This paper explores the potential for new cultural creation through the interweaving of local traditional folklore and contemporary art practice, using the case study of the "KUKAMI MATSURI, " a regional co-creative arts festival held in Dorogawa, Tenkawa Village, Nara Prefecture. Centered around the original "Tale of Nine Oni, " the festival implemented a unique approach of "living the story " through social practice, with artists as the main organizers collaborating with local residents as collaborative partners. The festival also served as a practice in community engagement, reinterpreting the traditional oral history surrounding Oni—mysterious and powerful beings that exist beyond human understanding, embodying the extraordinary, the spiritual, and the supernatural—within a contemporary context. Through the process of creating together, the festival aimed to reconstruct cultural identity and form a sustainable cultural ecosystem. This paper examines how arts festivals can function as catalysts for transforming local communities and fostering cultural creation, while also exploring the potential for regional revitalization through co-creation in collaboration with local residents.

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There is a study that discusses employment life called "Kyaria research". In Japan, research is conducted on imported concepts as symbolized by this "katakana" term. Those who study career continuity in the West find it easy to distinguish between objective and subjective careers. In contemporary Japanese society, however, this distinction is blurred" (Plath 1983). "Kyaria research" relies on foreign theories and psychology, it is fraught with various problems. For example, if practiced in Japan, the concept of "self-reliance" may lead to isolated and solitary human resources, since the conceptual research of foreign countries (mainly the U.S.) has been conducted without examining its suitability in Japan. This paper re-evaluates the concept of "Michizure" derived from the study of "Long Engagements. Maturity in Modern Japan, " which has been neglected in "Kyaria research", and proposes a study of <Toki no wadachi> in the <Shokuba>.

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This paper takes up as a specific example PFAS contamination, including PFOS and PFOA, which have been detected in tap water and groundwater in various regions of Japan and are of concern as carcinogens. This paper also summarizes previous research on PFAS contamination and the current state of countermeasures in Japan, and presents a new essential problem structure for PFAS as a systemic problem for chemical risk. Based on this, this paper presents a new approach to solving these problems and the "standardization" of legal precautionary measures. Specifically, as part of this approach, this paper examines two new perspectives, ① the matrix structure of "control" & "regulation" and "prevention" & " precaution" and ② the "standardization" of legal precautionary measures, namely the "standardization" of precaution and the "standardization" of regulation, and presents new policy suggestions and prospects for the "standardization" of legal preventive measures in the future.

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