Japanese Medical Institutions

Public information from Japanese medical institutions, explained clearly.

The information below is based on what each institution publishes on its official website. The order is not a ranking and does not imply any partnership with or recommendation by FTH. Services can change, so please check the latest details with each institution.

Reference image: example of particle therapy equipment. Not a facility of any listed institution.

Heavy-ion therapy is different from IVR and RFA

Heavy-ion therapy is a form of radiotherapy that directs heavy particles such as carbon ions at a tumour from outside the body. It works differently from IVR, which places instruments inside the body under imaging, and from RFA, which destroys tissue with heat at a needle tip.

Yasumoto IVR Clinic

保本IVRクリニック

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

Described as a cancer clinic specializing in advanced diagnostic imaging and IVR (image-guided treatment). Its official website states it is scheduled to open in November 2026, and details for each service are being published in stages.

IVR (vascular and non-vascular)

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) listed

Care for recurrent cancer

Whole-body MRI cancer screening

Second opinion clinic

Central Japan International Medical Center

中部国際医療センター

Minokamo, Gifu

A general hospital with many departments. It describes itself as providing cancer care as a regional designated cancer care hospital.

Cancer centres for digestive, lung, prostate, head and neck cancers and more

Proton therapy cancer centre

Cancer genomic medicine

Radiology and radiation oncology

Information for international patients

Gan Chuo Clinic Group

がん中央クリニックグループ

Tokyo · Nagoya · Osaka · Fukuoka

A group of clinics focused on cancer treatment, with clinics in four cities. Levels of evidence and insurance coverage differ by treatment, so details should be checked with a physician.

Photoimmunotherapy

Nucleic acid medicine (aptamers, RNA interference, miRNA)

Immunotherapy

Molecular-targeted vaccine therapy

Osaka Heavy Ion Therapy Center

大阪重粒子線センター

Otemae area, Osaka

Described as the sixth heavy-ion therapy facility to open in Japan. It has published treatment records since 2018, and all consultations are by appointment.

Heavy-ion therapy

Information for solid cancers without distant metastasis

Appointment information for first visits and second opinions

Miyakojima IGRT Clinic

都島放射線科クリニック

Miyakojima-ku, Osaka

Described as a radiology clinic that both finds and treats cancer. We could not confirm any current IVR or RFA services on its official website.

High-precision radiotherapy (IGRT)

Re-irradiation and radiotherapy for recurrent cancer

Whole-body MRI cancer screening (DWIBS)

MRI breast cancer screening

Fujita Health University Hospital

藤田医科大学病院

Toyoake, Aichi

The university hospital of Fujita Health University. It states that it received JCI accreditation under the academic medical center program in August 2018 and has maintained it since.

Many departments and centres

Robotic surgery

Support for international patients

Information on nuclear medicine therapy for prostate cancer