Useful Contacts and Resources

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

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