Good recovery without decompression fasciotomy for crush syndrome caused by using a Japanese-style toilet.

We report a case of crush syndrome that developed while the patient was squatting to use a Japanese-style toilet. The patient was a 61-year-old male with an obese body. He was sitting on the toilet and couldn't stand up, and after a few hours, the landlord found him and called the emergency services.

Comment on "volume-outcome relationship on survival and cost benefits in severe burn injury: a retrospective analysis of a Japanese nationwide administrative database" (Endo et al., 2019).

This is a critical comment on the paper by Endo et al. on the volume-outcome relationship on survival and cost benefits in severe burn injury which addresses biases related to patient transfer and burn severity assessment.

Effects of social relationships on mortality among the elderly in a Japanese rural area: an 88-month follow-up study.

Background: The association between social relationships and lower mortality has been well documented in Western countries. This study aims to investigate that association among elderly Japanese in a rural area.

Methods: An analysis was conducted with 1,994 subjects (58.