Basic Research on the Burden of Dropping off and Picking up Children: Differences by Employment Type and Gender in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area

There is a need to reduce the burden of child drop-off and pick-up for child-rearing generations, but most studies on the actual situation in Japan are based on survey results. In this study, we analyzed differences in child drop-off and pick-up by employment type and gender, utilizing the “Metropolitan Area Person Trip Survey,” which is a statistical data set. The study targeted households in which both spouses were between 30 and 49 years old, had children under the age of 6, and included the following three groups. 1) Dual-income Group 1 (both spouses employed/on contract/temporary);2) Dual-income Group 2 (husband employed/on contract/temporary, wife part-time);3) Full-time housewife group (husband employed, wife unemployed). The analysis revealed that a) wives are almost always responsible for dropping off and picking up their children;b) husbands drop off and pick up their children less frequently in dual-income households;and c) households with children raising within 10 to 30 km of Tokyo Station have longer commuting times and need to reduce the burden of dropping off and picking up their children.

Fashion meets innovation and tradition at FaW TOKYO 2024

Tokyo,Japan–FaW TOKYO(FASHION WORLD TOKYO),the renowned international fashion trade show,is gearing up for its spring edition,promising an exciting showcase of global fashion trends,technology innovations,and traditional craftsmanship.From April 17-19,Tokyo Big Sight in Japan gathers a diverse array of international exhibitors and highlighting the best of Japanese fashion excellence.

东交所增设Tokyo AIM吸引中国企业

为争夺中国企业海外上市，海外证券交易所费尽心机。交易所会推动针对中国企业上市需要推动规则的改变，新东方在纽交所上市便是一例。

A coastal acoustic tomography experiment in the Tokyo Bay

Eight sets of coastal acoustic tomography (CAT) systems were deployed during November 29 to December 10, 2002 at the coasts on both sides of Tokyo Bay to measure tidal current structures at 15-min interval.Sound transmission across the Tokyo Bay (between Yokohama and Chiba)was successfully traced,even under severe interference from ship generated wakes and bubbles.Tidal current fields changing from northward to southward flow are well reconstructed by the inverse analysis of travel-time difference data for a period with the best sound transmission condition. It is suggested that the CAT is the most powerful tool to continuously map tidal current fields in the coastal seas with heavy shipping traffic and fisheries activity.

SARS-Cov-2 Delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Very Recent Advances in COVID-19 Detection, Treatment, and Vaccine Development Useful Conducting the Games in 2021

The novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) delayed the Tokyo 2020 Games. The traveling by air, rail, road, and sea inside and outside the countries has stopped to contain the virus. The amount of money lost and assistance needed to reschedule and conduct the Games in 2021 have been estimated. With more than one billion population is under the semi-locked down and movement of people is restricted, athletes cannot prepare at home and participate in the Games. The COVID-19 outbreak has spread around the world;it has already infected 5.7 million people and caused 355,000 deaths reported on May 28, 2020 and the figures increasing every day. The publication of this article is important as the postponement of the Olympics has costed Japan $6 billion and the organizers have worked very hard for seven years. If the Games are conducted in 2021, it will be the—beginning of the world recovery—from big COVID-19 pandemic. In this communication, the development in testing, treatment, and vaccine preparation for SARS-Cov-2 have occurred so far in different countries and companies have been discussed to know the possibilities if the pandemic can be overcome and the Games can be conducted in 2021.

Verification of the Tokyo guidelines for acute cholangitis secondary to benign and malignant biliary obstruction:experience from a Chinese tertiary hospital

BACKGROUND: The lack of widely-accepted guidelines for acute cholangitis largely lags behind the progress in medical and surgical technology and science for the management of acute cholangitis. This study aimed to verify the Tokyo guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis of 2007 edition (TG07) in patients with obstructive cholangitis due to benign and malignant diseases. METHODS: The patients were retrieved from our existing ERCP database. Final diagnosis of acute cholangitis was made by detecting purulent bile during biliary drainage. We examined and compared the guidelines concerning benign and malignant obstruction. RESULTS: In 120 patients in our study, 82 and 38 had benign and malignant biliary obstruction, respectively. Guidelines based diagnosis was made in 68 (82.9%), 36 (94.7%), and 104 (86.7%) patients with benign, malignant, and overall biliary obstruction, respectively, which were significantly higher than 44 (53.7%), 17 (44.7%), and 61 (50.8%) diagnosed by Charcot’s triad (P【0.001). Treatment consistent with the guidelines was offered to 58 (70.7%) patients with benign obstruction and15 (39.5%) patients with malignant obstruction (P=0.001). No significant association was observed between clinical compliance, guidelines-based severity grades and clinical outcomes. In the multivariate model, intrahepatic obstruction (OR=11.2, 95% CI: 1.55-226.9) and hypoalbuminemia (≤25.0 g/L; OR=17.3, 95% CI: 3.5-313.6) were independent risk factors for a 30-day mortality. CONCLUSIONS: The TG07 are more reliable than Charcot’s triad for the diagnosis of acute cholangitis albeit with limited prognostic values. Intrahepatic obstruction and hypoalbuminemia are new predictors of poor prognosis and need further assessment.

Minimum Wind Stress for the Occurrence of Blue Tide on the Southeast Shore of Tokyo Bay

In Tokyo Bay, blue tide is a phenomenon that seawater presents to be milky blue due to reflection of sunshine off surface water in which a large number of sulfur particles suspend. Its occurrence is because of coastal upwelling of the oxygen-depleted water at the bottom of the bay induced by the blowing of a northeasterly wind, consequently leading to many deaths of shellfish and some aquatic animals in the bay. In this study, an analytical solution of minimum wind stress for the occurrence of blue tide on the southeast shore of the bay is presented based on a two-layered model, and comparison with observation data of blue tide from 2003 to 2010 shows the validity of this solution. The results of sensitivity analysis to all of parameters involved in this solution were also found to agree with qualitative understandings of blue tide phenomenon.

Temporal-spatial Distribution of Various Types of Crime in the Special Wards of Tokyo

Based on the official criminal data released by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in 2019,this paper discusses the temporal-spatial distribution of various types of crimes in the special wards of Tokyo.The results show that:(1)The times of high and low incidence of different types of crime differ significantly.Although vicious crime and violent crime present no obvious monthly distribution,property crime clearly differs between the first and second half of a calendar year.(2)The month before the new year sees a surge in most types of crime.(3)Vicious crime peaks in the hours between night and early morning.Violent crime and property crime correlate positively with the frequency of human interaction and peak in the morning and evening commuting hours.(4)The spatial distribution of crime resembles the concentric circles of the three rings of the special wards of Tokyo,with a central high-incidence area,a center-peripheral low-incidence area,and a marginal high-incidence area.In addition,the center sees more personal crime than the periphery,whereas property crimes show the opposite trend.(5)A spatial autocorrelation analysis shows that the special wards of Tokyo may be grouped into the“high-high”and“low-low”agglomeration modes of different types of crime,with marked differences between the various types of crime.The crime can be divided into three types:central agglomeration,double central agglomeration,and decentralized agglomeration.

Transition of Groundwater and Subsurface Thermal Environment in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area,Japan

Information on three-dimensional subsurface temperature distribution and its change were examined by measuring of temperature-depth profiles at observation wells in 2001-2002 and 2005-2006,to evaluate the subsurface thermal environment in and around the Tokyo Area.Regional variation was observed as follows:low temperatures were found

MODERNIZATION PROCESS IN HISTORICAL ASIAN CITIES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SEOUL,TOKYO AND BEIJING

As ancien capitals, Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo share many commoncharacteristics, but Beijing and Seoul lagged much behind Tokyo from wid19th century to mid-20th century in terms of development level. During thepast four decades Seoul and Beijing have devoted every theft to aeceleratetheir modernization process. This paper intends to make a brief review and tosummerize some similarities of the basic feaures in respects ofindustrialization and urbanization.

基于Tokyo Tyrant的智能电网数据处理与应用研究

该文着重研究智能电网电力用户用电数据采集处理领域中性能大幅提高的问题,主要利用Java技术和数据库技术研究电力用户用电数据智能控制采集系统,采用基于DBM和Tokyo Tyrant技术构建高并发的分布式持久存储系统,实现对海量电力用户用电数据的高效处理,进而实现整个电力系统的优化运行与管理,实现智能电网的初步发展目标。

USCG和TOKYO MOU港口国检查政策动向

2011年1月1日,巴黎备忘录新PSC检查机制(NIR)正式实施,与此同时,美国海岸警卫队(USCG)、东京备忘录组织(TOKYOMOU)等的多项PSC政策和法令,也纷纷修订和提高港口国检查的管理机制、标准和要求,港口国控制在力度和广度上都有不断深化和扩散的趋势。

Evaluation of Pollution Sources of Zinc in Tokyo Bay Based on Zinc Isotope Ratio in Sediment Core

This study evaluated the sources of Zn pollution in Tokyo Bay, Japan, on the basis of δ66Zn in a sediment core. The Zn concentration in sediments in the 1980s-2000s was considerably higher than the background concentration, suggesting that there remain important sources of Zn in the bay. The δ66Zn (+0.51‰) of anthropogenic Zn estimated in the core was significantly higher than those (approximately –0.1‰ - +0.2‰) of treated water from sewage treatment plants and vehicle-related sources. A large number of electroplating plants are located in Tokyo areas. It is assumed that Zn in effluents from electroplating operations is isotopically heavier owing to a negative isotopic effect on Zn electroplating. This tends to support the hypothesis that river bottom sediments, which were contaminated with Zn in the untreated effluents from electroplating plants in the past, are the principal sources of anthropogenic Zn in Tokyo Bay in the 1980s-2000s.

感受全新IT生活——走进WPC TOKYO 2006

WPC TOKYO 2006展会于2006年10月18～21日，如期在东京国际展览馆（Tokyo Big Sight）展出。WPC TOKYO 2006是英文World PC TOKYO 2006的简写，它的前身是大名鼎鼎的WPC EXPO展会，为更突出日本东京的地方特色，本次展会特别进行了更名。如今它已是第12届WPC展会，本次展会依然由日本著名的日经BP社主办，展览的核心聚焦于个人电脑和数码产品，约有160家厂商参展，参观人数达到9.5万人。

"Hushe Centennial Exhibition" Held at China Cultural Center in Tokyo

On March 5,“Hushe Centennial Exhibition, cosponsored by China Cultural Center in Tokyo and Beijing Hushe Painting Association, celebrated the grand opening ceremony at China Cultural Center in Tokyo. The predecessor of Beijing Hushe Painting Association is one of the earliest academic organizations in the history of modern Chinese art, that is, Chinese Painting Research Association,which was founded by the famous painter Mr. Jin Beilou in 1919. In the past 100 years, there have been many masters ofcalligraphy and painting in Hushe Painting Association, such as Zhou Zhaoxiang, Chen Shi zeng, Qi Bai shi, Ye Gongchao, Chen Banding, Yu Feian, Pu Ru, Xu Yansun, He Liangpu, Hu Peichong, Qin Zhongwen, Ma Jin, Wang Xuetao, Wu Jiangting and Wang Xuetao, Wu Jiangting and Wang Shensheng who have made great contributions to the development of the Chinese art.

JIMTOF·Tokyo2014记者会现场报道

2014年2月25日由日本机床工业协会(JMTBA)和东京国际展览中心(Tokyo Big Sight)在CCMT2014期间共同举办了题为“JAPAN DAY”的JIMTOF·Tokyo2014记者会. 祝贺CCMT2014成功举办 日本机床工业协会会长花木义磨先生在致辞中首先对CCMT2014的成功举办表示衷心祝贺.花木先生说道:中国如今已经发展成为全球制造业的中心,近年来支撑制造业发展的中国机床领域的技术水平也取得了惊人的发展,为了展示产品开发和技术开发的成果,CCMT2014有近900家厂家参展,日本机床工业协会也有11家会员企业参展.

Tokyo Arts Festival, 2017, and International Shakespeare Productions

In 2017,the Tokyo Arts Festival invited theatre directors from three geographical locations to direct Shakespeare’s plays:The British director John Caird directed Hamlet,the Romanian director Silviu Purcārete directed Richard III,and the Belgian director Ivo Van Hove directed a Dutch Othello.They approached Shakespeare’s plays from unique perspectives,using their own native or Japanese language,working with Japanese and foreign actors and staff.They were performed in Tokyo and watched by various audiences.This paper examines the interactive effect of international theatre and the Tokyo Arts Festival and argues that Shakespeare,being a common currency in the world,functions as media for the Festival,and vice versa.While the Festival provides opportunities and support for foreign directors and companies,staging of international Shakespeare productions raises the profile of the Festival and promotes artistic and cultural programmes and exchange internationally.The audience also has much to gain:the Festival allows them to experience cultural differences and a reflection of themselves or of the world in works of art.The paper argues that the differences created in the international Shakespearean productions and realized and experienced by the audience are the essence of the theatre and meaning and value of the Festival.

VAIO十年这旅特别报道②：TOKYO SONY STORY 探秘索尼东京总部

前段时间，受索尼中国的邀请，《微型计算机》作为特邀合作媒体出席了在日本东京索尼总部召开的VAIO秋季新品发布会。在上期的杂志中，我们对本次VAIO发布的新产品进行了报道，并且回顾了VAIO十年的经典产品，那么在本期杂志中，我们又将与大家分享哪些有趣的内容呢？ 首先，我们将带领大家探秘很少对外开放的索尼博物馆，感受索尼全系列产品的发展历程。然后，我们会去索尼多媒体中心看看最新的影音设备。最后一站，是坐落在东京最繁华街区——银座的SONY Building，零距离地体验索尼的最新数码电子产品。 嘿嘿，还等什么，这些精彩内容可不是哪里都能看到的！

Incorporating the Built Environment Interactions into Spatial Pattern Models to Understand Urban Metabolism in Tokyo＇s Residential Area

In Tokyo, as residential areas exist in the urban areas and are composed of areas owned by individual land owners, basically spatial changes are brought by redevelopments of each sites conducted by individual circumstances and motivations. Continuous redevelopments and spatial changes can be found dispersedly in areas. Once the spatial change in a certain site occurred in an area as a building, it will be contained in the built environment of the residential area which is defined by residents, planners and designers who will take part in the following spatial changes. In Tokyo, public transportation facilities are well developed, and residents＇ daily life involves activities such as a slow walking and bicycle, etc. around the place of residence near the public transportation hubs, each living territories are formed in this kind of manner. Considering the maintenance of spatial value in residential areas while understanding transformation of visual local environment in residential areas which focuses on appearance of each spatial change in an area of street will be of significant importance. In this paper, the authors try to describe interactions of spatial changes in existing urban residential areas focusing on utility of players who might take part in the following spatial changes and the method of discrete choice model.

VAIO十年之旅特别报道①—TOKYO SONY STORY

2006年10月，索尼VAIO笔记本电脑迎来了十周岁的生日，受索尼中国的邀请，《微型计算机》作为特邀合作媒体出席了在日本东京索尼总部召开的VAIO秋季新品发布会，并对索尼企划部和设计部进行专访。此外，本刊记者还参观了索尼博物馆和SONY Building，获得了大量反映索尼发展历程的珍贵资料，见到了索尼展示的最新一代数码影音产品。