The Japanese government has begun a survey into public health insurance usage by foreign residents, amid concerns voiced by some lawmakers that people may come from overseas to take advantage of the ...

Tokyo, April 23 (Jiji Press)--The National Federation of Health Insurance Societies, or Kenporen, said Wednesday that the average premium rate at corporate health insurance societies in Japan is ...

A new Defense Department pilot program is easing health care headaches for U.S. civilian employees living in Japan. Launched in January, the Pilot ...

We are retired but we still pay a health insurance charge and a future care charge. We do get good health care for our money. The Japanese, which is 97% of the population in Japan ( only 3% foreigners ...

UTSUNOMIYA -- Nearly 70% of health care facilities surveyed in this capital city of east Japan's Tochigi Prefecture feel burdened by the recently ceased issuance of conventional health insurance ...

People with lifestyle-related diseases risk hospitalization from heatstroke at a rate two to five times higher than those ...

The government said the data-linkage mistakes were caused by data errors entered by insurers, such as company health insurance associations. The source of the incorrect contribution ratios was ...

The Japanese government plans to abolish the current health insurance card system in the fall of 2024, the minister for digital transformation announced on Oct. 13. The cards will be combined into ...

TOKYO - The Japanese government has begun a survey on public health insurance usage by foreign residents amid concerns voiced by some lawmakers that people may come in from overseas to take ...