Springer Japan: 783 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
This book investigates the reasons for persistent public deficits and delayed fiscal reform in Japan, placing a special emphasis on political economy aspects. Japan is confronted with the need to pursue fiscal discipline for fiscal consolidation and implement structural reforms for reorganizing fiscal...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Financial authorities face a number of key challenges, including maintaining financial stability; ensuring long-term finance for stable economic growth; promoting greater access to financial services for both households and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); and fostering a competitive financial...
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Its Impact on German Firms
An Empirical Study
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
This publication sheds light on how Japan-based German firms dealt with the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011. To gather data, a questionnaire was developed and sent out in April 2012 to 244 German subsidiaries based in the Kanto area, mainly in Tokyo, with replies...
Contemporary Issues in Environmental Law
The EU and Japan
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
This book presents a variety of articles on contemporary issues in environmental law by eminent university professors of environmental law, international public law, European Union law, and comparative law in Europe and Japan. It is the first book in the field of environmental law based on the results...
Wind Resistant Design of Bridges in Japan
Developments and practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
For long-span bridges, wind action is a dominant factor in their safety and serviceability. A large number of long-span bridges have been built in Japan over the past 30 years, and tremendous amounts of research and technical development have been accomplished in wind-resistant design.This book is...
Gastric Anisakiasis in Japan
Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The larvae of Anisakis, whose adult form lives on sea mammals such as whales, seals, and dolphins, are parasitic upon many species of salt-water fish. When the final host animals eat paratenic hosts, the larvae grow to adulthood in the hosts' stomach. However, when hu mans eat these infested fish,...
Disaster Resilience of Education Systems
Experiences from Japan
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Education is regarded as a cross-cutting issue for disaster risk reduction (DRR) through reviewing the Sendai Framework for DRR (SFDRR) 2015–2030. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the education sector is one of the important efforts to enhance resilience in a community. DRR in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
In Japan, cadaveric donor liver transplantation is not common even though cadaveric organ transplantation was legally established in 1998. In contrast, the number of living donor liver transplantations is increasing, with more than 1700 cases at 43 Japanese institutes by November 2001. Indications...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Cervical laminoplasty for the treatment of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament was developed and refined in Japan during the 1970s. Since that time, various cervical laminoplasty techniques have been further analyzed and modified, and have proven to be clinically successful. Until...
Intestinal Anisakiasis in Japan
Infected Fish, Sero-Immunological Diagnosis, and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Cases of intestinal anisakiasis, caused by infestation with Anisakis simplex larva, are being increasingly reported in both Europe and the United States. The most information about this affliction, however, comes from Japan, where specialists have greater experience in its diagnosis and treatment....
Asbestos Disaster
Lessons from Japan's Experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Japan’s asbestos disasters, encompassing both occupational disease and environmental pollution, have been caused principally by the asbestos textile, asbestos cement water pipe, and construction industries. This book is unique in its interdisciplinary approach to those disasters as it incorporates...
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer
Standard Techniques and Clinical Evidences
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
The first laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer was performed in Japan in 1991. In the ensuing 20 years, at first through a process of trial and error, then through the sharing of master surgeons’ accumulated experience, the procedure has been honed and refined to its current high...
Geography of Religion in Japan
Religious Space, Landscape, and Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
This book discusses modern aspects of Japanese religion in terms of cultural geography. To understand the function of religion, it is essential to examine it in the context of local societies. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Japanese religion is its diversity; indeed, it is often remarked...
Hometown Investment Trust Funds
A Stable Way to Supply Risk Capital
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
This book records the first success stories of a new form of financial intermediation, the hometown investment fund, that has become a national strategy in Japan, partly to meet the need to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
The...