I. Recent Trends of Imported Infections in Japan

Recent trends in tuberculosis, Japan.

Despite a decline after World War II, the rate of tuberculosis in Japan remains high. Infection is heavily concentrated in the > or =60-year age group, and 82% of patients are > or =40 years of age. The success rate for treatment of smear-positive patients is 78%. Multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are rare.

Recent Trends of Juvenile Crime in Japan

Recent trends in bagassosis in Japan.

The only workers presently exposed to bagasse dust in Japan are the employees of sugar refineries and lacquerware factories. A follow up study of six former cases of bagassosis from among the retired employees of a paper board factory, closed since 1973, showed that none of the subjects still had bagassosis. Examinations of 70 employees of a sugar refinery for allergic reactions also showed no ...

Recent Trends in Business History in Japan

One of the characteristics of business history in Japan, as well as in other countries, is its interdisciplinary nature both in studies and scholars. In fact, when the Business History Society of Japan was organized in 1964, main sources of recruitment of members were the four existing academic disciplines dealing with the subject -socioeconomic history, general history, business administration...

Trends in flavivirus infections in Japan.

Although Japanese encephalitis has declined as an important cause of illness and death in Japan, infection with other flaviviruses has become a public health concern. Recently, reports of imported dengue cases, as well as isolations of tick-borne encephalitis virus, have increased.