After the termination of the Second World War, Japan was forced to reorganize its social and value systems. It has been a very difficult task to establish a constructive identity because the Japanese suddenly overthrew the old social establishment and traditional value system. Not only the direct ill-effects of modern industry such as the destruction of nature and also air pollution, but also drastic changes in the socio-cultural background have exerted a serious influence upon the health of the Japanese. I have presented some psychosomatic problems in which such an influence has been reasonably confirmed.
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