Publishing Networks in Edo Japan

The publishing business in the Edo period (1603 – 1868) was very unique since it was divided into two genres: shomotsu mononohon and jihon kusazōshi. Publishers had their specialties and their business strategies varied. In this research paper, I examine the publishing strategies from the view of the network system. First, I state the definition of this network. Next, I study the publishing history of the Edo period to gain a general understanding. Lastly, I examine the network systems of the shomotsu publishers and the jihon kusazōshi publishers. I use examples from Tsutaya Jūzaburō, Suharaya Mohē, Tsuruya Kiemon, the Torii School and the Utagawa School. In the end, the readers will understand the various networks had the roles to energize the Edo community, and each network was indispensable among the whole big network system

BATF2 inhibits immunopathological Th17 responses by suppressing Il23a expression during Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Shoko Kitada, Hisako Kayama, Daisuke Okuzaki, Ritsuko Koga, Masao Kobayashi, Yasunobu Arima, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Masaaki Murakami, Masahito Ikawa, Kiyoshi Takeda; BATF2 inhibits immunopathological Th17 responses by suppressing Il23a expression during Trypanosoma cruzi infection. J Exp Med 1 May 2017; 214 (5): 1313–1331. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.2016107

AIDSに対する若者の意識と知識の変化に関する研究 : "性教育シリーズ"〈その8〉

Many cases of AIDS in Japan have occurred from their ignorant behaviors of the high-teens and low-twenties. Therefore, in this paper, we examine the neccesity for continuing the AIDS Education to the junior college students, because their ignorant behaviors come from; 1) lack of the understandings of the causes of AIDS. 2) lack of the right information about AIDS and improper information about AIDS through newspapers and TV, if they have

AIDSに対する若者の意識と知識の変化に関する研究 : "性教育シリーズ"<そのVI>

Many cases of AIDS in Japan are now resulting from both heterosexual and homosexual activity among young people in their twenties. This study reports on, and shows the continuing necessity of AIDS education for junior college and senior high school students. 1) Junior college students have better consciousness and knowledge than high school students. 2) They lack understanding of the causes of HIV. 3) They lacked understanding of the time when we investigated. 4) Information from newspapers and TV had immediate effect on them. 5) They had better understanding after the lectures than before the lectures, and they retained that understanding even after a year