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The rough guide to Japan
In full colour throughout, this guide is packed with essential information on the latest and best places to sleep, eat, party and shop and includes pointers on etiquette and other cultural niceties. Maps of all the main tourist destinations and easy-to-read color transportation maps of the Tokyo and Osaka train and subway systems help you navigate the major cities.
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Bering Guides
Intro -- Map and Time Zones -- At a Glance (2002) -- Basic Information -- Geography -- Politics -- Economy -- Background -- Current Trends -- Regional Differences -- Investment and Trade -- E-commerce -- Zaibatsu and keiretsu -- Preparing to Leave -- Scheduling -- Visas and Documentation -- Customs Preparations -- Immunizations, Prescriptions, and Health Insurance -- Money -- Things to Pack -- Clothes -- Presentation Materials -- Gifts -- Adapters -- Business Cards -- Interpreters -- Mobile Phones and Calling Plans -- Hotel Reservations -- Getting Around -- Transportation -- Airport to Hotel -- Taxis -- Rental Cars -- Buses -- Trains and Subways -- Communication -- Telephone -- E-mail/Fax -- Mail -- Keeping Safe and Well -- Summary of Risk -- Food, Drink, and Cigarettes -- Medical Treatment -- Natural Disasters -- Terrorism -- Violent Crime -- Theft -- Legal Rights and Obligations -- Making a Good Impression -- Japanese Perceptions of Americans -- Conversation -- Body Language -- Gift-giving -- Business Entertainment -- Dining -- Table Manners -- Paying for Meals -- Doing Business -- The Workweek -- Industrial Relations -- Introductions -- Presentations -- Negotiations -- Giving Feedback -- Departing and Following Up -- Airport Formalities -- Following Up -- Useful Contacts -- U.S Department of Commerce -- National Institute of Standards and Technology (division of Dept. of Commerce) -- U.S. State Department -- Overseas Citizens Services 24-hour hotline (service of State Dept.) -- Travel Warnings & -- Consular Information Sheets (service of State Dept.) -- United States Embassy to Japan -- Japanese Embassy to the United States.
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Cross-Cultural Information for Japanese Nurses at an International Hospital: A Controlled Before–After Intervention Study
This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of providing health information through an ordinary travel guidebook combined with a short digital video compared with an ordinary travel guidebook alone by measuring the anxiety levels of Japanese nurses dealing with foreign patients. We conducted a controlled before–after intervention study in 2016 at a major international hospital in Japan. We created two interventions: (1) a brief piece of health information from a travel guidebook for Japan, (2) the same travel guidebook, and a four-minute digital video in English on health information in Japan, titled Mari Info Japan for nurses. After each intervention, we assessed the nurses’ levels of anxiety about caring for foreign patients. We evaluated the results through statistical testing and the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y. Of 111 nurses, 83 (74.8%) completed both interventions and the questionnaires. The second intervention (the guidebook and video) proved more effective than the first (the guidebook) for reducing anxiety related to caring for foreign patients. Japanese nurses can lower their anxiety about dealing with foreign patients by learning about the content of various forms of health care information currently accessible to overseas visitors. Using both guidebooks and digital videos can help to reduce nurses’ anxiety.
Journal Article
Tokyo city trails
Here's a book about Tokyo that's seriously streetwise. Colorful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won't find on the tourist routes.
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A childhood immunization education program for parents delivered during late pregnancy and one-month postpartum: a randomized controlled trial
Background
Improved immunization rates have reduced the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in advanced nations. Japan’s unique vaccination system classifies vaccines into routine vaccines ostensibly required under the Preventive Vaccination Law and recommended but optional vaccines, although all vaccines are in fact voluntary. In Japan, low immunization rates, particularly for optional vaccines, have resulted in high rates of sequelae and death. The decision as to whether a child will receive a vaccine depends on the parents, who must obtain information, make inquiries, and make the required payment, the last of which is a major barrier. This randomized, controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an immunization education program designed to meet mothers’ needs.
Methods
This randomized controlled trial assigned pregnant women to intervention or control groups. The intervention was individual education sessions involving the children’s fathers in shared decision-making on whether or not to immunize their child. A survey was conducted before and after the intervention. Data were analyzed using the intention-to-treat principle.
Results
Of 225 pregnant women, 175 (78%) participated and 171 replied to the post-survey. At age 3 months, intervention infants had higher self-reported immunization rates for hepatitis B virus vaccine (76% vs. 49%;
P
< 0.001) and rotavirus vaccine (84% vs. 68%;
P
= 0.019) than control group infants. The percentage of parents intending to vaccinate their infants was higher in the intervention group (77% vs. 52%;
P
< 0.01). Improvements in scores for basic knowledge (mean [SD]: 5.5 [3.6] vs. 3.0 [3.8], range: 10–30;
P
< 0.001), advanced knowledge (mean [SD]: 5.1 [2.4] vs. 2.8 [2.5], range: 5–15;
P
< 0.001), and health literacy regarding immunization (mean [SD]: 0.5 [0.8] vs. 0.2 [0.6], range: 1–5;
P
< 0.01) were higher in the intervention group. The rate of decision making by both parents (68% vs. 52%;
P
< 0.05) was higher in the intervention group.
Conclusions
Our findings confirmed the program’s effectiveness. The intervention improved immunization rates, the percentage of parents intending to vaccinate their infants and knowledge scores. Interventions which directly and indirectly involved fathers in shared decision-making on whether to immunize their child were effective, as were individualized interventions that provided parents with access to up-to-date information.
Trial registration
UMIN000012575
. Registered 14 December 2013 (The study was prospectively registered).
Journal Article
Manabeshima Island Japan
More than just a Japan travel guide, Manabeshima Island Japan paints a colorful and entertaining picture of a particular place and time in Japan. Japan is made up of thousands of sacred islands, artificial islands, industrial islands, resort islands, wild islands and exploding islands...but artist Florent Chavouet had only ever visited two of them. This graphic novel is the story of one summer when he decides to get to know one more-the tiny island of Manabeshima. This speck of dirt in the Inland Sea, off the coast of Osaka, has a total population of 300, and he sets himself the task of recording everything and everyone he meets there in quirky detail on the pages of his sketchbook. Whereas Chavouet's other best-selling book, Tokyo on Foot, focuses on the physical city, it is the local island inhabitants who form the heart of this new book. Chavouet's sensitive drawings and insightful captions create instant portraits of incredible literary depth. The cast of characters who are lovingly depicted includes Ikkyu-san, owner of the island's only bar (and the bar's three regulars-skinny guy, Day-Glo cap guy and greasy-haired guy); the young Nakamura family and their five kids; the layabout Shimura-san, a living relic from the hippie 1970s; Kurata-san the policeman; Reizo-san the island intellectual in his elegant Meiji-era home; Rock the Neanderthal fisherman; and a chorus of assorted grandmothers and cats-all of whom welcome Chavouet into their community as a kindred soul. Against a backdrop of fireworks, summer festivals, fishing expeditions, and the constant hum of the cicadas, Chavouet depicts these characters so vividly and sympathetically, and describes their rustic way of life in such simple and appealing terms that we find it as hard to finish the book as Chavouet found it to leave the island at the end of his enchanted summer holiday.
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