1.0Fukuoka Nowhttps://www.fukuoka-now.comNickhttps://www.fukuoka-now.com/author/nick/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="f9eSZf7Ifs"><a href="https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/dr-ronald-schlemper-healthcare-japan/">A Doctor Between Two Medical Cultures: Dr. Ronald Schlemper on Healthcare in Japan</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/dr-ronald-schlemper-healthcare-japan/embed/#?secret=f9eSZf7Ifs" width="600" height="338" title="“A Doctor Between Two Medical Cultures: Dr. Ronald Schlemper on Healthcare in Japan” — Fukuoka Now" data-secret="f9eSZf7Ifs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/schlempler-interview-talking-002.jpg14001050Sixteen years after Fukuoka Now first profiled him, the Dutch-born physician reflects on 22 years at International Clinic Tojinmachi, his new model of care, and what Japan gets right and wrong about medicine. By Nick Szasz, Publisher, Fukuoka Now When Fukuoka Now first profiled Dr. Ronald Schlemper in November 2010, he had been in Japan […]