Medical Information Magazine Monthly 'Shuchu' May 2026 Issue: Lead Interview with Hideharu Fukasaku, Chairman of Shujinkai Medical Corporation / Shuchu OPINION by Mikitaka Masuyama, Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and Others

▲ Monthly 'Shuchu' May Issue

Lead Interview

Hideharu Fukasaku, Chairman, Shujinkai Medical Corporation

"The Courage to Self-Negate" that Changes Japanese Ophthalmology ~ "Protecting Eyesight" to Live Through the 100-Year Life Era

https://www.medical-confidential.com/prtimes/2605_KantoInterview.pdf

Art in Hospital

Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital (Tama City, Tokyo)

Providing Comforting Paintings and Gardens Through Community Collaboration

Report on the 96th "Meeting to Consider the Future of Japanese Healthcare"

Katsuhiko Fujimori, Professor, Faculty of Social Management, Nihon Fukushi University

Companions for Single Individuals Prevent Isolation: Community Efforts to "Notice and Connect"

https://www.medical-confidential.com/prtimes/2605_MirainoKai_96.pdf

Shuchu OPINION

Mikitaka Masuyama, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Director of ASEAN Initiatives Program

Why Was "Takaichi's Dominance" Born? The Current State of Japanese Politics Changed by Institutions

https://www.medical-confidential.com/prtimes/2605_ShuchuOPINION.pdf

CONTENTS

Politics

・Post-US-Iran War as an Opportunity for International Order Reconstruction

・Full-Scale Discussion Begins for "National Social Security Council"

・Lack of Interest? Social Security Reform Under the Takaichi Administration

・MHLW Watching: Pension System "Reliant on Foreigners" Trembling at "Population Strategy"

　https://www.medical-confidential.com/prtimes/2605_kw217.pdf

・MHLW Personnel Watching: Key Figures in Social Security Reform Successively Retire

　https://www.medical-confidential.com/prtimes/2605_kjw103.pdf

・Political Search: Inside Story of Abandoning Budget Approval Within the Fiscal Year

Management

・Is the Industrial Physician System Functioning?

・Current Status of Treatment Regarding "Self-Improvement"

Economy

・Global Inflation and Economic Downturn Concerns Rise Due to Escalating Middle East Tensions

Society

・Japan's First AI-Specific Law Enacted

・Unconfirmed Information

　Bundles of Cash Hidden in Gift Boxes: The Darkness of "Gratitude" Surrounding Medical Department Personnel Appointments

　Cold Shoulder if You Don't Comply? The Dark Relationship Between Medical Departments and MRs

Series

・My Life and Medicine: Jun Nakajima, Director, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center

・Legal Wisdom for Business Management: Kiyonari Inoue, Director, Inoue Law Office, Lawyer

・Rokuro Hama's Clinical Side Effect Notes: Representative, Pharmaceutical Vigilance Center (Drug Check)

・Our recommendation: La Maison Confortable / Goh

・Global Perspective on the Future of "Japanese Healthcare"

　Toshiki Mano, Professor, Chuo University Graduate School, Specially Appointed Professor, Tama University Graduate School, Doctor

・My Overseas Study Abroad Observations

　Hirofumi Shibata, Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine

・Patient's Feelings, Doctor's Heart

　Rika Kayama, Psychiatrist, Deputy Director, Mukawa Town National Health Insurance Hobetsu Clinic

・Toure Tachiki's "Star Fortune Diagnosis"

・Book Review

・Latest Developments in "Dark Side of Psychiatric Medicine": Mitsunobu Sato, Journalist

What is the Medical Information Magazine Monthly 'Shuchu'?

It is a comprehensive medical information magazine boasting a readership specialized for healthcare professionals such as hospital managers, directors, and chief physicians. It covers a wide range of topics from hospital management strategies, health administration, trends of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, to domestic and international politics, economy, society, and culture. Due to its direct sales method via subscription, it is not available in general bookstores.

【Media Overview】
Media Name: Shuchu / Medical Confidential
Price: Annual subscription fee 18,000 yen (1,500 yen per issue, tax included)
Format: B5 size
Release Date: End of each month

【How to Subscribe】
https://www.medical-confidential.com/subscription

【About Shuchu Publishing Group】

Shuchu Publishing Co., Ltd.: Publisher of the medical information magazine 'Shuchu'

Publishes the monthly 'Shuchu / Medical Confidential' (first issued in April 2008). Provides useful information to healthcare professionals and executives of medical-related companies, and disseminates information from medical institutions. In addition,

・Planning, production, and consulting for publications

・Planning of advertising and advertising agency business

・Consulting on health and medical information, and management

・Holding and operating symposiums and seminars, etc.

　URL: https://www.medical-confidential.com/

・564 doctors who support 'Shuchu' here

　https://www.medical-confidential.com/wp-content/uplo