Specialty

Epidemiology of lifestyle-related diseases, biostatistics

Works

Original papers

1 Ishikawa M, Hemmi O, Wada Y, Ohmi K, Ando Y, Takimoto H, Yokoyama T. Efforts and systems by local governments to improve participation rates in national and local health and nutrition surveys in Japan: Findings from a workshop 2019-2024. PLoS One. 2025;20(3):e0314798.

2 Yamamoto T, Abbas H, Cooray U, Yokoyama T, Tabuchi T. Estimating the Prevalence of and Clarifying Factors Associated With Multiple Tobacco Product Use in Japan: A Cross-sectional Study in 2022. J Epidemiol. 2025;35(5):222-229.

Reviews

1 Yokoyama Y. National Health Promotion Measures in Japan: Health Japan 21(the second term). J Natl Inst Public Health. 2020;69(1):14-24.

2 Katada C, Yokoyama T, Yano T, et al. Alcohol Consumption, Multiple Lugol-voiding Lesions, and Field Cancerization. DEN open. 2023;4(1):e261.

Social contributions

・Community Health Promotion and Nutrition Subcommittee, Health Science Council. Committee Member (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

・Promotion of Health Japan 21 (3rd ed.), Expert Committee Member (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

・Measures against Cardiovascular Diseases, Promotion Council Member (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

・National Health and Nutrition Survey, Committee Member (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

・Dietary Reference Intakes for Japanese (2025), Committee Member (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

Others (Awards, etc.)

・March 2001: the 25th Kusano Award from the Japan Stroke Society and the Japan Heart Foundation

・January 2004: the 2004 Japan Epidemiological Association Encouragement Award