Indoor air pollution caused by the cigarette smoke consisted of wide range pollutants is a big problem for threatening human health. Air cleaners are expected as one of effective countermeasures against this environmental problem. However, few air cleaners correspond to various sorts of indoor pollutants. So, we developed new air cleaning method used with additive...

Purpose / Context Public facilities such as homes for aged individuals and schools are considered at an increased risk for the spread of infections. To our knowledge, there has been no research on the relationship between the microbiome and human activity at such places. Therefore, we investigated the microbiome of locations housing individuals with weakened...

The New Economic Paradigm that Japan and Australia have created is the transposition onto nation-level relations of the interplay of numerous factors and drivers that are found at the microeconomic and inter-firm level, combined with industry-level factors and ultimately with geopolitical, strategic and institutional alignments and the whole suite being risk-adjusted according to the principles...

This edited collection of papers examines the emerging concept of the Indo-Pacific, maritime tensions including in the East and South China Seas, transnational security issues, the role of Japan as a regional security partner, and prospects for partnerships involving other countries. These are drawn from a conference convened by the National Security College in March...

Examines Japanese security policy under Abe, identifies the constants and constraints that frame that policy, and attempts to project where Japan will go in the near-term future. Executive Summary Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is determined to restore the shine to Japan and ensure that it remains a ‘first-tier’ country. Central to that objective are aggressive...