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1 Welcome > About MEJ Experience a higher excellence Message from Top Management Message from MEJ s President Company Profile Executives Members Business Overview All Japan Initiatives Medical Excellence JAPAN (MEJ) is promoting to globalize Japanese advanced medical services through exporting medical services package to overseas and accepting foreign patients to Japan. Outbound and Inbound

2 Message from MEJ s President Medical Excellence JAPN initiated to promote the globalization of Japanese medical services in April MEJ is active on the new mission to provide a business platform to make a good Environment for the overseas development of Japanese medical services by partnership between medical institutions and companies working in the medical field. Japan has the outstanding medical services and is promoting the development of a society of good health and longevity as a pillar of growth strategy. Through publicprivate partnerships, MEJ is actively focusing on offering Japanese medical services with medical devices, practical expertise and education as a total package. Furthermore, MEJ is promoting global medical cooperation, mutual knowledge sharing and development of human resource capable of engaging in Japanese medical services as an outbound operation and supporting foreign patients receiving medical treatments in Japan as an inbound operation. Shuzo Yamamoto M.D. President of Medical Excellence JAPAN

3 Executives President Shuzo Yamamoto, MD Honorary President, Japan Hospital Association Vice President Tatsuya Kondo, MD, PhD Chief Executive, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency Vice President Kenichi Komatsu, PhD Adviser, Toshiba Corp. Chairman, Japan Medical Imaging & Radiological Systems Industries Association Director Naoki Aikawa, MD, PhD Professor Emeritus, Keio University Director Kazuhiro Eto, MD President, Asia Dental Forum Director Yasuhiro Fujiwara, MD, PhD Director-General, National Cancer Research Center Director Makio Uchida General Manager, Hitachi Corp. Director Takuya Yamaguchi Executive Specialist, NEC Corp. Director Toru Katsumoto Senior Vice President, Sony Corp. Executive Director Eriya Kitano Executive Director, MEJ Director Noriko Yamada Director, PJL, Inc. Auditor Yasushi Kodama, MD, PhD Attorney-at-Law, Shinsei Sogo Law Offices Auditor Takayoshi Ishii C.P.A. Ishii Accounting Office

4 Members ARKRAY Asahi Kasei Allied Telesis CYBERDYNE Emergency Assistance Japan Fukuda Denshi Fujifilm Fujikin Soft Fujitsu Hikari Tsushin Hakuzo Medical Hitachi International Total Engineering J-MAC SYSTEM JTB Konica Minolta Mediva Mitsubishi Electric Mizuho Bank NEC Nihon Kohden Nihon Trim Olympus As of August 2015 Panasonic Healthcare PJL PSP Sakura Global Holding Ship Healthcare Holdings Shimadzu Sompo Japan Nippon Koa Insurance Sony Sumitomo Heavy Industries Sumitomo Mitsui Banking SunFlare Sysmex Teijin Nakashima Medical Teijin Pharma tella Terumo Tokai Medical Product Toshiba Toshiba Medical Systems Toshiba Tourist

5 All Japan Initiatives Medical Strategic Taskforce Japanese government established the medical strategic taskforce for the overseas development of medical services among five medical relevant ministries under the leadership of the Cabinet Secretariat. MEJ takes part in this framework as a hub in private sector and approaches to foreign countries through public-private cooperation. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Dissemination of Japanese healthcare) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Support to improve healthcare system) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Education, Human networking) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Marketing, Collaboration support) Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (ICT infrastructure for healthcare) Cabinet Secretariat (Strategic planning & facilitation) Medical Excellence JAPAN (Outbound/inbound promotion) Medical device/ict Medical consultation Bank/Insurance Hospital Networks Advanced medical services Foreign Countries Governments and Medical Institutes

6 Outbound and Inbound Operations MEJ investigates medical in counterpart countries and will offer them suitable medical services packages including medical technologies, medical devices, practical expertise and training to address their needs. And if there are patients with intractable diseases in their countries, MEJ supports them to receive an advanced medical treatment in Japan. The chaining of outbound and inbound operations is an important activity to improve the medical standards of counterpart countries. Education & Training Hospital Operation & Management Pharmaceuticals Policy/System/ National Healthcare Program Medical services package International joint clinical research & trial Medical Service and Expertise Medical device & system Counterpart country Outbound Improve medical level by Japanese advanced medical technologies Send patients to Japan to receive advanced medical treatments Inbound

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