Specialty

Policy and Systems Research; Social Epidemiology; Rehabilitation; Global Health; Public Health

Works

Original papers

1 Yamaguchi K, Nakanishi Y, Nishioka Y, Imamura T, Groote W, Akahane M. Regional disparities in rehabilitation resources and services provision for older adults in secondary healthcare regions: using a large health insurance claim database in Japan (in press)

2 Yamaguchi K, Ide K, Yokoyama M, Tsuji T, Mori Y, Miyazawa T, Kondo K. Participation in diverse activities at community gathering places and higher-level functional capacity among older adults: JAGES longitudinal study. J Public Health (Oxf). 2026 Jun 1;48(2):495-503.

3 Ho DSM, Yamaguchi K, Ide K, Kondo N, Aida J. Municipal governments’ long-term care prevention efforts and homebound status of older adults: A three-year cohort study in Japan. Geriatr Gerontol Int.　2025;0:1-11.

4 Yamaguchi K, Akahane T, Yasuda E, Akahane M. Age-Specific Differences in Association Between Personality and Changes in Outing Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Cross-Sectional Web-Based Questionnaire Survey. Online J Public Health Inform. 2025 Jun 2;17:e63120.

5 Matsumoto S, Yamaguchi K, Akahane T, Kido A, Akahane M. Turnover Tendency and Related Factors Among Rehabilitation Professionals in Japan: Quantifying Multiple-Choice Questionnaire Items by Topic Analysis. Cureus. 2025;17(4): e82645.

6 Mori Y, Ide K, Watanabe R, Yokoyama M, Tsuji T, Iizuka G, Yamaguchi K, Miyazawa T, Kondo K. Association Between the Community Gatherings Places and the Kihon Checklist Score: JAGES Longitudinal Study. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2025;37(2-3):297-304.

7 Yamaguchi K, Nakanishi Y, Tangcharoensathien V, Kono M, Nishioka Y, Noda T, Imamura T, Aakahane M. Rehabilitation services and related health databases, Japan. Bull World Health Organ. 2022 Nov 1;100(11):699–708.

Reviews

1 Yamaguchi K, Imahashi K, Kono M, Ishiwata R. Multi-layered health and welfare systems for provisioning rehabilitation for older people, adults, and children with disabilites in Japan. J Natl Inst Public Health. 2025;74(1):2-14

2 Yamaguchi K，Miura H，Kodama T．Global trends in rehabilitation and current situation in ASEAN countries．J Natl Inst Public Health．2024;73(3): 214-224 [Japanese]

3 Yamaguchi K, Makihara Y, Kono M. Rehabilitation professionals for the aging society in Japan: Their scopes of work and related health policies and systems. J Natl Inst Public Health. 2022;71(1):35-44

Researchmap

   https://researchmap.jp/KaYamaguchi

Social contributions

・ Yamaguchi K. Rethinking Rehabilitation in Public and Global Health: Lessons from Japan and Adaptation in Uzbekistan. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Brown Bag Series. Presenter. 2026. 4.23, Boston, the United States

・ Yamaguchi K. Challenges in the Research Utilization of LIFE Data: Findings from a Study on the Development of LIFE Assessment Indicators for Home-Visit Services. 2025 LIFE (Long-term Care Information System for Evidence) Research Meeting. Lecturer. February 17, 2026; online. [In Japanese]

・ Yamaguchi K．Multilayered Service Delivery Systems for provisioning of Rehabilitation in Community Settings for people in all life stages in Japan．HKSR Community Rehabilitation Network 30th Anniversary cum HKSR 65th Anniversary Conference．Keynote speaker．2025.1. 17-18．HongKong

・ Yamaguchi K．Healthy Aging and Rehabilitation: Introduction to Japan’s Experience．Asia Pacific Society of Speech-Language and Hearing Association (APSSLH) 2024 symposium．Keynote speaker．2024.11.29-30．Online

・ Yamaguchi K. Utilization of Real-World Data in the Field of Rehabilitation. The 17th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Occupational Therapy Research. Invited Lecture. October 21, 2023; Nagoya, Japan. [in Japanese]

・ Yamaguchi K. Health policy and systems research for policy decisions. 3rd Global Rehabilitation 2030 Meeting. World Health Organization. Panelist. 2023.7.10-11 Geneva, Swiss

・ Japanese Society for International Rehabilitation, Director

Others(Awards, etc.)

・ Research Fellow (Takemi Fellow). Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Takemi Program in International Health (2025-2026)