Abstract
The medical device industry in Japan is considered as a growth industry and the government strengthens a variety of measures to boost its growth. On the other hand, the social security costs, especially the growth of healthcare costs has been taken up as an issue of the country. The mission of the medical device industry is to provide medical devices with reasonable cost as well as a contribution to the patients by improving the quality of medical services. It is necessary to consider overseas business development with a view to contribute to the world healthcare for accelerating the development of products needed on the market. The article overviews the feature of medical device and its world market situations for the global business strategy.
