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Fukumura, Yoshimi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8804-6721
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity (SPRING)
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Article History
Received: 26 November 2025
Accepted: 26 March 2026
First Online: 16 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Tsukuba (2022-5).
: Verbal informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: This research involved qualitative interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with human participants. Ethical approval was reviewed and obtained from the University of Tsukuba. All participants were informed of the study’s purpose, and verbal consent was obtained prior to participation.
: Minor assistance with formatting of meaning units, transcript organization, and language polishing was provided by ChatGPT (OpenAI). All interpretive, analytical, and theoretical decisions were made solely by the author.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
