Medical doctor’s license | Ministry of health labour and welfare of Japan

Board Certified Supervisory Physician for Public Health and Social Medicine | Japan Board of Public Health and Social Medicine

JPS-certified Educator in Geriatric Psychiatry | Japanese Psychogeriatric Society

SA class: United Nations Associations Test of English | United Nations Association of JAPAN

Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Oct., 2001 (conferred by Japan Foundation for Ageing & Health)

Distinguished Young Researcher Award, Jan., 2004 (conferred by Japan Epidemiological Association)

Outstanding Researcher Award, Nov., 2005 (conferred by the Japan Medical Association)

The Best Presentation Award, Oct., 2013
(conferred by 16th International Congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association)

Poster Presentation Award, Sep., 2015 (conferred by the 9th International Congress of the Asian Society Against Dementia)

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation Encouragement Prize , Nov., 2017
(conferred by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation)

Medical Doctors’ degree (MD) from School of Medicine, Tohoku University

Master of Science in Community Health (MSc). Edinburgh University in the UK
(* Equivalent of MPH: Master of Science in Public Health Medicine)

Master of Arts in Health Service Studies (MA). Leeds University in the UK

Doctor of Medical Science (PhD: Dr. Med. Sci); Tohoku University in Japan

Lecturer, Department of Health Policy, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan

Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Head of Research Unit, Research Unit for Nursing, Caring Sciences, & Psychology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences (NILS), Obu, Japan

Departmental Head, Department of ,Gerontological Policy, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (NCGG), Obu, Japan

Honorary professor, Osaka Prefecture University

Arai Y*. Insurance for long-term care planned in Japan. Lancet 1997; 350: 1831.

Arai Y*, Kudo K, Washio M. Caring for Japan’s elderly. Lancet 1998; 352: 1393.

Arai Y*, Sugiura M, Miura H, Washio M, Kudo K．Undue concern for others' opinions deters caregivers of impaired elderly from using public services in rural Japan. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2000; 15: 961-968.

Arai Y*. Japan’s new long-term care insurance. Lancet 2001; 357(9269): 1713.

Arai Y*, Zarit SH, Sugiura M, Washio M. Patterns of outcome of caregiving for the impaired elderly: a longitudinal study in rural Japan. Aging Ment Health 2002; 6(1): 39-46.

Arai Y*, Zarit SH, Kumamoto K, Takeda A. Are there inequities in the assessment of dementia under Japan’s LTC insurance system? Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2003; 18: 346-352.

Kumamoto K, Arai Y*, Zarit SH. Use of home care services effectively reduces feelings of burden among family caregivers of disabled elderly in Japan: Preliminary results. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2006; 21(2): 163-170.

Sasaki M, Arai Y*, Kumamoto K, Abe K, Arai A, Mizuno Y. Factors related to potentially harmful behaviors towards disabled older people by family caregivers in Japan. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2007; 22(3): 250-257.

Arai A, Matsumoto T, Ikeda M, Arai Y*. Do family caregivers perceive more difficulty when they look after patients with early onset dementia compared to those with late onset dementia? Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2007; 22(12): 1255-1261.

Arai Y*, Arai A, Zarit SH. What do we know about dementia?: A survey on knowledge about dementia in the general public of Japan. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry: 2008; 23(4): 433-438.

Arai A, Mizuno Y, Arai Y*. Differences in perceptions regarding driving between young and old drivers and non-drivers in Japan. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2010; 25(12): 1239-1245.

Arai A, Mizuno Y, Arai Y*. Implementation of municipal mobility support services for older people who have stopped driving in Japan. Public Health 2011; 125: 799-805.

Arai Y*, Zarit SH. Exploring strategies to Alleviate Caregiver Burden: Effects of the National Long-term Care Insurance Scheme in Japan. Psychogeriatrics 2011; 11(3): 183-189.

Mizuno Y, Kumamoto K, Arai A, Arai Y*. Mobility support for older people with dementia in Japan: financial resources are an issue but not the deciding factor for municipalities. J Am Geriatr Soc 2011, 59(12): 2388-2390.

Mizuno Y, Arai Y*. Measures to support voluntary retirement from driving in Japanese older people: driving is not just a means of transportation. J Am Geriatr Soc 2012; 60(11): 2170-2172.

Arai Y*, Kumamoto K, Mizuno Y, Washio M. Depression among family caregivers of community-dwelling older people who used services under the Long Term Care Insurance program: a large-scale population-based study in Japan. Aging Ment Health 2014; 18(1): 81-91.

Arai A, Arai Y*. Self-assessed driving behaviors associated with age among middle-aged and older adults in Japan. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2015; 60(1): 39-44.

Mizuno Y, Arai Y*. Is society tolerant enough to give the necessary priority to vulnerable adults when they need mobility support? J Am Geriatr Soc 2016; 64(8): 1741-1743.

Arai Y*, Noguchi C, Zarit SH. Potentially harmful behavior by caregivers may be predicted by a caregiver burden scale. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2017; 32:582-583.

Arai Y*, Arai A, Mizuno Y, Kamimura N, Ikeda M. The creation and dissemination of downloadable information on dementia and driving from a social health perspective. Psychogeriatrics 2017; 17: 262-266.