Standard Health Checkup

The foundational ningen dock at Tokyo Midtown Clinic covering blood work, chest X-ray, resting ECG, abdominal ultrasound, and urinalysis. This is the entry-level comprehensive screening that forms the basis of all higher-tier packages, designed to catch common lifestyle diseases, metabolic imbalances, and organ abnormalities during a single half-day visit.

Tokyo Midtown Clinic's Standard Health Checkup follows the Japanese ningen dock model, a structured approach to preventive screening that originated in Japan in the 1950s and has since become one of the most thorough routine health check formats in the world. Unlike Western annual physicals that often focus narrowly on a handful of vitals and a brief consultation, the ningen dock systematically evaluates multiple organ systems through imaging, laboratory analysis, and functional testing in a single visit. The blood work component covers a complete blood count, liver function markers including AST, ALT, GGT, and total bilirubin, kidney function through creatinine and BUN, a full lipid panel with total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, HbA1c for three-month glucose trends, uric acid, and inflammatory markers. Urinalysis screens for protein, glucose, and occult blood, providing early indicators of renal disease and diabetes. The chest X-ray evaluates lung fields, cardiac silhouette, and mediastinal structures, screening for masses, infiltrates, and cardiomegaly. A resting 12-lead electrocardiogram assesses cardiac rhythm and conduction, identifying arrhythmias, ischaemic changes, and structural abnormalities. Abdominal ultrasonography examines the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, kidneys, and spleen for masses, cysts, stones, and fatty infiltration. All findings are compiled into a detailed Japanese-English report, with a physician consultation to walk through results and recommend follow-up testing or lifestyle modifications. The appointment runs approximately two and a half hours from registration through the final consultation, with most of that time spent in actual testing rather than waiting.