Kana Yamamoto, M.D., Ph.D Physician, Medical Governance Research Institute The “Imitecho (Medical Examination Notebook)” column features reflections by a physician on health and everyday life. In this installment, Dr. Kana Yamamoto, a physician at Navitas Clinic and the Medical Governance Research Institute, reflects on panic attacks from both a professional and personal perspective. Shortly after I moved to the United States, I was constantly confused by small, everyday situations. Shopping...

Masaharu Tsubokura, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Professor, Department of Radiation Health Management, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company, the way evacuation shelters are organized has undergone significant review. During this process, many accounts of the inconveniences and anxieties experienced by women were recorded, serving as a catalyst to...

Keita Shimizu, 2nd-year student, Science Class III, The University of Tokyo Lessons from the Front Lines That Systems Alone Cannot Teach Imagine a child with limited mobility racing a wheelchair around a relatively small room. Most people would probably react in a familiar way. They might think, "If the child crashes, it could be dangerous," or "There are other children in the room. Someone could get hurt." Yet in the setting I visited, that conventional way of thinking simply did not apply....