Messages from Araki Lab Graduates (Daniel Pramudita) were updated. He is a graduate of IPADS Master course and an academic assistant at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. As a recipient of the scholarship provided by Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP, in Indonesian), he will go to the Ph.D. course in Otto Von Guericke University (OVGU) of Magdeburg, Germany, to work under supervision of Prof. Evangelos Tsotsas, who is an expert in field of drying.
Messages from Araki Lab Graduates (Daniel Pramudita) were updated.
Daniel’s update #1
Hi there! It has been 2 years since I graduated from the IPADS of The University of Tokyo. After leaving Araki’s Lab I returned to Bogor Agricultural University and helped my former supervisor, Prof. Armansyah, and friends do their researches. Well, it was more like I studied again than I really gave them. Some have now graduated from the bachelor and master programs, and some are still in the final year of Ph.D. I believe they are all doing well, especially since I know how capable Prof. Armansyah is. We had some hectic schedule at the end of the year, as we had to finish much paperwork required for research reports. I got a precious experience of how troublesome and tricky conducting research at a university in Indonesia could be. After spending about 6 months there, I got an offer from Department of Chemical Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, for a position of the so called “academic assistant”, which is a role of junior faculty member that is not yet given a status of full-time faculty member and It is much more like a structured trial and internship for a …
Food Cold Chain in Japan, China and Southeast Asia
Food & Society 2016 International Conference (Selangor, Malaysia, November 18-20, 2016) will be presented on November 20, 2016 Tetsuya Araki (Conference website) <References> [1] Edge, J. T. 2007. Foodways – new encyclopedia of Southern culture. University of North Carolina Press. [2] Guptill, A. E., Copelton, D. A., Lucal, B. 2013. Food & Society: Principles and Paradoxes. USA: Polity Press, 2013. [3] Watanabe, M., 2011. Japanese refrigeration technology developed along with fisheries: the beginning of Japanese cold chain. Refrigeration, Vol. 86(999), pp.54-57. (in Japanese) [4] Takahashi, K., Karube, T., and Kawai, Y., 2011. History and reformative development case in frozen food. Refrigeration, Vol. 86(999), pp.44-49. (in Japanese) [5] Doi, Y., 2001. The introduction process of the new technology in agriculture and food – the spread of the cold chains in Japan: 1960-2000. Studies in Sociology, Psychology and Education : Inquiries into Humans and Societies, Keio University, Vol. 52, pp.17-25. (in Japanese) [6] Japan Frozen Food Association (in Japanese) http://www.reishokukyo.or.jp/statistic [7] APEC, 2013. Cold chain infrastructure – suggestions from Japan as solution provider. http://mddb.apec.org/Documents/2013/PPFS/PPFS2/13_ppfs2_005.pdf [8] Son, C.-H., 2012. A study on the prediction of the future demand for cold-storage facilities …
Universal healthcare systems and traditional herbal medicines of Indonesia and Japan: a comparative study
1st International Conference on Global Health (Jakarta, November 9-11, 2016) Presented on November 10, 2016 Tetsuya Araki (Conference website) <References> Afdhal, A. F., Welsch, R. L. 1988. The rise of the modern jamu industry in Indonesia: a preliminary overview. In The context of medicines in developing countries: studies in pharmaceutical anthropology, ed. S. van der Geest, and S. R. Whyte, 149–172. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Fossati, D. 2016. Beyond ‘‘good governance”: the multi-level politics of health insurance for the poor in Indonesia. World Development 87:291-306. Fujinami, Y., Igarashi, K. 2015. Consideration of Indonesian new social security system through the laws. Journal of International Health 30:103-114. (in Japanese) Fukawa, T. 2002. Public health insurance in Japan. Working Paper. World Bank Institute. http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN020063.pdf Higuchi, T. 1974. Medical care through social insurance in the Japanese rural sector. International Labour Review 109: 251-274. Ikegami, N., Yoo, B.-K., Hashimoto, H. et al. 2011. Japanese universal health coverage: evolution, achievements, and challenges. Lancet 378: 1106-1115. Kasahara, H. 1999. Healthcare administration in Japan: its history and challenges. Keio University Press. (in Japanese) Mase, T. 1996. Human relations and the style of circular migration in a specific …
1st International Conference On Global Health in Jakarta, Indonesia
I was on business in Jakarta, Indonesia to give a research talk at the 1st International Conference on Global Health (See the website). The opening ceremony of the conference was held with an Indonesian ethnic dance, welcoming participants as shown in the featured image. The Indonesian government has started its universal health coverage (UHC) program as of January 1st, 2014, targeting the universal coverage until 2019. However, many difficulties have to be overcome to achieve the goal of the universal health coverage which can be seen in Japan, because Indonesia has a great percentage of farmers and so-called self-employed workers in the informal sector. On the other hand, Indonesia has a traditional medical practice called jamu–thought to be originated from Ayurveda and influenced by Chinese medicines in the early modern period–, an alternative medicine for the people who cannot afford costly healthcare until now. Nonetheless, if modern medical systems and the UHC program are smoothly spread, the role of jamu in Indonesia is expected to change in the medium and long term. I was happy to get the chance to make a presentation on the issue and exchange useful information …
NARO Food Research Division’s Lecture Meeting 2016
11/03/2016 The Food Research Division of National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) annually holds a exhibition to release all the research outcomes of 100 researchers in the division publicly and widely by poster presentations. The exhibition was held on November 2 this year as usual (See the link (in Japanese)). One thing which is different from what happens in usual years is I am the moderator of the lecture meeting co-hosted by the Food Research Division of NARO and Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (JSRAE) (See the link (in Japanese)). The meeting started at 1 pm and during the 2-hour meeting, firstly Prof. Manabu Watanabe gave an opening address as the chairperson of the food business committee in JSRAE, followed by the introduction of the Food Research Division of NARO by the division head, Dr. Hiroshi Nabetani, who is also the professor in collaboration with the Department of Global Agricultural Science in The University of Tokyo that I belong to. Then three lectures were given by three unit heads: 1) Dr. Masayasu Nagata on the method of quality evaluation for fresh produce; 2) Dr. Kazutaka Yamamoto on …
Araki Lab Website has been completely renewed.
10/27/2016 Today, the person in charge of renewing the Araki lab website visited Araki Lab and has just completed it!! Actually, this renewal plan of the website was launched on last December among the president as well as the person in charge of Mishoumu system development and me (especially while we were drinking) . But I had spent little time for maintenance of the old website until now, so it took almost one year to complete the renewal. The WordPress was newly installed, and I was getting familiar with how to used it. We would like to proactively upload our latest lab news and research-relevant articles so that the Araki lab website can be browsed by the people as many as possible. We will welcome your visit to our website.
Araki Lab Website is going to be renewed.
10/20/2016 Araki Lab Website is going to be renewed pretty soon. I hope the website will be the source of valuable information including food, the main theme of our lab, and relevant papers and book on Japan and Asia, and more, with lots of fun.
Tetsuya Araki (Associate Professor)
Fields of expertise Study of Indonesia, Japan-Asia Studies Program, Food Sociology, Food science, Food engineering, Food distribution engineering, International cooperation. Affiliation Associate Professor, International Agro-Informatics Laboratory, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences Faculty member of Network for Education and Research on Asia Biography 1996 Bachelor degree: Agricultural Engineering Course, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo 1997 Overseas education: Bogor Agriculture University (Indonesia) 1999 Master degree: Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo 2000 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2) 2002 Junior fellow for Nippon Foundation Asia fellowship 2003 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD) 2005 Assistant professor: International Agro-Informatics Laboratory, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo 2010 Associate professor: International Agro-Informatics Laboratory, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Nabetani (Professor in collaboration with the Department)
Fields of expertise Food engineering, Membrane separation engineering Affiliation National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, National Food Research Institute Biography 1984 Bachelor degree: Department of Agricultural Mechanics, Agricultural Engineering Course, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo 1984 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Assigned to Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute 1999 Senior Program Officer, Secretariat of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council 2000 International Research Division, Secretariat of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council 2002 Laboratory head, Reaction and Separation Engineering Lab, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute 2006 Laboratory head, Reaction and Separation Engineering Lab, Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization 2009 Cooperation and Coordination Section, Department of Planning and General Administration, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization