We oppose the realignment and reinforcement of the Japan-US alliance
Adopted at the 38th General Assembly of the JSA, partly modified
The US and Japanese governments have reiterated, in the top-level meetings and the Security Consultative Committee, the transformation and reinforcement of the Japan-US alliance, and pushed forward the reinforcement of facilities, troops, and equipments of the US forces and the Self-Defense Forces (SDF). As a result the US troops in Japan played a formidable role in the Iraq war and occupation in Iraq. SDF also conducted operation in Iraq and Indian Ocean. The US-Japan Security Treaty thus took a step toward military alliance that worldwide enables joint operations.
The US is promoting developing and deployment of missile defense as a preemptive nuclear strategy, meanwhile the Japanese government participated in missile defense and contributed huge budged following requirement of the US, promoting deployment in Japan as well. This indicates that the US and Japan as a unit gather information and shoot down missiles against enemy state postulating the right of collective self-defense.
The transformation of the Japan-US alliance can not be accounted from reinterpretation of the Constitution, which backed the Japanese government and the ruling party to promote constitutional amendment.
It must be pointed out that the transformation of the Japan-US alliance not only endangers military affairs but also undermines the foundation of whole state affairs.
The Diet approved a bill to facilitate early implementation of realignment with affirmative votes of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, which forces local governments retaining US bases to continue to facilitate government’s measures on the realignment of security and bases in order to receive reinforcement grants, while they struggle against structural financial difficulty. The government very destroys local governments. It is also problematic that required funding, total $6 trillion for realignment, and total $6 billion for relocation of the III Marine Expeditionary Force from Okinawa to Guam, was approved with no ground of estimate.
After the confidential information leak event in SDF the US and Japanese governments reached a substantive agreement called General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). (“The GSOMIA will facilitate information exchange and establish a common basis of information security contributing to sharing of intelligence and defense program and operational information” quoted from Joint Statement of SCC, May 1, 2007) Legislation to protect intelligence on military affairs and security has a danger to further regulate normal investigation and surveillance that citizens and mass media conduct for US troops and SDF. We never overlook such move, because it infringes the right to know and the freedom of the press and renders the military forces out of control.
In Okinawa they started to implement the plan of construction of US Marine Corps air base in Henoko, Nago City, that is, they forced their way to “preliminary survey”, which was harshly criticized for environment disruption and aim of reinforcing capabilities. This survey violates law of environmental assessment, being very problematic viewing that the Maritime Self-Defense Force troops were mobilized with dispatching minesweeper tender Bungo. In fact, firstly they committed the dispatch departing from legislate mission of SDF for the purpose to contain citizens’ peaceable movement against the construction, namely to threaten and oppress the nation. The second point is that military personnel conducted an academic survey on coral. SDF is not an institution to research or survey for academic study, nor even gives any information on research and survey. We can not accept the SDF’s report as a scientific one, which was made by non specialists without details.
We do not approve of the realignment and reinforcement of the Japan-US alliance, which causes significant troubles in various areas as mentioned above. The JSA is an academic society carrying on research and education with enjoying and protesting the values advocated in the Constitution like peace, democracy, and fundamental human rights. We wish to blow a whistle against successive military reinforcement measures, and call on Japanese government not to think it absolute to reinforce military alliance, and but change to non-military foreign and security policy basing on the constitutional value.
LET’S CREATE NEW WAVE FOR EXPANDING NUCLEAR-WEAPON FREE ZONE Reprinted from JSANow 194
In the 2005 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NTP) Review Conference, the implementation of unequivocal undertaking to eliminate nuclear weapons as agreed upon in the 2000 NPT Review Conference by member states, including nuclear weapon states, was required. The conference however failed to reach any agreement due to US obstruction. In the first session of the preparatory committee for the 2010 NPT Review Conference held from late April to early May (2007), the governments belonging to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and New Agenda Coalition (NAC) strongly urged nuclear weapon states to make a decision to abolish nuclear weapons and start negotiations to achieve this end. They firstly need in-depth discussions overcoming the thinking difference between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states – possessing nuclear weapons is not for human sustainability and development, but just for their personal interest.
The sure step of containing nuclear weapons is to prevent such weapons from proliferating. The proliferation of nuclear weapons could be intercepted by constructing a number of nuclear-free zones. There exist seven nuclear-free zones: (1) Antarctica (established 1959), (2) Latin America (1967), (3) South Pacific Ocean (1985), (4) East South Asia (1995), (5) Africa (1996), (6) Mongolia (the Mongolian People’s Republic, 1998), and (7) Central Asia (2006), respectively. We must further establish a new zone, for example, North East Asia linking to Mongolia, or East Europe.
The international community is strengthening its determination to pave the way for the abolition of nuclear weapons, as the danger and deception of the US nuclear strategy come to light. The US has insisted that blurring boundaries between conventional and nuclear weapons, and modernizing nuclear warheads, are the measures for nuclear disarmament, and has taken an attitude of denying unequivocal undertaking and other international agreements for nuclear disarmament. But, but, the US made efforts to discuss the proliferation issue, while pushing the preemptive attack strategy by using nuclear weapons under the pretext of danger from terrorism, selling the weapons for mass destruction, and neglecting any discussion regarding to nuclear disarmament. In the above conference, the US spoke as if it wished for the elimination of nuclear weapons and even enumerated tasks necessary to this end. Although the US argument might be one of evading its own responsibility and blaming non-nuclear weapon states for being reluctant to make non-proliferation efforts, this change in its attitude shows that the US can no longer ignore the worldwide criticism as shown below: (1) struggles are developing as seen in the movement against the Iraq war in the US, (2) the British struggle against the renewal of nuclear weapons, (3) the movement in Europe in opposition to the deployment of the US missile defense system to East Europe, and (4) the South Korean peace movement that held an anti-nuclear international conference for the first time in response to North Korea’s nuclear test.
In Japan, the Abe cabinet is still maintaining its position in support the US policy of nuclear deterrence including the use of nuclear weapons. In the UN, it has shelved the task to abolish nuclear weapons and continues to abstain from voting on a resolution banning the use of nuclear weapons. Moves towards the revision of Article 9 and the realignment and strengthening functions of the US bases in Japan are increasing the danger of Japan being fully integrated into the US strategies of preemptive attack and the use of nuclear weapons. It is necessary to process the movement for the declaration of a nuclear weapon-free Japan as well as the movements for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the defense of Article 9.
Let’s accept “Gone are the days when military power dictated the world. Any military power is absolutely incompatible with making peace.” (S. YUASA)
Symposia “The role and the task of university that contemporary society requires”
The Science Symposium 2007 in Hokkaido on the above theme was held on May 12 at Hokkaido University with about 50 participants including hearing or speaking impaired persons. The purpose of the symposium was to discuss the task of university required in contemporary society and to propose a solution of it. The first address was entitled “The principle of university”, where Dr. Tanaka said that university faces difficult problems of administration and budget, university autonomy infringed. He pointed out that the right to seek truth must be thought in education and research at university especially when we rethink “What is university?”, stressing it to be the starting point of university. The second address was “The social role and evaluation of university”, in which Mr. Anesaki questioned whether university moves in the way of Academic Capitalism or presents a counterproposal, and in order to seek the answer insisted it necessary to explore the structure in which market, nation and community exist. The third report was “Problems of curriculum after university reorganization”, where Prof. Miyata analyzed the actual situation and problems of the reorganization of five teacher-training branch schools in Hokkaido. (1) Tough arranged to each campus, instructors did not get out of their specialties. (2) The reorganization was conducted without agreement of instructors, and unbalanced allocation arose, that is, each campus could not acquire sufficient staff relating to teacher’s certificate, which caused the staff very busy to support each other. (3) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology pushes forward the guideline to convert teacher-training school to normal school with introducing the private business management, cooperating with the board of education and contribution to the regional society, which forced the staff to work harder. The fourth report was “The present situation of private university”, by Prof. Miuma. He mentioned that difficult problems in private university under the guideline of the structural reforming of the government are the decrease of the entrance applicant and employment ratio, expensive school expenses compared with those of national university, insufficient ability of the student regarding problem analysis and investigation activity. According that abolishing or merging of private universities has a significant impact on the community economy, more substantial funding for private universities is required.
The 34th Osaka comprehensive scientific symposium on the same theme was held on May 19 at Osaka University with about 40 participants. Prof. Nagano (Osaka Univ.) addressed the aim of this symposium and provided a question why university has to compete with each other? Most of universities have not expressed their opinions on the revision of the Constitution and the Fundamental Law of Education, does it mean they exercised their responsibility in society? Prof. Hosoi (Osaka City Univ.) gave a lecture “Who, for what and how evaluates the university?” where he explained the history of Japanese university evaluation system after World War II, proposing an alternative evaluation system. Mr. Enoki (Sicom Japan) reported the actual situation and problems of graduate students, especially post-doctoral fellows studying science and technology, and that the short-term employment of post-doctoral fellows has been enhanced corresponding to the increase of project research. It is problematic that there are various opinions regarding the young researcher employment policy. Prof. Tajimi (Osaka City Univ.) explained Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE), which conducts quality certification for engineering students in Japan, from his experience of introduction and operation of the system. Prof. Yamamoto (Kinki Univ.) explained the background and the idea on which law school was established and the relatively increasing importance of the preparatory study for the legal examination in the school. In his talk “The declaration of scientific worker’s rights and ethical code of 2007 version”, Dr. Iwamoto (JSA) introduced the ethical code of researchers that is now argued among members of the JSA.
ACTIVITIES OF RESEARCH COMMITTEES AND GROUPS
The JSA headquarters organize a number of research committees and groups undertaken
on a nationwide scale, which are encouraging the members across th country
1) ACTIVITY OF THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE FOR PEACE QUESTION
The committee held a symposium under the following themes in Tokyo on March 17, 2007: 1) the Constitution, 2) US bases, and 3) elimination of nuclear weapons. They discussed scientists’ roles in a) research task, b) opinion building, and c) government and measures.
The following addresses were given. 1) Prof. Kaneko explained from where recent constitutional problems have arisen, reporting that the US and Japan maneuver to revise the Japanese constitution aiming to able to wage aggressive wars in every region in the world.
Mr. Abe commented on movements against constitutional amendment in organizations of peace and denuclearization movement. 2) In the problem of nuclear carrier homeport at Yokosuka base a fact sheet on the safety of nuclear warships was presented. Dr. Konno criticized its safety for known accidents in past and its insufficient base of argument, viewing that accidents have not been enclosed. Prof. Kameyama reviewed and prospected of the relocation problem of Futenma US base from the above three standpoints. Mr. Abe introduced the activity of a pacifist organization concerning on a survey of US bases in Japan.
3) Prof. Sawada (nuclear survivor) delivered a report on the following: i) his testimony on residue radiation and internal exposure in the class suit of atomic bomb victims, ii) activity of the sectional committee of global A-bomb victims in Peace Study Association of Japan, iii) scientists’ action in the World Conference Against A-H Bombs, iv) international conference “Expose war crimes – criminalise and illegalize war” held on 5-7 February, 2007 in Kuala Lumpur.
2) THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC WELFARE PROBLEM LAUNCHED
The committee launched in May 28, 2007, renamed from the research committee of medical and drug-induced problems.
The previous committee’s research tasks in 2006 were 1) problems of genomic medical science and tailor-made medical care, 2) Yakugai (drug-induced) hepatitis, 3) medical accidents, 4) political and economic problems of drug-induced diseases – the question of political donation, and 5) response to newly risen issues of health care, drug-induced diseases, and public welfare. It has continued to grapple subject 2), concerning which the suit has not still been concluded until May 2007.
Circumstances around victims and victimizers are required to be further figured out. The committee held the 26 session “medicine and business – medicine makes disease?” in the 16th Comprehensive Scientific Study Convention in December 2006, Tokyo, where members presented four reports on Yakugai hepatitis (2), political donation, and clinical test and interest incompatibility. In the meantime the Diet has been tabling a bill to regulate political funds. While Chair Makino announced his talk “We strongly oppose remove of ban on political donation of foreign affiliated corporations including gigantic multinational pharmaceutical companies”, the bill was passed as Law to Regulate Money Used for Political Activities.
The new committee held the first regular meeting on May 28, 2007 to determine immediate issues as follows: 1) drug-induced affairs such as Yakugai hepatitis and Tamiflu, 2) writing of glossary relating drug-induced diseases in “Book of environments” proposed by the research committee of pollution and environmental problem, 3) donation and contribution problem of pharmaceutical firms and clinic study and drug-induced affairs, and 4) gap-widening society and unstable employment of the youth. The committee will attack a host of urgent issues rising in relation to health care and public welfare.
DISTRICTS AND
BRANCHES' ACTIVITIES
The JSA consisits of 47 branches which are grouped into
9 districts, and they are independently
and/or cooperatively carrying out
their activities in addition to the headquarters' ones
1) THINKING OF ENTERPRISE’S SCANDALS
The Kansai colloquium for scientific workers working in private enterprises organized a regular meeting, where they discussed the scandals and the fabrication of data, which has occurred in many enterprises, e.g. (1) more than 10,000 of fabrications in electric companies, (2) false data for gas contents exhausted to the atmosphere (Kobe Steel Co.), and (3) cooked-up reports of a gas-exhaust apparatus for a diesel engine (Mitsubishi-bussan Co.). In the meeting, they focused on discussing the reason why they commit a crime even in the presence of the authorized regulations. Why do they fabricate the data as they like in the working place? Do they violate a law through ignorance? Problematic is that despite full acquaintance of the related laws they inevitably violate the law. They may say that the law is too hard to observe. No, the reason is that they must press themselves to make the biggest profit – “profit-first theory”. The researchers concerned might involuntarily conduct or they might be ordered by superior authority, and finally their false actions gradually escalate to give a number of fabrications, which is quite guilty in the light of their carrying social responsibility.
Its scandalous problems must be solved from the both side in and outside of enterprises. In the firm, there must need (1) establishment of the system or rights of bringing charge against the evidence or the person concerned, (2) possible movement for compliance, (3) establishment of ethical code for manager and authority as well as scientific workers, and (4) establishment of free and democratic working place in the presence of democratic labor union, where scientific workers can freely discuss their situation and problems. From the outside of the firm, necessary are the regulation accompanied by a certain penalty, the third-party investigation, and authority’s on-the-spot inspection. We need a rigid regulation system that is completely independent of enterprise.
Lastly they discussed scientific workers’ rights, status and their ethical code, where they appreciated two documents “The declaration of rights and status of researchers” and “The ethical code of researchers”, which must extensively be publicized in and out of the country.
2) STUDY MEETING ON FOOD AND AGRICULTRE
The Shiga branch organized a study meeting to have a pleasant talk with researchers recently retired from university on March 3, where Prof. Koike (Shiga Pref. Univ.) lectured on the title “Globalization of agriculture and food and problems of local agriculture”.
The professor first pointed out that the globalization has distinctly polarized countries in the world, exporters like the North American Continent and Oceania and countries depending on imports in Asia including Japan, and more intensified the deterioration in the balance of trading agricultural products in the developing countries of Asia and Africa Continent excluding the South American Continent. In Japan the structural reform of agriculture enforced under these circumstances was promoted based on the principle that successful structural reform would improve the balance in supply and demand, the international competitive power, the rate of self-sufficiency and so on. Criticizing the principle be impracticable, the professor mentioned coming tasks of local agriculture and suggested a basic direction of the reform of paddy agriculture: (1) agriculture of environment preserving type, for example that with organic agriculture as the central core, (2) various combinations of paddy field and stock farming and (3) quite common national understandings of paddy agriculture, viz. honest rice production, honest business with sound rice and eating sound rice. He also indicates that the movement “local consumption of local produce” is significant in questioning “who produces what?” Participants talked of their matters of concern such as the actual situation of organic agriculture and the practice of Shiga Prefecture University CO-OP in running a cafeteria making its motto “local consumption of local produce”.
3) THINKING OF EAST ASIAN PEACE AND JAPANESE CHOICE
On March 17, the Kagoshima branch and friendly organization jointly held a meeting entitled “The 22nd Kempo 9-jo (Article 9 of the Constitution) Kagoshima Network”, where they agreed that the content of Article 9 must be enhanced to the world, which gives a power to cease war. Prof. Asai (Hiroshima City Univ.) gave a lecture on the East Asian peace and Japanese choice, where he stressed the importance to construct “East Asian peace” in the presence of the internationally mutual dependency. He divided his talk into two parts: present day in (1) East Asia, and (2) Korean Peninsula.
In the first part, he raised four important points to be discussed: (1) absolute value of human dignity, (2) establishment of democratic international society on the basis of a nation, (3) international agreement for illegality of war, and (4) absolute development of internationally mutual dependency, under which he analyzed the historical fruits and tasks. In the 21st century, the US has destroyed such historical fruits in Asia, while China possibly becomes influential as a so-called peace power. However, the activity of China would militarily be pressed by the US for the reason of Taiwan’s problems, for which, he stressed, the US necessarily urge Japan to help the US’s military action on China. In the second part, he also analyzed: (1) possible US’s preemptive attack and its related war scenario give the Korean peninsula heaviest tension, (2) in the relation between North Korea and the US, the US always let North Korea tremble, and (3) Abe cabinet does not fully accept the six party consultation, Japan-North Korean relation and Pyongyang declaration. Afterwards, the participants made a synthetic discussion.
4) THINKING OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
The Ibaraki branch held a lecture meeting on March 12 in Tsukuba City, where Prof.Namai (Emeritus Prof. of Tsukuba Univ.) was invited to give a lecture titled “We should mind a hasty action for the practical use of genetically modified (GM) crops in the context of the statement Code of Conduct for Scientists formulated by the Science Council of Japan”. The meeting was timely. Prof. Namai took on the editorship of a special number of the December in 2006 edition of “Nihon-no-Kagakusha” (Journal of Japanese Scientists) featuring “Various problems involved in the GM crops” including four papers. The researchers engaged in producing GM crops at the national institutes of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, as independent administrative institutions, expressed concern over those papers. This was why the branch asked Prof. Namai to give a chance to discuss directly issues concerning GM crops. He has been making a special study of breeding of plants and pollination biology. He explained the result of his paper entitled “Defect in isolation standards of GM crops to non GM Crops”. The area of the pollen resources has an effect on the distance of pollen flying. The larger area causes the longer flying. Nevertheless, the national isolation standards are not clear concerning pollen resources and seem to be based on not large area. In the case of practical use of GM crops, the cultivation area, that is, the pollen resources area must be larger and the flying distance of pollen of GM crops must be longer enough to cause an effect on non-GM crops. He stressed that hasty practical use of GM crops would raise various problems impossible to overlook and scientists should refer to their social responsibility of accountability. Those researchers working on GM crops did not seem quite satisfied with the explanation. This is still a controversial matter among scientists. It is important to discuss based on scientific data not on emotional feeling. The JSA meeting should be possible to secure such discussion.
5) REGULAR MEETING OF IBARAKI BRANCH IN TSUKUBA
The Ibaraki branch held a regular meeting on April 14 in Tsukuba City with invited speaker Dr. Sato (retired Metrological Inst.). Information of drought, snowfall and yellow dust are important to avoid climatic damage. His work in Mongolia was to develop human resources working for gathering and analyzing authentic climatic and meteorological information as people especially require accurate information on an Arctic cold wave with heavy snowfall called Sodo, which has influenced grass crops yields every year.
6) REGULAR MEETING OF FUKUOKA ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH MEETING
The Fukuoka environment research meeting of the Fukuoka branch organized a regular meeting on April 14, with invited speaker Prof. Kondo (Kyushu Univ.). The professor compared a couple kinds of recycle systems of raw garbage, and brought out their features and problems from the viewpoint of citizen’s participation. The application of Life Cycle Assessment is appropriate in producing bioenergy, and composing comparing to incineration, while the application of Life Cycle Cost (LCC) not in producing bioenergy, and composing. Since LCC is not as advantageous as LCA in incineration, the local government must not widespread it even with grants. She finally insisted that estimate would be changed by social condition and emphasized the significance of citizen’s participation in activity to tackle environment problems.
7) LECTURE MEETING FOR ESTABLISHING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN’S GROWTH IN TOTTORI
On 21 April, 2007, the JSA Tottori branch held a lecture meeting on children’s right under the so-called structural reforms and deregulation. The lecturer was Dr. Okuno (Tottori Univ.) who recently joined the branch. About 30 people including nurses and students attended the meeting, indicating the high interest in this theme.
Dr. Okuno regarded the recent privatization of nurseries as the structural reform of nurseries, and explained the current status of the public system of nurseries based on the Constitution and the Children Welfare Law, which is recently cut through. The goal of the reform is to put nurseries on the market. The remarkable example is the newly formed system “approved nursery” that unifies the previous nurseries and kindergartens as the facilities for children before education. Such reform is requested by the financial circles, but may result in the differentials or even degrade of the quality of nurseries. Dr. Okuno appealed the importance to re-consider the public system of nurseries and stand up to the reforms with polished logic.
The participants reported a variety of worries concerning the approved nurseries and privatization of nurseries in Tottori Prefecture. In such a situation, it is important to remind the right of children for upbringing as well as the obligation of governments for that, and to establish the environment for children’s growth.
8) REBIRTH OF LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IN THE HOKURIKU DISTRICT: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS
The symposium of the JSA Hokuriku district on “The present status of local transportation and its future” was held on 21 April, 2007, in Ishikawa. The symposium had following eight reports and subsequent discussions:
(1) “Reduction of energy consumption in transportation and problems in establishing public transformation” by Dr. Kodama (the Ishikawa branch). The reporter proposed to shift the weight of the financial expenses to establish public transportation in order to reduce the energy consumption and keep the transportation for citizens.
(2) “Construction of cities from the view point of public transportation” by Dr. Kawamoto (Fukui Univ.). The reporter pointed out the problems of the too much dependence on private cars, the existence of people who cannot have private cars, and so on.
(3) “The role of designing public transportation” by Dr. Takeyama (Toyama Univ.).
(4) “The history of atmospheric NO2 measurement in Wajima” by Dr. Tasaki (Kanazawa Univ.) et al. Reported was the activity of continuous measurement of oil spill by a middle school and related public education since the accident of heavy oil outflow from a Russian tanker in 1997.
(5) “Light Rail Transit adopted in Fukui City and remained problems” by Mr. Uchida (NPO on trams in Fukui and town-making project).
(6) “Community bus system in the new Imizu City” by Dr. Hayashi (Toyama Univ.).
(7) “Coexistence of new super express line and the conventional railway line” by Dr. Okamoto (Toyama Natl. Col. of Maritime Tech.). He reported on the financial support of Toyama local government for keeping up the conventional railway line.
(8) “NO2 pollution around the Kanazawa loop road revealed by blanket measurement” by Dr. Kodama (Ishikawa branch). The reporter proposed a direction for changing the transportation system in Ishikawa Prefecture based on blanket measurement since 1995.
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Vol.42 (No.6)(2007)
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Yoneda, M.: Against neoliberalism
[Special issue: Research is cool! Part2 – Six studies by young researchers]
Sato, K.: Introduction
Matsuo, N.: Reevaluation of Taiwanese writer’s works in total war period of Japan
Niida, T.: Veblen’s institutional economics
Matsuoka, T.: Physical properties of lithium under high pressures
Irie, C.: Diversity of environmental movement and NPO for environmental problems
Ogura, S.: How should we understand the expanding profits of financial institutions in the developed countries?
Ohata, M.: Comparative history of adult education : Implications for research on the learning society
[Essay]
Namai, H.: A strong interest in the sex of living organisms
[Review]
Takabe, T.: Green biotechnology: From restoration of earth environment to bioethanol production
[Series: Constitution of Japan (4)]
Ozawa, R.: Argument over Article 9 reformation of Japanese Constitution, past and present
[Series: Crisis in universities and research institutes in Japan (8)]
Itoh, M.: Report from University of Tsukuba
[Letter]
Kitagawa, K.: Learning from the “Sciences for living” by late Mr. Teruo Ishida in Hokkaido
Vol.42 (No.7)(2007)
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Matsuura, K.: Publishing the textbook of engineers’ ethics
[Special issue: Mental disorders in the modern society of Japan]
Sekii, T.: Introduction
Amagasa, T.: Suicide and depression among workers in Japan
Kobayashi, T.: “Withdrawal” – From the viewpoint of person-centered psychology
Endo, M.: Women’s mental health
Sekii, T.: Recovery from schizophrenia of alchoholism
[Essay]
Sokawa, Y.: What is a scientist?
[Review]
Ando, M.: Mr. Tanzan Ishibashi, as finance minister under occupied Japan
Yamamura, Y.: Food safety and codex alimentarius commission
[Opinion]
Mochida, Y.: Groping for the North-East Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone initiative
[Series: Constitution of Japan (5)]
Shimizu, M.: “Safety and security” and the Constitution
[Series: Crisis in universities and research institutes in Japan (9)]
Igarashi, J.: Change of the election system and reform of Ohara Institute for Social Research in Hosei University
[Letters]
Fujii, T.: Remark about “the society based on competition”
Hayashi, I.: Problems of aquatic organisms
Vol.42 (No.8)(2007)
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