AOMORI -- Two doctors at a hospital in the northeastern Japan city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, were arrested Feb. 14 for allegedly trying to conceal the murder of a patient by his roommate by ...

Time seems frozen in this severely charred hospital room in Tokyo, left much as it was eight decades ago after U.S. B-29 ...

Harada says his patient’s temperature was 36.2 degrees, so he didn't initially ... works at a clinic in Tokyo. Across Japan, there are some 11,000 hospital beds equipped to accommodate ...

It's not just Osaka University Hospital that is struggling with a shortage of anesthesiologists. The problem exists nationwide and that is reflected in Japan's low take-up rate for epidurals.

KUMAMOTO--The head of Jikei Hospital here is calling on Japan to establish a legal framework for confidential births to protect the safety of the babies and their mothers. “If mothers are ...

The hospital in Kumamoto is the sole medical center in Japan that offers a confidential birth program. Through the service, women only need to disclose their identities to specialized staff ...