General health issues
Japan offers a wide variety of options when you need medical help. Although there are numerous public and private hospitals as well as clinics, the Japanese have no ‘family-doctor’ system. Most foreign people have less than positive impressions of Japanese medical practitioners. Generally speaking, medical ethics and bedside manners are not taught in Japan.
Although Japan is an industrialized country, it is notable to see that few Japanese practice medicine. One of the reasons may be the fact that studying medicine in Japan can be very expensive. In spite of this, Japan still has excellent hospitals and clinics, and being the world’s leading country in technology, provides highly-technical, state of the art equipment.