32 research outputs found
A study on the surface fluxes over a heterogeneous land cover
No full text筑波大学University of Tsukuba博士（理学）Doctor of Philosophy in ScienceThe author would like to thank professor Kazuo Kotoda, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba, for his guidance and encouragement during my graduate work. The author is grateful to Professor Isamu Kayane, Professor Shigemi Takayama, Dr. Tadashi Tanaka, ...1994doctoral thesi
Determinants of Open Attitudes towards Foreign Nationals in Japan
No full textWith a declining birth rate and an aging population, Japan needs to open the door to immigrants in order to maintain its workforce. Multicultural Coexistence or “tabunka-kyosei” in Japanese is commonly used to describe the relationship between Japanese people and foreign nationals in Japan. Unfortunately, the definition of this term is entirely unclear. This study defines Multicultural Coexistence based on two conceptions, “Willingness for Communication” and “Support or Opposition for the equality of rights.” The analyses are based on quantitative data; a sample of 1,823 Japanese persons and a second sample of 292 foreign national persons living in the industrial city of Tokyo (Hamura City). Analyzing the data, the author found that more than half of foreign nationals (65.9%) supported the most positive attitude “Integrated Coexistence.” Unlike them, however, only 19.7% of Japanese people supported it, and 33.8% of them supported “Exclusionary Coexistence.” Using multinomial logistic regression, the author found out that age, English speaking ability, neighborhood relationships, and interactions with foreign nationals were the determinants of orientations toward coexistence for Japanese people. From the results, the author suggests that neighborhood and multicultural networks are key to promoting a coexistent Japanese society
The Interaction of Bengali and Japanese Artistic Milieus in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (1901–1945) : Rabindranath Tagore, Arai Kanpō, and Nandalal Bose
No full textIn both India and Japan, the literature on twentieth-century art history has been elaborated within the framework of nation-building. Japan enjoyed independence during the first half of that century, while India endured colonial rule. However, the difference between polities did not prevent intellectuals from the two cultural spheres from engaging in intensive interactions. This essay focuses on Okakura Kakuzō (Tenshin), author of The Ideals of the East (1904), and the painters Yokoyama Taikan, Hishida Shunsō, and Arai Kanpō. Yokoyama and Hishida were invited to India through Okakura’s agency, and Yokoyama subsequently recommended Arai for an expedition to India. Exploring their deeds in this essay, the author seeks to shed new light on these figures’ relationships with Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, and Nandalal Bose. Okakura and these Japanese painters provided technical and iconographic inspiration to Nandalal, and as they did so they were exposed to early twentieth-century India. Their engagement with modern India does not exclude ideological dimensions, and the author touches on those here, as well. Fitting into a project that has a reevaluation of Asian modernism as its ultimate objective, this essay locates these examples of mutual influence between Japan and Bengal within the larger context of Asian intellectual history in the first half of the twentieth century
Between Revolutionary and Oriental Sage: Paul Cézanne in Japan
No full textContributing to the discourse on a “Global Cézanne Effect,” this essay examines the artistic and critical reception of Paul Cézanne in Japan during the early twentieth century. The author pays particular attention to the complex relationship between the French artist’s painting practice and Eastern aesthetic theory. Compatibilities arise, at times, as a result of accidental or even willful mistranslations of French, English and German texts. The author also analyzes Cézanne’s reception in the context of German Expressionism’s foray into East Asia, along with the contemporary resurgence of Southern school literati painting.departmental bulletin pape
The Interaction of Bengali and Japanese Artistic Milieus in the First Half of the Twentieth Century (1901–1945) : Rabindranath Tagore, Arai Kanpō, and Nandalal Bose
No full textIn both India and Japan, the literature on twentieth-century art history has been elaborated within the framework of nation-building. Japan enjoyed independence during the first half of that century, while India endured colonial rule. However, the difference between polities did not prevent intellectuals from the two cultural spheres from engaging in intensive interactions. This essay focuses on Okakura Kakuzō (Tenshin), author of The Ideals of the East (1904), and the painters Yokoyama Taikan, Hishida Shunsō, and Arai Kanpō. Yokoyama and Hishida were invited to India through Okakura’s agency, and Yokoyama subsequently recommended Arai for an expedition to India. Exploring their deeds in this essay, the author seeks to shed new light on these figures’ relationships with Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, and Nandalal Bose. Okakura and these Japanese painters provided technical and iconographic inspiration to Nandalal, and as they did so they were exposed to early twentieth-century India. Their engagement with modern India does not exclude ideological dimensions, and the author touches on those here, as well. Fitting into a project that has a reevaluation of Asian modernism as its ultimate objective, this essay locates these examples of mutual influence between Japan and Bengal within the larger context of Asian intellectual history in the first half of the twentieth century.departmental bulletin pape
Determinants of Open Attitudes towards Foreign Nationals in Japan
No full textWith a declining birth rate and aging population, Japan needs to open the door to immigrants to maintain its workforce. “Multicultural Coexistence,” or “tabunka-kyosei” in Japanese, is commonly used to describe the relationship between Japanese people and foreign nationals in Japan. Unfortunately, the definition of the term is unclear. This study defines multicultural coexistence based on two conceptions, namely “willingness for communication” and “support for or opposition to the equality of rights.” The analyses are based on quantitative data of a sample of 1,823 Japanese persons and 292 foreign national persons (immigrants) living in the industrial city of Tokyo (Hamura City). Data analysis revealed that more than half the immigrants (65.9%) supported the most positive attitude “integrated coexistence.” However, only 19.7% of Japanese people supported it, 33.8% of who supported “exclusionary coexistence.” Using multinomial logistic regression, the author determined that age, English-speaking ability, neighborhood relationships, and interactions with foreign nationals were the determinants of orientations to coexistence for Japanese people. And also, the author pointed out that foreign language speaking skills and neighborhood networks were determinants of contact with immigrants. Based on the results, the author suggests that neighborhood and multicultural networks are key to promoting a coexistent Japanese society
"The Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy and Bank Risk Premiums in the Money Market"
No full textUsing the interest rates on Negotiable Certificate of Deposit issued by individual banks, we first show that under the Bank of Japan's Zero Interest Rate Policy and Quantitative Monetary Easing Policy, not just the levels of money market rates but also the dispersion of rates across banks have fallen to near zero. We next show that the fall in the dispersion of the rates is not fully explained by a fall in the dispersion of credit ratings of the banks. We also present some evidence on the role of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy in reducing risk premiums.
The Bank of Japan's Monetary Policy and Bank Risk Premiums in the Money Market (subsequently published in "International Journal of Central Banking", March 2006, Vol.2, No. 1, 105-136. )
No full textUsing the interest rates on Negotiable Certificate of Deposit issued by individual banks, we first show that under the Bank of Japan's Zero Interest Rate Policy and Quantitative Monetary Easing Policy, not just the levels of money market rates but also the dispersion of rates across banks have fallen to near zero. We next show that the fall in the dispersion of the rates is not fully explained by a fall in the dispersion of credit ratings of the banks. We also present some evidence on the role of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy in reducing risk premiums.
The Bank of Japan\u27s Monetary Policy and Bank Risk Premiums in the Money Market
No full textUsing the interest rates on Negotiable Certificate of Deposit issued by individual banks, we first show that under the Bank of Japan\u27s Zero Interest Rate Policy and Quantitative Monetary Easing Policy, not just the levels of money market rates but also the dispersion of rates across banks have fallen to near zero. We next show that the fall in the dispersion of the rates is not fully explained by a fall in the dispersion of credit ratings of the banks. We also present some evidence on the role of the Bank of Japan\u27s monetary policy in reducing risk premiums.International Journal of central Banking. 掲載予定.本文フィルはリンク先を参照のこ
