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    Mistranslation of ICC by Japan ME Association

    The chief of the Japan ME Association, Shinohara’s translation of the International Consensus Criteria contains a fair amount of inaccuracies. The translator is not just incompetent in maintaining accuracy required for a medical reference, but quite likely purposefully unfaithful; apparently she...
  2. Pyrrhus

    Japan: ME/CFS in Japan

    The Japan ME Association has an English-language website: https://mecfsjapan.com/ About the Japan ME Association: About ME in Japan: About their 2016 conference: