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November/December 2025 Issue

November/December 2025 Issue

Medical Tourism in Asia: Health Asia with Enhanced Earning Capacity

Publisher's Note
Expanding Medical Tourism to Japan for the Mutual Benefit of Japan and the World
By Masakazu Toyoda
Exclusive Interview No. 11
President, the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE), JETRO
Dr. Fukunari Kimura
Expectations for the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE)
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Cover Lead
Medical Tourism in Asia: Health Asia with Enhanced Earning Capacity
By Naoyuki Haraoka
Cover Story 1
Roundtable: Building a Healthier World Through Medical Tourism
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 2
Taking Japan’s Quality of Care to the World: Implementing the Japan Style Medical Inbound Model
By Kayoko Beppu
Cover Story 3
Interview with Yong Yih Ming, Chief Executive Officer of Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore
Learning from a Hospital in Singapore
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 4
Interview with Prof. Junichi Sasaki & Kazuhisa Suzuki, Keio University Hospital
What Is Needed for the Full-Scale Development of Medical Tourism?
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Cover Story 5
Exploring the Potential for Indo-Japanese Cooperation in Traditional Medicine for a Win-Win Situation
By Mohan Gopal
Cover Story 6
Healing & Prosperity: India-Japan’s Path to Collaborative Growth
By Soumya Chandrasekhar
Cover Story 7
The Current State & Challenges of Japan’s Medical Inbound Industry & Toward Its Industrialization
By Takanori Matsushima
Special Article 1
China’s Economy at a Turning Point: Outlook & Challenges
By Ke Long
Special Article 2
Japanese Literary Encounters with India
By Mukesh Williams
Special Article 3
Geopolitical Factors in Energy Security (Part II) – Expanded Geopolitical Risks & Their Impact on Energy Security & Decarbonization (following Sept./Oct. 2025 issue)
By Guo Sizhi
Special Interview
Interview with Oleg Kapinos, Head of Global Distribution Strategy of Asset Management One
Would Japanese Firms’ Competitiveness in Some Niche Markets Lead to Japan’s Strategic Indispensability to Strengthen Her Economic Security?
By Japan SPOTLIGHT
Economic Indicators for Japan
Residency Status of Foreign Nationals in Japan
By Nobuo Iizuka
Contents
Expanding Medical Tourism to Japan for the Mutual Benefit of Japan and the World
Back Cover
Medical Tourism in Asia: Health Asia with Enhanced Earning Capacity

【Next Issue】 Our next issue in January/February 2026 will focus on the theme “Enhancing Japanese Growth Potential with the Service Sector as Its Driving Force”. It will assess the Japanese service sector’s current developments and potential, as well as provide general observations on the Japanese economy, the challenges facing it, and possible solutions to overcome them. The next issue will be published on our website on Jan. 10, 2026.

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