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Links to useful government and national organisations relevant to your health in Japan...
Health System
- The Japan Hospital Association – list of hospitals (in Japanese)
- University Hospital Medical Information Network – list of university hospitals in Japan
- AMDA International Medical Information Center
- Tokyo Metropolitan Medical Institution Information Service – offers an emergency translation service over the telephone
Tel: 03 5285 8185 - Japan Helpline – offering counselling and other English language services
- Tokyo English Life Line – open 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Pregnancy and Birth
- Japan Healthcare Info (JHI) – information about prenatal health checks (PDF)
- Japan Healthcare Info (JHI) – information about pregnancy and delivery costs
- The Japanese Midwives' Association (JMA) (search function in Japanese only)
- The Maternity Yoga Association (in Japanese)
- Japan Society for Obstetric Anaesthesia and Perinatology – list of hospitals and clinics which carry out pain-free labour (in Japanese)
- Japan Family Planning Association
- Childbirth Education Center – Tokyo
- Tokyo International Communication Committee – information about pregnancy and childbirth
- Council of Local Authorities for International Relations – information about childbirth and childcare
- Shibuya City Office – information about pregnancy