Health

Over 17,000 Waiting for Organ Transplants in JapanJAPAN LIFE | May 18, 2026

Living Alone and Thriving: Documentary of 104-Year-Old Japanese Woman Offers Lessons for LifeCULTURE | Jun 10, 2025

Pedal Wheelchair Offers Hope for ParalyticsJAPAN LIFE | Dec 17, 2024

Summer Vacation Woes: Three in Four Japanese Parents Worried About Children’s Meals JAPAN LIFE | Aug 29, 2024

New Hope for Hip Pain: My Wife’s Surgery in PhotosJAPAN LIFE | Aug 14, 2024

Life Expectancy in Japan Rises for the First Time in Three Years JAPAN LIFE | Aug 9, 2024

Smoking in Japan: Many Want to Quit, But Find the Habit Can Have Advantages at WorkJAPAN LIFE | Jun 19, 2024

A Home Where Old People Can Live Together with Their PetsJAPAN LIFE | Jun 19, 2024

Sleep Survey in Japan Finds Many Get Less than Six Hours’ Shut-EyeJAPAN LIFE | May 27, 2024

Japan’s Bath Habits: Hotter Water in Toyama, Longer Soaks in YamanashiJAPAN LIFE | Nov 21, 2023

Hay Fever Negatively Affecting 30% of Companies in JapanJAPAN LIFE | Jun 28, 2023

Can We Deter Violence by People with Nothing to Lose?INSIGHT | Sep 26, 2022

Japan Health Ministry Survey Finds Many Not Consulting Doctors for Menopausal SymptomsJAPAN LIFE | Jul 6, 2022

Japanese Survey on “Period Poverty” Finds Need to Address the ProblemJAPAN LIFE | Apr 5, 2022

Health and Retirement Are Top Causes of Anxiety in 2021 Survey in JapanINSIGHT | Dec 14, 2021

Japan’s Health Insurance Associations Face Revenue Decline from Fiscal 2021INSIGHT | Nov 9, 2021

Questions of Life and Death During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Medical Anthropologist’s View INSIGHT | May 18, 2021

Survey Finds Japan’s Active Sports Population at Record HighApr 22, 2021