General Index of "TRIZ Home Page in Japan"

   (D) Forum:  Reports of conferences; Book reviews; Communications, discussions, questions, opinions, feedbacks, etc.; Collabo pages
English pages:  Latest update:   May 25, 2020
Japanese pages:  Latest update: May 25, 2020
Edited by: Toru Nakagawa (Professor Emeritus, Osaka Gakuin University) 
Latest update: May 25, 2020

This general index shows a summary of all the articles in this site.
Links to the detailed index of each category and to all the individual articles.

Links to English pages are shown by anchored keywords and  .
Links to Japanese pages are shown by   and 
  marks show articles posted/updated recently within these 12 months.
Articles within a sub-category are arranged in the historical order, the latest at the top. 

Editor's Note (Toru Nakagawa, Oct. 17, 2014): This General Index has been divided into four parts of different pages: i.e., (A) Parent page and Editroial, (B) References, (C) Papers, and (D) Forum. 

Note:  The page 'TRIZ Forum' has accumulated the records of 'New Information' in the present category till Mar. 2012, but it will not be updated for a time being and its role will be partly covered by the present page with simplear lists of titles and authors only. (Oct. 17, 2014)

Note (Toru Nakagawa, Jan. 9, 2013):  This page has been revised.  Categories are modified slightly, and the tables of artiles of (sub) categories are color coded for easier distinguishment of subcategory.  There are a number of articles backed up from missing, enhanced in the reference information, moved to more relevant category, etc.  Hope the index useful and handy to access to articles you want (inspite of its big volume of 37 printed pages). 

Outline of Structure of General Index                   

  General Index  (A) Parent page and Editorial:  

  General Index  (B) References:  References, Links and WTSP Catalogs, News and activities, Software tools:  

  General Index  (C) Papers:  Papers, Case studies, Technical reports, Introductory articles, Lecture materials, Documents of methodologies:  

  General Index  (D) Forum:  Reports of conferences; Book reviews; Communications, discussions, questions, opinions, feedbacks, etc.; Collabo pages: Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives  

 

Top of this page Detail structure Conference Reports Book Reviews Communications, Discussions, etc. Collabo pages Students' pages   Japanese page

 

General Index  (A) Editorial (B) References Links News & activities Software tools (C) Papers, case studies, articles, Lectures, course materials (D) Forum   Search in this site General Index 
Home Page New Information for children and highschool students for students and the general public for engineers (introduction) for Practitioners CrePS System Documents USIT Manual & Case Studies Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives (USIT) WTSP Project World WTSP Catalogs Home Page

 

  Structure of General Index  (D) Forum:

Genral Index page Category
(link to structure)
Sub-categories
(table color)
Link to the table of articles Japanese page

 (D)

Forum

TRIZ Forum 

 

Conference & Seminar Reports 
Book Reviews and Introduction to References  
Communications, Discussions, Questions, Opinions, Comments, etc.  
Collabo  Collabo: Collaboration Pages with TRIZ Promoters  
Home Pages by Students  Home Pages by Students  

Special   (May 25, 2020)

Dr Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives

 

  Detail Structure of General Index  (D) Forum:   Tables of sub categories

  TRIZ Forum: Conference Reports; Book Reviews; Communications, etc.

 Conference & Seminar Reports  

Conference & Seminar Reports  (by Toru Nakagawa) 

 (by authors in Japan and in the world)  

  Book Reviews and Introduction to References  

Book Reviews and Introduction to References (by Toru Nakagawa)

 (by authors in Japan and in the world)

   Communications, Discussions, Questions, Opinions, Comments, etc.  

Communications, Discussions, Questions, Opinions, Comments, etc.  (by Toru Nakagawa)

  (by authors in Japan and in the world)

  Collabo: Collaboration Pages with TRIZ Promoters

  Collabo: Collaboration Pages with TRIZ Promoters    
 

TRIZ Classics (by authors in Japan and in the world)

  Home Pages by Students

  Home Pages by Students  

Documents of the CrePS Methodology   (by Toru Nakagawa and other authors in Japan and in the world)

 

  Special (Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives)

  Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives  

Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives
(Building/updating activities)

Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives
(Structure of the Archives)

 


 

  General Index (D) Forum: Reports of conferences; Book reviews; Communications, discussions, questions, opinions, feedbacks, etc.; Collabo pages:

Clicking the icons at the end of each article, you may access to the article's HTML page directly.  Subsidiary HTML pages and PDF pages are not shown but accessible through the main HTML pages. 

 

  TRIZ Forum:  Reports of conferences; Book reviews; Communications, discussions, questions, opinions, feedbacks, etc.; Collabo pages:

Note:  The pages 'TRIZ Forum' have accumulated the records of 'New Information' in the present category till Apr. 2012, but they will not be updated for a time being and their roles will be partly covered by the present page with simplear lists of titles and authors only. (Oct. 17, 2014)

[Translation/posting of important articles in the World, contributions from readers, and articles by Nakagawa]

    Conference & Seminar Reports

Conference & Seminar Reports (by Toru Nakagawa)

Personal Report of The 16th ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference (TFC 2016),(Wroclaw, Poland, Oct. 24-27, 2016) (T. Nakagawa) (Feb. 14; Mar. 30; Apr. 24; Jun. 4; Jun. 21; Jul. 18, 2017)  

Introductions of Individual Papers:
A. Methodology of TRIZ (6 Papers) (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 30, 2017)  
B. Integral Use of TRIZ with Relevant Methods (11 Papers) (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 30, 2017)  
C. Case Studies in Industries (9 Papers) (T. Nakagawa)  (Apr. 24, 2017)
D. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries (5 Papers) (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 4, 2017)  
E. Usage of TRIZ in Education and in Academia (5 Papers) (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 4, 2017)  
F. Patent Studies (1 Paper) (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 21, 2017)  
G. Applications to Soft & Non-technical Areas (7 Papers) (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 21; Jul. 18, 2017)  

Personal Report of 10th TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2014 (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 27, 2014; Mar. 27, 2015) 

Personal Report of 13th ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference (TFC 2013) (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 17, 2013)(Dec. 9, 2013; Jan. 26, 2014)

Personal Report of 9th TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2013 (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 17, 2013) (Dec. 9, 2013)

Participation Report of 4th Global TRIZ Conference (GTC2013) in Korea (Jul. 9-10, 2013, Seoul) (T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 4, 2013)

Malaysia MyTRIZ Conference 2012 (Nov. 6 - 9, 2012 at Penang, Malaysia) Participation Report (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 15; Dec. 12, 2012)

ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2012 (Oct. 24-26, 2012 at Lisbon, Portugal) Participation Report (T. Nakagawa)  (Nov. 15, 2012)

Personal Report of Seventh TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2011 (Sept.8-10, 2011, Yokohama) (T. Nakagawa) (Oct. 28; 2011)

General, Outline, Organizing the Symposium  (Oct. 28, 2011)

Personal Report of Sixth TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2010 (Sept.9-11, 2010, Knagawa Inst. Tech., Atsugi) (T. Nakagawa) (Oct. 27; Nov. 28; Dec. 30, 2010; Mar. 13; Mar. 21; Apr. 2; Apr. 14; Apr. 30, 2011) (Finished)

General, Outline, Organizing the Symposium  (Oct. 27, 2010)
Part A. Keynote Lectures by Mahmoud Karimi and by Nikolai Khomenko (Nov. 28, 2010)
Part B. Methodologies in TRIZ (partly: Dec. 30, 2010)(Fully: Mar. 13, 2011)
Part C. Integral Use of TRIZ with Relevant Methods (Mar. 13, 2011)
Part D. Case Studies in Industries(Mar. 21, 2011)
Part E. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries (partly: Dec. 30, 2010) (Fully: Mar. 21, 2011)
Part F. Usage of TRIZ in Education and in Academia (partly: Dec. 30, 2010)(Fully: Apr. 2, 2011)
Part G. Patent Studies and Tools (partly: Dec. 30, 2010)(Fully: Apr. 2, 2011)
Part H. Applications to Soft & Non-technical Areas (Apr. 14; Apr. 30, 2011)
Miscellaneous, Concluding Remarks (Apr. 30, 2011)

Personal Report of Fifth TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2009 (Sept.10-12, 2009, NWEC, Saitama) (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 23; Dec. 6; Dec. 24, 2009; Feb. 4; Mar. 11, 2010) (Finished)  (Sept. 30, 2010)

General, Outline, Organizing the Symposium   (Nov. 23, 2009)
Part A. Keynote Lectures (Nov. 23, 2009)
Part B. Methodologies of TRIZ (Nov. 23, 2009)
Part C. Integral Use of TRIZ with Relevant Mehods (Dec. 6, 2009)
Part D. Case Studies in Industries (Dec. 6, 2009)
Part E. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries (Dec. 24, 2009)
Part F. TRIZ in Education and in Academia (Dec. 24, 2009)
Part G. Patent Studies and Tools (Dec. 24, 2009)
Part H. Applications to Non-technical Areas (Feb. 4, 2010)
Micellneous, Concluding remarks   (Mar. 11, 2010)
Tables of Papers with Links (Sept. 30, 2010)

List of Postings: Japan TRIZ Symposium 2008 (Apr. 21; May 7; Jul. 10; Dec. 30, 2009)

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2008 (Nov. 2008, Univ. Twente, Enschede, Netherlands) (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 2, 2009)

A Report of Japan TRIZ Symposium 2008 (T. Nakagawa) (ETRIA TFC 2008) (Nov. 16, 2008)

Personal Report of Fourth TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2008 (Sept.10-12, 2008, Biwako) (T. Nakagawa)(Oct. 26, 2008)

1. Outline of the Symposium
2. Organization of the Symposium (with some pre-history)
3. Keynote Lectures
4. Invited Talk and Tutorial
5. Methodologies in TRIZ
6. Case Studies in Industries
7. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries
8. Usage of TRIZ in Education and in Academia
9. Patent Studies and Tools
10. Applications to Non-technical Areas
11. Miscellaneous
12. Concluding Remarks
13. Next TRIZ Symposium in Japan; Preliminary Announcement

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2007 (Nov. 2007, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (T. Nakagawa) (Feb. 8, 2008)

Personal Report of Third TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2007 (Aug.30-Sept.1, 2007, Yokohama) (T. Nakagawa)(Nov. 18, 2007)

1. Outline of the Symposium
2. Organization of the Symposium (with some pre-history)
3. Keynote Lectures
4. Tutorials and Invited Talks
5. Case Studies in Industry
6. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries
7. Usage of TRIZ in Academia
8. Methodologies in TRIZ
9. Patent Studies
10. Applications to Non-technical Areas
11. Concluding Remarks

Personal Report of TRIZCON2007  (Apr. 2007, Louisville) (T. Nakagawa)(Jul. 3, 2007)

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2006 (Oct. 2006, Kortrijk, Belgium) (T. Nakagawa) (Jan. 7, 2007)

Personal Report of Second TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2006 (Aug.-Sept. 2006, Suita) (T. Nakagawa)(Nov. 8, 2006)

1. Outline of the Symposium
2. Organization of the Symposium (with some pre-history)
3. Keynote/Invited Speeches including an Introductory Lecture
4. Case Studies in Industry
5. Promotion of TRIZ in Industries
6. Usage of TRIZ in Academia
7. Methodologies in TRIZ
8. Patent Studies
9. Applications to Software Development and Non-technical Areas
10. Concluding Remarks

Personal Report of TRIZCON2006  (Apr. 2006, Milwaukee) (T. Nakagawa)(Jun. 21, 2006)

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2005 (Nov. 2005, Graz, Austria) (T. Nakagawa) (Jan. 13, 2006)

Personal Report of First TRIZ Symposium in Japan 2005 (Sept. 2005, Shuzenji) (T. Nakagawa)(Oct. 12, 2005)

1. Outline of the Symposium
2. Organization of the Symposium (with some pre-history)
3. Keynote Speeches
4. Special Session of Presentations by Four TRIZ Vendors/Promoters
5. Introducing and Promoting TRIZ within Industries
6. Methods of Applying TRIZ
7. Case Studies of Applying TRIZ to Real Industrial Problems
8. Closing Discussion and Miscellaneous Topics
9. Nature of the Symposium: 'National OR International' or 'National AND International'

Personal Report of TRIZCON2005  (Apr. 2005, Detroit) (T. Nakagawa)(Jun. 16, 2005)

Report of "TRIZ/USIT Seminar for Industrial Practice" held by Technical Information Institute (Feb. 24-25, 2005, Tokyo) (T. Nakagawa)  (Mar. 18, 2005)

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2004 (Nov. 2004, Florence, Italy) (T. Nakagawa)   (Dec. 14, 2004)

Personal Report of TRIZCON2004  (Apr. 2004, Seattle) (T. Nakagawa)(May 13, 2004)

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2003 (Nov. 2003, Aachen, Germany)(T. Nakagawa) (Dec. 11, 2003)

Personal Report of TRIZCON2003  (Mar. 2003, Philadelphia) (T. Nakagawa) (Apr. 3, 2003)

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2002 (Nov. 2002, Strasbourg, France) (T. Nakagawa) (Dec. 6, 2002)

Personal Report of ETRIA TRIZ Future 2001 (Nov. 2001, Bath, UK) (T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 16, 2001)

Personal Report of TRIZCON2001  (Mar. 2001, near Los Angeles) (T. Nakagawa) (Apr. 4, 2001) (Apr. 25, 2001)

Personal Report of TRIZCON2000  (May 2000, near Boston) (T. Nakagawa) (May 8, 2000)

Report of USIT Training Seminar (Mar. 1999, near Detroit, Instructor: Ed Sickafus) (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 10, 1999)

Personal Report of TRIZCON99 (Mar. 1999, near Detroit)(T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 15, 1999)

Personal Report of the First TRIZ International Conference (Nov. 1998, near Los Angeles)(T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 23, 1998)

Conference & Seminar Reports (by authors in Japan and in the world)

Participation Reports of ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2013 (H. Izumi) (Nov. 17, 2013)

Participation Reports of ETRIA TRIZ Future Conference 2011 (K. Makino, H. Izumi, A. Satoh, H. Hasegawa, M. Sawaguchi, T. Nakagawa) (Dec. 5, 2011)

Participation Report of KoreaTRIZCON2010 (Mar., 2010 in Seoul) (M. Sawaguchi)   (Apr. 18, 2010)

Participation Report of ICSI2010 (Jan., 2010 in Taiwan) (A. Ishida)   (Jan. 27, 2010)

Report of 1st Israel TRIZ Conf. (Nov. 2009) (Isak Bukhman)  (Jan. 30, 2010)

A Note on The 2nd TRIZ Symposium in Japan, 2006 (E. Sickafus)   (Jan. 7, 2007)

  Book Reviews and Introduction to References

Book Reviews and Introduction to References (by Toru Nakagawa)

Introduction to Takanori Fujita's "The Low-living Elderly" Book (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 30, 2016)

Index of IT/Software technologies/techniques classified and organized hierarchically (T. Nakagawa, U. Mishra) (Aug. 29, 2014)

Announcement: Umakant Mishra: "TRIZ Principles for Information Technology", Japanese Edition, Supervising translator: T. Nakagawa, (Publication Plan, CD-R Edition, SKI, Jan. 2012) (Sept. 7, 2011) (Jan. 22, 2012)

Japanese Translation Project: Mishra's IT & TRIZ Book (3): Japanese Edition Completed!! Will Be Published Soon.(T. Nakagawa and M. Hotta) (Aug. 22, 2011)

Japanese Translation Project: Mishra's IT & TRIZ Book (2): "Collection of Problem Solving Ideas for IT and Software: Classified with TRIZ 40 Invenive Principles" (M. Hotta and T. Nakagawa) (Sept. 8, 2008)

Japanese Translation Project: Mishra's IT & TRIZ Book: "Collection of Problem Solving Ideas for IT and Software: Classified with TRIZ 40 Invenive Principles" (M. Hotta and T. Nakagawa) (Dec. 19, 2007; Jan. 7; Jan 29; Feb. 8, 2008) (Mar. 9, 2008)

Introduction: Umakant Mishra's Draft Edition of "TRIZ Principles for Information Technology" (T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 17; Sept. 13, 2007)

Book review: The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox by R. Fobes (T. Nakagawa)  (Feb. 7, 1999)

Book Reviews and Introduction to References (by authors in Japan and in the world)

Introduction to A New Publication: "TRIZ 40 Principles" (Y. Takagi)  (Jan. 8, 2015)

Table of 40 TRIZ Principles for IT/Software and their application examples. (U. Mishra) (Aug. 29, 2014)

Announcement: TRIZ Textbook produced by the TETRIS Project (TRIZ for School Education) is available.   (Jan. 19, 2010)

Japanese Translation Project: Mishra's IT & TRIZ Book: "TRIZ Principles for Information Technology" (Feb. 8, 2008) (Mar. 9; Sept. 7, 2008)     .

Preface to Japanese Edition (T. Nakagawa)
40 Principle for IT (U. Mishra) 
Introduction (U. Mishra)
Sample chapter: Chapter 4. Asymmetry (U. Mishra)
Preliminary Sample Edition (Sept. 7, 2008)

    Communications, Discussions, Questions, Opinions, Comments, etc.

Note (Toru Nakagawa, Oct. 17, 2014):  A number of pages of 'From the Editor' have been taken out of the Forum category and moved together to form the 'Editorial' category, which is located in General Index (A) Parent page and Editorial.

Communications, Discussions, Questions, Opinions, Comments, etc. (by Toru Nakagawa)

WTSP Letter: For Forming WTSP Teams to Build WTSP Catalog in Each Country (Toru Nakagawa) (May 19, 2018) 

Project:  World TRIZ Sites Project: Proposals: Volunteer Project for Connecting TRIZ Sites in the World (Toru Nakagawa) (Dec. 9,, 2017)

World TRIZ Sites Project: Its Plan and Invitation: Volunteer Project for Connecting TRIZ Sites in the World (Toru Nakagawa) (Dec. 9,, 2017)

TRIZ Education: Information Letter: TRIZ Activities at OGU: Research, Education, Application, and Proliferation (T. Nakagawa)  (Apr. 24, 2017)

Social Problem: Poverty Problems in the Japanese Society: [E] Economy and Public Finance [1] Prof. Hiroshi Yoshikawa's Lecture "Financial Reconstruction and Japanese Economy" (2015) (Visualized by Toru Nakagawa) (Aug. 28, 2016)

Social Problem Forum: A Customer Review of Takanori Fujita's "The Low-living Elderly" and A Discussion of the 82 Customer Reviews of the Book in the Amazon Site (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 30, 2016) (Apr. 29, 2016)

Social Problem: Poverty Problems in the Japanese Society: [A] Increasing poverty among the elderly [1] Introduction to "The Low-living Elderly" book by Takanori Fujita (2015) (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 30, 2016)

Social Problem: Thinking over the Poverty in the Japanese Society with Visualization: [A] Increasing poverty among the elderly [1] Executive summary with visualization of Takanori Fujita's "The Low-living Elderly" Book (T. Nakagawa) (Jan. 28; Mar. 6; Mar. 30, 2016)

Forum: Visual Thinking with 'Fuda-Yose' (5)-(13) -- Thinking over the poverty in the Japanese Society: [A] Increasing poverty among the elderly (T. Nakagawa; Source Ref. T. Fujita) (Sept. 17, 2015; Jan. 9, 2016) (Nov. 27, 2015; Jan. 9; Jan. 28, 2016)   

(0) Introduction (Sept. 17, 2015) 

(1) What is 'the low-living elderly' (Sept. 17, 2015) 

(2) Actual living of 'the low-living elderly': Cases and backgrounds (Sept. 30, 2015) 

(3) Anybody has the risk of falling down to the low-living (Oct. 18, 2015)

(4) Issues of recognition and understanding (Nov. 27, 2015) 

(5) Old-built system and non-responsive policy produced the low-living elderly -- Examining the system and the policy (Dec. 19, 2015)

(6) How to protect yourself -- Measures before and in a low-living elderly situation (Jan. 9, 2016) 

(7) Proposals of policy (Jan. 9, 2016) 

(8) Executive summary of visualizing "The Low-living Elderly" Book (Jan. 28, 2016) 

Forum: Visual Thinking with 'Fuda-Yose' (4) -- Thinking over the poverty in the Japanese Society: Elderly, Middle aged, Young, and Child Generations (T. Nakagawa) (Sept. 17, 2015) (Nov. 27, 2015)  

Forum: Earthquake Prediction Research: Introduction to the Research of Short-term (or Just-before) Prediction of Earthquakes by Use of Electromagnetic Phenomena: Especially Works by Professor Takumi Yoshioka (Hokkaido University of Science) (T. Nakagawa), (Mar. 7; Mar. 9, 2015)

How to Nurture and Develop Innovative Talent? (T. Nakagawa) (Malaysia TRIZ Conf. 2012, Panel presentation) (Dec. 12, 2012)

What Should We Do for TRIZ to Penetrate into Younger People? (T. Nakagawa) (Japan TRIZ Symp. 2012) (Dec. 5, 2012)

Visiting Iran for PSST2012 Conference, February 2012 (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 31, 2012) (Apr. 9, 2012)

Current Situations and Information Sources of TRIZ (T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 22, 2011)

Current Situations in Japan after the March 11 Disaster: Information Sources and Notes (T. Nakagawa) (May 19, 2011)

Sad News: Mr. Nikolai Khomenko Passed Away on Mar. 27, 2011 (Apr. 2, 2011)

From the Readers: On The East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Power Plants: Editor's Message; Messages from Overseas (T. Nakagwa and 52 Readers from Overseas) (Mar. 23; Apr. 2; Apr. 15; May 8, 2011)

Toru Nakagawa's Mission Statement (T. Nakagawa) (Osaka Gakuin Univ., Seminar Class IB) (Jan. 3, 2010)

Suggestion of Several Activities To Do for TRIZ in the Current Severe Situations (T. Nakagawa) (Jun. 16, 2009)

Introduction to the Update of "TRIZ Home Page for Students by Students (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 19, 2007)

Introduction:  "TRIZ Home Page by Students for Students" (T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 17, 2006)

Proposal of a Collaborative Study: Study of Patents with TRIZ and Study of TRIZ with Patents (T. Nakagawa) (Oct. 26, 2005; Dec. 21, 2005)

Discussion: What is the essence of TRIZ?  Isn't the introduction of USIT disturbant for TRIZ promotion? (T. Nakagawa)  (Jan. 24, 2001)

Q&A: "How to Define Problems in USIT"  (E. Ootsuki; T. Nakagawa)  (Jul. 3, 2000)

Report of A Personal Trip to TRIZ Mother Countries (Russia & Belarus, Aug. 1999) (T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 23, 1999) (Sept. 9, 1999)

 

 

Communications, Discussions, Questions, Opinions, Comments, etc. (by authors in Japan and in the world)

Society: COVID-19 Pandemic: For Overcoming the Global Crisis:  Index page (Editor: Toru Nakagawa) (May 10, 2020)

TRIZ Forum:  Letters from Readers (Oct. - Nov. 2018)(T. Nakagawa; T. Shimada, T. Hayashi)  (Nov. 21, 2018)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Sept.- Oct. 2018)(T. Nakagawa; R. Adunka, B. Busov, S. Al-Jaouni, A. Guin, N. Shpakovsky, E. Guin);  (T. Nakagawa; K. Hino, T. Takahara) (Oct. 19, 2018)

Forum: Visiting Mr. Yasuyuki Takaguchi, ex-Chief Priest, of Isshinji Temple in Osaka (Yasuyuki Takaguchi, Toru Nakagawa) (Oct. 19, 2018)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Jun. - Aug. 2018)(T. Nakagawa)  ; (T. Nakagawa; T. Murata, Y. Ikezoe, T. Mizutani) (Oct. 19, 2018).

WTSP Appeal: An Appeal for Building Catalogs of TRIZ-related Sites in the World (WTSP Global Co-editors: Toru Nakagawa, Darrell Mann, Michael Orloff, Simon Dewulf, Simon Litvin, Valeri Souchkov) (Jun. 25, 2018) 

Memorial of Mr. Masatoshi Hotta (Toru Nakagawa)   (Jun. 25, 2018)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Jan. - May 2018)/ Starting the World TRIZ Sites Project (WTSP) (T. Nakagawa; A. Kashkarov, S. S. Arshard, M. Smolnik, J. Jantschgi, S. Koziolek, S. Litvin, R. Adunka, M. Orloff, N. Bhushan, J. Vincent, Tan R., Y. Danilovsky, D. Cavallucci, D. Kucharavy, R. De Guio, S. S. Santos, S. Al-Jaouni ) ; (T. Nakagawa; Admin of 'Idea Generator', C. Fukuda) (Apr. 24, 2018). 

From Readers:  Letters from Readers (Nov. - Dec., 2017)/ Initializing 'World TRIZ Sites Project' (T. Nakagawa; V. Petrov, S. Al-Jaouni, A. T. Narbut, M. R.Nouroozi, S. Dewulf, Tan R.H., Y. Salamatov, N. Defounga, N. Shpakovsky, V. Souchkov, D. Mann, D. Russo, T. Pheunghua, M. Orloff, I. Mitchell, L. Chybowski, E. Domb, K. Hiltmann, T.S. Yeoh, L.L. Luo, Y. Danilovsky; E. Khalifeh) (Dec. 17, 2017); (T. Nakagawa; Y. Kosaka, K. Kuchitsu, T. Maekawa, H. Sakuma, T. Murata) (Dec. 17, 2017)

From Readers:  Letters from Readers (Aug. - Oct., 2017)(S. Dewulf, V. Souchkov, S. Al-Jaouni, I. Bukhman, S.-W. Kang, T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 5, 2017); (T. Mizutani, Y. Ikezoe, K. Haginoya, A. Katahira, K. Hino, K. Otani, N. Takayama, T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 5, 2017)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (May - Jul. 2017)(Y. Borgianni, M. Orloff, M. Woźniak, S. Dewulf) (Jul. 18, 2017)(T. Maekawa, T. Mizutani, M. Fukumura, T. Nakagawa) (Jul. 18, 2017)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Feb. - Apr. 2017) (T. Arciszewski, C. Cempel, S. Litvin, P. Livotov, O. Mayer, M. Halas, W. Hessler, S. S. Arshard; T. Nakagawa) (Apr. 24, 2017)(Mr. O; A. Katahira; T. Nakagawa) (Apr. 24, 2017)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Dec. 2016 - Jan. 2017) (C. Cempel, E. Domb, H. Sanchez, S. S. Arshad; T. Nakagawa)  (Feb. 14, 2017);
(A. Ikeda, T. Murata, K. Miyazato, T. Sadahiro, M. Shimada, M. Kobayashi, T. Nakagawa) (Feb. 14, 2017)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Oct. - Nov., 2016)(B. Pryda, E. Sickafus, T. Toivonen, M.-G. Lee, D. Clark, C. Cempel, T. Nakagawa; M. Orloff, S.K.S. Kabeer, S. Sobolev, V. Souchkov, C.Cempel, T. Nakagawa)   (Oct. 19; Nov. 12; Dec. 27, 2016); (Y. Hasegawa, S. Sadahiro, Y. Yoshida, T. Itoh, T. Nakagawa; A. Ikeda, A. Harada, T. Maekawa, T. Torii, K. Kuchitsu, T. Itoh, T. Nakagawa) (Nov. 12; Dec. 27, 2016)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Aug. - Sept., 2016)(N. Takayama, M. Shibuya, T. Yamamoto, Y. Suwa, T. Nakagawa) (Sept. 29, 2016) ; (S. Dewulf, W. Mallinson, V. Petrov, S.S. Arshad, S. Al-Jaouni, B. Pryda, E. Sickafus , T. Nakagawa)  (Oct. 19, 2016)

Forum: From Life-saving/Life-sustaining Medical Care to Palliative Medical Care (Munehiro Shimada (Salvation Army Kiyose Hospital)) (Jul. 31, 2016)

A New Discussion: Do We Have Any Methodology of Creative Research in Academia ? Can CrePS (or the Six-box Scheme) Contribute to It ? (A Professor, T. Nakagawa)   (Aug. 6, 2016) 

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Jun. - Jul., 2016)(A. Kobayashi, Y. Iida, F. Iwasaki, K. Karakida, H. Oiwa, Mr. F, T. Murata, A. Takenaka, T. Torii, Y. Hasegawa, T. Murakami, F. Sasama, An elderly I., Y. Ikezoe, R. Yoshioka, M. Oka, T. Mitsui, and T. Nakagawa; A professor, M. W., K. Hino, F. Sasama, K. A., Y. Iwagiri, M. Shimada, T. Sunada, M. I., M. Sorimachi, K. I., and T. Nakagawa ) (Jul. 5, Jul. 31, 2016)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Apr. - Jun., 2016)(E. Domb, U. Mishra, T. Nakagawa; S.S.A. Arshad, D. Gundlach, G. Dragheci; A. Katahira, Y. Hasegawa, K. Asai, T. Nakagawa; N. Takayama, T. Nakagawa, S. Sadahiro, Mr. X, A. Nakagawa ) (May 8; Jun 11, 2016)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Mar., Apr. 2016) (H. Sanchez, T. Nakagawa, Tan E. H., S. S. A. Arshad, Luo L.L.; T. Ogawa T. Nakagawa, K. Nishiyama, A. Katahira, F. Sasama) (Apr. 7, 2016)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Dec. 2015 - Feb. 2016) (J. Miller, S. S. A. Arshad, S. Al-Jaouni, I. Bukhman, R. C. Phani T , V. Petrov, Tan E. H. , M. A. Orloff; T. Maekawa, S. Sugiyama, T. Asano, A. Katahira, Y. Oyanagi, T. Higuchi, Y. Matusbara, C. Fukuda, T. Nakagawa) (Mar. 3, 2016)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Sept.- Dec., 2015) ( R. Asko, Boon Yean , A. Augusto; A. Takeuchi, A. Katahira, R. Kurasawa, T. Nakagawa) (Oct. 18; Nov. 27; Dec. 19, 2015)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (May - Aug. 2015)(V. Souchkov , T. Nakagawa; Y. Hasegawa, T. Nakagawa) (Sept. 17, 2015)

Forum: Visual Thinking with 'Fuda-Yose' (3) - Visualizing the logic of Sickafus' Paper 'Subconscious Problem Solving Using Hazy Heuristics', (A. Katahira, T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 25; Sept. 17, 2015)  (Sept. 17, 2015)

From Readers: Visual Thinking with 'Fuda-Yose' (2) - Converting a (short) document into labels and make 'Fuda-Yose' diagrams for Visual Thinking (T. Nakagawa, A. Katahira) (Jul. 29, 2015)

Q&A: Q&A on USIT and the OAF diagram (Q: T. Nakagawa, A: Ed Sickafus) (Aug. 25; Sept. 17, 2015) 

From Readers: Visual Thinking with 'Fuda-Yose' (1) - Example of Burning Suicide in Shinkansen Case (A. Katahira, T. Nakagawa) (Jul. 7, 2015; Jul. 8; Jul. 19, 2015) 

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Jan. - Apr. 2015) (E. Domb, I. Belski, R. Iyer, J. Harrington, R. Fulbright, A. Zusman, S. Dourson, J. Kowalick, G. Draghici, R. Phani, N. Locatelli, H. Navas, S.S. Arshad, S.B. Khoh, B.V. Tao, Z.A. Majid, T..Nakagawa / O. Saito, T. Maekawa, K. Yamaguchi, Y. Hirayama, B.V. Tao, T. Nakagawa  (Apr. 25, 2015)

Forum: Earthquake Prediction Research: Up-to-Date Report on the Early Detection of Omens of Anomalies in Monitoring Power Plant Equipment (Anomalous phenomena detected just before earthquakes) (T. Yoshioka, H. Kawai) (Mar. 7; Mar. 9, 2015)

Paper: Social revolutions: Generalized structure of social revolutions (T. Yasuhira)  (Feb. 10, 2015)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Dec. 2014 - Jan. 2015)(E. Domb, Y. Danilovsky, S. Dewulf, V. Souchkov, TS Yeoh & T. E. Hoo, A. Mirakyan, R. Langevin, S. Misman, T. Nakagawa / T. Nakagawa, A. Kobayashi, A. Katahira, T. Hayashi, N. Ohsumi, T. Yoshioka, R. Iwatani) (Jan. 18, 2015)

From Readers: Letters from Readers (Aug. - Dec., 2014)(T. Hayashi, M. Ishihama, A reader, F.q. Xjo, Y. Hasegawa, K. Miyanishi, Y. Oyanagi, J. Watanabe, T. Maekawa, T. Miyamoto, T. Sadahiro, M. Sugata, A reader, T. Nakagawa  / J. Hipple, Z. A. Rahim, U. Mishra, A. Shmonov, S. Misman, J. Cook, Z. A. Majid, R. Langevin, E. Domb, R. C. P. Thalupuru, S. S. Arshard, I. Kholkin, J. Duflou, D. Verduyn, W. Sallaberger, N. & O. Bogatyrev (Nov. 27,2014) 

From Readers: Messages on the publication of Japanese Edition of Mishra's Book "TRIZ Principles for IT" (M. Kasahara, T. Hayashi, Y. Oyanagi, N. Tsuji, T. Nakagawa) (Aug. 29, 2014)

From Readers : Discussions on "TRIZ and Lean (and others)" (T. Nakagawa, Y. Hasegawa, O. Kumasaka, T. Hayashi, M. Ishihama, T. Murata, N. Takayama) (Jul. 13, 2014)

TRIZ Forum: Letters from Readers (May - Jul., 2014) (N. Bogatyrev, K.W. Lee, B.Fowlkes, J. Guixing, U. Mishra, J. Hipple, O. Bogatyeva, T. Nakagawa / T. Hayashi, T. Murata, N. Takayama, K. Ikeda / S.S. Arshad, G. Severinets, J. Kowalick, E. Domb) (Jun. 30; Jul. 28, 2014)

TRIZ Forum: Letters from Readers (Jan. - Apr., 2014) (A. Narayan, R. C. P. Thalupuru, etc.; T. Sadahiro, etc.) (Apr. 30, 2014)

Letters from Readers (Discussion): Research focus is on problem finding and solution execution rather than problem solving (D. Mann)/ Thinking methods for problem solving are the basis we should establish now (T. Nakagawa) (Dec. 23, 2013)

Letters from Readers (Discussions): On the integration of different methodologies for creative problem solving: Company culture and TRIZ promotion; VE and TRIZ; Goal-means system and cause-effect system; Functions and attributes; etc. (M. Unno & Y. Hasegawa) (Dec. 23, 2013)

TRIZ Forum: Letters from Readers (Nov. - Dec. 2013 - ) (D. Mann, S.S. Arshad, etc.) (Nov. 17; Dec. 9, 2013)

TRIZ Forum: Letters from Readers (Aug. - Oct. , 2013)(7 readers from overseas, 7 readers from Japan)   (Oct. 20, 2013)

Southbeach Forum: Trial Use Report (1): Report of 3-month trial use of Southbeach Modeller (M. Okada)  (Oct. 3, 2013)

Forum: FUKUSHIMA Report (2): The actual reason why this accident could not have been avoided (E. Yamaguchi)   (Oct. 3, 2013)

Forum: FUKUSHIMA Report: Criminal error in TEPCO management of technology (E. Yamaguchi, M. Kagaguchi)   (Sept. 20, 2013)

Paper: A Review of Japanese References on Scientists’ Responsibility (K. Okawa) (Aug. 4, 2013)

Necessity of more 'Tsukuri (Creation)' in Education in Japan in contrast to the currently overweighed 'Manabi (Learning)' (K. Yumino) (Jul. 3, 2012)

Messages from Readers: On One-year Anniversary of the 3.11 Japan Disaster and on the Occasion of Professor Nakagawa's Retirement from Osaka Gakuin University   (Mar. 23; Apr. 9, 2012)

From Encountering TRIZ to Deeper Understanding (My TRIZ Learning History): Towards a Unified Methodology of Problem Solving for Resolving Various Contradictions (Y. Hasegawa) (Dec. 5, 2011)

Interview: First-time Experience of Participating and Presenting in English at International Conference, ETRIA TFC 2011, Ireland (A. Sato; T. Nakagawa) (Dec. 5, 2011)

From Readers: Congratulations to the 13th Anniversary of "TRIZ Home Page in Japan". (M. Karimi) (Nov. 13, 2011)

Communication: TRIZ Situations in China (X-Y. Zhou) (Nov. 13; Dec. 5., 2011)

Research and Popularization of TRIZ in Mainland China: Situations and Problems (G.Chen) (in Chinese) (Dec. 5, 2011)

TRIZ Statement Paper (W. Sallaberger) (Sept. 30, 2010)

Follow-up Discussions: on "Current Status and Future Directions for TRIZ"   (May 16; Oct. 10, 2010)

Discussions (1) May 2010
- Comments (E. Domb) (May 16, 2010)
To make dialectics and TRIZ science (T. Takahra)   (Oct. 10, 2010)

Issues for TRIZ: The Journey So Far and the Way Forward for TRIZ (S.S. Arshad) (May 9, 2010)

Communication: TRIZ Activities in Iran (2) Applying TRIZ for Promotion of TRIZ (M. Karimi) (Mar. 24, 2010)

Communication: TRIZ Activities in Iran (M. Karimi) (Feb. 22; Mar. 13, 2010)

Comments on “Extension of USIT in Japan: A New Paradigm for Creative Problem Solving” Toru Nakagawa (E. Sickafus)   (Sept. 18, 2008)

Letters from Readers:   (Jan. 29, 2008)

On "Application of TRIZ to Manufacturing Precess (Y. Koga)" (K. Tsumagari)
Just like I won a million dollar lottery (K. Miyanishi)

Discussion: Introducing TRIZ into Thailand (K. Suparnpongs et al) and Discussions (Japan TRIZ Symp. 2007)   (Nov. 18, 2007)

Communication: Practice and Application on TRIZ in China (Zhao XJ.)  (Nov. 16, 2004) 

Letters from Readers and Q&A: How to introduce and proliferate TRIZ/USIT in an industry (H. Kosha; T.Nakagawa) (Oct. 21, 2003) 

Letters from Readers: Start learning TRIZ/USIT in agricultural area (A. Takeuchi)  (Dec. 10, 2001)

Q&A: How to learn USIT (T. Nakagawa; E. Sickafus)  (Sept. 26, 2001)

Q&A: How to start up a USIT Program in a company (M. Smith, E. Sickafus)  (Sept. 11, 2001)

Letters from Readers:     (Jul. 4, 2001)

Readings for beginners (A. Tokunaga; T. Nakagawa)

On Nakagawa's TRIZCON Report (T. Kataoka; E. Domb; E. Sickafus; V. Souchkov); 

On "Essence of TRIZ in 50 Words" (--, T. Ooura, J.J. Ho);

Beyond TRIZ (J. Kowalick);

On original creativity methodologies in Japan (T. Nakagawa; K. Tanabe) 

Essay & History:  Experiences with My Teacher G. S. Altshuller (Phan Dung) (May 8, 2001)

Letters from Readers: On starting to study TRIZ/USIT (S. Tanaka)  (Dec. 13, 2000)

How to Learn/Teach TRIZ -- A Personal View on Savransky's Book (K. Rantanen)  (Dec. 13, 2000)

Letters from Readers: On Nakagawa's Trip Report (Nov. 1, 1999)

Some comments (S. Savransky);
Cotradiction technology is the core part of TRIZ (N. Khomenko);
TRIZ in Finland (K. Rantanen);
Needs of a method to apply TRIZ more easily (M. Yasuda);
On learning USIT (H. Kosha; T. Nakagawa)

Communication: Minsk TRIZ Center and OTSM-TRIZ  (N. Khomenko) (Sept. 27, 1999)

Communication: TRIZ System Operator (Multi-screen method) (S. Savransky) (Jul. 16, 1999)

Communication: TRIZ and Creativity Education in Vietnam (Phan Dung) (Jul. 16, 1999)

    Collabo:  Collaboration Pages with TRIZ Promoters

Collabo Pages (by Toru Nakagawa)

Forum: Photo Album: Baby Swallows at My Home (T. Nakagawa) (Jul. 18, 2017) 

Collabo: "Collaboration Pages with the Promoters of TRIZ and Related Areas" Are Started (T. Nakagawa) (May 9, 2010)

Collabo Pages (by authors in Japan and in the world)

Masahiro Kuwahara's Page (IDEA, Inc)   (Open: May 9, 2010) 

Learning TRIZ with Real Examples
[1]  (May 9, 2010);
[2] 
(Jun. 6, 2010) ;
[3][4]
(Sept. 23, 2010) ;
[5][6] 
(Oct. 10, 2010);
[7] (Nov. 12, 2010)

 

    Home Pages by Students

Home Pages by Students (by Nakagawa's Students)

"TRIZ Home Page by Students for Students" (Updated by T. Ito, M. Niitsu, M. Nishioka, A. Fujita, and S. Yokota (Osaka Gakuin Univ.)) (Mar. 19, 2007)

Theses (T. Ito; M. Niitsu; M. Nishioka; A. Fujita; S. Yokota) (Mar. 19, 2007)

"TRIZ Home Page by Students for Students" (by M. Hida, T. Shimoda, N. Hayashi, and M. Omori (Osaka Gakuin Univ.)) (Mar. 17, 2006)

First Steps to TRIZ:  Students' discussion on 'What have we learned with TRIZ/USIT?',
Nakagawa's Seminar Class, Topics of Group Practices;
Brief introduction to TRIZ and USIT;

Theses:
'More Confortable Rides on Trains' (M. Omori),
'For preventing against shoplifting in a bookstore' (N.Hayashi)
'How to make a knot with a short string at the end of sewing?' (T. Shimoda)
'Students' Home Page for Creative Problem Solving' (M. Hida)

Home Pages by Students (by other authors in Japan and in the world)

 

    Special (Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives)         (Mar. 22, 2020)

Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives
(Building/updating activities)

"Dr. Ed N. Sickafus Memorial Archives" Is Now Open Inside "TRIZ Home Page in Japan" (Toru Nakagawa)  (Mar. 22; May 25, 2020)

Dr. Ed Sickafus Memorial Archives
(Structure of the Archives)

(0)  Welcome Page     (May 25, 2020)

(0A) Top Index Page   (Mar. 22, 2020)

(1) Memorial Page   (Oct. 31, 2019; May 25, 2020)

(2) Historical Indexes to Papers, Case Studies, and Communications On USIT and Its Further Extension by Dr. Ed Sickafus and His Follwers Especially in Japan   (Mar. 22, 2020)

(A) Papers:   Papers,  Presentations, Reports, Introductory articles, Lectures  

Papers (by Dr. Ed Sickafus
     and some other internationsl authors)
Papers (by Toru Nakagawa) 

Papers (by Japanese authors)

(B) Case Studies :  Case study papers, Reports, Promotion activities

Case studies (by Dr. Ed Sickafus) Case studies (by Toru Nakagawa) Case studies (by authors in Japan)

(C) Communications:  Communications, Discussions, Questions, Comments, Conference reports, etc.

Communications (by Dr. Ed Sickafus)

Communications (by Toru Nakagawa)

Communications (in Japan)

Communications (International)

(3)  Sickafus' Books, Overviews, Tutorials, etc. (Mar. 22; May 25, 2020)
          USIT Textbook (1997),
         USIT Overview (eBook) (2001)
          Book "Heuristics for Solving Technical Problems (2004) ,
          HI Textbook: "Heuristic Innovation" (2006)  ,
          Brief USIT Tutorial (2015)

(4)  Sickafus' Papers and Presentations   (Mar. 22, 2020):
           9 papers/presentations are posted.

(5) Sickafus' USIT Web site (www.u-sit.net)  (Mar. 22, 2020)  
          All the articles are restored in the Archives.

(6)  Sickafus' WordPress Blog site (edsickafus.wordpress.net )  (Mar. 22, 2020)
          Half-done site in Nov. 2015.  All the articles are restored in the Archives.

(7)  Sickafus' "U-SIT and Think NewsLetters"   (Mar. 22; May 25, 2020) 
          NL-01 (Nov. 2003) to NL-28 (Oct. 2004) are posted both in English and in Japanese. 
         
NL-29 to NL-79 (Mar. 2009) has been posted in English. (May 25, 2020)

(8)  Sickafus' Communications and Misceraneous Articles     (under construction)

(9)  Comments on Sickafus' Works by Others  (under construction)

(10)  Communications from Readers  (under construction)

 

 

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