Regarding patrolling by police during Ise Shima Summit

伊勢志摩サミット警備について

2016/03/18 Friday Announcements, Highlights, Security

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Ise Shima Summit will be held within 2 months, on May 26- 27th. Mie Prefectural Police has been boosting all the security efforts since last year. But, due to the incresead number of terrorist attacks taking place abroad and anticipating a situation in which the same may occur in Japan, in order to ensure “the security of the leaders from each country”, “the smooth performance of the relevant events”, “the security and the Mie citizen’s peace”, as well as the achievement of this summit, Mie Prefectural Police is striving to carry out anti-terrorism measures.

 In October 2015 Mie’s central police carried out a “conference to promote the anti-terrorism partnership in Mie”, as well as in late January of 2016 an “action against regional terrorism”, with the collaboration of all citizens from public and private sectors.

Therefore, we request the collaboration of all citizens to call 110 and report incidents as “suspicious people in public places”, “strange vehicles parked in the same location for several hours”, “suspicious packages left in public places”, among other unusual occurrences that seem suspicious.

For the surveillance on the summit location, we are planning to set up traffic spots in areas near Kashikojima.

During the countries’ leaders displacement, some roads will be closed for a limited time therefore there will be traffic congestion. We call upon the comprehension and collaboration of everyone regarding the use of public transport, the passenger vehicle restriction and to the control of service vehicles.

Pregnancy, Childbirth and vaccination

2016/03/18 Friday Announcements, Highlights, Security

日本での妊娠・出産、子どもの予防接種について

Pregnancy and child care are very important issues. In this video we will present some information related to childbirth and child care in Japan.

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Pregnancy

Once the pregnancy is confirmed, contact the city office or local sub-office and proceed with the notification through “NinshinTodoke”.

In Japan, once pregnancy is confirmed the “Boshi Kenko Techo”, the Maternal and Child Health Handbook is issued to the pregnant woman. In addition, there are courses related to knowledge and techniques regarding pregnancy, delivery and baby care.

What is the Maternal and Child Health Handbook?

The handbook  was drawn up to register the pregnant and baby’s health exams results, as well as child’s development after birth, in addition to provide information on a number of public health services as exams, vaccination and more.

Some city offices provide Maternal and Child Health Handbooks in other languages in addition to Japanese, as English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, Filipino, and more. Get information upon make the notification on pregnancy.

Prenatal exams

Depending on the region you live, after making the notification of pregnancy, it is possible to receive the “BoshiHoken no Shiori”, a booklet containing 14 vouchers for prenatal exams. When presenting these vouchers on medical institutions, the determined medical exams in each one of the vouchers can be made for free.

Courses only for mother or for parents

In various locations, the city office or sub-office provides courses about basic knowledge and techniques on pregnancy, delivery and child care. Courses are free of charge.

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Childbirth expenses

A normal delivery is not covered by health insurance, and if we add up it to the expenses regarding the periodical prenatal exams, the cost is very high.

In Japan, hospital admission for delivery is about 4 or 5 days and the cost is approximately ¥ 500,000. However, if the pregnant is covered by Kokumin Kenko Hoken or other health insurance, after childbirth, it is possible to receive the ShussanIkujiIchijikin, a lump-sum subsidy worth ¥ 420,000.

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Preventive vaccination

Preventive vaccine are administered either to avoid infection and disease development or to minimize the clinical condition, or, still, avoid the disease becomes epidemic. Vaccines are regulated by the Preventive Vaccination Law aiming to avoid disease infections and are free of charge.

Vaccines determined by the Preventive Vaccination Law
(updated in May 2015)

Type of Vaccine Ideal age Doses
Hib (Haemophilus Influenza type B) 2 months to 5 years old 4
Pneumococcal 2 months to 5 years old 4
DPT-IPV (Triple Bacterial and Sabin) 3 months to 7 and a half years old 4
BCG Since birth to 1 year old 1
MR (Measles and Rubella) 1 to 2 years old 1
5 to 7 years old 1
Varicella 1 to 3 years old 2
Japanese Encephalitis 6 months to 7 and a half years old 3
9 to 13 years old 1
DT (Tetanus and Diphtheria) – period II 11 to 13 years old 1
HPV (Human Papilloma Virus)

*Only girls

11 to 17 years old 3

*Based on Japan’s chart of periodical vaccination (May 18, 2015) – National Research Center of Infectious Diseases

http://www.nih.go.jp/niid/images/vaccine/schedule/2015/JP20150518.pdf

*For more information regarding vaccination methods and the period of each one, contact the division in charge in your city, or consult the children’s doctor.

*Vaccination may undergo changes, according to the law.

[Source]

Ippan Zaidan Hojin Jichitai Kokusaika Kyokai Tagengo Seikatsu Jyoho (Counsel of Autonomous Bodies for Internationalization)

http://www.clair.or.jp/tagengo/index.html

KokuritsuKansenshoKenkyujyo Home Page
(National Research Center of Infectious Diseases Homepage)

http://www.nih.go.jp/niid/ja/