Geographical Locations - Japan

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 610
• CIA World Factbook - Japan

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Japan
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile: Japan
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Japan
• UNDP - Tokyo Office

Government

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
• National Institute of Public Health

Non-Government

• Green Cross : Japan
• Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association
• Japan Public Health Association
• Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning
  JOICFP is a Japanese NGO that promotes international cooperation in the area of reproductive health and rights. It conducts research on population and reproductive health including family planning (FP)/maternal and child health (MCH) in developing countries, and provides subsidies and other necessary assistance for research and other activities for developing countries, thus contributing to the enhancement of the well-being of communities.
• RERF - Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima & Nagasaki ( formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission ( ABCC ))
  This cooperative Japan-United States Research Organisation conducts research and studies - for peaceful purposes - on the effects of radiation exposure on humans with a view toward contributing to the maintenance of the health and welfare of atomic-bomb survivors and to the enhancement of the health of all people

Academic Institutions

• Fujita Health University
• Nara Women's University, Faculty of Human Life and Environment
• NCC - National Cancer Center, Tokyo
• NIHN - National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Tokyo
• NIHS - National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo
• NIPH - National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo
• NIID - National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo - former National Institute of Health (NIH)
• National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled, Tokorozawa City
• Oita University : Faculty of Medicine : Department of Public Health
• Okayama University : Medical School - Department of Public Health
• Research Institute on Tuberculosis (JATA)
• Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology
• Tokyo Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health
• UOEH - University of Occupational and Environmental Health

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Japan: Health System Review
  The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) profiles are country-based reports that provide a detailed description of a health system and of policy initiatives in progress or under development. HiTs examine different approaches to the organization, financing and delivery of health services and the role of the main actors in health systems; describe the institutional framework, process, content and implementation of health and health care policies; and highlight challenges and areas that require more in-depth analysis. Japan’s health system provides universal coverage of the population through health insurance system for employees and their families (60% of the population) and National Health Insurance (NHI) system for the self-employed, retired and unemployed (40%). Annual expenditure is around 8% of gross domestic product (GDP) according to OECD estimates, and the main funding mechanisms are health insurance (50% of total spending), taxation (36%) and out-of-pocket payments (14%). Population health in Japan is among the best in the world, with the longest life expectancy and lowest infant mortality. The population has aged considerably, with over 21% aged 65 years or older. Recent health system reforms are related in large part to this demographic challenge, such as the introduction of an independent financing system for the oldest-old population cross-subsidized by all health insurers, better integration of preventive services into the insurance system, reforming the methods of paying hospitals and the introduction of a new system of long-term care financed through insurance and administered by municipal governments. [publication abstract] [Health Systems in Transition, Vol. 11, No. 5, 2009 (WHO)]
• Securing Health: Lessons from Nation Building Missions
  This monograph presents the results of research conducted by the RAND Corporation on the health component of nation-building operations. The purpose of the research was to analyze the activities that countries, international institutions, and non-governmental organisations undertake in rebuilding public health and health care delivery systems after major conflict. In addition, this monograph outlines key principles for the success of such reconstruction efforts and identifies lessons for future nation-building operations.

Educational Resources

• WWW Virtual Library: Japan
• CDC - Travel Information : East Asia
• Library of Congress, Country Study: Japan