Strokes are a major health problem in Japan, accounting for 14.88% of total deaths as of 2011. Common causes of strokes include smoking, old age, high blood pressure, and heavy drinking. Tuberculosis also has a relatively high rate in Japan at 19.8 cases per 100,000 people. Cancer is also a significant issue, with approximately 340,000 people dying of cancer in 2009, accounting for 30% of all deaths.

1. DISEASES AND SICKNESS
IN JAPAN
Kiko Umlas, ABCDEF
Jeffrey Almario, HIJKLM

2. Diseases in Japan
● In Japan and China rates of heart diseases are low.
Strokes are a big problem, though; it accounts for a
large proportion of their deaths (14.88% in total deaths
as of April 2011)
● Some causes of Stroke are: Smoking, old age, high
blood pressure, heavy drinking

3. Diseases in Japan - Common Diseases & Sickness
● Colds ● High Blood Pressure
● Appendicitis ● Diabetes
● Influenza ● Kidney Trouble
● Skin Disease ● Seasonal Influenza
● Pneumonia ● Norovirus
● Insomnia ● Gogatsu-byo
● Bronchitis
● Cancer
● Cough
● Toothache
● Asthma
● Tubercolosis

4. Diseases in Japan - Tubercolosis
● Japan has a relatively high rate of tuberculosis: 19.8
cases per 100,000 people. Attention was brought to
the problem in 2009 when a famous female comedian,
Haruka Minowa, came down with the disease and there
were worries he might have passed it on to people in
the audience of her shows.

5. Diseases in Japan - STD/AIDS
● Sexually transmitted diseases are increasing. The rate
of gonorrhea has increased 32 percent and chlamydia
has increased 36 percent in recent years.
● The Japanese are very paranoid about AIDS. The first
person to announce he had AIDS publicly in Japan was
a hemophiliac named Noriyasu Akase. After he
admitted to having the disease, his wife was fired from
her job as a nurse. Later she found new jobs but was
fired six more times after her employers learned who
her husband was.

6. Diseases in Japan - Cancer
● According to statistics from the Ministry of Health,
Labor and Welfare, approximately 340,000 people died
of cancer during 2009, roughly 30% of deaths from all
causes.
● Each year 280,000 men and 200,000 women develop
cancer in Japan. The rates of stomach cancer are very
high.
● Each year 110,000 Japanese get gastric cancer and
50,000 die of it.

7. Diseases in Japan - Down Syndrome
Japan is a nation that traditionally has a hard time with
“diversity” and “abnormality.”
In [japandailypress.com]: I know of a woman who insisted on
having her fourth child against the wishes of everyone in her
family. When her child was born with a disability, she was told
(and continues to be told) by family members that this was
punishment for her selfishness.
Here when a child is born with disabilities (or when someone gets
sick, has an accident, etc.) the underlying belief of many is that
this is punishment for something the person has done. It’s safe to
assume Japanese women who get a positive diagnosis for Down
syndrome will often be shamed into having an abortion.