[Event Report] Kidney Disease Control Promotion Project Public Symposium “Establishing Kidney Disease Control Measures with Patient, Citizen, and Community Engagement and Collaboration” (August 28, 2024)

date : 6/4/2025

Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) held a public symposium titled “ Establishing Kidney Disease Control Measures with Patient, Citizen, and Community Engagement and Collaboration” on Wednesday, August 28, 2024; the report from this symposium is now being released.

HGPI’s kidney disease control promotion project, which is now in its third year as of 2024, held this symposium in collaboration with Japan Kidney Association with the purpose of broadly disseminating to society the content of discussions including best practices, challenges, and solutions obtained through our activities to date. In 2025, HGPI will continue to promote the multi-sectoral (industry-government-academia-public) collaboration and citizen-centered policy development and advancement toward the next steps in patient- and citizen-led CKD measures and their realization.

[Event Overview]

Date & Time: Wednesday, August 28, 2024; 13:00 – 18:00 (open from 12:45) JST
Format: Hybrid (In-Person and Online (Zoom Webinar))
Venue: International House of Japan (5-11-16 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Language: Japanese
Participation Fee: Free
Organizer: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
Co-organizer: Japan Kidney Association

[Program] (Titles omitted; in no particular order; affiliation and title at the time of participation)

13:00-13:10	Opening Remarks “Towards Comprehensive CKD Counter-measures Promoted Together with Patients in Japan”
	Masahiro Ishida (Member, House of Councillors) ※Pre-recorded
13:10-13:30	Keynote Lecture “Challenges, Progress, and Future Prospects for Chronic Kidney Disease Control”
	Naoki Kashihara (Chairman, Japan Kidney Association/ Director, Kawasaki Geriatric Medical Center)
13:35-14:35	Discussion1 “Early Detection of CKD through Health Checkups and Early Intervention Utilizing the Medical Checkup Results”
	Panelists: Yoshitaka Isaka (Professor, Department of Nephrology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine) Tae Shimada (National Health Insurance and Pension Division, Public Health and Welfare Department, Public Health and Welfare Bureau, Okayama City) Tomohito Miyake (Chief, Health Promotion Section, Health Promotion Division, Health and Medical Care Department, Okayama Prefecture) Moderator: Eri Yoshimura (Senior Manager, Health and Global Policy Institute)
14:45-15:45	Discussion2 “The Role and Challenges of Primary Care Physicians in Promoting CKD Control”
	Panelists: Hidehito Imamura (Executive Director, Japan Medical Association / President, Jiaikai) Keiko Uchida (Medical Director, Shinjin-kai Yokosuka Clinic) Kazuo Kobayashi (Japan Physicians Association / Director, Kobayashi Internal Medicine Clinic) Yurika Hosogoe (Person living with kidney disease) Moderator: Ryoji Noritake (Chair, Health and Global Policy Institute)
15:50-16:50	Discussion3 “The Role of Central Government in Furthering CKD Control Measures at the Municipal Level”
	Panelists: Mariko Ogawa (Technical Chief, Health Promotion Section, Health and Medical Affairs Division, Health and Welfare Department, Gifu Prefecture) Naoki Nakagawa (Professor, Division of Cardiology and Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University） Hiromi Mitsubayashi (Member, House of Representatives) Motoyasu Yamazaki (Executive Director for Medical Affairs, General Affairs Office, Health and Medical Care Bureau, Kanagawa Prefecture) Moderator: Eri Yoshimura (Senior Manager, Health and Global Policy Institute)
16:50-17:00	Closing remarks
	Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Honorary Chairman for Life, Health and Global Policy Institute)
17:00-18:00	Reception