What is the competitive and productive culture of medical innovation in Japan?

Japan is one of the world's best healthcare systems, yet it seeks to make major changes to promote progress in this area in order to respond to a new demographic reality.

Nevertheless, Japan decided to turn the issue on its head rather than embracing it as a burden: use its population as a testbed to explore fresh social and economic approaches, and drive global debates on future medical care.

Building on the strength o....