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Staying Healthy
Health check-ups are not covered under health insurance as they are preventative rather than actual treatment. If you have a health check-up you will be responsible for 100% of the medical examination fee.
However, because of their importance in maintaining a healthy populace, free or low-cost check-ups are regularly offered to citizens by local government. If you are interested please contact your local prefectural or municipal health centre, which is where the check-ups are carried out. Details of dates and times are also carried in municipal information bulletins ( >> Bulletins ).
If you are employed by a company, the company has to bear the cost of a regular medical check-up for you.
| Provider |
Test |
Examinations |
Eligibility |
Municipal
health centre |
tuberculosis |
chest X-ray |
65 yrs~ |
| general check-up |
blood pressure, blood test, ECG, eye-ground exam, etc. |
40 yrs~ |
| gastric cancer |
gastric X-ray |
35 yrs~ |
| lung |
cancer chest X-ray, sputum analysis |
40 yrs~ |
| uterine cancer |
cervical examination, etc. |
20 yrs~ |
| breast cancer |
Visual and palpation examination |
40 yrs~ |
| Prefectural health centre* |
mental health counselling |
voluntary |
| HIV test |
blood test, etc |
voluntary |
| intractable disease consultation |
voluntary |
* Health, Welfare and Environment Dept., Regional Promotion Bureau
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