Note on a snake, <i>Natrix vibakari</i>, from Hegura Island, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging features of multiple sclerosis with autoreactive antibodies in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Previous reports of multiple sclerosis (MS) with autoantibodies might include neuromyelitis optica (NMO). We investigated the frequency of autoreactive antibodies (AR) in both MS and NMO. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-associated autoantibodies such as anti-Sm antibodies, anti-single stranded DNA antibodies and lupus anticoagulants were only identified in MS, whereas SLE itself is more comm...

An Overview of Hydrogen Sulfide Suicides Based on Police Data in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Processing insect abundance: trading and fishing of zazamushi in Central Japan (Nagano Prefecture, Honshū Island)

BACKGROUND This article presents the links between technique, commerce and consumption in fishing for zazamushi, a mixture of aquatic insect larvae sold as food souvenirs in Japan. Since zazamushi are mainly collected for economic reasons, we suggest that demand for them has incited technical development among collectors in order to fish more insects. METHODS Several fishermen and traders wer...

NOTE Internal Medicine Blood biochemical values in Japanese Black breeding cows in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

To obtain blood biochemical basic data of Japanese Black breeding cows in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, blood samples were obtained from 857 clinically healthy multiparous cows on 71 farms. Cows were divided into three stages: the prepartum stage (between 20 and 80 days before parturition, n=290), lactation stage (between 20 and 80 days after parturition, n=283) and maintenance stage (between 12...

Suicide in Mie Prefecture, Japan, since 1990.

The number of suicides in Japan has increased to over 30,000 per year since 1998. Similarly, the number of suicides has been increasing in Mie Prefecture. In the present study, we examined the incidence and the circumstances of all suicidal cases that were reported to the Mie Prefectural Police Headquarters during the thirteen-year period 1990-2002. In Mie Prefecture, the number of suicides per...