I highly recommend reading an article Holding back half the nation published by The Economist about Japan’s work attitude towards women. You can find interesting data and analysis. Enjoy your reading!
I am pleased to announce that in coming April and May I will be conducting a training course on sex therapy for Japanese doctors and therapists organized by Nakamura Psychotherapy Institute. The training will be offered in Japanese with help of an interpreter.
I recommend reading the article: China and Japan: Seven decades of bitterness, authored by Mariko Oi and Haining Liu on BBC News Magazine, to everyone, who is interested in a balanced, well researched and very well written analysis of Chinese-Japanese relations over last 70 years.
Highly recommended workshop: One-Day Workshop: What Makes Japanese People Tick: An Exploration of the Japanese Mindset by Dr. Yuko Kawanishi Saturday, 22 February 2014: 13:00 – 18:00 Please check the following link for more details: What Makes Japanese People Tick: An Exploration of the Japanese Mindset
I am pleased to announce my active participation in IMHPJ 18th Annual Conference 2014, which will take place in National Women’s Education Centre (Saitama). I will be honored to present on the following topics: 1. “Couples Counseling and Sex Therapy in an online Setting”. 2. Panel Discussion: Patterns of Sexuality in Japanese-Western Couples, Panel Members: Chie Okuda, Dariusz Skowronski, Yuko Kawanishi, Jim McRae (moderator). For
This is not the success yet, but surely the right step in the right direction. Suicides in Japan have started to fall below 30,000 figure in 2013. You can find more on: Suicides in Japan fall below 30,000 for 2nd straight year.
Japan is unfortunately facing the increase of new HIV positive cases, so 1st of December is a good time to reflect on the sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention. We need more action! Learn more from Japan AIDS Prevention Awareness Network.
I highly recommend watching the documentary No sex please. We are Japanese, by Anita Rani from BBC, which offers more insight into the contemporary Japanese sexuality and socio-demographic contributing factors.
If you are curious about changing attitudes to sexual behaviours, then please check the link Let’s talk about sex on BBC by Nick Triggle. Have fun!
This is another commentary about the Japanese and the sex crisis in terms of sexless couples and singles and young Japanese who apparently are not interested in sex. Well, William Pesek is willing to challenge the common motion about sexless Japanese, painting very different picture of contemporary social phenomena in Japan. Please check the article The Lust Beneath Japan’s Sex Drought and