Healthcare FORUM
The Healthcare Forum unites healthcare industry leaders to ensure the ACCJ’s healthcare advocacy is strategically focused, effectively communicates with internal (ACCJ members and staff) and external stakeholders (GOJ, national and local U.S. government representatives), as well as aligning with the vision set by the ACCJ Board. The Forum drives key initiatives to address patient needs, sustain Japan’s healthcare system, and to foster healthcare innovation. It emphasizes the critical role of new medicines and medical technologies in boosting workforce productivity and fueling economic growth. Its areas of focus include digital health, dietary supplements, medical devices & diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, regenerative medicine, biosciences, genomics, and translational research. Additionally, the Forum hosts events featuring leading experts from academia, government, and industry to shape the future of healthcare.
Leadership
Makoto D. Kawai
Chair
Katsunori Fujita
Vice Chair
Eiji
Sasahara
Vice Chair
Healthcare x Digital Initiative
Healthcare x Digital (HxD) is an inititaive team in The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Kansai Chapter under the Healthcare Committee. HxD's goal is to give innovators from multidisciplinary backgrounds to convene and develop ideas alongside some of the world’s leading healthcare & pharmaceutical companies.
To solve Japan’s most critical challenges in community healthcare and individual patient care, it is paramount that private and public sectors join forces. We seek to foster creative and mutually beneficial partnerships that lead to scaling current health ecosystems, by bringing together academia, innovators, non-profits, private sector, and the public sector.
