Making Hospitals Relics of the Past: How 24-Hour Gyms Will Become Japan's 'New Health Insurance' to Eradicate Lifestyle Diseases.

We support 'April Dream,' a project that aims to make April 1st a day to share dreams. This press release is the dream of QUICKFIT Inc. Why do we want to make hospitals 'relics of the past'? Currently, Japan's national medical expenses exceed 46 trillion yen and continue to rise. Much of this is related to 'lifestyle diseases' that might have been prevented by exercise habits. We see our members sweating silently in our gyms late at night every day. That step, that single squat, is not just about building muscle; it is a 'precious investment' to protect their future selves from illness. However, in today's society, there is still a lack of systems that reward those who exercise. We believe this effort should be recognized as 'national-level value.' [3 Innovations to be Realized] 1. 'Gym Membership' Surpasses 'Health Insurance Card': Our first step is to make gym membership cards de facto 'health passports.' In collaboration with the government, we will calculate 'Health Contribution Scores' in real-time based on gym attendance, muscle quality data, and aerobic exercise records. The higher the score, the more the next month's health insurance premium will be automatically reduced, introducing a 'Muscle Tax Cut.' We will create a reversal where 'paying gym fees is cheaper than future medical costs or current insurance premiums,' driving the entire nation toward fitness. 2. Introduction of 24-Hour 'AI Pre-symptomatic Detection Gates': We will install next-generation non-contact vital scanners at the entrances of all stores. In the 0.5 seconds it takes for a member to pass through the gate, it will detect joint distortion from walking posture, signs of internal organ abnormalities from breath, and stress levels from heart rate variability. Personalized 'preventive prescriptions' such as 'There is a sign of lower back pain today. Please avoid strain on your back and do this stretch for 5 minutes' will be displayed on the machine monitors. The gym will become a 24-hour personal doctor. 3. Recovery Lounge: The Gym as a 'Modern Community Well': We will transform the 30 minutes after training from time spent staring at a smartphone into time for 'real information exchange.' We will open the 'Protein Bar' installed in a corner of the gym as a local social hub. Members knowledgeable in nutrition, members suffering from back pain, and local shop owners—we will create a scene where multiple generations laugh together in the gym lounge, using 'health' as a common language, rather than in a hospital waiting room. [The Landscape of 2030] In 2030, when our dream comes true, the streets of Japan will have changed. Vast parks and glass-walled 24-hour gyms will stand on the sites of former giant hospitals. 'We used to pay high prices to go to the hospital after getting sick,' 'Unbelievable. Now, if you go to the gym and do squats, you get money (points) and get healthy.' Such conversations are exchanged among upright, healthy seniors. And Japan's average life expectancy has increased by 10 years, realizing a '100-year active society.' [Message from the Representative] In the 24-hour gyms we operate, there are people running silently before dawn. There are people lifting heavy barbells on their way home from work. Their energy to 'live better' is the clean energy that will save Japan. We are not just a business that rents out space. We are the architects of 'future infrastructure' that walks alongside your life and removes the anxiety of illness from this world. This dream is by no means an absurd lie. Every training space, every machine we provide today, is connected to this future. 'Strength training will save Japan.' We truly believe that.