Useful information
Useful information
We have collected useful information that will help you in your daily life.
Using generic drugs
National medical care costs continue to rise year after year. “Generic drugs” are one solution expected to help hold down medical care costs. Switching from brand-name drugs to generic drugs is also easier on household budgets and should contribute significantly to cutting medical care costs.
When visiting a bonesetter's clinic or osteopathic clinic
You might use a bonesetter's clinic or osteopathic clinic to treat a sprain or bruise. However, the extent of cases in which you can use health insurance at such clinics is very limited, since a bonesetter's clinic or osteopathic clinic is not an insurance medical care facility and the judotherapists who provide such care are not physicians.
Tokyo medical institution and pharmacy information service
https://www.himawari.metro.tokyo.jp/qq13/qqport/tomintop/
The system to offer medical function information and pharmacy function information to everybody living in Tokyo. You can search for a medical agency and a pharmacy in Tokyo Metropolitan area.
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/index.html
Individual Number Card
https://www.kojinbango-card.go.jp/en/