Overview
Published Breast and Endocrine Surgery option within Toho’s IPOP at Omori Hospital. This is supervised observation; English teaching or interpretation is not guaranteed because many activities are conducted in Japanese.
The programme
- Training type
- Department track / clinical observership
- Duration
- 2–12 weeks
- Start
- April–June 2027 intake currently advertised; later quarterly intakes have separate deadlines
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- Not stated on official page
- Department
- Breast and Endocrine Surgery
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Valid medical licence and practice outside Japan, or full-time enrolment in an overseas residency/fellowship. Language evidence, immunisation clearance and specified travel/liability insurance required.
- International applicants
- Open to international physicians and overseas residents/fellows, subject to departmental review
- Visa support
- Applicants arrange their own appropriate visa
- Licence requirement
- No hands-on patient treatment permitted
How to apply
- Deadline
- 31 October 2026 for April–June 2027; later intake deadlines: 31 January 2027 and 30 April 2027
- Application method
- Apply directly using the official IPOP application form; intermediary applications are not accepted
Funding
- Funding
- JPY 15,000 application fee plus JPY 25,000 per week; housing extra. Approved institutional MOU participants may have fees waived.