A committee of the Imperial Diet’s House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s national legislature from 1890 to ...

The Japanese government has stopped issuing new health insurance cards as of Monday. It recommends the use of Individual Number ("My Number" in Japanese) Cards instead for healthcare access. Why has ...

Visiting the doctor in Japan can be stressful, especially if you don’t have such a good grasp of the language. Never mind any mistranslated diagnoses, just getting past the check in desk can be a ...

Here's a warning for foreign residents of Japan... if you started paying your monthly health insurance premiums and then find you need to leave the country for an extended period, you better ...