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MEDICAL

EDITORIALS
Jul 31, 2015
Reducing fatal errors at hospitals
It is hoped that a new system to investigate unexpected deaths at hospitals will help medical personnel learn from mistakes and lower patient fatalities.
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
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Jul 19, 2015
Japan's hospitals weigh overseas branches, medical tourism in search for profit
Affluent foreigners represent attractive market, but Japan's health care industry is inexperienced in reaching out to foreigners.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2015
Girl sent to medical reformatory over murder of classmate in Sasebo
Experts are divided over a family court decision to send a 16-year-old girl, who killed a classmate last summer, to a medical reformatory instead of to prosecutors for criminal indictment.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2015
Japanese doctors arrive in Taiwan as fire death toll rises to five
Six Japanese medical specialists arrived Sunday in Taiwan to help treat burn victims in last month's explosion and fire at a water park as the death toll from the accident rose to five.
EDITORIALS
Jul 7, 2015
Reining in prescription drug costs
The Abe administration must take steps to ensure generic drugs are as safe and effective as their brand name counterparts.
EDITORIALS
Jun 15, 2015
Migration of elderly residents
Should the government promote the migration of the greater Tokyo area's elderly residents to rural parts of the country to avert a crisis in welfare services for senior citizens?
EDITORIALS
Apr 30, 2015
Scrutinize health insurance reform
The national government needs to provide sufficient support to prefectural governments, which will be tasked to play a larger role in maintaining the nation's health insurance system.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 23, 2015
Liver transplant deaths at Kobe hospital avoidable, says report
Three of four people who died within a month of their liver transplants could have been saved, according to the summary of a forthcoming report on suspected malpractice.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2015
New Kobe hospital to halt liver transplants after deaths of four patients
A Kobe hospital where four of seven liver transplant recipients have died since it opened in November is temporarily halting operations.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 7, 2015
Crash pilot's medical record preceded stricter reporting rules, Lufthansa says
Lufthansa said on Monday it was not required to inform German aviation authorities about Andreas Lubitz's former depression because he qualified as a pilot before stricter reporting rules went into effect in 2013.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Apr 3, 2015
Tokyo considers rewards for administering first aid
In what is expected to be a first in Japan, the Metropolitan Fire Department may offer financial aid to people who administer first aid to accident and disaster victims, an official said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2015
Germanwings crash co-pilot had been treated for suicidal tendencies
The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot's license, German prosecutors said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2015
Understanding the truth about medical consent
Obtaining patient consent is a vital but often overlooked skill for doctors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jan 11, 2015
AIST brings mind-reading technology closer to reality
Communicating via brain waves, by merely thinking, may seem like a notion out of the world of science fiction, but it would be a dream come true for people who are physically unable to express themselves.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2015
Break the embargo with medical exchanges
President Barack Obama should begin the normalization of U.S. relations with Cuba after a half-century by allowing medical communication between American and Cuban doctors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 20, 2014
The high price of a long life
In the near future, advanced medical technology will greatly extend the lives of those who can afford to pay for it. But is it worth it?
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 14, 2014
Medical interpreters discuss goal for 2020 Olympics
Giving patients equal access to medical treatment is easier said than done, especially when foreign patients are involved. And with Japan set to host the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2020, addressing the challenge has taken on greater significance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 23, 2014
Demand growing for medical interpreters as tourist numbers surge
With growing numbers of resident foreigners and surging tourist arrivals, the nation is increasingly looking at the problem of medical care getting lost in translation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 13, 2014
Back from Liberia, patient with Ebola symptoms transferred to Boston hospital
A patient in Massachusetts who recently returned from Liberia and was displaying symptoms of Ebola was transferred from a medical clinic to a Boston hospital on Sunday, the hospital said.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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