Day and Time: July 22 Mon 9:30am-11:00am, July 23 11:10am-12:40am
Lecturer： Iida Kaoruko
Place: Plaza 3F Seminar room
Topic：Let’s talk about diet and health
Abstract: Do you know ‘non-communicable diseases (NCDs)’ ? NCDs, also known as chronic diseases or life-style related diseases, are a general term for diseases associated with high-risk life style behaviors. According to a WHO statement (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases), NCDs cause 41 million death each year, equivalent to 74% of all deaths globally. And unhealthy diet is one of the risk factors most closely associated with NCDs. In this lecture, you will first learn the basic knowledges of NCDs. The student is then asked to summarize and present the characteristics of NCDs profiles in their own countries using a web-based information. Through your presentation, let's think and talk about diet and health.
Day and Time: July 22 Mon 11:10am-12:40am, July 23 Tue 9:30am-11:00am
Lecturer： Nagase Nobuko
Place: Plaza 3F Seminar room
Topic: Labor Practices and Social Insurance Policies in Japan(1)(2)
Abstract: In the first part of the class, I would talk about specific features of Japanese labor market as well as social insurance system that have encouraged gender division of labor within households. I would like to also talk about the change in attitude among the younger generation and also the change in the work and family formation behavior among the younger cohorts. In the second part of the class, I would like you to share with us how you would seek work in your country, and how you envision your work and your life up to late thirties so that we can exchange ideas with each other while explaining about labor market and labor practices in your own home country.
Day and Time: July 24 Wed 1:20pm-TBA
Lecturer： Tripette Julien
Place: To be advised
Topic： Field Trip
Day and Time: July 25 Thu 11:10am-12:40am, July 26 Fri 11:10am-12:40am, July 30 Tue 9:30am-11:00am, 11:10am-12:40am
Lecturer： Tripette Julien
Place: Plaza 3F Seminar room
Topic: Active lifestyle, health and technology(1)(2)(3)
While physical inactivity is consistently ranked among the top preventable factors contributing to mortality, health policies aiming at promoting active behaviors may lack the necessary support to be efficiently applied at the individual level. In this lecture, we will explore how technologies help measure and promote physical activities. We will provide an overview of the available wearable technology embedded in contemporary activity trackers. Finally, we will present results from studies related to the evaluation of physical behaviors that are conducted at Ochanomizu University. Students will be evaluated based on their attendance and by submitting a 1- to 2-page mini report.
Day and Time: July 29 Mon 9:30am-11:00am, 11:10am-12:40am
Lecturer： Ito Hiroyuki
Place: Plaza 3F Seminar room
Topic: Understanding mental health problems in children and adolescents
Abstract: During childhood and adolescence, various mental health problems such as school absenteeism, bullying, self-injury, delinquency, and abnormal eating become apparent and severe. It is an important social issue to clarify the mechanism of these problems and to find measures for their prevention and intervention. However, understanding and predicting child development is difficult for two reasons. First, development is influenced by numerous factors at multiple levels: genetic, physiological, psychological, familial, and social. Second, these factors constantly change over time and interact with each other. Developmental psychopathology, which examines the causes and mechanisms of children's mental health problems over time, addresses these issues by integrating data from three levels: (1) the biological, including genes, brain structure and function, and physical health and development; (2) the psychological, including thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; and (3) the social-cultural, including family, friends, school, community, and culture. This talk will provide an overview of the framework and approach of developmental psychopathology and present findings from a large longitudinal study conducted in Japan by the speakers' research group.
Day and Time: July 31 Wed 9:30am-11:00am, 11:10am-12:40am
Lecturer： Kotani Masao
Place: Plaza 3F Seminar room
Topic: Japanese legal culture
Abstract: In this lecture, I will explain the legal culture in Japan. Specifically, the lecture will use the example of dismissal in the field of labor law. What does it mean "to fire a worker" in Japanese society? In Japan, even though there was no explicit provision in the law, the court precedents led to the establishment of the concept of "the abuse of the right to dismiss". According to this doctrine, the employer is not free to exercise the right to dismiss; rather, there are certain strong restrictions, and if the conditions are not met, the dismissal is invalid as an "abuse of rights". This case law cannot be explained by the letter of the written law. It is deeply connected to the economic and social realities, collective beliefs, value system, and lifestyles. This type of problem is called the problem of legal culture. Therefore, we would like to examine some aspects of Japanese legal culture using this subject of dismissal as an example. Then, I will ask the participants to present how the legal doctrine and social conception surrounding dismissal are in their countries, and discuss the differences and similarities in each other's legal culture.
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