Japan has increasingly become the major economic partner of the ASEAN countries. As for ASEAN , it is clear that Japan is the strongest foreign investor.Futhermore,it is obvious that,apart from Austraria, Japan is the only critical developed country within reasonable distance of the region. Japan considers herself very much a part of Asia.Her foreign policy mentions expricitly that, as an ASEAN nation. She has the greatest interest in her relationships with Southeast Asia countries.Inbact Japan looks to Southeast Asia as her sphere of influence ...

This research aims to study communication in campaigning daily bicycle-using via online network, to examine lifestyle patterns, media exposure, attitude, and bicycle-using behaviors of online users, and to explore predictive factors of daily bicycle using.  Mix-methods research was conducted by content analysis, in depth interview and survey questionnaires. From in depth interview and content analysis, it is found that 1)   online network with direct campaign on daily bicycle-using will disseminate content and members’ participation via  positive ...

Outlier detection in Y-direction for multivariate multiple regression data is interesting since there are correlations between the dependent variables which is one cause of difficulty in detecting multivariate outliers, furthermore, the presence of the outliers may change the values of the estimators arbitrarily. Having an alternative method that can detect those outliers is necessary so that reliable results can be obtained. The multivariate outlier detection methods have been developed by many researchers. But in this study, Mahalanobis ...

This study looks at patterns and determinants of curative health service utilization of the rural population of Nakorn Sawan. A statistically representative survey was conducted covering 25 villages, 620 households and 1803 illness events ; multi-level data collection included community, household and individual variables. Qualitative data collection included participant observations and in-depth interviews was also held in 4 sample villages. This data set provided an appropriate interpretive analysis of health behavior patterns collected by the ...

Old age income support will be one of the biggest social and economic challenges facing Asia in the twenty-first century. The growing spotlight on old age income support is largely due to exceptionally rapid population aging which is fundamentally reshaping Asia’s demographic profile. A young continent reaping the demographic dividend of a large youthful workforce is giving way to a greying continent where the ratio of retirees to workers is on the rise.