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TAT stories that were used to judge the presence of uncertainty motivation were analyzed by text mining. The stories following lead sentence number 2 were analyzed for this study. The results show that: (1) Words and phrases such as “search,” “depressed,” “future,” and “what should I do” were included in the stories with uncertainty motivation; (2) Stories without uncertainty motivation were characterized by the words “friend,” “alone,” and “man.”; (3) These Stories following lead sentence number 2 were shown to have a framing of the negative event and, a coping response.

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

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This research was initiated by the Planning and Design Laboratory of Yamaguchi Prefectural University in 2011 as part of a project to revitalize a mountainous area in the Tokuji region of Yamaguchi City The Tokuji area is blessed with rich nature (forests), and the culture of papermaking has been passed down from generation to generation in the upper reaches of the pure "Saba River. Focusing on this precious regional resource, the company created clothing using knit art works that fuse plant material with natural knit materials, and presented them at fashion shows and exhibitions with the message of "Return to Nature," thereby exploring new possibilities for Tokuji handmade paper In 2021, the compilation of this series of exhibitions was held at the Suo Kokubunji Temple in Hofu City, downstream from the Saba River, where the Knit Art Exhibition was held This report describes the process and the results of the creation of cultural exchange between Yamaguchi City and Hofu City through an exhibition whose method is Installation, that fuses the regional resources between the two cities.

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.

The use of the Internet and digital devices may encourage social interactions among the elderly. However, the utilization rate of smartphones and other digital devices is not very high among the elderly. A questionnaire was administered to 119 elderly people aged 65 years or older to determine the association between smartphone usage frequency and the frequency of social interactions among them. Our results discovered that 83.2% of the elderly respondents used smartphones. Those who reported using their smartphones more frequently had fewer instances of social isolation and greater numbers of social interactions with others. Our findings also revealed a significant association between the frequency of using social networking services (SNS) on smartphones and the number of social interactions among the elderly. Our findings indicated that the use of smartphones as a means of communication may lead to more social interactions among elderly people.

Undergraduate nursing students are required to acquire practical skills, and many of them may experience learning difficulties. However, the relationship between learning difficulties and motivation for pursuing nursing or vocational views remains unclear. In this study, a questionnaire was administered to 92 undergraduate nursing students to determine the influences of their motivation for pursuing nursing and vocational views on learning difficulties. Our results showed that students whose motivation for applying was “because someone recommended me” had difficulty understanding the lecture content. Those who answered “yes” to the item “a career in nursing would help me become my ideal self” found it difficult to acquire practical skills because of fewer opportunities but did not have difficulty balancing their academic and personal lives. Our findings suggest the need to consider measures to support nursing students’ learning by focusing on the motivation for applying for nursing and the vocational views on their learning difficulties.

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 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.

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.

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.