Japan Food Allergy & Child Health Facts — English, With Official Sources

156 facts about children's food allergy and everyday health in Japan, in English with the Japanese original next to each one. Compiled by the MediNote project from Japanese government and academic sources, and graded by source so you can see what each fact rests on.

• Growing out of an allergy, oral food challenges, and why "eating a little at home" is not a standard treatment
• Egg, milk and wheat under heat — what changes and what does not
• Japan's allergen labelling rules: the 8 mandatory and 20 recommended items, "may contain" wording, food sold without a label, and how to check recalls
• Nursery and school: the allergy management form, accident reporting and free official guidelines
• At home: mite-proof bedding, egg and wheat in shampoo and cosmetics
• Medicine: storing an adrenaline auto-injector, missed doses, what to carry
• Seasons and regions: pollen in Hokkaido and Okinawa, exercise in winter, and how labelling differs outside Japan

Built for parenting and health apps, AI assistants, travel and relocation services, and researchers who need Japan-specific facts in English.

Every fact shows its sources

Each record lists its sources, each tagged by type: government, academic (societies, guidelines, journals, medical associations), derived (arranged from those), clinic, company, media or unverified.

• "evidence": "official sources only" — 59 facts
• "evidence": "official and other sources" — 97 facts

Sources are listed for the paragraph each fact comes from, so with "official and other sources" a single sentence may rest on any of them. Facts with no official source at all, firm claims or how-to advice not backed by an official source, and the author's personal opinions are not included.

Two ways to get it

Mode	What you get
all	All 156 facts in 9 categories
category	One category: care, eating, labels, school, home, myths, carry, seasons or region

Input examples

All facts:

{ "mode": "all" }

Japan's food labelling rules, English only:

{ "mode": "category", "category": "labels", "includeJapanese": false }

Output example

{
  "id": "mn-0001",
  "category": "care",
  "categoryTitle": "Getting better and seeing a doctor",
  "topic": "Many children grow out of a food allergy",
  "text": "Reports say about 30% of children with hen's egg allergy can eat egg by age 3, and about 70% by age 6.",
  "evidence": "official sources only",
  "sources": [
    { "name": "Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) — rheumatism and allergy information", "nameJa": "厚生労働省 リウマチ・アレルギー情報", "type": "government" },
    { "name": "Japanese Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JSPACI) — Food Allergy Guideline 2016, digest, ch. 3", "nameJa": "日本小児アレルギー学会 食物アレルギー診療ガイドライン2016 ダイジェスト版 第3章", "type": "academic" }
  ],
  "topicJa": "1. 年齢とともに食べられるようになる子は、少なくない",
  "textJa": "鶏卵は3歳で30%、6歳で70%が耐性を獲得すると報告されています。",
  "disclaimer": "Information only, compiled from published Japanese sources. Not medical advice: it does not diagnose, treat or replace a doctor. Decisions about food, tests and medicine belong to the child's doctor. In an emergency in Japan, call 119."
}

Pricing

Mode	Price
All 156 facts	$2.99 per run
One category	$0.49 per run

If the input cannot be answered (for example an unknown category), the run returns one record with "error" and nothing is charged.

Important

• Not medical advice. These are published facts gathered for families, not a diagnosis or treatment plan. Every record carries this disclaimer. Decisions about food, tests and medicine belong to the child's doctor.
• Quotations from guidelines are given as quotations. Figures are as published; check the source for the latest version.
• Translated into English by KOTARO Data Works from the MediNote project (medinote.neuro-hive.jp).

Keywords

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