New guidelines for life-sustaining treatment proposed in Japan
The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and three other academic societies in the country have proposed new guidelines…
Japan’s health ministry to allow clinics to add sleep disorders as their specialties
Hospitals and clinics offering sleep disorder treatments in Japan will soon be able to advertise this area of…
Japan moves to cover full cost of child delivery with public health insurance
A system to cover the total costs of child delivery through public health insurance was approved in a…
Japanese ministers agree to raise medical service fees
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and health minister Kenichiro Ueno agreed Wednesday to raise medical service fees by 2.22%…
Health ministry panel agrees to raise medical fee caps, but with refined approach
A health ministry panel discussing medical fee limits for high-cost treatments has agreed to raise such caps from…
Japan to accelerate talks over revision to medical service fees
Japan is set to begin full-fledged discussions on revising medical service fees, which are set by the government…
Public hospitals in Japan face severe financial strain
Public hospitals operated by local governments across Japan are facing increasingly severe financial pressure. Fiscal 2024 results compiled…
Japan to review coverage for prescription medicines similar to OTC drugs
The health ministry is beginning full-scale discussions on a proposal to review the public health insurance coverage of…
Medical expenses in Japan hit record ¥48 trillion in fiscal 2023
Medical expenses in Japan for fiscal 2023 rose 3% from the previous year to ¥48.1 trillion, marking a…
My Number health insurance card uptake remains persistently low
More than half a year after Japan stopped issuing conventional health insurance cards for integration with the My…