Professor Roger Goodman and Professor Naoki Ikegami publish new article "Toward an Understanding of the Healthcare System in Japan: A Co-Constructed Account"

The first publication from the 'Healthcare in Japan' conference held at the Nissan Institute in 2025 has appeared in a Special Issue of the journal Medical Anthropology.

Through an experimental approach, that incorporates a Japanese form of academic dialogue known as taidan, this article sets out to capture how an experienced British anthropologist of Japan draws on their own experiences as a patient to learn from a Japanese “key informant,” what they believe constitute the key elements for understanding the healthcare system in Japan. This approach is intended to make more transparent the process through which anthropologists produce their accounts by highlighting the “voice of the informant” alongside that of the anthropologist.

The article, by Professor Roger Goodman and Professor Naoki Ikegami, is published in Issue 5, Volume 45, Medical Anthropology 2026 and is available here.