Japan’s Hospitals Face Financial Hardships Under COVID-19
Since November 2020, when the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic started in earnest, Japanese hospitals are finding it harder to get by financially. Compared to the previous year, the number of inpatients and outpatients had decreased and although...
Japan to raise medical fees for people over 75 based on income
To address the rapidly graying population coupled with low birth rates in Japan, the Japanese Parliament is hiking out of pocket health expenditure for those aged 75 and above subject to a minimum income of 2 million yen. The plan will require people over 75...
How Japan’s Universal Health Care System led to COVID 19 Success
Japan has seen very low mortality rates due to COVID 19 despite a rapidly ageing population owing to universal health insurance, a uniform fee schedule and a no-gatekeeping system. The combination ensures affordable access to health services for everyone...
Japan enacts law to make coronavirus vaccines free to residents
Japan's parliament enacted a law Wednesday to cover the costs for residents to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to secure coronavirus vaccines for all the roughly 126 million residents of the country in the first half...
Health system measures in Japan – COVID-19 – July 2020
The health system measures put into place in Japan to contain the spread of COVID-19 are: - On 28 January, the Cabinet issued a decree to list COVID-19 as a disease that the Infectious Disease Act and the Quarantine Act apply. With the decree enforced on 1...
Launch of Japan Health Systems in Transition (HiT) Review @ PMAC 2018
HiTs in all countries are available at the APO website. Event Time : 02 Feb 2018 11:15 am to 02 Feb 2018 11:30 amTimezone: UTC+09:00Event is Conference : NoLeaflet of Japan HiT in Japanese.Leaflet of Japan HiT in English.