Masae Kato
Biographic Data
| ID | 87829 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Masae Kato |
| GIVEN NAMES | Masae |
| FAMILY NAME | Kato |
| SIGNATURE | KATO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Asian Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Motivations for seeking experimental treatment in Japan
In this article on innovative medical treatment for serious conditions in Japan, we aim to revise two widespread notions: first, that people living with severe conditions are all waiting for a cure or are impatient to try out experimental treatment, in particular regenerative medicine. Showing that motivations for cure seeking are complex and linked to somatic identity, we argue that gaining a cure also means a new social normality, which for som…
Genomics and cure: Understanding narratives of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Japan
Globally, genomics research is expected to enhance the health of patients with intractable diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). But how do patients perceive medical and scientific attempts at creating drugs and finding cure, and why? Since the 1990s, a number of clinical trials for patients of DMD have been organized. Among them are a gene therapy and exon skipping, and they indicate the possibility of finding therapies for DMD pat…
Comparing national home-keeping and the regulation of translational stem cell applications: An international perspective
A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the n…
Giving a Gift to the Gift: Women's Experiences of Embryo Donation in Japan
The efforts of women are essential in embryo donation, as they undergo IVF treatment for ova collection. Yet research shows that in the process of embryo donation, women's efforts are largely neglected. This article attempts to understand the process by which women's efforts are neglected in embryo donation in light of gift theories, by looking at the situation in Japan. This article analyses narratives of 19 women who underwent IVF treatment. In…
Ova collection in Japan – making visible women's experience in male spaces
The role of women is essential in embryo creation and donation, as they undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment for ova collection. Yet, it has often been pointed out that in the process of embryo donation women's role is largely neglected, as if embryos come from nowhere. The procedure of embryo donation in Japan is a case in point. During field research in Japan, we found that women were of the view that the procedures of embryo donation…
Dichotomies of collectivism and individualism in bioethics: Selective abortion debates and issues of self-determination in Japan and 'the West
Meanings of the embryo in Japan: Narratives of IVF experience and embryo ownership
This article explores the sociocultural meanings of the embryo implied in the narratives of 58 women who have undergone in vitro fertilisation in Japan over a period from 2006 to 2008. We argue that a lack of sufficient analysis of the sociocultural meanings of the embryo result in a situation where the use of reproductive technologies in Japan advances without reflecting upon the voices of women and couples that use them. Additionally, we argue …
Quality of offspring? Socio-cultural factors, pre-natal testing and reproductive decision-making in Japan
Japan is one of the few countries to have enacted legislation on eugenics. Consequently, there has been active public debate about the practice of selective abortion for over 35 years. Furthermore, discrimination against disabilities is deep-rooted in Japanese society and the quality of offspring is a common concern. Given this background, the obvious conclusion might be that couples in Japan would have no hesitation in using reproductive technol…
Women's Rights?: The Politics of Eugenic Abortion in Modern Japan
Dit boek verkent het concept 'recht'. Hoe dit concept een rol heeft gespeeld in het veroorzaken van onenigheid en misvatting tussen bewegingen van gehandicapte mensen en vrouwen met betrekking tot de kwestie van selectieve abortus in Japan. Tegelijkertijd, probeert de schrijfster om het concept van recht te ontwesteren en te demasculiniseren door erover te theoretiseren hoe deze twee bewegingen de term interpreteerden, ondersteunden en in praktij…
Cultures of Marriage, Reproduction and Genetic Testing in Japan
Women's rights: Social movements, abortion and eugenics in modern Japan
This volume explores the concept of Japanese reproductive rights and liberties in light of recent developments in disability studies. Masae Kato asks important questions about what constitutes personhood and how, in the twenty-first century, we come to understand eugenic abortion and other bioethical arguments. Tracing the origin and influence of the concept of a "right," the author places the term in local social and historical contexts in order…
Comparing national home-keeping and the regulation of translational stem cell applications: An international perspective
A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the n…
Meanings of the embryo in Japan: Narratives of IVF experience and embryo ownership
This article explores the sociocultural meanings of the embryo implied in the narratives of 58 women who have undergone in vitro fertilisation in Japan over a period from 2006 to 2008. We argue that a lack of sufficient analysis of the sociocultural meanings of the embryo result in a situation where the use of reproductive technologies in Japan advances without reflecting upon the voices of women and couples that use them. Additionally, we argue …
Dichotomies of collectivism and individualism in bioethics: Selective abortion debates and issues of self-determination in Japan and 'the West
Giving a Gift to the Gift: Women's Experiences of Embryo Donation in Japan
The efforts of women are essential in embryo donation, as they undergo IVF treatment for ova collection. Yet research shows that in the process of embryo donation, women's efforts are largely neglected. This article attempts to understand the process by which women's efforts are neglected in embryo donation in light of gift theories, by looking at the situation in Japan. This article analyses narratives of 19 women who underwent IVF treatment. In…
Ova collection in Japan – making visible women's experience in male spaces
The role of women is essential in embryo creation and donation, as they undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment for ova collection. Yet, it has often been pointed out that in the process of embryo donation women's role is largely neglected, as if embryos come from nowhere. The procedure of embryo donation in Japan is a case in point. During field research in Japan, we found that women were of the view that the procedures of embryo donation…
Genomics and cure: Understanding narratives of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Japan
Globally, genomics research is expected to enhance the health of patients with intractable diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). But how do patients perceive medical and scientific attempts at creating drugs and finding cure, and why? Since the 1990s, a number of clinical trials for patients of DMD have been organized. Among them are a gene therapy and exon skipping, and they indicate the possibility of finding therapies for DMD pat…
Women's rights: Social movements, abortion and eugenics in modern Japan
This volume explores the concept of Japanese reproductive rights and liberties in light of recent developments in disability studies. Masae Kato asks important questions about what constitutes personhood and how, in the twenty-first century, we come to understand eugenic abortion and other bioethical arguments. Tracing the origin and influence of the concept of a "right," the author places the term in local social and historical contexts in order…
Women's Rights?: The Politics of Eugenic Abortion in Modern Japan
Dit boek verkent het concept 'recht'. Hoe dit concept een rol heeft gespeeld in het veroorzaken van onenigheid en misvatting tussen bewegingen van gehandicapte mensen en vrouwen met betrekking tot de kwestie van selectieve abortus in Japan. Tegelijkertijd, probeert de schrijfster om het concept van recht te ontwesteren en te demasculiniseren door erover te theoretiseren hoe deze twee bewegingen de term interpreteerden, ondersteunden en in praktij…
Cultures of Marriage, Reproduction and Genetic Testing in Japan
Quality of offspring? Socio-cultural factors, pre-natal testing and reproductive decision-making in Japan
Japan is one of the few countries to have enacted legislation on eugenics. Consequently, there has been active public debate about the practice of selective abortion for over 35 years. Furthermore, discrimination against disabilities is deep-rooted in Japanese society and the quality of offspring is a common concern. Given this background, the obvious conclusion might be that couples in Japan would have no hesitation in using reproductive technol…
Dichotomies of collectivism and individualism in bioethics: Selective abortion debates and issues of self-determination in Japan and 'the West
Meanings of the embryo in Japan: Narratives of IVF experience and embryo ownership
This article explores the sociocultural meanings of the embryo implied in the narratives of 58 women who have undergone in vitro fertilisation in Japan over a period from 2006 to 2008. We argue that a lack of sufficient analysis of the sociocultural meanings of the embryo result in a situation where the use of reproductive technologies in Japan advances without reflecting upon the voices of women and couples that use them. Additionally, we argue …
Ova collection in Japan – making visible women's experience in male spaces
The role of women is essential in embryo creation and donation, as they undergo in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment for ova collection. Yet, it has often been pointed out that in the process of embryo donation women's role is largely neglected, as if embryos come from nowhere. The procedure of embryo donation in Japan is a case in point. During field research in Japan, we found that women were of the view that the procedures of embryo donation…
Giving a Gift to the Gift: Women's Experiences of Embryo Donation in Japan
The efforts of women are essential in embryo donation, as they undergo IVF treatment for ova collection. Yet research shows that in the process of embryo donation, women's efforts are largely neglected. This article attempts to understand the process by which women's efforts are neglected in embryo donation in light of gift theories, by looking at the situation in Japan. This article analyses narratives of 19 women who underwent IVF treatment. In…
Comparing national home-keeping and the regulation of translational stem cell applications: An international perspective
A very large grey area exists between translational stem cell research and applications that comply with the ideals of randomised control trials and good laboratory and clinical practice and what is often referred to as snake-oil trade. We identify a discrepancy between international research and ethics regulation and the ways in which regulatory instruments in the stem cell field are developed in practice. We examine this discrepancy using the n…
Motivations for seeking experimental treatment in Japan
In this article on innovative medical treatment for serious conditions in Japan, we aim to revise two widespread notions: first, that people living with severe conditions are all waiting for a cure or are impatient to try out experimental treatment, in particular regenerative medicine. Showing that motivations for cure seeking are complex and linked to somatic identity, we argue that gaining a cure also means a new social normality, which for som…
Genomics and cure: Understanding narratives of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Japan
Globally, genomics research is expected to enhance the health of patients with intractable diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). But how do patients perceive medical and scientific attempts at creating drugs and finding cure, and why? Since the 1990s, a number of clinical trials for patients of DMD have been organized. Among them are a gene therapy and exon skipping, and they indicate the possibility of finding therapies for DMD pat…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Reproductive Health and Technologies (7 works) · Abortion (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Genetics (4 works) · Law (4 works)