Japan’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Lipscy, Phillip Y.

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-11324-6_16

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“…Although the accumulating evidence showed that COVID-19-related restrictions have negatively affected children’s PF, including CRF [ 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ], to date, no study has examined the changes in geographical disparity in CRF among children and adolescents during the pandemic. Importantly, there were substantial differences in the magnitude of COVID-19-related restrictions across the prefectures, depending on the local infection status [ 13 , 14 , 15 ]. This ecological study was the first to demonstrate significant relationships between the magnitude of infections (evaluated as the number of confirmed cases) and changes in CRF at the prefecture level.…”

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“…Although all children across Japan experienced a series of pandemic-related restrictions (e.g., stay-home and cancellation and restrictions of sporting events and organized sports participation), the extent of restrictions differed based on the geographical area of residence. Overall, children who resided in areas with the highest number of infections encountered maximum movement restrictions [ 13 , 14 , 15 ]. This is because local governments (i.e., prefectural governors), instead of central governments, played an important role in controlling the number of infected individuals based on their local conditions (e.g., the number of infected people in the prefecture) [ 13 , 14 ].…”

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Geographical Disparity in Cardiorespiratory Fitness among 3,189,540 Japanese Children and Adolescents before and during the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: An Ecological Study

Kidokoro

2023

IJERPH

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This ecological study aimed to use nationally representative physical fitness (PF) data to investigate the geographical disparities in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) among Japanese children across prefectures before and during the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The publicly available descriptive PF data of children from Grade 5 (10–11 years; n = 1,946,437) and adolescents from Grade 8 (13–14 years; n = 1,243,103) at the prefecture level (47 prefectures) were obtained from the annual census PF survey in 2019 (before the pandemic) and 2021 (during the pandemic). The 20 m shuttle run performance was used as a measure of CRF. Geographical disparity was evaluated using the coefficient of variation (CV) for CRF across prefectures. There were significant negative relationships between the magnitude of infections (evaluated as the number of confirmed cases) and changes in CRF at the prefecture level (r ≤ −0.293, p < 0.05). This study also found a substantial increase in CVs of CRF across prefectures for Grade 8 students, suggesting that COVID-19-related restrictions had widened the geographical disparity in CRF among Japanese adolescents. Adolescents’ CRF is an important marker for current and future health; hence, the findings of widening geographical disparities in CRF are suggestive of widening geographical disparities in health among the Japanese population.

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Geographical Disparity in Cardiorespiratory Fitness among 3,189,540 Japanese Children and Adolescents before and during the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: An Ecological Study

Kidokoro

2023

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“…This agenda is not novel in its ambition; Phillip Lipscy has recently proposed a general agenda to study the politics of international crisis. 64 His proposal critiques extant approaches to IPE, which resemble mid-range theories, for ignoring crises and focusing on routine relationships, such as trade. He suggests that scholars ought to combine international security's emphasis on critical events with the strengths of IPE to better understand the politics of crisis.…”

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Race and systemic crises in international politics: An agenda for pluralistic scholarship

Rosenberg

2024

Rev. Int. Stud.

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In recent years, scholars of global politics have shown that issues of race and white supremacy lie at the centre of international history, the birth of the field of International Relations, and contemporary theory. In this article, I argue that race plays an equally central role in the 21st century’s current and future crises: the set of systemic risks that includes intensifying climate change, deepening inequality, the endemic instabilities of capitalism, and migration. To make this argument, I describe the contours of the current crisis and show how racism amplifies its effects. In short, capitalism’s winners and losers and the effects of climate change fall along racial lines, amplifying both direct and indirect racial discrimination against non-white migrants and states in the Global South. These interdependent crises will shape the next 50 years of international politics and will likely perpetuate the vicious cycle of global racial inequality. Accordingly, this article presents a research agenda for all IR scholars to explore the empirical implications of race in the international system, integrate marginalised perspectives on global politics from the past and present into their scholarship, and address the most pressing political issues of the 21st century.

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“…Therefore, it was these countries that were searched on Google Scholar using the following parameters in late March: "Wave 4 [country name] COVID-19 vaccine perceived limitation". The results of that search are provided in Table 2: Iran, vaccine acceptance rate was 70% in conjunction with a high death rate from COVID-19 although progress in vaccination was slow [102]; Japan was relatively late in beginning its vaccination campaign, hindered by supply and bureaucratic problems resulting in challenges with procurement and distribution, but not by vaccines hesitancy [103]; in the United Kingdom, there was a significant decrease in vaccine acceptance in comparison with Wave 3 with speed, safety, efficacy, and quality control as key reasons for concern about receiving a vaccine [98].…”

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Extraversion in COVID-19 Coping

Nash¹

2023

Preprint

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Extraversion, a Big Five personality trait, has been identified as a significant factor in COVID-19 positive coping—yet, relevant research is conflicting. Studies have not situated the influence of extraversion within a geographical and historical context. Thus, a sound base is lacking for assessing when opposing results regarding extraversion and COVID-19 positive coping are likely to result. Furthermore, extraversion with respect to COVID-19 coping has not been considered concerning other-directed learning in contrast to self-directed learning. To establish a sufficiently sound base, an examination of the range of high-ranking Google Scholar results on extraversion and COVID-19 coping from different countries during the pandemic’s various waves—pre and post vaccine introduction—is undertaken. The same are then considered for insights into public opinion. Following, extraversion is compared with other-directed learning and differentiated from self-directed learning. An understanding is thus presented for assessing when extraversion will necessarily be an effective personality trait for COVID-19 positive coping and when it will not. Extraversion’s effect will be found inherently inconsistent for identifying COVID-19 positive coping as a result, because of its dependence on other-directed learning. The conclusion: COVID-19 positive coping stability is contingent on personal values that guide self-directed learning, rather than other-directed extraversion.

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Japan’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Geographical Disparity in Cardiorespiratory Fitness among 3,189,540 Japanese Children and Adolescents before and during the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: An Ecological Study

Geographical Disparity in Cardiorespiratory Fitness among 3,189,540 Japanese Children and Adolescents before and during the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic: An Ecological Study

Race and systemic crises in international politics: An agenda for pluralistic scholarship

Extraversion in COVID-19 Coping

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