Japan's Capital Medica eyeing S-E Asia hospitals

Tokyo

CAPITAL Medica Co, a Japanese operator of care facilities, is seeking to acquire hospitals in South-east Asia as it tries to get patients to choose Japan over the US and other markets for heart bypasses and other surgical procedures.

"Medical tourism is a promising market in Japan and the weaker yen serves as a tailwind," Kentaro Nakamura, Capital Medica's head of corporate development, said this month in an interview. He said the cost in Japan of some sophisticated surgical procedures …