Offices In Japan Research Articles

Unrelated bone marrow transplantation from the National Marrow Donor Program.

Between November 1992 and December 1996, we carried out bone marrow transplantation through the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) for 11 patients who lacked an appropriate donor among their family members and the Japan Marrow Donor Program (JMDP). They accounted for 11% of 101 patients who had registrated to the NMDP Transplant Center Office in Japan. The median time required from the initiation of preliminary search to transplant for these 11 patients was 198 days. The 11 donors included four Caucasians, one Native American and the others were Asian/Pacific islanders. A median of 17 h was required to transport bone marrow from harvest institutes to our hospital and their viability determined in our laboratory had a median of 96%. Engraftment was observed in all recipients and the incidence of grade III-IV acute graft-versus host disease was 27%. Of four patients three (75%) with chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase (standard-risk) and two (29%) of seven patients in progressive state of the disease (high-risk), are alive at present. Cooperation between the JMDP and the NMDP, which began in April 1997, could shorten the time for donor search and allow transplantation to more patients with more appropriate timing.

術者へのアンケートによる磁性アタッチメント使用義歯の追跡調査

The purpose of this study was to investigate the condition of a magnetic attachment, Hicorex MD, inserted in the oral cavity. The materials used were investigation cards regarding 1719 teeth for 1123 cases, offered from 261 dental offices in Japan where the Hicorex MD was used from Nov. 1992 to Mar. 1994. The results were as follows:1. As for sex, there were 459 males (695 teeth), and 616 females (945 teeth), and 48 unknown cases (79teeth).2. As for the site of maxillary tooth, the most common was the canine, the second was the 1 st premolar, the third was the 2 nd premolar, and the fourth was the central incisor. As for the mandible, the most common was the canine, the second was the 1 st premolar, the third was the 2 nd premolar, and the fourth was the lateral incisor.3. As for the side effects, 5 out of 1, 123 cases were reported. The substances were color change of the keeper, swelling, and erosion of the gingiva. Only these 5 cases had all of the side effects. These could have been caused by the abutment teeth themselves not the magnetic attachment.

Percentage of elderly and the use of welfare services at city welfare offices in Japan

Japan's population is aging rapidly. As in other developed countries, the establishment of a system of care for the elderly, especially for those suffering from dementia, has become an urgent issue. As the role of welfare offices, which is to directly serve the people, has become increasingly important, the need to assess their use in terms of demographic factors has risen. With respect to demographic factors, this study analyses the use of the welfare services by the demented elderly at city welfare offices in Japan from 1987 to 1989.In December 1991, questionnaires were mailed to 670 city welfare offices nationwide, excluding those located in designated large cities and special wards in Tokyo. Four-hundred and thirty-seven (65.2%) of the offices responded.Offices located in areas with a relatively high percentage of elderly reported giving fewer counselling sessions and reported fewer people registered for or utilizing domiciliary welfare services than offices in areas with a relatively low percentage of elderly. The differences between the two areas in the total amount of counselling, counselling cases at the welfare office, and respite-care for 1989 and day-care service registration were significant. The Pearson's correlation coefficients for the percentage of elderly and these activities all showed negative values, except for home-help utilization in 1987 and 1989.Welfare offices in which the number of activities increased significantly over the 3 years examined in this study were more common in the areas where a committee for communication between medical and welfare sectors (hereinafter “liaison-committee”) existed. Discriminant analysis suggests a correlation between the existence of a liaison-committee and the following variables: the percentage of the elderly living alone, the number of home-helpers per elderly, the capacity of day-care service per elderly and the number of surgeries per elderly.From the results, it is apparent that the welfare offices in areas with a high elderly percentage tended to have less activity. Today, municipalities with a high percentage of elderly in its population are particularly required to draw up plans for their health and welfare. The establishment of a network like a liaison-committee will enable the municipalities to achieve their goals.

Satellite and resort offices in Japan

Environmental and qualify-of-life issues are taking on an increasing social and political significance the world over. Even in Japan, a country so often criticized for its economic-dominated outlook, talk is turning to these issues. Advances in telecommunications and a growing awareness of the need to change how we live and function in an increasingly threatened environment has brought telework to the forefront of the debate on the nature of work and how our cities function.

NAS Opens Japan Office

NAS Opens Japan Office

Somalis Escape Execution

Somalis Escape Execution

NAS Opens Japan Office

NAS Opens Japan Office

NAS Opens Japan Office

NAS Opens Japan Office

Industrial Earthquake Preparedness in Shizouka and the Role of the Prefectural Government

The Shizuoka Prefectural Office in Japan plays an important role in promoting earthquake emergency preparedness among its industries. In addition to implementing regulatory requirements and enacting new regulations as necessary, the Prefectural Office also provides significant guidance to industry. This includes making publications available and periodic surveys of the status of industrial emergency preparedness. A pharmaceutical company in the prefecture has developed an impressive earthquake preparedness program and hazard reduction techniques. This program addresses both primary and secondary effects of earthquakes.

Toward an integrated information system of public administration

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the significance of library, referring to the User Need Study of a public administration (MoC). In order to place the MoC Study in proper perspective, its backgrounds and purpose will be described at first. After that, I will briefly extract and analyze some interesting findings. Then, I will examine the present state of the information system of public administration office in Japan, ex. the information retrieval system of Ministry of Justice, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and Administrative Management Agency. I will go deep into some culture-bound characteristics of the public information system in Japan, and consider the effectiveness, efficiency and limitations of the system. The idea of the integrated network of public administrative information system is proposed at the end of this paper. Finally, I will comment upon the major expected functions and roles of the public administrative information system as a whole.

Religious Attitudes and Ways of Life of the World's Youth: The 1972 International Youth Survey of the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan

What kinds of beliefs or opinions do today's youth hold? What life style is most popular among them? What is the pur pose of life for them? To what extent does religion have an influence on the behavior of youth? What influences do cultural differences have on these matters? In 1972 the Adolescence Policy Headquarters of the Prime Minister's Office in Japan surveyed the opinions, attitudes, and behavior of the youth of Japan, the U.S.A., the United Kingdom, West Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Yugoslavia, India, the Philippines, and Brazil. The subjects of this survey were youth between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. The survey contained items ranging from their individual life style to their satisfaction with their own society. The author has selected the data from the survey which seem to be most relevant to religion and life styles and offers the following interpretation of such data.

Estimations of Several Climatic Values in the Freezing Season

The purpose of the author is to obtain the method to estimate the several climatic values based on the average monthly air temperature. For this purpose, the author investigated the relation between the air temperature and several climatic values, using the climatic data of meteorological offices in Japan. The results are as follows ;1) The relation between the average monthly minimum air temperature and the number of days under 0°C (Fig. 1), the length of the period under 0°C (Fig. 2) or the average calendar-day at the end of the freezing season (Fig. 4) can be shown by the tendency curve with little deviations.2) The average calendar-day leaving 0°C in minimum air temperature in spring (the end of freezing season) is closely related to the number of days under 0°C. Using the Fig. 6 showing the relation in each month, the author obtained Fig. 7, by which the number of freezing days after that day can be estimated.3) Regarding the minimum air temperature, the number of days under 0°C at 1.5 meter level is not always closely related to it near the ground (Fig. 8). But the deviations from the tendency-curve show the relation form a geographical pattern (Fig. 9).4) The relations between the average calendar-day with last-frost and the average monthly minimum air temperature are known (Fig. 10). From the figure the retarding-rate of the former per 1°C in the latter can be estimated as shown in Fig. 11. And the distribution of the climatic last-frost day will be obtained in micro-pattern corresponding to the distribution of average minimum air temperature.

Distribution of New Local Govermental Offices in Japan

Distribution of New Local Govermental Offices in Japan

Distribution of New Local Govermental Offices in Japan (2)

Distribution of New Local Govermental Offices in Japan (2)