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Japanese Page ■ Current Position: Project Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Graduate School of Medicine ■ Areas of Interest: Meta-ethics, bioethics ■ Education: ◆ PhD. Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA (2009) ◆ MA. Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA (2004) ◆ BA. Biology, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan (2002) ■ Academic Positions: ◆ Visiting Researcher, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 2009- ◆ Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 2008-2009. ◆ Teaching Assistant (Lecturer), State University of New York at Buffalo, 2007-2008. ■ Awards, Honors and Grants: ◆ Pfizer Health Research Foundation, Domestic Collaborative Research Grant for Young Scientists under 39 Years Old. 2009-2010. ◆ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up), 2009-2010. ◆ Teaching Assistantship, the State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Philosophy, 2007-2008. ◆ Encouragement Award for Young Researcher's Article, awarded by the Japanese Association of Bioethics, 2006 (to my article, "On the Boundary of 'Self-Interest'" listed below). ◆ Fellowship: Japanese Ministry of Education Scholarship Program for Long-Term Overseas Education, 2004-2007. ■ PUBLICATIONS Editied Books: ◆ ABE Akira & ARIMA Hitoshi (eds.) Care and Emotional Labor＊, Report Issued by Research Center Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.8, 2009. 247p. ISSN 1882-6539 ◆ ARIMA Hitoshi & AMADA Josuke (eds.)Special Symposium: Narrative, Trauma and Ethics: Welcoming Dr. Arthur W. Frank ＊, Report Issued by Research Center Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.5, 2009. 243p. ISSN 1882-6539 Refereed Articles: ◆ "Neutral State and Individual's Right to Death," Ars Vivendi, Vol.2, Seikatsu-shoin, 2010, (in Japanese), forthcoming. ◆ "Disgust and Moral Censure," Journal of Philosophy and Ethics in Health Care and Medicine, Japanese Association for Philosophical and Ethical Researches in Medicine, No.4, 2009, forthcoming. ◆ "Children as Organ Donors: Is Japan's New Policy on Organ Procurement in Minors Justifiable?," Asian Bioethics Review, Vol.1, No.4. 2009. pp.354-366. ◆ "Freedom to Choose Euthanasia and Discrimination," Ars Vivendi, Vol.1, Seikatsu-shoin, 2009. pp.23-41. (in Japanese) ◆ "Lessons of Leslie Burke Case in the UK: Second-Thoughts on the Principles of Biomedical Ethics," Ars Vivendi, Vol.1, Seikatsu-shoin, 2009. pp.131-64. (in Japanese) ◆ "How Do You Spell 'Disgust'?" Annals of the Japanese Association for Philosophical and Ethical Researches in Medicine, Vol. 25 (2007) 71-80. (in Japanese) ◆ "On the Boundary of 'Self-Interest'-Irreversible Loss of Cerebral Functioning and Proxy Decision-Making," Journal of Japan Association of Bioethics, Vol.16. no.1 (2006) (in Japanese) Non-Refereed Articles and Book Chapters: ◆ "Ethics of Care and Moral Relativism: Does Empathy Justify Moral Censure?," in ABE and HOTTA (eds.) Ethics and/of Care, Report Issued by Research Center Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.11, 2010. 258p. ISSN 1882-6539. pp.226-243. ◆ "Two Metaphysical Presuppositions For the Scientific Objectivity of Human Life and Death," Journal of Medicine, Life and Ethics, Society, Vol.8, no.1/2, (Mar. 2009) 126-137. (in Japanese) ◆ "Nursing as Emotional Labor, and Nursing as A Practice of Care Ethics," in ABE and ARIMA (eds.) Care and Emotional Labor, 2009. pp.193-214. (in Japanese) Reviews and Commentaries: ◆ "Second GABEX International Conference: A Large-Scale International Conference on Biomedical Ethics in Japan," ARIMA Hitoshi and IBUKI Tomohide, Biophilia, Vol.6, No.1, 2010. Maruzen. pp.56-61.(in Japanese) ◆ "The Revised Law on Organ Transplantation: Key Changes and Remaining Problems," ARIMA Hitoshi, KODAMA Satoshi, and INOUE Yusuke, Jikkyo Chireki & Komin Shiryo, 67, 2009. pp.5-8. (in Japanese) Translations: ◆ Japanese Translation of SMITH Pam, "Emotional Labour and Art of Caring: What's the Evidence?" (ABE and ARIMA (eds.)Care and Emotional Labor, 2009. pp28-33. *Co-translated with MATOBA Kazuko) ◆ Japanese Translation of COWIE Helen, "Bullying in the Workplace," (ABE and ARIMA (eds.) Care and Emotional Labor, 2009. pp28-33. *Co-translated with MATOBA Kazuko) ◆ Japanese Translation of FRANK Arthur, "A Reply from Professor Arthur FRANK," (ARIMA and AMADA (eds.) Story, Trauma, and Ethics: Conversations with Professor Arthur FRANK, 2009. pp.57-64. *Co-translated with MITACHI Mami) ◆ Japanese Translation of FRANK Arthur, "Comments by Professor Arthur FRANK," (ARIMA and AMADA (eds.) Story, Trauma, and Ethics: Conversations with Professor Arthur FRANK, 2009. pp.82-87. *Co-translated with MITACHI Mami) ◆ Japanese Translation of "Maternal-Fetal Relationship," in Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 3rd Edition, Edited by S. Post, MacMillan, 2004 (Maruzen, Tokyo, 2007) ■ PRESENTATIONS ◆ "Posthumous Interest and Proxy Decision-Making," 10th World Congress of Bioethics, International Bioethics Association, Singapore, July, 28-31. 2010. ◆ HOTTA Yoshitaro, ABE Akira, MATOBA Kazuko & ARIMA Hitoshi May 9, 2009, "The Importance of Social Support in Decision Making regarding Terminal Care: What ALS Patients in Japan Can Teach Us" ＊, Poster Presentation at 11th Congress of the EAPC, Vienna, Austria. ◆ "On the Evolutionary Origins of Disgust," at the 27th Annual Conference of Japan Association for Philosophical Ethical Researches in Medicine, Hokkaido, Oct 26, 2008. (in Japanese) ◆ "Intuition and Explanation," at the Society for Student Philosophers Annual Conference, Texas, Austin, USA, Mar 1, 2008. ◆ "Does Disgust Justify Moral Censure?" at the 18th Annual Conference of Japan Association of Bioethics, Okayama, Nov. 20, 2006. (in Japanese) ◆ "Disgust and Moral Realism," at the 25th Annual Conference of Japan Association for Philosophical Ethical Researches in Medicine, Osaka, Oct 28, 2006. (in Japanese) ◆ "Intuition and Discovery of Facts," at the 39th Annual Conference of Japan Association of Philosophy of Science, Sapporo, Oct 21, 2006. (in Japanese) ◆ "Can Proxy-Decision be in the Interest of a Brain-Dead Patient?" at the 17th Annual Conference of Japan Association of Bioethics, Tokyo, Nov 19, 2005. (in Japanese) ■ Other Activities: ◆ Dec. 4, 2008. Interpreter, Workshop, "From SARS to Bird Flue: Public Health and Animial Diseases in Hong Kong and Guangdong," Ritsumeikan University ◆ Jul. 31, 2008. Comment, "Logic and Ethics of Care: Nursing Care, Emotion and Labor", Ritsumeikan University ■ Teaching Experience ◆ PHI 337. "Social and Ethical Values in Medicine," at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA, Fall 2007 & Spring 2008. (Lecturer) ◆ "Life and Philosophy," at Yokohama Rosai Nursing School, Yokohama, Japan. Spring 2010. ◆ "Philosophy," at Ageo Central Nursing School, Saitama, Japan. Spring 2010. UP:May 18, 2008 REV:June 25, 2008/September 3, 2008/December 12, 2008/April 6, 2009/May 13, 2009/July 31, 2009/August 25, 2009/October 14, 2009/March 17, 2010 WHO(English) WHO(Japanese) |