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A study on teaching methods of the concept of Bunka (culture) for Japanese students
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Yamada Muneki's The Century Law: Is It Good to Live Longer?
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the view of life and death in the world of Yamada Muneki’s The Century Law differs from the contemporary Japanese view of life and death. The Century Law depicts the fictional near-future Japan, where the technology for not getting old is developed, but the problem of the elderly population persists. Sociological research has shown that the elderly in Japan tend to think that one’s prolonged life is a nuisance to society from both the perspectives of the private sphere and the public one. In response to this trend, works of contemporary Japanese literature have attended to the question of whether or not to hasten the elderly’s deaths. Focusing on the case of the The Century Law, this paper discusses how the social system forces individuals to choose between life and death through The Century Law, adding that protagonists tend to choose death because of their acute anxiety and fear of “living longer.” The conclusion shows that those depicted in The Century Law want to hasten their death, which can be regarded as the opposition to the positive evaluation of “living longer,” which is generally considered to be a good thing.departmental bulletin pape
Review of Studies on Psychological Support for Women with Infertility and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Get PDFIn Japan, the trend of late marriage and late childbearing continues, and the age of women who think about pregnancy and childbirth has risen in the last 30 years. The number of cases of women using assisted reproductive technology tends to increase as the mother’s age increases, and therefore it is thought that there are many people who suffer from infertility and inability to carry a pregnancy to full term. So far, advances have been made in elucidating the medical causes and developing treatments for infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss. However, the psychological experiences of the patients and effective psychological support methods are still being discussed, and no consensus has been reached. Therefore, in this paper, we review the psychological experiences of people with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, and the research to date on psychological support for them, with the aim of assisting clinical practice by examining them from a clinical psychological point of view. A review of previous studies suggests that women with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss tend to be more anxious during pregnancy and to have fears about the course of pregnancy and the development of the fetus. It is considered necessary to further examine psychological support methods for women with infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss.departmental bulletin pape
Spiritual Care by Nonreligious Care Providers
Get PDFSpiritual care, which began in Western countries, is provided mainly by religious persons. In Japan, however, spiritual care providers are not always religious. What kind of spiritual care is provided by nonreligious people? In life crises such as life-threatening illnesses and death, people suffer from spiritual pain and are forced to “look into the abyss of life.” But many Japanese who acknowledge themselves as “nonreligious” do not know how to deal with their situation. Spiritual care provides “a place” for patients “to look into the abyss of life” and their care providers accompany the patients’ difficult process with empathy. Spiritual care providers are required to not impose their religious faith or values. In addition, they do not need to be a person of faith but should be intelligent enough to be an empathetic companion. However, in order to accept a patient’s situation and to remain at their side unconditionally, care providers need to have their own prayer and faith tradition to support themselves. Thus, nonreligious care providers also have the so-called “prayer of the faithless.” Religious and nonreligious people can complement each other to provide spiritual care to those who need it.departmental bulletin pape