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| 2024 Reiwa 6 |
Low birthrate and aging society | |||
| 2023 Reiwa 5 |
82nd General Meeting President Nanako Tamiya | |||
| 2022 Reiwa 4 |
81st General Meeting President: Yamagata Zentaro | |||
| 2021 Reiwa 3 |
Tokyo Olympics Paralympic | Amendment to the Act on Special Measures for Pandemic Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases | ||
| 2020 Reiwa 2 |
The corona vortex begins | |||
| 2019 Heisei 31/Reiwa XNUMX |
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| 2018 Heisei 30 |
Basic Act on Measures for Stroke, Heart Disease and Other Cardiovascular Diseases to Promote Healthy Lifespan | |||
| 2017 Heisei 29 |
Established as a general incorporated association | |||
| 2016 Heisei 28 |
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| 2015 Heisei 27 |
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| 2014 Heisei 26 |
Act on Promotion of Measures to Prevent Death from Overwork, etc. | |||
| 2013 Heisei 25 |
Food Labeling Act Anti-Bullying Measures Promotion Act |
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| 2012 Heisei 24 |
Special Measures Act for Pandemic Influenza and Other Infectious Diseases | |||
| 2011 Heisei 23 |
Great East Japan Earthquake | |||
| 2010 Heisei 22 |
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| 2009 Heisei 21 |
Basic Act on Hepatitis Countermeasures | |||
| 2008 Heisei 20 |
Lehman shock | Academic Health and Safety Act | ||
| 2007 Heisei 19 |
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| 2006 Heisei 18 |
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Elderly Medical Care Assurance Act Cancer Control Act Basic Act on Suicide Prevention |
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| 2005 Heisei 17 |
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Basic Law on Food Education | ||
| 2004 Heisei 16 |
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| 2003 Heisei 15 |
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Privacy Policy Food Safety Basic Act |
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| 2002 Heisei 14 |
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Health Promotion Act | |
| 2001 Heisei 13 |
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare established September 11 attacks |
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| 2000 Heisei 12 |
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Healthy Japan 21 Plan | ||
| 1999 Heisei 11 |
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International Year of the Elderly The Basic Act for a Gender-Equal Society comes into effect. |
New Infectious Diseases Act | |
| 1998 Heisei 10 |
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Nagano Winter Olympics | ||
| 1997 Heisei 9 |
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Nursing Care and Health Care Act, Medical Care Reform Act | ||
| 1996 Heisei 8 |
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Consumption tax rate: 5% | Abolition of the Leprosy Prevention Law | |
| 1995 Heisei 7 |
Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake | |||
| 1994 Heisei 6 |
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The aging rate exceeds 14% | Community Health Law (Strengthening the Functions of Public Health Centers) | |
| 1993 Heisei 5 |
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| 1992 Heisei 4 |
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| 1991 Heisei 3 |
Aging society |
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Gulf War Dioxin detection reaches worst level ever |
Nursing Personnel Securing Law |
| 1990 Heisei 2 |
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| 1989 64/XNUMX |
Enthronement ceremony | |||
| State funeral ceremony | Gold Plan | |||
| 1988 Showa 63 |
Tax reform | Second National Health Promotion Measures | ||
| 1987 Showa 62 |
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World population exceeds 50 billion | ||
| 1986 Showa 61 |
Explosion at the Soviet Chernobyl nuclear power plant | Amendment to the Health Care for the Elderly Law (establishment of health care facilities for the elderly) | ||
| 1985 Showa 60 |
Life expectancy for women exceeds 80 years Tsukuba Expo 85 First person certified as an AIDS patient (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) |
Revision of the Medical Care Act (Medical Care Plan) | ||
| 1984 Showa 59 |
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Number of elderly people living alone exceeds 1 million (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
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| 1983 Showa 58 |
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First IVF baby born (Tohoku University) | 10-year comprehensive strategy for cancer prevention | |
| 1982 Showa 57 |
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Tohoku Shinkansen opens Joetsu Shinkansen opens |
Health Care for the Elderly Act | |
| 1981 Showa 56 |
International Year of Disabled Persons First report of AIDS in America Kawasaki disease epidemic |
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| 1980 Showa 55 |
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WHO declares smallpox eradication The world's highest average life expectancy for men (Announced by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) Cancer: Number one cause of death |
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| 1979 Showa 54 |
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International Year of the Child | ||
1978 Showa 53 |
National health promotion measures | |||
| 1977 Showa 52 |
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| 1976 Showa 51 |
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Rubella epidemic Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Infant Mortality Rate Announced as the lowest ever |
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| 1975 Showa 50 |
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International Women's Year | ||
| 1974 Showa 49 |
High economic growth period |
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| 1973 Showa 48 |
Oil shock | |||
| 1972 Showa 47 |
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Sapporo Winter Olympics Okinawa Return Second Baby Boom |
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| 1971 Showa 46 |
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| 1970 Showa 45 |
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Aging rate exceeds 7% Japan World Exposition (Osaka) Japan's first photochemical smog outbreak in Tokyo |
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| 1969 Showa 44 |
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| 1968 Showa 43 |
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1967 Showa 42 |
Secretary General Shiro Someya (National Institute of Public Health) | Yokkaichi Air Pollution Lawsuit | ||
1966 Showa 41 |
Secretary General: Mitsufumi Abe (Hokkaido University) | Japan's population reaches 1 million | ||
| 1965 Showa 40 |
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| 1964 Showa 39 |
Secretary General Nagamune Sota (National Institute of Public Health) |
The Tokaido Shinkansen opens Tokyo Olympics ![]() |
Maternal and Child Health Law | |
| 1963 Showa 38 |
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| 1962 Showa 37 |
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| 1961 Showa 36 |
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Implementation of universal health insurance and pensions | ||
| 1960 Showa 35 |
Income Doubling Plan | Pharmaceutical Affairs Law | ||
| 1959 Showa 34 |
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| 1958 Showa 33 |
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Water Supply Act | ||
| 1957 Showa 32 |
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| 1956 Showa 31 |
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| 1955 Showa 30 |
Postwar reconstruction period | |||
| 1954 Showa 29 |
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| 1953 Showa 28 |
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| 1952 Showa 27 |
Peace Treaty | |||
| 1951 Showa 26 |
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Number 1 cause of death Cerebrovascular disease |
Social Welfare Services Act New Tuberculosis Prevention Law Children's Charter |
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| 1950 Showa 25 |
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Mental Health Act New Livelihood Protection Act |
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| 1949 Showa 24 |
Welfare Act for the Disabled | |||
| 1948 Showa 23 |
Medical Care Act and Vaccination Act Medical Practitioners Act, Dentists Act Public Health Nurses, Midwives and Nurses Act |
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| 1947 Showa 22 |
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Number 1 cause of death tuberculosis |
New Public Health Center Act Food Sanitation Act Child Welfare Act |
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| 1946 Showa 21 |





