YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Defense Department is counting on the contractor that provides health care for military members overseas to create a provider network in Japan that accepts civilian ...

As the Japanese population has aged rapidly, Japan’s experience has implications for other high-income countries, including the United States. The aging of Japan’s population, coupled with the ...

Anyone who lives in Japan for three months or more is required to have insurance, either through an employer (the Employees’ Health Insuranc ...

The Department of Defense announced a one-year pilot program this week in a bid to help 11,000 civilian employees in Japan navigate and defray the cost of medical care in the country. The free program ...

As tourism to Japan surges, so too has the use of its world-class medical facilities for treatment and surgery. But not all ...

Over 70% of health insurance associations whose members are employees of large Japanese companies and their families are projected to log deficits in fiscal 2026, the National Federation of Health ...

Injury and sickness allowance payments continue to rise at companies around Japan as mental health problems take a heavier toll on workers. Allowance payments surged 1.6 times from five years ago to ...