Population Decline May Affect the Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Japan
Akihiro Miyauchi, Mizuki Inaba, Takatoshi Tetsuka, Noritaka Sakamoto, Yushi Nomura, Otohiro Katsube, Hirokuni Hirata, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Seiji Niho, Kumiya Sugiyama · 2026
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Akihiro Miyauchi and nine colleagues analyze a decade of Japanese tuberculosis reports and find the long decline in cases stalled after 2022. Among Japanese nationals, new notifications kept falling in every age group. The reversal comes from demographics: cases among foreign-born residents rose sharply, with the highest rates in workers aged twenty to thirty-nine.
Foreign-born workers from high-incidence countries grew in number over the period, and notifications tracked those populations. The authors argue population change, not failing domestic control, explains the plateau. They recommend stronger pre-entry tuberculosis screening for young migrant workers from high-incidence countries if Japan wants its decline to resume.
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| CREATOR | Akihiro Miyauchi, Mizuki Inaba, Takatoshi Tetsuka, Noritaka Sakamoto, Yushi Nomura, Otohiro Katsube, Hirokuni Hirata, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Seiji Niho, Kumiya Sugiyama |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |