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Allergic rhinitis, commonly referred to as "hay fever," is estimated to affect 15 million people in Japan. The market for prescription antihistamines in Japan is estimated to exceed $1 billion. Urticaria, a reaction to a variety of substances, including food, drugs and topical agents, and characterized by an eruption of itchy, swollen lesions on the skin, affects an estimated 15 to 25 percent of people at least once in their lives. Approximately 25 percent of urticaria patients develop chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU), which is defined as a case that lasts for a period of at least six weeks and has no identifiable cause. More than 40 percent of prescription antihistamine use in Japan can be attributed to CIU and itching associated with skin diseases such as eczema.
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Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan begins with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century AD.
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With the numbers of elderly people rapidly climbing in Japan, the country faces an entirely different future. But these elderly simply will not lie down, and might just help to keep the country running. (Jun 21)
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