This page provides comprehensive information about medical containers promoted by the Cabinet Secretariat as part of national resilience initiatives. Medical containers are portable medical facilities designed to secure emergency medical care systems during disasters and other emergencies, with the government actively promoting their use to enable rapid medical support.
The page provides an overview of medical containers (PDF version 273KB) along with the "Guidelines for Medical Container Utilization" (PDF 4,964KB), featuring medical container use cases and Q&A sections for introduction and utilization. For promoting the widespread adoption of medical containers, detailed materials are provided on subsidy and support systems including medical container utilization promotion projects and interest-free loan systems for introducing disaster emergency response mobile facilities.
Regarding disaster utilization, explanations are provided on preparations and operations for disaster use, along with the "Medical Container Operation Guidelines for Prefectures" (PDF 2,465KB) formulated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The effectiveness in actual disaster response is demonstrated through published results of medical container utilization during the Noto Peninsula earthquake (PDF 2,455KB).
As a list of medical container holding institutions, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website publishes a list of holding institutions by prefecture (fiscal year 2024), establishing a system for understanding nationwide deployment status. Furthermore, the activities of the "Inter-Ministry Liaison and Coordination Meeting on Medical Container Utilization Promotion" are published, held continuously from the 1st meeting in May 2022 to the 7th meeting in January 2025, with materials and meeting summaries provided for each session. This transparently discloses the status of medical container utilization promotion efforts through cooperation among related ministries and agencies.