Editorial Note
Michiyo YONENO-REYES and Yuko O. HIRANO
ARTICLES
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
"Double Standard Employment" under JPEPA: The Bilateral Agreement and its Implications for Filipino Nurse Migration to Japan
Yuko O. HIRANO
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 OHARA-HIRANO
Warmly Received but Still Adjusting: Filipino EPA Nurses in Japan
Cora AÑONUEVO, Yoshichika KAWAGUCHI, Michiyo YONENO-REYES, and Yuko O. HIRANO
COMMENTARIES
Rethinking JPEPA and Beyond
Fely Marilyn LORENZO
What We Have Learned from Filipino Nurses
Miyoko MIYAZAWA
Open Forum: A Synthesis
Janus Isaac NOLASCO
REVIEWS
Ilo Ilo by Anthony Chen (Writer and Director)
Reviewed by Angelo ARRIOLA
Imbisibol (Invisible) by Lawrence FAJARDO (Director)
Reviewed by Domar BALMES
Asian Women and Intimate Work (edited by Emiko OCHIAI and Kaoru AOYAMA)
Reviewed by Katrina NAVALLO
Transformation of the Intimate and the Public in Asian Modernity (edited by Emiko OCHIAI and Leo Aoi HOSOYA)
Reviewed by Wataru KUSAKA
POETRY
Cold Mountain
Paolo MANALO
Yukata
Thomas David CHAVES
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