World War II forced extensive and comprehensive social and political changes on nations across the globe. This comparative examination of health insurance in th

"Covering the period from the Meiji Restoration to the Abe administration, this book examines what has driven the development of health politics, particularly r

Japan is the fastest aging country, with the largest super-aged society in the world and growing larger by the day, yet its universal health care costs are rela

Whilst most facets of the Occupation of Japan have attracted much scholarly debate in recent decades, this is not the case with reforms relating to public healt

Recent data show wide disparity between Japan and the United States in the effectiveness of their health care systems. Japan spends close to the lowest percenta