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  2. Health care system in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The health care system in Japan provides different types of services, including screening examinations, prenatal care and infectious disease control, with the patient accepting responsibility for 30% of these costs while the government pays the remaining 70%. Payment for personal medical services is offered by a universal health care insurance ...

  3. Health in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Life expectancy in Japan. The level of health in Japan is due to a number of factors including cultural habits, isolation, and a universal health care system.John Creighton Campbell, a professor at the University of Michigan and Tokyo University, told the New York Times in 2009 that Japanese people are the healthiest group on the planet. [1]

  4. COVID-19 vaccination in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan has so far approved Pfizer–BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca for use. In April 2024, data from the government shows that 79.5% of people have had their second dose, while 80.4% have received first shot. [7] Today, 79 percent of Japanese people have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine; 67 percent have received a third ...

  5. National Health Insurance (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    National Health Insurance (Japan) National Health Insurance (国民健康保険, Kokumin-Kenkō-Hoken) is one of the two major statutory types of insurance programs available in Japan. The other is Employees' Health Insurance (健康保険, Kenkō-Hoken). National Health insurance is designed for people who are not eligible to be members of any ...

  6. List of hospitals in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Aichi Saiseikai Hospital - Nishi-ku, Nagoya. Chubu Rosai Hospital - Minato-ku, Nagoya. Holy Spirit Hospital - Shōwa-ku, Nagoya. Japan Community Health care Organization Chukyo Hospital - Minami-ku, Nagoya. Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daiichi Hospital - Nakamura-ku, Nagoya. Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital - Shōwa-ku, Nagoya.

  7. Nursing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Nursing in Japan. Nursing in Japan did not develop as an occupation until the end of the nineteenth century. Initially introduced only in Tokyo in the late 1860s, small schools utilizing Western models were being opened by the late 1880s. In response to disaster relief, the Japanese Red Cross became an integral part of nursing development.

  8. Public health centres in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In Japan, a public health centre (Japanese: 保健所 Hokenjo) is a government facility responsible for public health matters. The primary role of public health centre is to prevent infectious disease and chronic health problems. It is responsible for monitoring air and water quality, inspecting and licensing waterworks, beauty salons, barbers ...

  9. Japan Medical Association - Wikipedia

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    Formerly called. Greater Japan Medical Association. The Japan Medical Association (Japanese: 日本医師会, Hepburn: Nihon Ishi Kai) (also known as JMA or Nichii (日医)), is the largest professional association of licensed physicians in Japan. The JMA has been a member of the World Medical Association since 1951 and participates at all ...