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Thanks to our supporters, we were able to publish recommendations and reports in 2025 by working with a diverse group of people in a wide range of field. We would like to share with you the top five most read recommendations and reports published by HGPI last year.

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[Research Report] The 2025 Public Opinion Survey on Healthcare in Japan

In December 2024, HGPI conducted a nationwide public opinion survey of 1,000 men and women age 20 years and over.

In addition to examining satisfaction in healthcare like past surveys, this year’s survey also asked about access to healthcare institutions and medicines in light of recent developments like work-style reform for physicians and the launch of the system for patient-selected extra medical services. Furthermore, in December 2024, Japan stopped issuing new insurance cards and began full-scale efforts to transition to the use of My Number cards in their place. Expectations are high for this change to help centralize medical information and advance digital transformation (DX). Given these circumstances, this year’s survey also examined public awareness of the use of medical information.

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[Recommendations] HGPI Expert Policy Advocacy Platform “Better Use of Cost-effectiveness Evaluation for Pharmaceuticals in Japan”

These recommendations are being released as a part of HGPI’s recently launched “HGPI Expert Policy Advocacy Platform,” which will facilitate the creation and promotion of policy recommendations by HGPI fellows and others associated with the Institute. Through this platform, policy recommendations developed by HGPI Fellows and others are scrutinized and approved by a review committee within HGPI. Upon their approval, HGPI commits to issuing and advocating for the proposals. It is hoped that this new platform will produce a wide variety of both feasible and creative solutions to today’s pressing health policy issues.

Dr. Ataru Igarashi, an HGPI Fellow, has created a set of policy recommendations entitled, “Better Use of Cost-effectiveness Evaluation for Pharmaceuticals in Japan.”

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[Policy Recommendations] Cancer Control Project “Policy Recommendations on Addressing Regional Disparities in Breast Cancer Care”

This report focuses on addressing regional disparities in breast cancer care by analyzing issues in Japan’s current healthcare system and identifying the challenges unique to breast cancer. It proposes policy measures that not only address for breast cancer but that are generalizable to other types of cancer, and that address healthcare disparities.

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[Recommendations] Kidney Disease Control Promotion Project “Policy Recommendations on Strengthening Chronic Kidney Disease Strategies: Challenges and Solutions in Seeking Medical Care from the Perspective of Patients and Those Affected”

HGPI conducted a Quantitative Survey (part III) and a Qualitative Interview Survey (part IV) with the aim of clarifying the options, decisions, and difficulties experienced by individuals with health checkup findings suggestive of CKD in the process from checkup to treatment. Based on the results of these surveys, an Advisory Board Meeting was held on March 18, 2025, bringing together nephrologists and specialists in occupational health, public health, and health economics. The meeting served to deepen discussions on how to improve future CKD countermeasures, such as examining the target groups for whom post-checkup treatment recommendations should be intensified, and the results were compiled as Policy Recommendations (part V).

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[Policy Recommendation] Ensuring Equitable Access to Cancer Gene Panel Testing and Key Considerations for Applying the Mixed Medical Services Program

HGPI views genomic medicine not as a high-level, niche technology but as an essential component of cancer care that should benefit all people. Building on past research, multistakeholder dialogues, and evidence from domestic and international sources, this recommendation aims to accelerate policy reform that places patient-centeredness and access equity at its core.

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In addition to those featured here, we have published recommendations and reports for each of our projects. On Our website, you can find the recommendations and reports we have published up to now, project by project and fiscal year by fiscal year.