2025/08/14
Information for Our Guests:
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Title: Redefining the Value of Healthcare: Strengthening Collaboration Between Japan and the US
DATE: Thursday, September 11, 2025
TIME: 08:30-10:00
Venue: Tokyo American Club
Speakers: Ryoji Noritake, chair, Health and Global Policy Institute;
Ataru Igarashi, PhD, associate professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo;
Yosuke Kita, MD, MPH, MPA, director, Global Health Strategy Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Seth Ginsberg, President, Global Healthy Living Foundation
Guest Fee: ¥9,400
Registration/Cancellation Deadline: Wednesday, September 3 (17:00)
Event Overview:
Diminishing returns on medicine and device innovation is challenging the stability of the medical supply chain. This means fewer patients in Japan have access to key drugs compared with those in other advanced countries—a situation that threatens the value and quality of healthcare.
Various stakeholders, including political parties, have mentioned reducing government spending on “low-value care” to minimize the burden on working generations. When Japan’s health insurance coverage and reimbursement price revision starts this fall, “value” will be one of keywords.
To address this, we must reevaluate and redefine the true value of healthcare using insights from health economics, sociology, and patient perspectives. The United States is the world’s most advanced market for healthcare innovation while Japan leads the world in life expectancy. Collaboration between the two nations may bring a brighter future to the people of both.
Strengthening Japan–US collaboration is key. Please join us to explore these crucial topics and create new value for healthcare. Seating is limited, so please reserve yours as soon as possible.
Information source:
http://www.accj.or.jp/accj-events
