Impact of the US Philanthropy on the Japanese Healthcare Reform

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21830156
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Politics
• Research Institution: Kobe Women's University
• Principal Investigator: NOGUCHI Kazumi Kobe Women's University, 文学部, 准教授 (70552925)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Keywords: 保健医療制度改革 / 米国フィランソロピー / ガバナンス / 市民社会 / ロックフェラー財団 / 国立医療保健科学院 / 聖路加国際病院

Research Abstract

The purpose of this research is to clarify the collaboration between the Public Health and Welfare Section (PHW)of the General Headquarters Office (GHQ) and US philanthropy, in particular, the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) in postwar Japanese healthcare reform by examining the archival GHQ documents, US State Department documents and personal letters of Crawford F. Sams, head of PHW. Through this research, it can be concluded that the collaboration between the GHQ and RF provided professional expertise and financial support for the reconstruction of Japan's Institute of National Public Health and St. Luke's Hospital in Tokyo.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Fair Trade Promotion in Food Safety Policy : A Review of Local Engagement in Promoting Fair Trade in Kobe (2010)
  • Author(s): Noguchi K
  • Journal Title: グローバル・ローカルスタディース 3号 Pages: 27-36
• [Presentation] Philanthropy and the Public Health Development in Japan ; Case Study of the Contribution of the Rockefeller Foundation in Public Health Nursing Education in 1920s-1950s. (2011)
  • Author(s): Noguchi K
  • Organizer: 国際NPO学会アジア年次大会(7th ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference)審査有
  • Place of Presentation: インドネシア・バリ島(発表決定)
  • Year and Date: 20111124-20111126
• [Presentation] Fair Trade Promotion in Food Safety Policy : A Review of Local Engagement in Promoting Fair Trade in Kobe.(審査有) (2010)
  • Author(s): Noguchi K
  • Organizer: 米国NPO学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 米国ヴァージニア州
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-18
• [Presentation] Philanthropic Contribution to Healthcare System Development and the Impact of Government-Foundation Cooperation ; Case study of Rockefeller Foundation involvement in Japan's public health system development, 1930s-1950s. (2009)
  • Author(s): Noguchi K.
  • Organizer: 米国NPO学会年次大会(審査有)
  • Place of Presentation: 米国オハイオ州
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-19
• [Book] 世界の先住民と環境問題事典(Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues : An Encyclopedia, Greenwood Publishing, UK) (2011)
  • Author(s): 平松紘 監訳、野口和美, 他 共訳、Johansen, B.E
  • Total Pages: 449(45-51, 306-312, 111-122, 315-317)
  • Publisher: 明石書店
• [Remarks] Book Review
• [Remarks] Noguchi, K.(2012). Review of the book East Asian Social Movements; Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region, by J. Broadbent and V. Brockman, NVSQ. (米国NPO学会からの依頼があり書籍も受理)
• [Remarks] Working Papers Series
• [Remarks] Noguchi, K (2011).Impact of the Public and Private Collaboration on the Japanese Healthcare Reform in the 1920-1950. Working Papers Series of Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management, Baruch College, City University of New York (編集責任者より掲載許可)
  • URL: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa/researchcenters/nonprofitstrategy/workingpapers.php