Only 2% of pharmacies and related medical facilities in Japan have adopted the country's electronic prescription system nearly half a year since it launched, despite government plans for countrywide integration by the end of March 2025.

As of July 2, only 4,690 of the roughly 230,000 medical institutions and pharmacies across the country have introduced the system, which allows prescriptions by doctors to be shared with pharmacies online, according to the health ministry.

Of them, 4,229, or about 90%, are pharmacies, while 423 are medical clinics, 24 are dental clinics and 14 are hospitals.