YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — The Defense Department has extended a pilot program to help its civilian employees in Japan find health care, but their family members are still not permitted to take ...

Anyone who lives in Japan for three months or more is required to have insurance, either through an employer (the Employees’ Health Insuranc ...

The 7-year-old daughter of an Okinawa-based Marine died last year after being denied medical care at Japanese hospitals, prompting an investigation that found lack of care has sometimes proved fatal ...

As the Japanese population has aged rapidly, Japan’s experience has implications for other high-income countries, including the United States. The aging of Japan’s population, coupled with the ...