School Health Checkups in Japan Still Cause Trouble with Parents

School doctors in Japan still have to take the risk of facing complaints from parents about their children's body parts being exposed during regular health checkups although the education ministry took measures to soothe such parental anxiety over a year ago. According to a survey conducted in June by online medical information provider m3.com, more than 80 pct of the 1,970 responding practitioners and physicians did not want to become school doctors chiefly out of concern that parents "more than necessary" tend not to allow their children's bodies to be shown to the doctors. Episode Notes: ‘School Health Checkups in Japan Still Cause Trouble with Parents’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/03/18/school-health-checkups-in-japan-still-cause-trouble-with-parents/