In recent years, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare is working to improve citizen׳s lifestyle and social environment to improve their health. This is because of the following reasons. Diseases related to lifestyle such as malignant neoplasms, heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease account for about 60% of the deaths in 2013.
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January 2018
In 2012, 15.13% of the total fiscal medical care expenditure was for lifestyle-related health care costs, which was approximately 179 billion yen. Lifestyle-related diseases are not only the biggest factor in reducing healthy life expectancy but also have the most significant impact on the national medical care expenditure.
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