Sapporo City is revising the notification letters sent to guardians of children not attending kindergarten or nursery school to encourage them to undergo the 5-year-old health checkup, strengthening efforts to promote participation. The aim is to facilitate early detection and appropriate developmental support by explicitly stating in the “Self-Check Sheet,” which serves as the questionnaire, that an examination should be undertaken if relevant items are applicable….
Sapporo City
Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island, founded in 1868 as a planned modern city during the Meiji era’s development of the region. It is now internationally famous for hosting the 1972 Winter Olympics and its annual Sapporo Snow Festival, which began in 1950. The city’s history is also closely tied to its beer brewing industry, with the Sapporo Beer Museum marking the site of one of Japan’s oldest breweries, established in 1876.
