Japanese general social survey: beginning and development

Der Beitrag stellt den Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), der seit 2000 jährlich erhoben wird, in seinen Grundzügen und seiner Entwicklung vor. Dabei gliedern sich die Ausführungen in die folgenden Aspekte: (1) Beginn des JGSS-Projektes, (2) Vorstellung des Projekt-Teams, (3) Umfrage-Fahrplan bis 2008, (4) Datennutzung, (5) Inhalte der JGSS-Fragebögen und Form der Datenerhebung von 2000 bis 2003 sowie (6) weitere Entwicklung und Vorgehensweise des JGSS-Projektes. (ICG2

Japanese general social surveys (2): methodological experiments in administering the questionnaire, incentives, scales and wording

Mit dem Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS) wird in Japan erstmals versucht, in regelmäßigen Abständen eine landsweite Umfrage durchzuführen und deren Ergebnisse Sozialwissenschaftlern in Japan und in Übersee zu Zwecken der Sekundäranalyse zur Verfügung zu stellen. Das Projekt wird gemeinsam vom Institut für Regionalforschung der Handelshochschule Osaka und dem Institut für Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Tokio durchgeführt. Die Verfasserin beschreibt methodologische Arbeiten, die im Vorfeld der ersten landesweiten Erhebung (JGSS-2000) durchgeführt wurden. Im Mittelpunkt stehen vier Fragenkomplexe: (1) Kombination von Interview und Befragung; (2) zeitliche Dauer des Interviews und Zeitaufwand für das Ausfüllen des Fragebogens; (3) Antwortverhalten, Verweigerung und Anreize; (4) Item-Formulierung und Skalierung. (ICEÜbers

Review Article : Feudalism or Absolute Monarchism?

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68809/2/10.1177_009770049001600304.pd

Hitomi (ASTRO-H) X-ray Astronomy Satellite

The Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission is the sixth Japanese x-ray astronomy satellite developed by a large international collaboration, including Japan, USA, Canada, and Europe. The mission aimed to provide the highest energy resolution ever achieved at E  >  2  keV, using a microcalorimeter instrument, and to cover a wide energy range spanning four decades in energy from soft x-rays to gamma rays. After a successful launch on February 17, 2016, the spacecraft lost its function on March 26, 2016, but the commissioning phase for about a month provided valuable information on the onboard instruments and the spacecraft system, including astrophysical results obtained from first light observations. The paper describes the Hitomi (ASTRO-H) mission, its capabilities, the initial operation, and the instruments/spacecraft performances confirmed during the commissioning operations for about a month

The Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident on People`s Perception of Disaster Risks and Attitudes Toward Nuclear Energy Policy

Multiple nationwide opinion surveys, carried out by the government (cabinet office), major media (national newspapers and NHK), the National Institute for Environmental Studies, and the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, have revealed that the Fukushima nuclear accident has heightened people's perception of disaster risks, fear of nuclear accidents, and increased recognition of pollution issues, and has changed public opinion on nuclear energy policy. The opinion gap on nuclear energy policy between specialists and lay people has widened since the disaster. The results of the Japanese General Social Survey data show that objections to the promotion of nuclear energy are strong among females, and weaker among young males and the supporters of the LDP. These findings are similar to the data collected after the Chernobyl accident. People who live in a 70km radius of nuclear plants tend to evaluate nuclear disaster risks higher. Distance from nuclear plants and the perception of earthquake risk interactively correlate with opinions on nuclear issues. Among people whose evaluation of earthquake risk is low, those who live nearer to the plants are more likely to object to the abolishment of nuclear plants. It was also found that the nuclear disaster has changed people's behavior; they now try to save electricity. The level of commitment to energy saving is found to relate to opinions on nuclear issues