Japan’s health system has evolved to withstand crises ranging from pandemics to natural disasters. A new report by the World ...

The authors report the comparison of the results of 31 countries/regions to explore how Japanese people are satisfied with their health care system. Japan’s universal health care system allows ...

The author reports the results of the survey in Japan on public attitudes towards health maintenance and the health care system, with curbing medical costs becoming an important issue to be addressed.

In contrast to the lockdowns imposed in many countries around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japanese ...

Japan has "maintained a health insurance ... with some aspects of the system requiring self-pay or coinsurance. The health care system "covers 98.3% of the population, while the separate Public ...

Coronavirus numbers are rocketing again in Japan. The Omicron coronavirus ... Kobayashi isn’t the only expert worried about the healthcare system. Professor Yamamoto Taro, an infectious disease ...

Japan will face a shortfall of around 570,000 ... estimated they would need to coincide with a review of the long-term care insurance system, which is undertaken once every three years.

The number of bankruptcies among medical institutions in Japan reached a record high of 64 in 2024, due in part to price hikes in medicines and equipment, as well as pay increases to secure human ...

Japan, which initially appeared to have the virus under control, has recorded a flurry of new cases Doctors in Japan have warned that the country's medical system could collapse amid a wave of new ...

Visitors to Japan must pay the full cost of medical treatment if they do not have a Japanese health insurance card ... Firstly, it has introduced a payments system that handles foreign currencies ...

Japan is at the forefront in many areas of medical care, including state-of-the-art technologies and treatments. Yet its healthcare system is under stress. With a rapidly ageing population and a ...

Japan, known for its robust aging population, was ranked the healthiest country to age in by the National Center for Health Statistics ... “I felt like I didn’t care what happened anymore ...