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Volume 52: 2 (2016)
Contents
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Michiyo YONENO-REYES and Yuko O. HIRANO ...iii AR
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Chronic First Aid: The Scheme for the Movement of Filipino Nurses under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), 2009–2016
Shun OHNO, Michiyo YONENO-REYES and
Yuko O. HIRANO ...1
“Double-Standard Employment” under JPEPA:
The Bilateral Agreement and its Implications for Filipino Nurse Migration to Japan
Yuko O. HIRANO ...33
An Analysis of the Performance of Filipino EPA Nurses in the Practice National Board Examination of Japan Conducted in English
Yoshichika KAWAGUCHI, Cora AÑONUEVO and
Yuko O. HIRANO ...55
Warmly Received but Still Adjusting: Filipino EPA Nurses in Japan
Cora A. AÑONUEVO, Yoshichika KAWAGUCHI,Michiyo YONENO-REYES, and Yuko O. HIRANO ...81 COMMENT
COMMENTCOMMENT COMMENTCOMMENTARIESARIESARIESARIESARIES
Rethinking JPEPA and Beyond
Fely Marilyn LORENZO ...108
What We Have Learned from Filipino Nurses
Miyoko MIYAZAWA ...115
Open Forum: A Synthesis
Janus Isaac NOLASCO ...125
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ASIAN STUDIES: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia REVIEWS
REVIEWSREVIEWS REVIEWSREVIEWS
Ilo Ilo. 2013. Directed and Written by Anthony Chen
Reviewed by Angelo ARRIOLA ...134
Imbisibol [Invisible]. 2015. Written by Herlyn Alegre and directed by Lawrence Fajardo
Reviewed by Domar BALMES ...138
Asian Women and Intimate Work. 2014.
Edited by OCHIAI Emiko and AOYAMA Kaoru
Reviewed by Katrina NAVALLO ...142
Transformation of the Intimate and the Public in Asian Modernity. 2013. Edited by OCHIAI Emiko and HOSOYA Leo Aoi
Reviewed by Wataru KUSAKA ...146 POETR
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Cold Mountain
Paolo MANALO ...150
Yukata
Thomas David CHAVES ...151 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUT
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTABOUT THE CONTRIBUT
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORSORSORSORSORS ...152
