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Since the turn of the century, the internationalization of medical care has been promoted in various fields, and concrete efforts have been made, especially since 2010 In 2011, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) established Medical Excellence JAPAN (MEJ), a general incorporated association, with support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) First of all, it has focused on developing the infrastructure for accepting foreign patients (inbound), and from 2013, the scope of its business was expanded to include medical exports (outbound) In addition, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) established the Medical Institution Approval Program for International Patients (JMIP) in 2013 as a support project As of April 2020, the onslaught of novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is threatening the world, and although this is an inappropriate time to discuss international medical developments such as city and border closures, the The authors hope for an early resolution of this issue and promote the subsequent internationalization of medical care in Japan (Author\'s abstract)
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