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January 2016 - November 2018
July 1995 - June 1996
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April 2001 - March 2003
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Why are there so few women in science in Japan? A one-time study, which confirmed the male-dominated image of mathematics and physics, the foundations of science, identified three main factors: (1) perceptions of employment, (2) stereotypes of mathematics, and (3) a social climate of discrimination against women. Providing junior high school studen...
We examine whether gender stereotypes are associated with high school students’ intentions to choose majors. After analyzing student data from the Survey among High School Students and their Mothers, 2012, conducted in Japan, we found that female students who do not agree with an opinion on a general gender stereotype statement (Men should go to wo...
The percentage of women studying STEM fields is lower than men, but the reasons for this gap are not fully understood. In this study, we investigated perception of the gendered image of the seven competencies required in STEM fields, and the degree to which the need for such competencies is perceived in each of six STEM fields. Online surveys in Ja...
The social climate for women studying STEM subjects is changing, but the proportion of women taking STEM subjects in Japan is small. Only 27.9% of university students in the department of science is women in 2019. In this study, we used an online survey to investigate whether randomly providing three types of gender equality information increased t...
Women are underrepresented in physics. Because of the structure of the Japanese educational system, more women must choose physics as a subject for university entrance exams to increase the number of women studying advanced physics at university. In this study, we investigated the factors influencing girls’ choice of physics for university entrance...
Women are a minority in science, technology, engineering and mathematics academic careers. In particular, few women in Japan choose to study physics and mathematics. In this study, we investigated the factors contributing to the masculine image of physics and mathematics based on the framework of our expanded model. We conducted online questionnair...
U.S. and other publics perceive STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields as masculine and scientist as a male occupation, but Japanese public perception remains unstudied. Using an online survey, we identified keywords associated with physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, information science, biology, and mathematics. A...
Many studies have examined the impression that the general public has of science and how this can prevent girls from choosing science fields. Using an online questionnaire, we investigated whether the public perception of several academic fields was gender-biased in Japan. First, we found the gender-bias gap in public perceptions was largest in nur...
Women are still in the minority in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in many countries, including Japan. Parental gender role attitudes are a potential influence on whether high school girls choose STEM fields and which fields they choose. However, this has not yet been closely examined in the Japanese context. We used...
“Science crowdfunding” is a research funding system in which members of the public make small financial contributions towards a research project via the Internet. We compared the more common research process involving public research funding with science crowdfunding. In the former, academic-peer communities review the research carried out whereas...
This chapter focuses on Japanese troops within the bounds of the British Empire at the end of the Second World War who found themselves denied the protection of international law. Their experience had its roots in Allied planning for the end of the war in Europe and was influenced by the experience of British prisoners of war (POWs) under the Japan...