Japan Medical Tourism Market

Japan Medical Tourism Market Size Report – In a Glance

As per the survey report on Japan medical tourism market, the market is expected to foresee a CAGR value of 22.1% during 2025-2035, and further generate a market size of USD 27.3 billion by the end of 2035. In 2025, the market size was value at USD 6.1 billion revenue.

• The Japan medical tourism market’s growth is influenced by the development of healthcare infrastructure and excellent services provided by medical centers.
• KDMI analyst’s growth analysis foresees language barrier and cultural differences as the market restraint for Japan medical tourism market.

Japan Medical Tourism Market Analysis

Medical tourism refers to medical travel to another country to get proper medical care from less-developed nation to a well-developed country. There may be many reasons associated with medical tourism like affordability, accessibility, quality, and specialized care which drives the growing need for proper medical infrastructure development. The Japan medical tourism market growth is driven by rise in the number of international patients from different parts of the world as the Japan has well-established healthcare sector providing high-quality services using cutting-edge technology. International Medical Center of Japan, Kameda Medical Center, and Tokyo Medical University are some of the significant participants in the Japan medical tourism market.

Japan Medical Tourism Market Growth Drivers and Restraints

Growth Drivers

• Rising demand for Advanced Medical Treatments – The Japan medical tourism market is experiencing significant growth due to increase in demand for advanced medical treatments and world-class services. The country has strong foundation of providing medical care specially for diseases like cancer, orthopedic surgeries, and cardiovascular intervention. In 2019, the country reported over 10 lakh cases for cardiovascular diseases, as per the reports, leading to the rise in medical travelers to seek world-class medical services at affordable costs. This growing incidence of cardiovascular diseases with the country offering high-quality healthcare, is driving the growth of Japan medical tourism market, resulting a noticeable shift towards seeking specialized and advanced healthcare with innovative medical tools and equipment.
• High Standard of Healthcare services – The Japan is popular for its exceptional healthcare system that drives the Japan medical tourism market. The country’s healthcare system is ranked as world’s top most sector in providing excellent healthcare services for over 50 years due to its availability, effectiveness, and efficiency, as per the report by National Institute of Health (NIH). The adoption of technological advancement has made it easy for medical practitioners to provide world-class services and the country has also adopted innovative solutions like robotics in healthcare sector. Over 15% of nursing homes have adapted robotics and ICT technology to cater high-quality service at an affordable cost.

Restraints

• Language barriers and cultural differences – The Japan healthcare sector provides excellent services but the Japan medical tourism market suffers due to language as a barrier for international patients. Japan’s healthcare system has limited English-speaking staff and untranslated medical documents which makes international patients to face difficulty in understanding and communicating their disease related information. Moreover, differences in cultural norms poses as a challenge for international patient and can lead to misunderstanding and discomfort, leading to reduced Japan medical tourism market demand.

Japan Medical Tourism Market Segmentation

Our experts at KD Market Insights have segmented the Japan medical tourism market research report as:

Analyst’s Observation on Japan Medical Tourism Market Recent Developments

Over the years, the experts at KD Market Insights have been observing the recent developments associated with Japan medical tourism market trends. Our expert’s market forecast analysis has recorded the market players adopting plentiful of key strategies including new product launches, mergers & acquisitions, and collaborations.

The JCB International Co Ltd have entered into partnership with Noage International Inc, with the aim to boost country’s medical tourism market and eliminating language barrier as a challenge for international medical travelers by supporting English-language as a primary communicating language. Also, JCB Card holders will be receiving special benefits of JCB Exclusive Medical Tourism Program.

Further, the Japanese delegation including Kenji Shibuya, CEO of Medical Excellence Japan (MEJ) and ERIA, has expressed keen interest in investment for developing medical devices and technology cluster within the Medical Device Park (MDP). Also, proposed to promote pharmaceutical research and innovation, collaborating with the Uttar Pradesh healthcare to enhance medical tourism.

Japan Medical Tourism Market Competitive Landscape

Some of the significant participants who top the Japan medical tourism market share:

• International Medical Center of Japan
• Kameda Medical Center
• Tourism and Health Medical Co
• Medical Japan
• Global Healthcare Resources
• Japan Medical Service
• Tokyo Medical University
• Japan Health Care
• Allianz Worldwide Partners
• Jin Medical
• MedCare Japan
• Keio University Hospital
• MediBang