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20-Aug-17 In preparation for the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is getting 14 hospitals foreign-patient ready. Preparations are starting, to ensure they will be able to provide medical services in multiple languages and be sufficiently equipped to accept foreign patients. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

22-Aug-17 A group of Japanese universities, in partnership with the government, plans to establish an information bank to share medical data among hospitals with patient permission, a system seen saving costs and time by eliminating redundant tests and simplifying communication. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

21-Aug-17 Scientists in Japan have developed a super thin electronic sensor that can attach directly to skin, with uses in medicine, nursing and sports science. The technology is stretchable and light, and has a wide range of heath-tech applications. [image: Takao Someya Group / University of Tokyo]

03-Aug-17 Health tourism is seen as an industry which boosts Malaysia's economy, with more than 900,000 medical tourists arriving in 2016 and most of them coming from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Middle Eastern countries, Australia, China and Japan. [image: Astro Awani]

01-Aug-17 Thai hospitals expect to generate THB49 bn (USD1.5 bn) in 2017 from international medical travelers, an increase of 4%. A drop in visitors from the Middle East will be more than offset by visitors from Southeast Asia. [image: TTR Weekly]