Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

Recent papers from Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare

1. Navigating health financing cliffs: a new era in global healthThe Lancet · 2025
2. Validity and Utility of Self-Reported Weight Gain Since Age 20 in a 30-Year-Old Japanese Working PopulationJournal of Occupational Health · 2026
3. Comparative GC-MS and LC-MS/MS characterization of four 8-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol stereoisomers and their TMS derivativesForensic Toxicology · 2026
4. Recommendations for generating real-world evidence with regulatory-grade relevance and reliabilityInternational Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2026
5. From incident response to system design: Japan’s 2025 PMD Act drug-shortage reformHealth Policy · 2026
6. Are home-to-park distance and park size associated with the frequency of park visits among older adults?: a multilevel analysis of location data from the global positioning systemCity and Environment Interactions · 2026
7. Mental health issues in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 Noto peninsula earthquake in Japan: Findings from the daily reports of emergency medical teamsProgress in Disaster Science · 2026
8. Symposium Report: Stakeholders' Perspectives on Phase 1 Trials in Japanese Prior to Multi‐Regional Clinical Trials and Future PathwaysClinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2026
9. Japanese regulation and approval process for medical artificial intelligence (AI) as software as a medical device (SaMD): Current status and emerging challengesGlobal Health & Medicine · 2026
10. Improvement of the Visualization of the Adamkiewicz Artery Using a Virtual Non-Electrocardiogram-Gated Reconstruction in Electrocardiogram-Gated Computed Tomography Angiography for Aortic DiseasesJournal of Computer Assisted Tomography · 2026
11. Unapproved regenerative medicine for spinal cord injury in JapanRegenerative Therapy · 2026
12. Secondary Inferior Alveolar Nerve Repair During Revisional Orthognathic SurgeryJournal of Craniofacial Surgery · 2026
13. Integrated chemical and molecular authentication of Pinellia tuber: A multinational collaboration within the FHH ATLAS project with government regulatory agencies from seven countries and regionsFitoterapia · 2026
14. Living in High-Rise Apartments and the Frequency of out-of-Home Activities Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Insight from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation StudyJournal of Aging and Environment · 2026
15. Qualitative study on the job satisfaction of public health physiciansJournal of Rural Medicine · 2026
16. Consultations for Infectious Diseases during the Aftermath of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake: Analysis of Data from the J-SPEED Reporting SystemInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2026
17. Japan Pre-Entry Tuberculosis Screening (JPETS): A new phase in tuberculosis control following Japan's transition in a low-incidence eraGlobal Health & Medicine · 2026
18. First Coordinated Emergency Supplies Procurement for Infectious Disease Control (IPC) in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake: Identifying Stakeholders and Pathways in Supply Chains During Initial Disaster ResponsePrehospital and Disaster Medicine · 2026
19. Event-based Surveillance for All Hazards from the UK to the World: UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Global Hazard Weekly Bulletin (GHWB)Prehospital and Disaster Medicine · 2026
20. Educational Effects of Disaster Volunteer Activities and Bathing Assistance on Paramedic StudentsPrehospital and Disaster Medicine · 2026