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Health Care in Japan from "International Health Care Systems". Four years ago, Japan celebrated 50 years of achievement of good health at low cost and increasing equity for its population. In 1961, at the beginning of a period of rapid economic development, while the country was still relatively poor (with a GDP half the size of Britain's), Japan reached full health insurance coverage of its population. In the next half-century, it continued to develop its health system and improve equity, even applying this principle of universal health coverage in its global health diplomacy. Now, however, Japan faces serious fiscal pressure due to a sluggish economy and the rapid aging and low birth rate of its population — but it is striving to sustain its health system in the face of these challenges. (The Future of Japan's Health System — Sustaining Good Health with Equity at Low Cost. Michael R. Reich, Ph.D., and Kenji Shibuya, M.D., Dr.P.H. N Engl J Med 2015; 373:1793-1797November 5, 2015DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1410676). Professor Armen Astvatsatryan, MD, PhD, ScD, FESC is a founder and a first dean of Faculty of Public Health of European Regional Educational Academy. He has known by his lectures in different Public Health domains, especially “Basics of Public Health”, “International Health Care” and “Medical Ethics”. Astvatsatryan Armen is a member of European Society of Cardiology (ESC), a Fellow of ESC, ESC Diploma, a Member of European Heart Rhythm Association, and a member of Board of Armenian Cardiologists Association. One of 100 of the International Biographical Center's (Cambridge, England) Top Health Professionals - 2007. email: armen.astvatsatryan@gmail.com