A Tokyo court convicted a section chief at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for stalking a female subordinate and illegally entering her home, sentencing him to two years in prison, suspended for five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/30/japan/crime-legal/japan-official-stalking-convicted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mhlw #stalking #sexualharassment #bureaucracy #japanesecourts

A male worker at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been indicted on charges of stalking a subordinate in her 20s, including following her and entering her home without permission, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/25/japan/crime-legal/health-ministry-worker-indicted-stalking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mhlw #stalking #sexualharassment

A ceremony was held in Tokyo on Monday to restore the honor of leprosy patients in Japan, who had suffered severe discrimination based on the government's past forced isolation policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/22/japan/society/leprosy-patients-honor-restoring/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #leprosy #discrimination #mhlw

Japanese workers' real wages have increased for a fourth month, marking the longest stretch of gains in four years and bolstering the case for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/05/economy/real-wages-rise-april/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #economicindicators #boj #wages #kazuoueda #middleeast #mhlw #internalaffairsministry

Japan's health ministry is set to ban the cannabinol, or CBN, an ingredient derived from cannabis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/31/japan/japan-ban-cannabis-ingredient-cbn-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #drugs #mhlw #cbn #marijuana

Japan's health ministry plans to begin providing about ¥470 million in aid this fiscal year to medical institutions that conduct a large number of organ transplants from brain-dead patients. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/28/japan/science-health/organ-transplant-hospitals-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #hospitals #death #transplants #medicine #aid

The health ministry on Thursday ordered Kissei Pharmaceutical to add a warning to the package insert of Tavneos, a drug for vasculitis, or blood vessel inflammation, after the deaths of 20 patients who took the medicine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/22/japan/science-health/kissei-vasuculitis-drug-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #kisseipharmaceutical #pharmaceuticals #mhlw #health #tavneos

A health ministry panel has approved healthcare coverage for Sumitomo Pharma's Parkinson's disease treatment Amchepry, making it the world's first commercialized medical product derived from iPS cells. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/japan/science-health/ips-parkinsons-disease/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #drugs #medicine #parkinson039sdisease #sumitomopharma #ips

The number of Japanese visitors to South Korea as medical tourists, including for aesthetic treatments, stood at about 600,000 in 2025, up 36.0% and ranking second after Chinese, the South Korean government said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/28/japan/medical-tourists-south-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #southkorea #tourism #mhlw #medicaltourism #southkoreajapanrelations

To better address drug misuse among young people, Japan will impose stricter controls on the sale of certain over-the-counter medications to those under the age of 18 from May 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/27/japan/science-health/overdose-tighter-regulations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #drugs #drugstores #medicine