A Workshop for Women

A Workshop for Women
Health
Comparing Japan to Your
Home Country

Japanese woman’s average life
span: 86.39 years old
 Number
1 in the world!
 France & Spain: 85 years old
 USA: 81 years old
Comparing Japan to Your
Home Country
50 percent of Japanese women
will get cancer
 The risk is increasing year by
year because of:

 (Increase
in) fatty food
 Late child-bearing
 Late menopause
Female Doctors

Available at:
 あいかわクリニック
Aikawa Clinic
 竹山病院(たけやまびょういん)
Takeyama Hospital
 産婦人科 (さんふじんか)
Sanfujinka

Female:Male Doctors
 3:7
or 2:8
Gynecologists

Regular visits are uncommon

Adjusting to Japan
 Pap
smear パップスメア
 子宮頸部細胞診（しきゅさいぼしん）
 Cervical Cancer 子宮頸ガン（しきゅ
うけいがん）
 Menstrual
Cycle
 Mood swings
 PMS
STD Testing & Contraceptives
Most common in Japan:
condoms
 Free AIDS/HIV Testing
 STD Testing in Niigata?

 Chlamydia
is most common
Safety
Sexual Harrassment/Safety



Take the same precautions that
you would take in your home
country!
How can we prevent Sexual
Harrassment?
What should we do if harrassment
occurs?
Ask the person to stop.
 Move away, enlist the aid of onlookers.
 Report it.
 Do not blame yourself!

Special Deals…
Just because you’re a woman
Lady’s Days
Aeon Kameda, Mondays
1.000Yen
 Mikawa Ski Resort – Tuesdays
free for ladies
 Hot Pepper, 女子会(じょしかい）

Body Image
Sizes

http://www.onlineconversion.com/
clothing_womens.htm (clothes)
US 6
 UK 8
 France 36
 Germany 34
 Italy 40
 Australia 10
 Japan 9

Shoe Sizes

http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/sh
oes.html
US 8
 UK 5 ½
 Europe 38 ½
 Australia 6 ½
 Japan 24
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Don’t expect the sizes to fit…
(Even in your home country there
are discrepancies)
Food
Great Japanese Cookbooks
Kurihara Harumi
 Lee

Gaslighting

You are not “Crazy”

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