誰もがNCDに向き合える包摂的な社会の実現に向けて
誰もがNCDに向き合える包摂的な社会の実現に向けて
誰もがNCDに向き合える包摂的な社会の実現に向けて

Towards building an inclusive society
to prevent and control NCDs*,
together with people living with NCDs
*NCDs: Non-communicable diseases

NCD Alliance Japan is granted permission to use the word "NCD" by National Clinical Database.

News&Events

2023.12.21
News
[Announcement] HGPI Endorsed “Joint Statement on the Implementation of Comprehensive Genomic Profiling test” (December 15, 2023)
2023.12.20
Events
[Event Report] The Kidney Disease Control Promotion Project Holds Advisory Board Meeting in FY2023 for “Establishing Kidney Disease Control Measures with Patient, Citizen, and Community Engagement and Collaboration” (September 20, 2023)
2023.11.06
Events
[Event Report] The Project for Considering the Future of Precision Medicine with Industry, Government, Academia, and Civil Society – The Policy Dialogue Event “Challenges and Prospects for the Improving Patient Access to Genomic Cancer Medicine”(October 11, 2023)
2023.11.06
News
[Policy Recommendations] The 6 Steps for Engaging and Cooperating with Patients, Citizens, and Communities for Obesity Control (November 1, 2023)
2023.10.13
Events
[Registration Open] (Webinar) Online Global Expert Meeting “Global Trends and Japan’s Pain Policy“ (November 16, 2023)

@NCDJpn Posts

What’s NCD

What are NCDs?

NCDs are defined as chronic diseases, including cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), respiratory diseases, and mental health conditions. NCDs have become the leading cause of death worldwide, and also pose a health issue of great urgency in Japan.

What’s NCD

What’s NCD

What’s NCD
What’s NCD
NCDs are defined as chronic diseases, including cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), respiratory diseases, and mental health conditions. NCDs have become the leading cause of death worldwide, and also pose a health issue of great urgency in Japan.
What’s NCD

Our Actions

  • NCD Alliance Japan will continue to expand upon the following activities, aiming to further promote comprehensive, cross-cutting NCD policies as a collaborative platform uniting multi-stakeholders from industry, government, academia, and civil society, including individuals living with and affected by NCDs in Japan.

Our Actions

Our Actions

NCD Alliance Japan will continue to expand upon the following activities, aiming to further promote comprehensive, cross-cutting NCD policies as a collaborative platform uniting multi-stakeholders from industry, government, academia, and civil society, including individuals living with and affected by NCDs in Japan.

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Interviews

当事者の声
2020.12.08

Connecting Efforts to Build a Nanbyo-Friendly Society to Efforts for Building a Society That Is Friendlier to Everyone

Ms. Yoshiko Arai
Representative, Nanbyo Café Omusubi
当事者の声

For this interview, we sat down with Ms. Yoshiko Arai, founder of Nanbyo Café Omusubi . Nanbyo Café Omusubi is an organization that aims to provide opportunities for people with intractable diseases to voice their troubles and share information with each other. (“Nanbyo” is a Japanese term for rare and intractable diseases, while “Omusubi” is a play on words linking “rice ball” and “to tie” which are “Omusubi” and “Musubu,” respectively.) In addition to operating Nanbyo Café Omusubi, Ms. Arai balances the management of her own intractable diseases and her work as a social worker. In response to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Nanbyo Café Omusubi is currently holding its events online. Ms. Arai hopes to broaden activities in which people with intractable diseases speak up and share their stories to contribute to the creation of the society that is friendlier to everyone.

当事者の声
2020.11.12

A Stroke Survivor’s Efforts to Share the Voices of Stroke Survivors and Their Families and Raise Awareness for Stroke Prevention

Mr. Hiroyuki Kawakatsu
The Vice Chairman, The Japan Stroke Association
当事者の声

For this interview, we spoke to Mr. Hiroyuki Kawakatsu, stroke survivor and Vice Chairman of the Japan Stroke Association. Mr. Kawakatsu was serving as a branch manager for an insurance company when he suffered a cerebral infarction (CI) in 2004. He was hospitalized for two months and required rehabilitation before returning to work. Through those painful experiences, he realized the importance of spreading accurate knowledge about stroke. He then began giving lectures to share his first-person perspective as someone who has experienced a CI. Thorough his lecture developed into joint awareness-building activities with the Japan Stroke Association, he eventually became Vice Chairman of the association. Beginning this year, he serves as a member of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s (MHLW) Council for the Promotion of Stroke and Heart Disease and Other Cardiovascular Disease Measures, where he is engaged in vigorous efforts to share the perspectives of those most affected by stroke.

当事者の声
2020.06.15

Bringing Multi-Stakeholders Together as Equals in the Field of Rare and Intractable Diseases

Ms. Yukiko Nishimura
President, Advocacy Service for Rare and Intractable Diseases (NPO ASrid)
当事者の声

We spoke to Ms. Yukiko Nishimura, who is active on the global stage in the field of rare and intractable diseases as president of an NPO called Advocacy Service for Rare and Intractable Diseases (ASrid). Ms. Nishimura has a background in chemistry and has served as a technology advisor to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), where she contributed as a specialist in uniting industry and academia and in technology transfer. After spending several years working with the NPO for Promotion of Research on Intellectual Property Toyo (PRIP Tokyo), she established ASrid with the goal of providing services to all stakeholders in the field of rare and intractable diseases.

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