随着人口老龄化不断加剧，人们的健康意识不断增强，在各种新兴科技的渗透下，与民生福利密切关联的健康产业成为带动国民经济增长、引领经济发展的朝阳产业。继IT产业之后，健康产业被称为“全球财富第五波”。在日本，由于老龄化的不断加剧和国民对健康认识水平的不断提高，政府早就开始积极发展健康产业，以国家法律政策支持为核心，以医疗及科学技术进步为支撑，在企业及民间组织的相互合作下，在明确的市场严格监管制度下，鼓励各地区建立健康产业集群并积极开拓国际市场，为日本经济创造新的增长点。
As the population aging process continues to intensify and people’s health awareness continues to increase，with the penetration of various emerging technologies，the health industry，which is closely related to people’s livelihood，has become a rising industry that drives national economic growth and leads economic development. After the IT industry，the health industry is known as “the fifth wave of global wealth”. With the increasing aging and increasing awareness of health among the people，Japan has begun to actively develop the health industry. With national legal and policy support as the core，medical and scientific technology as the support，under the mutual cooperation between enterprises and non-governmental organizations，and the strict market supervision system，various regions are encouraged to establish health industry clusters and actively explore international markets，creating new growth points for the Japanese economy.
