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	"Japan" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				A country in eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The capital is Tokyo.
    
			 
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D007564 |  
						| MeSH Number(s) | Z01.252.474.463 Z01.639.595 |  
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				This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Japan" by people in this website by year, and whether "Japan" was a major or minor topic of these publications.  
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		            | Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total | 
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 | 1996 | 0 | 4 | 4 |  | 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |  | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |  | 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |  | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 |  | 2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |  | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2017 | 0 | 8 | 8 |  | 2018 | 0 | 4 | 4 |  | 2019 | 0 | 8 | 8 |  | 2020 | 0 | 7 | 7 |  | 2021 | 0 | 12 | 12 |  | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  | 2023 | 0 | 6 | 6 |  | 2024 | 0 | 6 | 6 |  | 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Japan" by people in Profiles. 		
					
								
								Miyamae T, Okamoto N, Inoue Y, Kubota T, Ebato T, Irabu H, Kameda H, Kaneko Y, Kubo H, Mitsunaga K, Mori M, Nakajima A, Nishimura K, Ohkubo N, Sato T, Sugita Y, Takanashi S, Tanaka T, Umebayashi H, Yashiro M, Yamanishi S, Fusama M, Hirata S, Kishimoto M, Kohno M, Kojima M, Kojima T, Morinobu A, Sugihara T, Tanaka E, Yajima N, Yanai R, Kawahito Y, Harigai M. Recommendations for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis with oligoarthritis or polyarthritis from the 2024 update of the Japan College of Rheumatology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis including juvenile idiopathic arthritis with oligoarthritis or polyarthritis - secondary publication. Mod Rheumatol. 2025 Sep 02; 35(5):894-908.
								Oba A, Tanaka K, Inoue Y, Valente R, Rangelova E, Arnelo U, Ono Y, Sato T, Torphy RJ, Ito H, L?hr M, Takahashi Y, Schulick RD, Saiura A, Sparrelid E, Del Chiaro M. Pancreatectomies with vein resection: Two large institutions' experience of East and West. Pancreatology. 2025 Mar; 25(2):250-257.
								McDonald LS, Hynes KK, Parry JA, Stephens BF, Schwab JH. The 2024 American Orthopaedic Association-Japanese Orthopaedic Association Traveling Fellowship. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Apr 02; 107(7):782-787.
								Sekikawa A, Li M, Joshi N, Herbert B, Tilves C, Cui C, Gao S, Chang Y, Nakano Y, Sciurba FC. Much Lower Prevalence and Mortality of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Japan Than in the United States Despite Higher Smoking Rates: A Meta-Analysis/Systematic Review. J Epidemiol. 2025 Feb 05; 35(2):90-99.
								Sakakibara Y, Sakai K, Hisanaga N, Toyama N, Takase H, Saito I, Kawai T, Suzuki T, Miyake A, Nakano H, Shibata E, Kamijima M. Asbestos in organochlorine insecticide powder sprinkled between pages of antiquarian books in a library in Japan. Ind Health. 2024 Jul 24; 62(4):271-280.
								Miyamoto T, Izawa K, Masui S, Yamazaki A, Yamasaki Y, Matsubayashi T, Shiraki M, Ohnishi H, Yasumura J, Kawabe T, Miyamae T, Matsubara T, Arakawa N, Ishige T, Takizawa T, Shimbo A, Shimizu M, Kimura N, Maeda Y, Maruyama Y, Shigemura T, Furuta J, Sato S, Tanaka H, Izumikawa M, Yamamura M, Hasegawa T, Kaneko H, Nakagishi Y, Nakano N, Iida Y, Nakamura T, Wakiguchi H, Hoshina T, Kawai T, Murakami K, Akizuki S, Morinobu A, Ohmura K, Eguchi K, Sonoda M, Ishimura M, Furuno K, Kashiwado M, Mori M, Kawahata K, Hayama K, Shimoyama K, Sasaki N, Ito T, Umebayashi H, Omori T, Nakamichi S, Dohmoto T, Hasegawa Y, Kawashima H, Watanabe S, Taguchi Y, Nakaseko H, Iwata N, Kohno H, Ando T, Ito Y, Kataoka Y, Saeki T, Kaneko U, Murase A, Hattori S, Nozawa T, Nishimura K, Nakano R, Watanabe M, Yashiro M, Nakamura T, Komai T, Kato K, Honda Y, Hiejima E, Yonezawa A, Bessho K, Okada S, Ohara O, Takita J, Yasumi T, Nishikomori R. Clinical Characteristics of Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndrome and Long-Term Real-World Efficacy and Tolerability of Canakinumab in Japan: Results of a Nationwide Survey. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Jun; 76(6):949-962.
								Llu?s N, Onoe S, Serradilla-Mart?n M, Achalandabaso M, Mizuno T, Jehaes F, Dasari BVM, Mambrilla-Herrero S, Sparrelid E, Balakrishnan A, Hoogwater FJH, Amaral MJ, Andersson B, Berrevoet F, Doussot A, L?pez-L?pez V, Detry O, Pozo CD, Machairas N, Pekli D, Alc?zar-L?pez CF, Asbun H, Bj?rnsson B, Christophides T, D?ez-Caballero A, Francart D, Noel CB, Sousa-Silva D, Toledo-Mart?nez E, Tzimas GN, Yaqub S, Yamaguchi J, Dokmak S, Prieto-Calvo M, D'Souza MA, Spiers HVM, van den Heuvel MC, Charco R, Lesurtel M, Ebata T, Ramia JM. Intraductal papillary neoplasms of the bile ducts: a comparative study of a rare disease in Europe and Nagoya, Japan. HPB (Oxford). 2024 04; 26(4):565-575.
								Noguchi N, Shoji K, Sasai H, Kitano M, Waki F, Edo N, Saito T, Sawamura T, Nagamine M. Associations of physical activity and sedentary time with psychological distress among Japan self-defense forces personnel dispatched overseas: a prospective cohort study. J Occup Health. 2024 Jan 04; 66(1).
								Kaneko S, Noguchi Y, Hatano M, Shimbo A, Irabu H, Furuno K, Iwata N, Fujimura J, Akamine K, Kobayashi A, Endo T, Morio T, Shimizu M. Clinical Usefulness of T-Cell Receptor V? Repertoire Analysis for Differentiating Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Japanese Children From Toxic Shock Syndrome and Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Apr 01; 43(4):e125-e127.
								Ren K, Liu C, He Z, Wu P, Zhang J, Yang R, Cui T, Song K, Cheng D, He K, Yu J. Pancreatic Cancer and its Attributable Risk Factors in East Asia, Now and Future. Oncologist. 2023 Nov 02; 28(11):e995-e1004. | 
																	
																		
																			
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