Government of Japan Showcases How Technological Innovation and Open Data Access Make Japanese Healthcare Sector Ideal for Collaboration With Germany

Munich (ots/PRNewswire) -

As the world's third largest economy, Japan is leading the way for
aging societies. Therefore, the Government of Japan has launched
series of roundtable events across Europe highlighting the
substantial opportunities for collaboration in the healthcare sector
between Europe, especially Germany, and Japan.

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At a roundtable event titled "Open for Business: Capitalising on
Japan's Digital Healthcare Economy during this Era of Aging
Societies" in Munich on November 21, the discussion highlighted the
shared opportunities the world's top two "super-aged" countries
should embrace, and how German businesses can take advantage of new
commercial benefits presented by aging societies. The event was
supported by The Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
(AMED) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Duesseldorf.

The engaging discussion was moderated by Erwin Böttinger, Head of
the Digital Health Center and Professor for Digital Health and
Personalized Medicine at Hasso-Plattner Institute, and featured
Sebastian Krolop, Partner and Industry Lead Life Sciences and Health
Care, Deloitte Consulting GmbH, Shinsuke Muto, Chairman, Integrity
Healthcare Co., Ltd., Yumiko Nishimura, Advisor-Japan, Health
2.0/HIMSS and Kazumi Nishikawa, Director, Healthcare Industries
Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group, Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, who joined via video conference
from Japan.

The speakers discussed how Japan is well placed to serve as the
world's test bed for the emerging digital healthcare economy in this
era of aging societies. The country's high quality data around
medical, health and long term care, generated from the country's
universal healthcare system covering its 127 million citizens, is
hugely attractive to scientists and businesses. In addition, advanced
technology in Japan, including Artificial Intelligence and the
Internet of Things, coupled with access to data, is opening the door
to new business creation in fields such as medical devices and
digital health services. This changing healthcare landscape of the
country presents immense collaborative opportunities between Germany
and Japan.

"In Germany, there is a lot to improve: Now it is time to use the
great data Japan provides to start the flow. Your data is the oil
that gets the engine started." - Sebastian Krolop, Partner and
Industry Lead Life Sciences and Health Care, Deloitte Consulting
GmbH.

"As a doctor we tend to focus on individual patients - however, to
improve overall care, more comprehensive data is needed. We strongly
believe that physicians will benefit and generate very valuable
learnings from the analysis of Japans database," - Shinsuke Muto,
Chairman, Integrity Healthcare Co., Ltd.

"There are many areas Japan can work together with Germany for
realizing life-long active societies through open innovation. I
expect further collaboration with German companies and research
institutions for value-added market creation, to solve our shared
issues going forward," - Kazumi Nishikawa, Director, Healthcare
Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan

The Government of Japan continues to transform its market to meet
the needs of worldwide businesses by providing world-leading,
high-value business environment that enables companies to expand and
thrive. Germany and Japan are already considered as "super-aged,"
with more than one in five citizens aged 65 or older. Taking this
unprecedented challenge as a transformative opportunity, the
Government of Japan is working on implementing a new patient-oriented
healthcare system by 2020. This initiative includes data and
technological innovations to promote healthier lifestyles. Therefore,
the country is generating new and exciting economic opportunities,
while aligning its regulations with those of other advanced economies
to enable seamless integration for companies ready to expand into new
growth markets.

The final event of the Government of Japan's "Open for Business"
roundtable series will take place in Paris on 22 November 2018, and
will focus on entrepreneurship and start-ups.

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Contact:
Keiko Yamamoto
Counsellor
Office of Global Communications
Prime Minister's Office
keiko.yamamoto.r7x@kantei.go.jp
+81-3-3581-0101

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