The draft calls for expanding the range of seniors who are required to pay medical insurance premiums and out-of-pocket bills as much as younger people do because they either have a lot of financial assets or receive income equivalent to that of the working-age population.
The report calls for lowering by about 5.5 pct the unit fee of remuneration paid to clinics under the insurance with universal coverage.
A shortage of generic drugs is becoming serious in Japan amid the spread of influenza and the novel coronavirus, prompting the health ministry to make all-out efforts to sort out a structural issue haunting the industry.
Japan’s health ministry has confirmed 5,695 cases where users of My Number social security and taxation identification cards were presented with wrong rates of out-of-pocket expenses at medical institutions.
About 20 pct of doctors at hospitals in Japan are believed to be working overtime for more than 960 hours a year, equivalent to the 80-hours-per-month threshold for being at risk of death from overwork, a survey by a health ministry research team found.
Japanese department stores are expanding medical and beauty care services to take advantage of an increase in consumers wishing to avoid disease and stay healthy both inside and outside.
The stores aim to attract more shoppers through the face-to-face services, which are not possible online.
A Japanese research team has identified gene mutations involved in the development of brain aneurysms, a discovery that raises hopes for pharmaceutical treatment of the condition.
About 5 pct of Japanese people are said to have brain aneurysms that have not ruptured. But the only treatment available is surgical procedures such as those using vascular catheters and craniotomy, in which part of the skull is temporarily removed.
The Japanese government on Friday adopted a roadmap for launching a system to allow hospitals and pharmacies across the country to share electronic medical records by 2030. Japan has been slow to digitalize its medical sector, which was exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The country now aims to es
The Jehovah’s Witnesses religious group is continuing to instruct its followers to forbid blood transfusions for their children in violation of health ministry guidelines on preventing harm to children, according to a lawyers’ report that was set to be submitted to the government Monday.
Sources say this is the first time for a person to be arrested in Japan on suspicion of brokering organ transplants overseas without permission.
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