# AI Analysis of General Medicine in Japan: Present and Future Considerations

## TL;DR

This paper uses AI to explore current and future challenges in general medicine in Japan, including polypharmacy and the role of female physicians.

## Contribution

The study provides new AI-based insights into the direction of general medicine in Japan, which has been previously unclear.

## Key findings

- AI analysis highlights polypharmacy issues in Japan due to an aging population.
- The AI depicts a distressed female physician and raises concerns about the future of female physicians in Japan.

## Abstract

This paper presents an interpretation of artificial intelligence (AI)–generated depictions of the present and future of general medicine in Japan. Using text inputs, the AI tool generated fictitious images based on neural network analyses. We believe that our study makes a significant contribution to the literature because the direction of general medicine in Japan has long been unclear, despite constant discussion. Our AI analysis shows that Japanese medicine is currently plagued by issues with polypharmacy, likely because of the aging patient population. Additionally, the analysis indicated a distressed female physician and evoked a sense of anxiety about the future of female physicians. It discusses whether the ability to encourage the success of female physicians is a turning point for the future of medicine in Japan.