Japan offers Ningen Dock (人間ドック) — thorough preventive health checkups combining physical exams, blood work and imaging. This overview explains what to expect and how to arrange a checkup as an international visitor. Back to the Medical Travel to Japan directory.
What a checkup covers
Comprehensive courses may include blood and metabolic panels, upper-GI endoscopy, ultrasound, low-dose CT, MRI/MRA and cancer screening such as PET-CT. Some clinics report certain results the same day and arrange referral if a finding needs treatment.
Where to go
Dedicated checkup clinics such as Tokyo Midtown Clinic offer English-speaking staff and imaging, while general hospitals like Kameda Medical Center also run Ningen Dock programmes.
Practical tips
Book several weeks ahead; fasting is usually required; bring prior records; and confirm available languages and results translation. A PET-CT appointment usually involves a rest period after the tracer injection.
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This page is compiled reference information about a Japanese medical institution and is not medical advice. Tsubaki Trading does not diagnose, prescribe or recommend any treatment. Whether a patient is accepted, the treatment plan, the outcome and the cost are decided by the medical institution alone. Details can change, so please confirm against the hospital official information before making any decision.
Information on this page was last updated on July 19, 2026