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Births involving medical interventions, including C-sections and vacuum-assisted deliveries, have often been referred to as “abnormal deliveries.”
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
Japan to drop term ‘abnormal delivery’ to ease emotional burden on parents
The move follows concerns that the wording could cause psychological distress to expectant parents.
An average of 120 people per day were transported to the hospital in 2025 for acts of self-harm.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 10, 2026
Cases of attempted suicide and self-harm rise for seventh straight year
About 120 people a day were transported to the hospital due to self-injury in 2025, according to the Japan Suicide Countermeasures Promotion Center.
Reina Serikyaku, who suffers from fibromyalgia, calls for greater awareness and understanding of the disease during an interview in Tokyo last month.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 3, 2026
Fibromyalgia patient calls for greater awareness and understanding of disease
The often-misunderstood disease is characterized by severe pain throughout the body.
Japan's medical expenses in the year through March 2026 increased for the fifth consecutive year, the health ministry said.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2026
Japan spent a record ?49 trillion on medical expenses in FY2025
The amount, which is 2.6% higher year on year, reflects the country’s aging population and advances in medical technology, according to the health ministry.
Experts are urging people to regularly wash their hands, ventilate and practice “cough etiquette,” such as covering one’s mouth with a mask or handkerchief to prevent the spread of infection.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 28, 2026
Japan enters an unusually early flu season
This year marks the second-earliest start of the season, according to health ministry records dating back to 1999.
Ambulances are parked outside a mortuary following a deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Islamabad on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2026
‘Black smoke’ chokes Pakistan maternity ward as hospital fire kills 14 infants
The dawn fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the capital’s premier public hospital, the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences.
A cyclist rides shortly after sunrise as an amber heat health alert comes into effect and after Britain’s Environment Agency declared seven areas of England to be in drought, in Richmond Park, London, on Aug. 3.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 17, 2026
‘Horrific’ conditions grip U.K. hospitals unprepared for heat
In hospitals built for a cooler climate, staff dealt with patients too sweaty to receive IV drips, medication at risk of degrading and colleagues collapsing on the job.
Fumiko Yamamoto teaches students about “seitai,” or the arrangement of a deceased person's body, during a class on Feb. 13 in Saitama Prefecture. The name tag for one of the participants is pixelated for privacy reasons.
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2026
Former nurse passes on lessons from experience in aftermath of JAL crash
Based on her experience in the aftermath of the 1985 JAL crash, a former nurse is spreading her knowledge of seitai, or the arrangement of a deceased person’s body.
Tomoko Sato, the chief of emergency medicine at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, brought her two children to the hospital so she could continue treating patients following the Kumamoto earthquake.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Aug 3, 2026
A pressing question on the front lines in Kumamoto: Who cares for the caregivers?
Emergency doctor Tomoko Sato found herself torn between two urgent demands: caring for a surge of incoming patients and protecting her own children.
Tokyo’s metropolitan government offers subsidies of up to ?100,000 for epidural childbirth at designated medical institutions.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2026
Tokyo’s subsidies for pain relief during childbirth see strong demand
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government received 12,059 applications in the six months through March for its subsidy program — well above its projection of about 9,500.
The summer heat hits Ginza, Tokyo, on Thursday. According to the Tokyo Fire Department, 453 people were transported to hospitals due to heatstroke on Wednesday alone.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2026
As Japan bakes, over 10,000 rushed to hospital for heatstroke in a week
Some 10,857 people were transported by ambulance from July 13 through July 19, more than double the same period last year.
The ceilings on monthly out-of-pocket medical expenses will be raised next month and again in August 2027.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 19, 2026
Japan to raise caps on out-of-pocket medical expenses
The changes are intended to curb ballooning national medical costs.
Kashiwa Tanaka Hospital officials apologize during a news conference in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday, following the arrest of one of their former nurses.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2026
Ex-nurse accused of murder researched injecting feces into IV drip
The 51-year-old former nurse was also seen entering the patient’s room several times shortly before his death, according to hospital officials.
A former nurse at Kashiwa Tanaka Hospital in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, is suspected of mixing excrement into an IV drip for an inpatient on Jan. 30.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2026
Ex-nurse in Chiba Prefecture suspected of killing patient by mixing feces in IV
After the inpatient died from multiple organ failure resulting from sepsis, a brown-colored foreign object was discovered in his IV tube, according to the police.
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral infection that mainly affects infants and young children, causing blister-like rashes in the mouth and on the hands and feet.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 15, 2026
Hand, foot and mouth disease cases surge across Japan
The number of patients has exceeded the nationwide warning threshold for the first time in two years as Japan enters summer, when cases typically increase.
Since April 2024, the amount of overtime doctors can perform has been capped at a maximum of 960 hours per year.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 14, 2026
15% of doctors put in over 960 hours of overtime, health ministry survey finds
The results come despite yearslong efforts to address overwork in the medical industry.
A specialist in electromedical equipment works at the provincial electromedical workshop in Havana.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 10, 2026
Cuban lives cut short as health system flatlines
Once the communist revolution’s crowning glory, the health system is now on life support, with the tightening of U.S. sanctions and an energy crisis pushing it to the brink.
Japan Cleft Palate Foundation Executive Director Nagato Natsume (second from left) examines a child at Nguyen Dinh Chieu General Hospital in Vinh Long province, Vietnam. Natsume is part of a Japanese team that carries out volunteer overseas missions to provide free surgery to people born with cleft lips or palates.
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Chubu
Jul 6, 2026
Japanese doctors mark 34 years of free cleft-lip surgeries in Vietnam
In many developing countries, treatment for cleft lips or palates is often delayed because of financial hardship and limited access to specialized care.
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Jul 3, 2026
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Seven of the babies were born under conditions of confidentiality, with only a few hospital workers knowing their mothers’ identities.
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda was hospitalized on June 9 for treatment of a liver cyst infection and didn’t attend a policy meeting earlier this week.
BUSINESS
Jun 19, 2026
Gov. Ueda has been discharged from hospital, BOJ says
Ueda, 74, was hospitalized on June 9 for treatment of a liver cyst infection and didn’t attend a policy meeting earlier this week.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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