The purpose of this review article is to clarify the issues related to “balance between work and childcare” of Female Mental Health Social Worker from the research trends on “balance between work and childcare” of female medical professionals. In comparison with all type of job, many female workers act on the field of medical/ welfare and the system is being utilized. However, women working in the “medical and welfare” fields often leave their jobs after life events such as “marriage,” “childbirth,” and “childcare.”On the other hand, the history of mental health welfare workers is relatively short, and there has been no research on “balancing work and childcare” among the medical professions. Much research has been undertaking on on “balance between work and childcare” of the profession (doctor, nurse, etc.) working in the field of medical care and welfare. Based on the findings obtained from these studies, the following issues were shown in order to prevent female mental health workers from leaving the company in the future; utilizing system and helping to utilize system, the work environment, personal relations at work, support for returning to work.

This paper reviews the 2017 revision of the Courses of Study for Special Needs Schools and the current status of education for the intellectually disabled, which took place for the first time after the Central Council for Education’s Subcommittee on Elementary and Secondary Education’s “Promotion of Special Needs Education for the Construction of an Inclusive Education System Toward the Formation of a Symbiotic Society (Report)” published in July 2012, from the perspective of ensuring “Continuity of Learning”. We reviewed published documents with the aim of examining them from the perspective of ensuring “Continuity of Learning” and clarifying future research issues. As a result, we identified the following three issues for future research in terms of ensuring “Continuity of Learning” in education for intellectual disabilities in the current revision of the Courses of Study for Special Needs Schools. (1) How will the viewpoint-based learning evaluation that conforms to the goals in each subject of education for the intellectually disabled be carried out at each stage of special support schools, and how will the learning evaluation be described? (2) How will you operate the setting of instructional goals based on the three pillars of qualities and abilities to be nurtured in the combined instruction of each subject, etc., which is one of the forms of instruction in education for intellectual disabilities? (3) How will the “Continuity of Learning” in intellectual disability education in the “Treatment of Curricula for Persons with Multiple Disabilities” be applied in each special needs school?

A human being will always search for “better” conditions. This is an essence of human beings who have made practical studies. The most important element of expertise of practical study is usefulness. The expertise of the field of the practical study is also evaluated in accordance with usefulness. Up to now, the expertise in the field of early childhood education has not been evaluated so high. The early childhood education has been thought to be the activities of the mother and the preparation for the later education. But as an era of uncertainty has begun, the quest for the value of an era of uncertainty has also been appeared. The very expertise that can correspond to the social changes will be needed in an era of uncertainty. In this process, the early childhood education has been reevaluated. This tendency will continue in the future. Above all higher expertise for leaders in early childhood education will be needed. In this paper, I’ll think of the value and importance of early childhood education. Therefore, the expertise of leaders in childhood education must be established in near future. It’ll also head toward a new aspect of expertise that has not been questioned.

Health and nutrition intake status of mothers may affect the health conditions of next generation’s children. Therefore, research on health and nutrition measures for young females is an important and urgent theme. This study surveyed the prevalence of masked obesity and nutrition intake status among female university students. We collected data from 90 female university students including information about age, height, body mass, percentage body fat, and nutrition intake status. Based on body mass index (BMI), participants were divided into five groups: (i) skinny (BMI<18.5 and percentage body fat <25%), (ii) normal (18.5<BMI<25 and percentage body fat <25%), (iii) borderline masked obesity (18.5<BMI<25 and 25%< percentage body fat <30%), (iv) masked obesity (18.5<BMI<25 and percentage body fat >30%), and (v) obese (BMI>25). Nutrition intake status variables including energy, major nutrients, inorganic nutrients, vitamins, dietary fiber, beans, mushrooms, and vegetables were evaluated using a questionnaire. We compared nutrition intake status between the normal group (n=33, 37%) and the group comprising borderline masked obesity and masked obesity (n=46, 51%). Compared to normal female university students, students with borderline masked obesity and masked obesity had lower intakes for vitamin K, dietary fiber, beans, mushrooms, and vegetables except green and yellow vegetables (all p<.05). Collectively, these results suggest that foods including high dietary fiber intake may be associated with prevention of masked obesity in young females.

We detected 62 COVID-19 patients in Kyushu Sangyo University, from the end of March, 2020 to the end of January, 2021. Of these, 60 patients were students. The incidence during in the Kyushu Sangyo University students for the 10-month period was 0.684% for men and 0.286% for women. The value for women was statistically significantly lower than that in the general population of Fukuoka prefecture. In July, we experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 on campus. If the outbreak had not occurred, the incidence in men went down to 0.539%, and the difference of the incidence between the Kyushu Sangyo University students and the general population of Fukuoka prefecture became statistically significant. We recommended avoidance of crowded places, avoidance of unnecessary and unurgent going out, wearing of face mask, and using hand sanitizer. These data of incidence suggest a good compliance of the students to the recommendation. We need to take measure to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 on campus. Considering the high incidence of COVID-19 in the male students residing in Fukuoka prefecture other than Fukuoka city or Kitakyushu City, long time commuting to the university has raised the infection risk. Furthermore, we noticed an importance of facing anxiety of the students and reducing it.

The concern over COVID-19 related crisis in professional sports has risen. According to reports from all over the world, the economic loss is 274.7 billion yen in Japan, 432 billion yen in major European soccer leagues, and 1.3 trillion yen in North America including college sports. Under these circumstances, little research has been done on the business management that professional sports organizations should take to overcome this crisis. It is important to come up with a response to withstand and create added value in this situation which will be urgently discussed. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to organize the knowledge, issues, and possibilities for overcoming this emergency, and to share it widely with society, using the case of professional sports teams in Japan, Europe, and North America to which the authors belong. The subjects of the research were conducted from the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (Japan, Professional Baseball), Sint-Truiden VV (Belgium, Soccer), and Washington Wizards (USA, Basketball), and the analysis was carried out using the method of the case study.