As tourism to Japan surges, so too has the use of its world-class medical facilities for treatment and surgery. But not all ...

An opposition party leader sparked cries of xenophobia by claiming that measures are needed to prevent foreigners from ...

A Japanese health ministry council on Wednesday approved the public health insurance coverage for a regenerative medicine for Parkinson's disease produced from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells, ...

Anyone who lives in Japan for three months or more is required to have insurance, either through an employer (the Employees’ Health Insuranc ...