Opening Remarks

Nobuhide Minorikawa, State Minister of Finance

Keizo Takemi, Co-Chair, Coordination Committee, Japan–World Bank Partnership Program on UHC; Senior Fellow, JCIE

Moderator: Akio Okawara, President & CEO, JCIE

A Synthesis of 11 Country Case Studies: Possible Paths to Adopt, Achieve, and Sustain UHC

Presentations:

■ Overview of Synthesis Report

Akiko Maeda, Lead Health Specialist, Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice, World Bank Group [Moderator]

■ Political Economy of UHC Policies

Michael Reich, Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health

Comments:

Kiyoshi Kodera, Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Kenji Shibuya, Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo

Sumie Ishii, Managing Director, Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP)

Q & A

Lessons from Japan: What Can Japan Contribute to Promoting UHC Globally?

Presentations:

■ What Japan Can Share from Its Experiences

Naoki Ikegami, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Keio School of Medicine [Moderator]

■ Macro Process of Health Policy Making

John Campbell, Project Researcher, Institute of Gerontology, University of Tokyo; Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Michigan

■ The Japanese Social Health Insurance Program Viewed from a Macroeconomic Perspective—The Fiscal Context and Systemic Disparities

Shuzo Nishimura, Director, Institute for Health Economics and Policy

■ What Lessons from Japan Are Relevant for Other Countries: Thai Perspectives

Suwit Wibulpolprasert, Adviser to the Health Minister on Global Health, Thailand

Comments:

Kenji Shimazaki, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Koji Fujimoto, Deputy Director, Office for Healthcare and Medical Strategy, Cabinet Office

Osamu Utsunomiya, Director-General, Bureau of International Medical Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine

Toshiro Kumakawa, Director, Department of Health and Welfare Services, National Institute of Public Health, Japan

Q & A

Closing Remarks

Kazuyuki Nakane, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

Yasusuke Tsukagoshi, Special Representative to Japan, World Bank Group

Reception

Welcome Remarks: Yasuhisa Shiozaki, Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare