Everyone gets sick from time to time, but how can you have the insurance you'll need and get the required treatment if anything does happen. And what about preventative medicine, what can you do to help limit those trips to the doctors? The health system in Japan is a little different from that experienced by many in their home countries, this gude is designed to help you navigate all the options available to foreign residents in Japan

Contents 1 Hospitals/Doctors 2 Exercise 3 Health Insurance 4 Healthy Shopping 5 Helpful Links

Hospitals/Doctors

With no General Practitioners, the Health Seervice in Japan is initially broken down into clinics specializing in certain areas of medicine, so you'll need to know where to go to the best treatment; whether it be an interntional clinic serving the expat community, a Japanese Doctor who speaks a foreign language or at a clinic closer to home.

Exercise

Regular excercise is essential to keeping fit and healthy; from yoga to aerobics, playing sports or martial arts, Japan has a huge number of options to offer throughout the country.

Health Insurance

Health insurance is one of the greatest concerns for foreigners living and working in Japan and all residents are required to be enrolled in an insurance program.

Some recent info on changes to the law in Japan, where foreigners now require proof of Japanese health insurance cover in order to renew their work visas

http://fukuokanow.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/new-visa-law-no-health-insurance-no-visa-renewal/

Healthy Shopping

Everyone knows that Japanese food is healthy but what shops and online services offer you the chance to buy health foods in Japan?

The best place to find any food in Japan that you would find in any American supermarket is at the Foreign Buyers Club, which delivers nationwide.

Web link is http://www.fbcusa.com

For health foods, organic foods go to Tengu.

Helpful Links