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This page was last updated on December 23rd, 2008
Smoke Around The Rising Sun
Law professor's essay on tobacco regulations in Japan and the government's conflicts between protecting citizen's health and the massive cigarette tax revenues it receives.[PDF] http://www.hawaii.edu/law/faculty/publications/smokerising97.pdf
English - Japanese Dictionary of Medical Terms
Includes several anatomical and medical terms and their counterparts in Japanese, all alphabetized. http://www.pmcguam.com/resource/japandic.htm
Access Dental Counseling
The first project directly operated by Japanese dentists in cooperation with Canadian counselors to consider the international environment surrounding dental practice. http://www.accessdentalcounseling.net/
Medicinal Cannabis
Group campaigns to make hemp a legal medicine. http://www.taima.org/en/iryotaima.htm
Life AIDS Project
Support group for people with HIV and caretakers. http://www.campus.ne.jp/~lap//lap1/lap2/english/lapeng.html
Japan Medical Market Information and Consulting
Databases with Japan medical market information, equipment distributors, consultant services, Japanese translation/interpretor services, and metric/currency conversters. http://japanbiomedical.com/main.html
International Mental Health Professionals Japan (IMPHPJ)
A multidisciplinary professional association of therapists who provide mental health services to the international communities in Japan. With database of professional therapists and forum. http://www.imhpj.org/
Journal of Health Science
Covers all aspects of health science; published by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. http://jhs.pharm.or.jp/home.htm
National Health Insurance Systems
Description of Japanese government health care insurance systems from the Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association. http://www.jpma.or.jp/12english/guide_industry/healthcare/healthcare.html
People's AIDS-Advocacy Movement of Japan and Africa
Group to share information of the Japanese governmental policy on global HIV/AIDS issues and international cooperation in health fields. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PAMOJA_JAPAN_AFRICA/