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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Longform
Aug 8, 2022

What will it take for Japan to embrace plant-based meat?

With consumers nationwide becoming more health-conscious, soy-based alternatives to animal-based sources of protein appear to be growing on Japan.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues
Apr 1, 2022

TELL Japan hopes to 'build resilience' with mental health summit

The mental health support group has landed some notable speakers for its second annual conference on resilience including Kathy Matsui and Gail Palmer.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 19, 2021

Team USA to have plenty of mental health support in Beijing

Licensed mental health officers will be made available to U.S. athletes competing in Beijing along with therapists and psychiatrists at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 24, 2021

Mental health could be the next casualty of global warming

The sheer number of people across the globe susceptible to climate-induced stress has fostered a sense of urgency among mental health professionals seeking to understand the issue.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 20, 2021

Extreme heat a clear and growing health issue, two studies find

One of the studies found that over 356,000 people died as a result of extreme heat in 2019, and that the toll was likely to rise in future years.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Feb 8, 2021

Blossom The Project starts a much-needed bilingual discussion on mental health in Japan

Meg Hoffmann Nakagawa's Instagram account Blossom The Project provides explanations in English and Japanese on a wide range of current affairs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 10, 2020

Retracted COVID-19 studies expose gaps in vetting of U.S. health data firms

As hospitals have moved to electronic health records, independent analytics firms have started buying hospital data sold without patient names.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 1, 2020

Are Tokyo's hospitals and health care system ready for a COVID-19 storm?

With the number of COVID-19 cases in Tokyo having nearly quadrupled in 10 days, it seems no longer a question of whether Japan will declare a national emergency, but when and how.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2019

Japanese health ministry draws outrage for 'inconsiderate' poster on terminal care

The health ministry's attempt to use comedy to encourage people to discuss hospice care options with their families in advance fell flat with the public and was criticized as being in poor taste, prompting its withdrawal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2019

Boris Johnson aims to meet notorious Brexit bus pledge with health care boost

Boris Johnson plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on hospitals and health care technology, as the U.K.'s new prime minister seeks to deliver on his own most contentious political promise.
BUSINESS
Sep 16, 2018

40% of Japan's health insurance societies seen posting losses in 2017; some may disband

Over 40 percent of the 1,394 health insurance societies set up for employees of large companies and their families are expected to report losses for fiscal 2017 ended March, sources said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Apr 9, 2018

Obesity among Asia-Pacific children is a growing health crisis, researchers say

Obesity rates among children in Asia-Pacific are rising at a rapid rate, and more action is needed to encourage healthier lifestyles and ease pressure on fledgling health care systems, researchers said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / A MATTER OF HEALTH
Oct 11, 2017

Japan's health ministry enlists anime hero in battle against overuse of antibiotics

The health ministry has enlisted the help of Amuro, the protagonist of the popular anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam," in its battle against the misuse and overuse of antibiotics — which can lead to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
May 21, 2017

Having trouble wrapping your head around Japan? Help with mental health is at hand

Black Eye speaks with professionals trained to offer guidance to those struggling to cope with a new environment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 31, 2017

Health ministry gears up for possible ban on smoking in public areas

The health ministry is considering a legal revision to ban smoking in public areas to help bring the nation's policy on secondhand smoke in line with global standards ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 18, 2016

Britain taxes soft drinks, will use the money to promote children's health

Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies that sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programs to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 10, 2016

Analysts say Sanders plan would hike U.S. incomes but overhauled health care would send deficits soaring

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' tax and benefit plans would raise income for most Americans but his proposal for single-payer health care would help generate record federal deficits, two Washington think tanks said on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 20, 2016

Health of Kumamoto evacuees

The government needs to step forward now to ensure the health of long-term evacuees in the Kyushu quake zone.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 1, 2015

Human reproduction and health broadly damaged by toxic chemicals, report says

Exposure to toxic chemicals in food, water and air is linked to millions of deaths and costs billions of dollars every year, according to a report published Thursday by an international organization of medical professionals.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 31, 2015

In major nuclear disasters, mental health the No. 1 casualty, studies find

People caught up in a nuclear disaster are more likely to suffer severe psychological disorders such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder than harm from radiation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2013

330,000 have made health insurance calculations: White House

More than 330,000 people have managed to get deep enough into new government health insurance websites to learn how much financial assistance they will receive purchasing coverage, the Internal Revenue Service said Saturday.
While the health ministry has been distributing educational material on blood donation to high school students since fiscal 1990, this will be the first time the campaign is extended to middle school students.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 2, 2024

Health ministry aims to educate middle schoolers in bid to raise blood donation rate

The ministry aims to have educational material on blood donation ready for middle schoolers in fiscal 2025 to encourage students to be future donors.
Furaha Elisabeth applies medication on the skin of her child Sagesse Hakizimana, who is under treatment for Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the Mpox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at a health center in the Congo on Aug 19.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 24, 2024

Global disease resurgence in 2024 shows rising health threat

The findings seek to renew the focus on the rise of preventable and climate-sensitive diseases, as well as a coordinated global response.
Obstetrician and gynecologist Song Mihyon
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2025

Doctor urges awareness of a birth control pill covered by health insurance

“I think doctors need to tell their patients that a birth control pill covered by health insurance exists,” Song Mihyon said.
The U.S. and the world will become unhealthier and vast numbers of children may die now that Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has pulled funding from the global vaccine program GAVI. 
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2025

RFK Jr. is playing with babies’ lives

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cut to U.S. funding for GAVI risks lives globally and damages America’s international standing.
Japan on edge but prepared for tsunami after huge Kamchatka earthquake
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
Japan to start new residency system for foreign workers
Students hoping to work in Japan attend a Japanese class at a job placement company in Hanoi in October 2022.
Japan marks highest-ever temperature of 41.2 C in Hyogo
Japan's temperature soared to a record 41.2 degrees Celsius in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Wednesday, surpassing the previous high of 41.1 C.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
Why Ishiba refuses to quit even amid intense pressure for him to go
Supporters of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba take part in a rally across the street from the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Ichiro Suzuki, one of the most iconic players in NPB and MLB history, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.7% of the vote.
With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear
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