MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO, Japan’s leading event for the medical, elderly care, pharmacy, and healthcare industries, is taking place from October 9 to 11, 2024, at Makuhari Messe, offering a prime platform for strategic partnerships and a fertile ground for networking and business development opportunities.
Organized by RX Japan, MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO, held annually in both Osaka and Tokyo, has become a key catalyst for business growth and innovation in the medical and healthcare sectors. With the Tokyo show celebrating its 7th year, the event excels at connecting exhibitors with visitors, ensuring productive business matching and meaningful interactions between medical professionals, importers, distributors, hospital owners, and investors. Focusing on face-to-face meetings, the event builds trust, facilitates idea exchange, and drives new business opportunities.
From the success of previous editions, the trade show suggests even more dynamic opportunities and more strategic partnerships. Attendees will have the chance to connect with exhibitors from global pavilions representing Germany, the United States, Canada, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Pakistan, many of whom are seeking importers in Asia.
At the Medical Equipment and Facilities area, explore DS MAREF’s Professional Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention System, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Delivery Robot Service. In the Elderly Care and Welfare zone, ZEST INC. will showcase its AI-Powered Cloud Service for Automated Visit Scheduling, while CookDeli will offer samples of Fully Cooked Frozen Foods.
In the Healthcare area, Mitsui DM Sugar Co., Ltd. will feature its Slow-Calorie Sugar, and attendees can try the Meteor Blaster VR, a game that doubles as a tool to assess users’ field of vision, presented by Nippon Life Insurance, Nichii Gakkan, and Sendai Broadcasting Co., Ltd. The Infection Prevention area will showcase Aone.inc’s temperature measuring and disinfecting machine, along with Tierra’s Slightly Acidic Hypochlorous Acid Water Generator.
The Dental area will feature a range of specialized products, including Formed Inc.’s Dental Armor Jelly, always Co., Ltd.’s Gum Care Brush, and HOYO SEISAKUSHO CO., LTD.’s Oral Irrigator.
Alongside its six established sub-shows, MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO 2024 will launch several new trade fairs. The Medical DX and IT Fair will spotlight products and services supporting digital transformation in healthcare, while the Physician Work Style Reform Fair will address the evolving needs of medical professionals. Other new fairs include the Comfortable Sleep Fair, Asset Building Fair for Doctors, Nursing Fair, and Patient Gathering and Marketing Fair—each offering a focused platform for in-depth business discussions tailored to specific industries.
Beyond the exhibition floor, participants can attend 35 lectures and seminars on key industry topics. Highlights include cybersecurity in healthcare, presented by Tomohiro Kuroda of Kyoto University and Jason Tee of HIMSS APAC, and a session on boosting productivity in caregiving by Takashi Miyamoto of Social Welfare Corporation Zenkoukai. Sayuri Habuki from Amor Fati Co., Ltd. will dive into effective communication with elderly customers.
This year’s featured speaker, TV’s renowned “soberologist” Masashi Yanagisawa, will make his first appearance at MEDICAL JAPAN TOKYO with a much-anticipated lecture on the science of sleep.
With 600 exhibitors from 20 countries, MEDICAL JAPAN 2024 TOKYO will gather thousands of industry professionals to explore the latest healthcare innovations. Attendees can schedule meetings with exhibitors for deeper collaboration, while VIPs can use the lounge, equipped with Wi-Fi, power outlets, and complimentary drinks, for high-level negotiations.
