Fukushima
Medical Guide
Find answers to all the questions you have about the Japanese Medical
System, and learn what you need to know before visiting a
Japanese medical institution in this
easy to follow guide!
When you get sick or injured / Insurance
Systems /Mother and Child Health / Domestic
Problems / Staying Well
When you get sick or injured
1-1 Medical care in Japan
1-1-1 Large hospitals and local clinics
1-1-2 At pharmacies [yakkyoku]
1-2 Emergencies
1-2-1 Calling an ambulance
1-2-2 Going to hospital at night or during holidays
1-3 Medical examination and hospitalization
1-3-1 Having a medical examination
1-3-2 Treatment procedures
1-3-3 Hospitalization
1-3-4 Suggestions
1-4 Traffic accidents
1-4-1 What should you do if you are involved in a traffic accident?
1-4-2 Compensation and how it is calculated
1-4-3 If you cause injury in a traffic accident
Insurance
Systems
2-1 Social insurance
2-1-1 Social insurance systems
2-1-2 Employees’ health insurance [kenko hoken]
2-1-3 National health insurance [kokumin kenko hoken]
2-1-4 Medical care notcovered by insurance
2-1-5 Long-term care insurance for the elderly [kaigo hoken]
2-1-6 Workmen’s accident compensation insurance [rosai hoken]
2-1-7 Pension plans
2-2 Help with medical expenses
2-2-1 High medical expenses
2-2-2 Medical expenses for designated diseases
2-2-3 Medical expenses for treatment of tuberculosis
2-2-4 Medical expenses of the elderly
2-2-5 Medical expenses for disabled people
2-2-6 Medical expenses for psychiatric disorders
2-2-7 Medical expenses when you have no fixed address in Japan
Mother
and child health
3-1 Pregnancy and childbirth
3-1-1 Mother and child health handbook [boshi kenko techo]
3-1-2 Health guidanceand checkups during pregnancy
3-1-3 Costs of delivery
3-1-4 Registering your child’s birth
3-2 Childcare
3-2-1 Health checkups for infants
3-2-2 Vaccination
3-3 Help with medical expenses
3-3-1 Inpatient and outpatient medical expenses
3-3-2 Medical expenses for children with chronic diseases
3-3-3 Medical expenses for children infected with tuberculosis 3-3-4
Medical expenses of single-parent families
3-3-5 Medical expenses for premature babies
3-3-6 Medical care expenses for disabled children
Domestic problems
4-1 Domestic violence
4-1-1 What is domestic violence?
4-1-2 Counseling offices
4-1-3 Protection orders
4-2 Child abuse
4-2-1 Child abuse
4-3 Family planning
4-3-1 Family planning
4-3-2 Contraception
Staying well
5-1 Preventing illness
5-1-1 Public health centers
5-2 Mental health
5-2-1 Mental problems of foreigners living in Japan
5-2-2 Don’t hold it in: ask for advice.
5-3 Contagious diseases
5-3-1 Tuberculosis
5-3-2 AIDS
5-4 Food poisoning
5-4-1 Food poisoning
