title: Diabetes in Japan.
abstract: In this article, we introduce the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Japanese population and discuss the reasons for such an explosive increase. Diabetes has been brought into prominence in Japan by enhanced insulin resistance, through the change of lifestyle against the background of fragile beta-cell function and thrifty genotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Ryuzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawamori
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000503:physiopathology; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008019:Life Style; D015995:Prevalence