This article examines personally divergent ways that Japanese individuals understand and
act on the cultural script of empathy (omoiyari). Through interviews with highschool students …

On the basis of the TIMSS Case Study Project data collected in the United States, Japan,
and Germany in 1994–1995, this article examines the phenomenon of tracking as part of …

Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the most important phytohormones involved in abiotic stress
responses, seed maturation, germination, and senescence. ABA is predominantly produced in …

Sodium (Na) homeostasis is crucial for life, and Na levels in body fluids are constantly monitored
in the brain. The subfornical organ (SFO) is the center of the sensing responsible for the …

Japanese Frames of Mind addresses two main questions in light of a collection of research
conducted by both Japanese and American researchers at Harvard University: What …

Many studies of Japan have used the ‘sociocentric’ (ie, contextual, collective and empathic,
etc.) framework of analysis to contrast Japanese culture, people, or behavior with their …

Na x is an atypical sodium channel that is assumed to be a descendant of the voltage-gated
sodium channel family. Our recent studies on the Na x -gene-targeting mouse revealed that …

Two new human ABC transporters, ABCC11 and ABCC12, were cloned from a cDNA library
of human adult liver. ABCC11 and ABCC12 genes consist of 30 and 29 exons, respectively, …

Protein-tyrosine phosphatase receptor type Z (Ptprz) is preferentially expressed in the brain
as a major chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. Three splicing variants, two receptor isoforms …

This study replicated the interview method of Carol Gilligan and her colleagues to examine
the nature of the care perspective in Japanese adolescents’ real-life experiences of moral …