Jamaipanese.com went live in 2006. This blog is where I enjoy sharing my experiences learning about Japan, personal milestones and interests such as gaming and travelling
within driving distance of relatives, in my native language. In the United States, I could have hired babysitters and gone on date nights with my husband, and no one would have thought I was being selfish. In Japan, however, I was the last...
The Great East Japan Earthquake drew attention to the fact that many non-Japanese women were resident in dispersed areas of rural Japan. They were the immigrant wives (mostly Chinese, Korean, and Filipinos) married to Japanese men and living in local communities, where they were isolated from ...
To clarify the prevalence of depression in a rural community in Japan and to evaluate the social and familial risk factors for depression, with the goal of suicide prevention, a questionnaire survey was conducted on a total of 2,763 elderly persons. The determined prevalence of depres...
Sub-Saharan Africa currently experiences an unprecedented wave of urbanization, which has important consequences for health and disease patterns. This study aimed to investigate and integrate the immune and metabolic consequences of rural or urban lifest
awhere are you going for your next vacation 那里 是您去为您 其次 假期 [translate] aAdvantages for living in rural areas:you can breath in the fresh air ,enjoy the peaceful life there.another,it will enable you to temporarily forget your promblems. [translate] ...
Afterward, however, population aging in Japan has been progressing with unprecedented speed, with a substantial increase in elderly living-alone households, and significant regional variations. This progress of the Japanese aging society is quite different from what has been observed in Western nations....
Aim: This study aimed to investigate factors associated with depression in a sample of elderly Japanese individuals in a rural community and to examine differences among factors associated with individuals living alone or living with others.Methods: Using a population-based sample from rural Japan, we...
If you’re set on improving your Japanese language abilities or getting a taste of the “real” Japan, then a more rural community may be preferable. However, outside the big cities, you may find that your opportunities are severely limited. Usually the choices are limited to student or (...
The follow-up subjects participated in the comprehensive health examinations, every August from 1986 to 1989, were 929 males and 1424 females, living in a rural area of Hokkaido, Japan. During 2-8 years to December 1994, the ninety-eight deaths were observed among the cohort; that is, ...