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News Japan » Health: Japan Healthcare and Telemedicine Marketing: How Foreign Health Tech Companies Can Use CPA Affiliate to Reach Japanese Patients

News channel or source: https://note.com/chokudori/n/n6d42b7dcf910?hl=en
Published on: Sunday 18 October 2026

How Foreign Health Tech Companies Can Use CPA Affiliate to Reach Japanese PatientsThe Japanese healthcare market is worth approximately 50 trillion yen. With an accelerating aging population and the ...

News Japan » Health: Japan health supplements tied to 157 hospitalizations

News channel or source: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-japan-health-supplements-hospitalizations.html
Published on: Monday 01 April 2024

Japanese dietary supplements at the center of an expanding health scare have now been linked to at least 157 hospitalizations, a health ministry official said Tuesday. The figure reflects an increase ...

News Japan » Health: Military clinic in Japan says staffing, not policy change, is limiting civilian care

News channel or source: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-09-10/military-health-care-japan-civilians-22815078.html
Published on: Thursday 10 September 2026

Staffing shortages at a U.S. Navy clinic in southwestern Japan are limiting appointments for Defense Department civilians, raising concerns about access to ongoing medical care and prescriptions.

News Japan » Health: How Japan’s rice diet protects heart health

News channel or source: https://rollingout.com/2025/04/06/japans-rice-diet-protects-heart-health/
Published on: Saturday 05 April 2025

The question of how Japanese people manage to maintain some of the lowest rates of heart disease in the world while consuming rice every day has fascinated scientists, nutritionists and everyday ...

News Japan » Health: General Medical Claims for Behavioral Health Patients in Japan

News channel or source: https://www.ajmc.com/view/general-medical-claims-for-behavioral-health-patients-in-japan
Published on: Sunday 14 June 2020

This Japanese cohort shows that behavioral health service users had health care costs higher than those of individuals who did not use behavioral health services, yet lower than the costs demonstrated ...

News Japan » Health: Japan Focus: Health, innovation and the forces shaping food and drink

News channel or source: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/10/12/japan-focus-health-innovation-and-the-forces-shaping-food-and-drink/
Published on: Sunday 11 October 2026

In this edition of Japan Focus, we explore the health and nutrition trends, market drivers and sustainability challenges shaping Japan’s food and drink industry — and the wider Asian food landscape ...

News Japan » Health: Japanese officials inspect 2 factories making health supplements linked to 5 deaths

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/japanese-authorities-raid-factory-making-035532221.html
Published on: Saturday 30 March 2024

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's health ministry officials walk towards a plant operated by a subsidiary of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. to conduct an ...

News Japan » Health: Cases of This Deadly Bacterial Infection are Rising in Japan, Experts Want to Know Why

News channel or source: https://www.healthline.com/health-news/cases-of-this-deadly-bacterial-infection-are-rising-in-japan-experts-want-to-know-why
Published on: Thursday 20 June 2024

Share on Pinterest A type of bacterial infection is on the rise in Japan. DuKai photographer/Getty Images Japan is reporting a record number of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) cases this ...

News Japan » Health: ‘Unacceptable situation’: DOD civilians in Japan demand health care answers from Pentagon execs

News channel or source: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-01-31/health-care-civilians-yokosuka-zama-japan-8950394.html
Published on: Monday 30 January 2023

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Defense Department civilian employees facing reduced health care options in Japan jeered Pentagon officials who provided few clear answers and no immediate solutions ...

News Japan » Health: ‘Like hell:’ As Olympics loom, Japan health care in turmoil

News channel or source: https://nypost.com/2021/05/21/like-hell-as-olympics-loom-japan-health-care-in-turmoil/
Published on: Friday 21 May 2021

TOKYO — As she struggled to breathe, Shizue Akita had to wait more than six hours while paramedics searched for a hospital in Osaka that would treat her worsening COVID-19. When she finally got to one ...