AFRICA DAY CELEBRATION

TOKYO, May 25 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional translation] On May 25, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi attended a reception in Tokyo celebrating Africa Day. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


COURTESY CALL FROM REPRESENTATIVES OF THE "TWO MAJOR SUIGO IRIS FESTIVALS"

TOKYO, May 25 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional translation] On May 25, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi received a courtesy call from representatives of the "Two Major Suigo Iris Festivals" held in Itako City, Ibaraki Prefecture and Katori City, Chiba Prefecture at the Prime Minister's Office. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


Clinical Trial: Development and Evaluation of a Nudge-Based Patient-Participatory Polypharmacy Intervention: Construction and Assessment of the MPEG Plus Clinical Decision Support System (Japan)

Tokyo, May 26 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061685) titled 'Development and Evaluation of a Patient-Participatory Medication Review Support System' on May 25. Study Type: Observational Primary Sponsor: Institute - St. Marianna University School of Medicine Condition: Condition - Polypharmacy Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To evaluate the usability, understandabi...


Clinical Trial: Immediate Effects of Neural Mobilization Combined with Blood Flow Restriction on Peripheral Nerve Stiffness and Balance Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Japan)

Tokyo, May 26 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061683) titled 'Effects of Neural Mobilization Combined with Blood Flow Restriction on Nerve Stiffness and Balance Performance' on May 25. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Double blind -all involved are blinded Control - Dose comparison Primary Sponsor: Institute - Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences Condition...


Clinical Trial: Study of artistic creativity assessment in children using exercises (Japan)

Tokyo, May 26 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061682) titled 'Study of artistic creativity assessment in children using exercises' on May 25. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - Placebo Primary Sponsor: Institute - Osaka Metropolitan University Center for Health Science Innovation Condition: Condition - Healthy person Classificati...


Clinical Trial: A Retrospective Study on Interventions for Auricular Pressure Ulcers in Children and Adults with Severe Physical and Intellectual Disabilities and the Effects of Donut-Shaped Cushions (Japan)

Tokyo, May 26 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061680) titled 'A Retrospective Study on Interventions for Auricular Pressure Ulcers in Children and Adults with Severe Physical and Intellectual Disabilities and the Effects of Donut-Shaped Cushions' on May 25. Study Type: Observational Primary Sponsor: Institute - Shiga University of Medical Science Condition: Condition - Children (and adults) with severe physical and mental disabili...


Clinical Trial: Machine learning-based prediction of lymph node metastases for individualized surgical decision-making in older patients with gastric cancer: A retrospective simulation study compliant with TRIPOD+AI (Japan)

Tokyo, May 26 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061679) titled 'Machine learning-based prediction of lymph node metastases for individualized surgical decision-making in older patients with gastric cancer: A retrospective simulation study compliant with TRIPOD+AI' on May 25. Study Type: Observational Primary Sponsor: Institute - Kameda Medical Center Condition: Condition - Gastric cancer Classification by malignancy - Malignancy Gen...


Clinical Trial: Multicenter Observational Study on Inter-Rater Agreement of ISNCSCI Motor Scores (Japan)

Tokyo, May 26 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061677) titled 'Multicenter Observational Study on Inter-Rater Agreement of ISNCSCI Motor Scores' on May 25. Study Type: Observational Primary Sponsor: Institute - Keio University Condition: Condition - Spinal Cord Injury Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To evaluate the inter-rater agreement of ISNCSCI motor score assess...


Clinical Trial: Development and Evaluation of an Interconception Care Educational Program on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy for Postpartum Women: A Feasibility Study (Japan)

Tokyo, May 26 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061649) titled 'Development and Evaluation of an Interconception Care Educational Program on Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy for Postpartum Women' on May 25. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Single arm Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - Uncontrolled Primary Sponsor: Institute - St.Luke's international university Condi...


Clinical Trial: Exploratory Study of Yogurt Consumption and Salivary IgA Using Existing Saliva Specimens (Japan)

Tokyo, May 24 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061660) titled 'Exploratory Study of Yogurt Consumption and Salivary IgA Using Existing Saliva Specimens' on May 24. Study Type: Others,meta-analysis etc Primary Sponsor: Institute - Meiji Co., Ltd. Condition: Condition - Healthy Adult Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO Objective: Narrative objectives1 - To investigate the effect of yogurt intake on salivar...