The following is a list of resources on health policy in Japan. While most resources are available in English only, some are available in both English and Japanese.
| Main Topic | Year | Title | Author/Editor | Publisher/Journal | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ageing | 2020 | The need for home care physicians in Japan – 2020 to 2060 | Hiroyoshi Iwata, Masato Matsushima, Takamasa Watanabe, Yoshifumi Sugiyama, Kenichi Yokobayashi, Daisuke Son, Yoshinao Satoi, Eriko Yoshida, Sumiko Satake, Yuki Hinata & Yasuki Fujinuma | BMC Health Services Research | English |
| Ageing | 2018 | Longevity and elderly care: lessons from Japan | Shaw Watanabe, Sayuri Kodama, Hideo Hanabusa | Global Health Journal | English |
| Ageing | 2018 | Healthcare costs for the elderly in Japan: Analysis of medical care and long-term care claim records | Akiyama N, Shiroiwa T, Fukuda T, Murashima S, Hayashida K | PLoS ONE | English |
| Ageing | 2015 | Long-term Care of Older Persons in Japan | Reiko Hayashi | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific | English |
| AMR | 2018 | Public knowledge and perception about antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance in Japan: A national questionnaire survey in 2017 | Kazuhiro Kamata, Yasuharu Tokuda, Yoshiaki Gu, Norio Ohmagari, Katsunori Yanagihara | PLoS ONE | English |
| AMR | 2018 | Evaluation of the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance in Japan during its first eighteen months | Yasushi Ohkusa, Tamie Sugawara, Hirokazu Kawanohara, Miwako Kamei | Drug Discoveries and Therapeutics | English |
| Dementia | 2019 | The Association between Social Support and Incident Dementia: A 10-Year Follow-Up Study in Japan | Chiyoe Murata, Tami Saito, Masashige Saito and Katsunori Kondo | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | English |
| Dementia | 2018 | The estimated cost of dementia in Japan, the most aged society in the world | Mitsuhiro Sado, Akira Ninomiya, Ryo Shikimoto, Baku Ikeda, Toshiaki Baba, Kimio Yoshimura, Masaru Mimura | PLoS ONE | English |
| Dementia | 2018 | Identification of dementia using standard clinical assessments by primary care physicians in Japan | Hiroyuki Noda, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Ai Ikeda, Takashi Asada, Hiroyasu Iso | Geriatrics & Gerontology International | English |
| Financing | 2019 | Japan: achieving UHC by regulating payment | Naoki Ikegami | Globalization and Health | English |
| Financing | 2019 | Financing Long-term Care: Lessons From Japan | Naoki Ikegami | International Journal of Health Policy and Management | English |
| Financing | 2012 | In Japan, All-Payer Rate Setting Under Tight Government Control Has Proved To Be An Effective Approach To Containing Costs | Ikegami, Naoki; Anderson, Gerard F. | Health Affairs | English |
| Financing | 2011 | Cost containment and quality of care in Japan: is there a trade-off? | Hashimoto, Hideki et al. | The Lancet | English; available in Japanese |
| Global Health | 2020 | Tracking Japan’s development assistance for health, 2012–2016 | Shuhei Nomura, Haruka Sakamoto, Maaya Kita Sugai, Haruyo Nakamura, Keiko Maruyama-Sakurai, Sangnim Lee, Aya Ishizuka & Kenji Shibuya | Globalization and Health | English |
| Global Health | 2018 | Japan’s contribution to making global health architecture a top political agenda by leveraging the G7 presidency | Sakamoto, H., Ezoe, S., Hara, K., Sekitani, Y., Abe, K., Inada, H., Kato, T., Komada, K., Miyakawa, M., Hinoshita, E., Yamaya, H., Yamamoto, N., Abe, S. K., & Shibuya, K. | Journal of Global Health | English |
| Insurance | 2011 | Population ageing and wellbeing: lessons from Japan's long-term care insurance policy | Tamiya, Nanako et al. | The Lancet | English; available in Japanese |
| Legislation | 2009 | The Regulation of Medical Malpractice in Japan | Robert B Leflar | Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | English |
| Mental Health | 2018 | Public Perceptions toward Mental Illness in Japan | Kasahara-Kiritani M, Matoba T, Kikuzawa S, et al. | Asian Journal of Psychiatry | English |
| Mental Health | 2017 | Strengthening community mental health services in Japan | Kiyoto Kasai, Shuntaro Ando, Akiko Kanehara, Yousuke Kumakura, Shinsuke Kondo, Masato Fukuda, et al. | The Lancet Psychiatry | English |
| Mental Health | 2012 | Suicide in Japan | Motohashi, Yutaka | The Lancet | English; available in Japanese |
| Overview | 2020 | International Health Care System Profiles: Japan | Roosa Tikkanen, Robin Osborn, Elias Mossialos, Ana Djordjevic, George A. Wharton | The Commwealth Fund | English |
| Overview | 2020 | Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific | OECD and WHO | OECD Publishing | English |
| Overview | 2019 | OECD Reviews of Public Health: Japan: A Healthier Tomorrow | OECD | OECD Publishing | English |
| Overview | 2019 | Health System in Japan (In: Levy A., Goring S., Gatsonis C., Sobolev B., van Ginneken E., Busse R. (eds) Health Services Evaluation) | Ryozo Matsuda | Springer | English |
| Overview | 2019 | Health Policy in Japan – Current Situation and Future Challenges | Shinya Matsuda | Japan Medical Association Journal | English |
| Overview | 2018 | Japan Health System Review | Sakamoto H, Rahman M, Nomura S, Okamoto E, Koike S, Yasunaga H et al. | World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia | English |
| Overview | 2016 | Universal Health Coverage and Primary Healthcare: Lessons From Japan | Gerald Bloom | International Journal of Health Policy and Management | English |
| Overview | 2016 | Investigating the health care delivery system in Japan and reviewing the local public hospital reform | Xing Zhang and Tatsuo Oyama | Risk Management and Healthcare Policy | English |
| Overview | 2015 | The Future of Japan's Health System‚ Sustaining Good Health with Equity at Low Cost | Reich, Michael R; Shibuya, Kenji | New England Journal of Medicine | English |
| Overview | 2014 | Power of Community Health in Implementing the Universal Health Insurance System in Japan | Masamine Jimba | Japan Medical Association Journal | English |
| Overview | 2011 | Why is Japanese life expectancy so high? | Murray, Christopher JL | The Lancet | English; available in Japanese |
| Overview | 2011 | What has made the population of Japan healthy? | Ikeda, Nayu et al. | The Lancet | English; available in Japanese |
| Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices | 2016 | Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement in Japan: For Faster, More Complete Access to New Drugs | Akane Takayama, Mamoru Narukawa | Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science | English |
| Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices | 2015 | Regulation of Generic Drugs in Japan: the Current Situation and Future Prospects | Ryosuke Kuribayashi, Maki Matsuhama, and Kenichi Mikami | The AAPS Journal | English |
| Policy makers and players | 2005 | The iron triangle of Japan's health care: The Japan Medical Association is losing its grip on healthcare policy | Kondo, James | BMJ, 8 Jan 2005, 330 (7482), 55-56 | English |
| Policy makers and players | 2003 | Unwritten history of Japan Medical Association | Mizuno, H | Soshisha, Japan 2003; 11-12 | English |
| Policy Process | 2013 | 3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan | Samuels, Richard J | Cornell University Press | English |
| Quality | 2014 | Health inequalities in Japan: the role of material, psychosocial, social relational and behavioural factors | Hiyoshi A, Fukuda Y, Shipley MJ, Brunner EJ | Social Science Medicine | English |
| Resources for Health | 2019 | Geographical distribution of family physicians in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study | Yoshida, S., Matsumoto, M., Kashima, S. et al. | BMC Family Practice | English |
| Resources for Health | 2018 | Aging of hospital physicians in rural Japan: A longitudinal study based on national census data | Matsumoto M, Kimura K, Inoue K, Kashima S, Koike S, Tazuma S | PLoS ONE | English |
| Resources for health | 2015 | Foreign Help Wanted: Easing Japan Labor Shortages | Ganelli, Giovanni; Miake, Naoko | International Monetary Fund, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific | English |
| Resources for health | 2011 | Education for health professionals in Japan‚ time to change | Ban, Nobutaro; Fetters, Michael D | The Lancet | English; available in Japanese |
| Sustanability | 2011 | Future of Japan's system of good health at low cost with equity: beyond universal coverage | Shibuya, Kenji et al. | The Lancet | English; available in Japanese |
| Women's Health | 2020 | Impact of HPV vaccine hesitancy on cervical cancer in Japan: a modelling study | Kate T Simms, Sharon J B Hanley, Megan A Smith, Adam Keane, and Karen Canfell | The Lancet Public Health | English |
| Women's Health | 2019 | National campaign to promote maternal and child health in 21st-century Japan: Healthy Parents and Children 21 | Eri Osawa, Toshiyuki Ojima, Yuka Akiyama , Zentaro Yamagata | Japan National Institute of Public Health | English |
