This book explains the origins and early developments of Japanese medical insurance systems from the 1920s to the 1950s. It closely examines the changes in the

Japan is the fastest aging country, with the largest super-aged society in the world and growing larger by the day, yet its universal health care costs are rela

Bu and her contributors illustrate the complexity of tensions and negotiations in the development of different types of public health systems in Asia during the

A major new study tracing historical roots of the interplay between policy, population and science in Japan from the 1860s-1950s.

Ageing population poses a set of complex policy and dilemmas for social security systems, intensifying the concerns about rising expenditures in health care and