Raffles Medical Group to open first medical centre in Japan

RAFFLES Medical Group (RMG) is opening its first medical centre in Japan, it announced on Monday after the market closed.

The 5,400-square-foot facility to be opened in Osaka will be in the city's prime central business district near the Umeda train station.

The centre will offer family medicine, travel medicine, dermatology and aesthetics, traditional Chinese medicine and health-screening services to local Japanese, expatriates and tourists.

RMG subsidiary Raffles Japanese Clinic will operate the facility in collaboration with joint-venture partner Socion Healthcare Management.

Shares of RMG closed at S$4.37 on Monday, lower by 0.9 per cent or four Singapore cents.