Number of Japanese heading to South Korea as medical tourists rises in 2025
SEOUL – Foreign medical tourists to South Korea, including for aesthetic treatments, surged 71.9% in 2025 from the…
Japan’s jobs-to-applicant ratio falls to 1.22 in June
The seasonally adjusted effective jobs-to-applicant ratio in Japan fell 0.02 point month on month in June to 1.22,…
Work-related mental illness cases hit record high in Japan
The number of mental illness cases recognized as being work-related in Japan rose by 172 from the previous…
Japan’s new health institute gives first acute respiratory infection cases tally
The number of new acute respiratory infection, or ARI, cases reported at some 3,000 designated medical institutions across…