FIRST MEETING OF PARLIAMENTARY VICE-MINISTERS AND COMMEMORATIVE PHOTOGRAPH SESSION

TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] On September 18, 2026, the Parliamentary Vice-Ministers of the Reshuffled Second Takaichi Cabinet were appointed at a Cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Takaichi presented letters of assignment to the newly appointed Parliamentary Vice-Ministers at the Prime Minister's Office. Following this, the Prime Minister attended a commemorative photograph session, followed by the first meeting of...


FIRST MEETING OF STATE MINISTERS AND COMMEMORATIVE PHOTOGRAPH SESSION

TOKYO, Sept. 18 -- Prime Minister and His Cabinet issued the following information: [Provisional Translation] On September 18, 2026, the State Ministers of the Reshuffled Second Takaichi Cabinet were appointed at a Cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Takaichi attended the attestation ceremony for the newly appointed State Ministers at the Imperial Palace. The Prime Minister then returned to the Prime Minister's Office, where she attended a commemorative photograph session followed by the first me...


Clinical Trial: Changes in Calcaneal Speed of Sound, Toe Grip Strength, and Salivary Secretory Immunoglobulin A During a 4-Month Home-Based On-Demand Bone-Specific Exercise Program in Adult Women (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062988) titled 'Changes in Bone Status and Physical Function During a 4-Month Home-Based On-Demand Bone Exercise Program in Adult Women' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - No treatment Primary Sponsor: Institute - Hiroshima University Condition: Condition - Decline ...


Clinical Trial: Effects of the BONE Program on Bone Health, Peripheral Circulation, and Glycation-Related Indices in Older Women: A Randomized Wait-list Controlled Trial (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062983) titled 'Effects of the BONE Program on Bone Health, Peripheral Circulation, and Glycation in Older Women' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - No treatment Primary Sponsor: Institute - Hiroshima University Condition: Condition - Bone health in older women (not lim...


Clinical Trial: A verification study to evaluate the safety of excessive consumption of the test food: an open-label study (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062982) titled 'A verification study to evaluate the safety of excessive consumption of the test food: an open-label study' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Single arm Randomization - Non-randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - Uncontrolled Primary Sponsor: Institute - ICHIBIKI CO., LTD. Condition: Condition - Healthy Japanese Clas...


Clinical Trial: Effects of Continuous Oligosaccharide Intake on Intestinal Barrier Function (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062981) titled 'Effects of Continuous Oligosaccharide Intake on Intestinal Barrier Function' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Double blind -all involved are blinded Control - Placebo Primary Sponsor: Institute - Meiji Co., Ltd Condition: Condition - Not applicable Classification by malignancy - Others...


Clinical Trial: Effects of Continuous Oligosaccharide Intake on Vascular Function (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062980) titled 'Effects of Continuous Oligosaccharide Intake on Vascular Function' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Double blind -all involved are blinded Control - Placebo Primary Sponsor: Institute - Meiji Co., Ltd Condition: Condition - Not applicable Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic i...


Clinical Trial: Effects of Continuous Oligosaccharide Intake on Resting Energy Metabolism (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062979) titled 'Effects of Continuous Oligosaccharide Intake on Resting Energy Metabolism' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Double blind -all involved are blinded Control - Placebo Primary Sponsor: Institute - Meiji Co., Ltd Condition: Condition - Not applicable Classification by malignancy - Others G...


Clinical Trial: A Study of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skepticism Regarding Climate Change in Japan (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062978) titled 'A Study of Public Perceptions of Climate Change in Japan' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Factorial Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Single blind -participants are blinded Control - Placebo Primary Sponsor: Institute - Institute of Science Tokyo Condition: Condition - not applicable Classification by malignancy - Others Genom...


Clinical Trial: Development and Evaluation of a Hybrid Learner Support Model Combining Generative AI and Human Coaching (Japan)

Tokyo, Sept. 19 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000062976) titled 'Development and Evaluation of a Hybrid Learner Support Model Combining Generative AI and Human Coaching' on Sept. 18. Study Type: Interventional Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - No treatment Primary Sponsor: Institute - Chiba University Condition: Condition - Fifth-year medical students duri...