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Ikigai: The Japanese Secret by Hiroshi Sato Discover the mysterious Japanese concept that has guided generations toward a life full of meaning, happiness, and longevity. In Ikigai: The Japanese Secret, author Hiroshi Sato takes you on a fascinating journey to uncover your reason for being, that unique element that gives value and purpose to your existence. Through seven in-depth chapters, the book explores: The roots of Ikigai: Understand the historical and cultural origins of this timeless concept and its impact on Japanese society. The four fundamental dimensions: Analyze what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for, to find the perfect intersecti...
This volume examines the state-NGO relationships in fifteen Asian countries.
There is already much literature on the significance of NGOs in the development process. However, there has been little discussion on why the NGOs take on different forms in different countries. This volume examines the state-NGO relationships in fifteen countries. It is not, however, a pot-pourri of country reports. All the contributors use the same analytical framework and focus on the key concept of "e;economic and political space"e; for NGOs. Readers will find that the analysis of the various NGO forms is well synthesized in this volume.
This book is the comprehensive volume of the TAIGA (“a great river ” in Japanese) project. Supported by the Japanese government, the project examined the hypothesis that the subseafloor fluid advection system (subseafloor TAIGA) can be categorized into four types, TAIGAs of sulfur, hydrogen, carbon (methane), and iron, according to the most dominant reducing substance, and the chemolithoautotrophic bacteria/archaea that are inextricably associated with respective types of TAIGAs which are strongly affected by their geological background such as surrounding host rocks and tectonic settings. Sub-seafloor ecosystems are sustained by hydrothermal circulation or TAIGA that carry chemical energy to the chemosynthetic microbes living in an extreme environment. The results of the project have been summarized comprehensively in 50 chapters, and this book provides an overall introduction and relevant topics on the mid-ocean ridge system of the Indian Ocean and on the arc-backarc systems of the Southern Mariana Trough and Okinawa Trough.