As tourism to Japan surges, so too has the use of its world-class medical facilities for treatment and surgery. But not all patients pay their bills. St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo ...

Japan is set to face a shortage of around 1 million medical and welfare service workers in 2040, when the country’s elderly population is expected to almost peak. The government offered this ...

In terms of government funding agencies for medical research, the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) is a mere baby, being just five years old. But already in its brief ...

Beds – just not for COVID-19 On the surface, Japan looks relatively well-equipped to cope. As of 2019, it had the most hospital beds per 1,000 people among all 37 members of the Organization for ...

A medical clinic in the city of Funabashi gets through close to 500 pairs of gloves a week. That's been the case since the pandemic began earlier this year. The clinic's deputy director, Doi ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that his government will reconsider its plan to raise the ceiling on out-of-pocket expenses for high-cost medical ... Party of Japan (CDP), at a meeting ...

18. 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will accept two injured and sick individuals from the Gaza Strip within a few days for medical treatment, marking its first such ...

March 26 (UPI) --Japan accepted two Palestinians injured during the war in for medical treatment Wednesday. It is the first time since the current Gaza war started in 2023 that people injured ...