From the Firing at Yeonpyeong Island to a Comprehensive Solution to the Problems of Division and War in Korea by Wada Haruki

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Endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography-guided biliary drainage for distal malignant biliary obstruction due to pancreat... by Naminatsu Takahara, Yousuke Nakai, Kensaku Noguchi, Tatsunori Suzuki, Tatsuya Sato, Ryunosuke Hakuta, Kazunaga Ishigaki, Tomotaka Saito, Tsuyoshi Hamada, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

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RUSSIA AND EAST ASIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES by A. A. Kireeva

“…Russia's national interests reside in multivector policy, aimed at developing substantive relations not only with China but also with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN (Vietnam in the first place) and India along with Russia's involvement in the resolution of Korean nuclear crisis. …”
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Understanding North Korea: Rimjin-gang Citizen Journalists Out to Cure the “Sick Man of Asia”? by Suzy Kim

“…Published twice a year in South Korea and Japan in their respective languages, it is edited in Seoul by North Korean defector, Choi Jin-i, before being translated into Japanese and then from Japanese into English.2 Rimjin-gang aims to publish reports about everyday life in North Korea with the help of a dozen underground North Korean informants, whom Ishimaru identifies as "North Korean journalists." …”
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Reflections on Korea in 2010: Trials and prospects for recovery of common sense in 2011 by Paik Nak-chung

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Averting War in Northeast Asia: A Proposal by Mel Gurtov

“…Washington is encouraging that shift, as well as closer military cooperation between Japan and South Korea. North-South Korea relations are very tense as the result of the Cheonan incident, the North's artillery barrage against a small South Korean island, and revelations of a modern North Korean uranium enrichment plant-all coming in the wake of the Lee Myung Bak administration's almost complete reversal of his predecessors' engagement policies. …”
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International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Its Japanese Amendment Have Improved Diagnostic Ability over Existing Criteria by Masahiro Maruyama, Takayuki Watanabe, Keita Kanai, Takaya Oguchi, Takashi Muraki, Hideaki Hamano, Norikazu Arakura, Shigeyuki Kawa

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Potential of 6-mm-diameter fully covered self-expandable metal stents for unresectable malignant distal biliary obstruction: a propensity score-matched study by Daiki Yamashige, Susumu Hijioka, Yoshikuni Nagashio, Yuta Maruki, Soma Fukuda, Shin Yagi, Kohei Okamoto, Hidenobu Hara, Yuya Hagiwara, Daiki Agarie, Tetsuro Takasaki, Akihiro Ohba, Shunsuke Kondo, Chigusa Morizane, Hideki Ueno, Miyuki Sone, Yutaka Saito, Takuji Okusaka

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Russian-Japanese Relations: Long-Term Development Factors by D. V. Streltsov

“…On the one hand, the anti-Russian component in Tokyo's foreign policy is shaped by its membership in the Security Treaty with the United States and its solidarity with the sanctions policy of the Group of Seven towards Russia. On the other hand, Japan and Russia are both interested interest in political cooperation in creating multilateral dialog mechanisms of international security in East Asia, resolving the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, and easing tensions around territorial disputes in the East China and South China seas. …”
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Identification of as a Susceptibility Locus for Kawasaki Disease in Patients Younger than 6 Months of Age by Hea-Ji Kim, Sin Weon Yun, Jeong Jin Yu, Kyung Lim Yoon, Kyung-Yil Lee, Hong-Ryang Kil, Gi Beom Kim, Myung-Ki Han, Min Seob Song, Hyoung Doo Lee, Kee Soo Ha, Sejung Sohn, Ryota Ebata, Hiromichi Hamada, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Yoichiro Kamatani, Michiaki Kubo, Kaoru Ito, Yoshihiro Onouchi, Young Mi Hong, Gi Young Jang, Jong-Keuk Lee

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Modified submucosal tunneling by blunt dissection for peroral endoscopic myotomy by Yusuke Hashimoto, Kuniyo Gomi, Bruno De Souza Ribeiro

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Data mobilisation for historical records of vascular plants in eastern Asia: V. L. Komarov’s expedition to Far-Eastern Russia, China and Korea from 1895 to 1897 by Chin Sung Chang, Kae Sun Chang, Hui Kim

“…The botanical biodiversity of northern Asia is significantly understudied compared to other regions of China and Japan. In particular, the biodiversity patterns in China's three north-eastern provinces, North Korea and the Russian Far East remain poorly understood, with substantial gaps when compared to the records of species distributions in Japan, South Korea and inland China. …”
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Acupuncture for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with dry eye: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ting Li, Xin Xu, Juan Wei, Qingbo Wei, Zhouyu Xie, Xiangyu Bian, Yunchuan Wu

“…However, systematic reviews on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture are lacking, therefore this systematic review aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for T2DM with dry eye.Methods and analysis Four English databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase and Ovid), three Chinese databases (China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, Chonqing VIP Information), three Japanese databases (Japan Science, Technology Agency and Japan Medical Abstracts Society) and three Korean databases (Korean Medical database, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integrated System and Research Information Service System) will be searched for reports published between 1 January 2007 and 1 October 2021. …”
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A REPRESENTATION OF ZAINICHI AS SUBALTERNS IN MIN JIN LEE’S PACHINKO: POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES by Ayu Susilawati, Wajiran Wajiran

“…The subject of the subalterns is the Korean diaspora, who are struggling against oppression, marginalization, and discrimination in Japanese society. …”
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Deforestation and predator species richness as potential environmental drivers for roadkill of wild water deer in South Korea by Obaidul Islam, Ryota Matsuyama, Kyung-Duk Min

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Need for national guidance regarding proactive care of infants born at 22–23 weeks' gestation by Ga Won Jeon

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Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Artemisia Leaf Extract in Mice with Contact Dermatitis In Vitro and In Vivo by Chanyong Yun, Youngchul Jung, Wonjoo Chun, Beodeul Yang, Junghyun Ryu, Chiyeon Lim, Jung-Hoon Kim, Hyungwoo Kim, Su-In Cho

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NASSDA as a Data-Collaborative Network to Enhance Social Science Research in East Asia by Pei-Shan Liao, Shuai Wang, Hiroshi Ishida, Hearan Koo, Won-ho Park

“…Its member archives include Chinese National Survey Data Archive (CNSDA), Korean Social Science Data Archive (KOSSDA), Survey Research Data Archive (SRDA), and Social Science Japan Data Archive (SSJDA). …”
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Modified rice bran arabinoxylan as a nutraceutical in health and disease-A scoping review with bibliometric analysis. by Soo Liang Ooi, Peter S Micalos, Sok Cheon Pak

“…Over 50% of the research was from the USA (29/98, 29.59%) and Japan (22/98, 22.45%). A shifting focus from immuno-cellular activities to human translations over the years was shown via keyword visualisation. …”
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Assessing the establishment risk for parthenogenetic populations of Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus in global rice-growing areas and potential economic impact in China by Luoyuan Li, Luoyuan Li, Zhenan Jin, Ming Li, Yantao Xue, Jianyang Guo, Dong Jia, Ruiyan Ma, Zhichuang Lü, Xiaoqing Xian, Wanxue Liu

“…The highly suitable area is primarily covered in rice-growing areas in China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, with all major rice-growing areas concentrated in these countries and regions. …”
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