the characteristics of library glossaries in Japan by the 1920s. Library glossaries and literature discussing library terms were used as guides for the analysis. The primary results are as follows: (1) Authors of glossaries valued the translation of foreign terms. (2) In these glossaries, English terms were the most common, followed by German. (3) Several terms were related to bibliography or publishing. (4) Glossaries published in later years included numerous headwords from previous glossaries. (5) The translations were inconsistent.

This article explores the relationship between media and politics during the war between Japan and China through articles published in “Style” by Uno Chiyo in 1936 . Uno declared this magazine was going to be “a fun magazine”, and would not cover comprehensive political issues. However, following the outbreak of the Japan-China war in 1937 , war-related articles appeared, but later suppressed. Eventually, Uno decided that the magazine adopt a governmental policy. However, “Style” did not become war time magazine. This article examines the reason for this.

This paper focuses on the Blue & Green Art Project, which has been implemented from 2020 to the present, in relation to the Agri-Art Festival, which was the premise of the project, and its activities on regional revitalization and development.The project focuses on symposiums and exhibitions of artworks, which are activities about regional revitalization and development by connecting the sea and land, while committing to the SDGs. In particular, the report discusses the works in the exhibition "A Journey of Fashion through the Sea," which was inspired by the symposium held in March 2022. For sustainable design, we will focus on the traditional Japanese clothing and dyeing and weaving techniques. The project focused on traditional Japanese clothing and dyeing techniques such as sakiori, tsuzure, saki-knitting, patchwork, and herb-dyeing for sustainable design. The project also included the upcycling of masks provided by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare before they were discarded, as well as oyster pipes and other flotsam collected from beach cleanups. The project also upcycled masks provided by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare before they were discarded and oyster pipes that had washed ashore from beach cleanups. A sakiori weaving workshop was also held to help visitors feel the environmental issues of the sea and land as their own problems. The event was short-lived, but we hope that future activities will be more active and it was effective in raising awareness among the visitors as well as the organizers as a foundation for future activities.