Takashi Yamamoto, an Upper House lawmaker and a cancer patient. He was instrumental in enacting the law in 2006 aimed at raising the quality of cancer therapies and spreading the concept of informed consent among patients.
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We need to build a society in which we don’t have to feel guilty about taking days off for medical treatment and nursing care. Providing support to allow people to do both will have an increasing urgency in the coming years.
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Aly Rustom
We need to build a society in which we don’t have to feel guilty about taking days off period.