Yamagata University’s East Japan Heavy Ion Center: A Growing Hub of Medical Tourism

Satō Hiraku. (© Itō Mikako)

Cancer Treatments

The treatment control room of the East Japan Heavy Ion Center. (© Itō Mikako)

The entrance to the East Japan Heavy Ion Center. (© Itō Mikako)

East Japan Heavy Ion Center director Iwai Takeo. (© Itō Mikako)

The center’s rotating gantry. (© Itō Mikako)

The center’s entrance hall. (© Itō Mikako)

(© Itō Mikako)