Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Type 1 diabetes is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Japan
- 公益社団法人日本糖尿病協会Japanese association of people with diabetes, their families and healthcare staff, with local patient groups.All of Japan
- 認定NPO法人 日本IDDMネットワークJapan IDDM Network: patient organisation in Japan, NPO for people with type 1 diabetes and families.All of Japan
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in Japan and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Type 1 diabetes.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Type 1 diabetes to compare with. Family and friends can help.