title: [Present condition and future direction of osteoporosis in Japan].
abstract: The purpose of this special issue is to clarify the problems in the prevention, the treatment and the care of osteoporotic patients in Japan. Herein, we presented the accumulating evidence about the epidemiology, the prevention, the screening and the therapy of osteoporosis. We also introduced the countermeasures for osteoporosis through the life and the medical financial studies etc. The government, the medical societies and the foundations support the studies for osteoporosis and have proposed the guidelines for osteoporosis. We overviewed the prospective of osteoporosis and fracture prevention. For the establishment of healthy longevity society, we should continue the effort to solve the problems in osteoporosis in Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Norimi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy