School closures and hospitalizations from an unexpected early spike in flu cases in Japan has experts concerned about what ...

The Government of Japan is providing funds amounting to 1,823,000 baht for a project to improve medical referral systems in ...

At least 24 American service members, civilian Defense Department employees or military dependents have been turned away for emergency medical care from Japanese hospitals in the past two years, and ...

A woman filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a hospital in Japan that diagnosed and treated her Chinese mother with a brain tumor in 2022, claiming it illegally billed her mother three times the rate ...

The thought of seeing a foreign doctor in a foreign country while navigating a foreign healthcare system can understandably leave Department of Defense (DoD) civilians and their families living and ...

Japan has been credited with containing the COVID-19 pandemic, and many observers have questioned how it was done. Explanations have included Japanese lifestyle and customs, such as bowing instead of ...

Pregnant service members, spouses and dependents at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, endured an emotional roller coaster last week when they were told to plan for delivering their babies at a ...

Hospital food typically ranks on par with gas station or airline food — except in Japan, apparently. After giving birth in a hospital in Japan, one woman recently posted pictures on Imgur of one ...

In early 2024, the World Health Organization predicted that by 2050 there will be more than 35 million new cancer cases worldwide, an increase of 77% from 20 million in 2022. Driven by aging and ...