A Retrospect on Geographical Studies since 1945 in Japan

Government Involvement in the Development of Australian Manufacturing since 1945

IN THE period since 1939 the Australian manufacturing sector has been transformed from an infant primarily devoted to supplying goods too bulky or perishable to be imported at an economical price, to a thriving sector that turns out a wide range of modern products comparable in nature, if not in cost, to those of North America or Western Europe. And it has achieved a position of maturity and de...

The Historiography of the Struggle for Black Equality Since 1945

The development of human rights investigations since 1945.

The Cancer Transition in Japan since 1951

The overall trend of cancer mortality in Japan has been decreasing since the 1960s (agestandardized death rates for ages 30-69), some 20-30 years earlier than in other industrialized countries. Cancer mortality was heavily influenced by Japanese post-war economic recovery, which led to improved living conditions and better control of some common forms of cancer (stomach, cervical) largely cause...

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...