[Online Event on Tuesday, April 28] The 143rd HGPI Seminar '20 Years Since the Basic Act on Cancer Control - Reflecting on the Past and Envisioning the Next 20 Years'
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) will host a free online seminar on April 28 featuring Fumihiko Wakao from the National Cancer Center to discuss the 20-year history and future of cancer control.
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The Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI), a specified non-profit organization (Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Ryoji Noritake), will hold the 143rd HGPI Seminar "20 Years Since the Basic Act on Cancer Control - Reflecting on the Past and Envisioning the Next 20 Years" on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
* Participation is free
For this seminar, we have invited Mr. Fumihiko Wakao from the National Cancer Center, who has been at the forefront of providing cancer healthcare to citizens for over 20 years in areas such as cancer information provision, patient support, cancer education, and public awareness.
We hope this seminar will serve as a venue for dialogue where citizens, patients, healthcare professionals, and policymakers share the same questions and jointly envision the next generation of "cancer control that leaves no one behind."
>> Click here for seminar details
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[Event Overview]
■ Date and Time: Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 18:30-19:45
■ Format: Online (Zoom Webinar)
■ Language: Japanese
■ Participation Fee: Free
■ Organizer: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
Zoom Registration
[Speaker Profile]
Fumihiko Wakao (Deputy Director General, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center)
Graduated from Yokohama City University School of Medicine in 1986. After serving as a clinical resident at Yokohama City University Hospital, resident, medical staff, and head of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Director of the Cancer Information Provision Research Division at the Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, Center Director, and Business Coordinator at the Institute for Cancer Control, he assumed his current position in April 2023. He also serves as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo, and a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
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■ About Health and Global Policy Institute: https://hgpi.org/
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI: Health and Global
* Participation is free
For this seminar, we have invited Mr. Fumihiko Wakao from the National Cancer Center, who has been at the forefront of providing cancer healthcare to citizens for over 20 years in areas such as cancer information provision, patient support, cancer education, and public awareness.
We hope this seminar will serve as a venue for dialogue where citizens, patients, healthcare professionals, and policymakers share the same questions and jointly envision the next generation of "cancer control that leaves no one behind."
>> Click here for seminar details
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[Event Overview]
■ Date and Time: Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 18:30-19:45
■ Format: Online (Zoom Webinar)
■ Language: Japanese
■ Participation Fee: Free
■ Organizer: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)
Zoom Registration
[Speaker Profile]
Fumihiko Wakao (Deputy Director General, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center)
Graduated from Yokohama City University School of Medicine in 1986. After serving as a clinical resident at Yokohama City University Hospital, resident, medical staff, and head of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Director of the Cancer Information Provision Research Division at the Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, Center Director, and Business Coordinator at the Institute for Cancer Control, he assumed his current position in April 2023. He also serves as a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo, and a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
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■ About Health and Global Policy Institute: https://hgpi.org/
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI: Health and Global