Publications

MEDIC MEDIA publishes educational books for medical students, doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals in Japan. Our editorial approach is consistent across every series: organize and condense the knowledge readers truly need, and present it clearly — with a strong emphasis on visual explanation. Many of our titles are revised frequently to stay current with medical practice and national examination standards.

year note

year note is our flagship title: a comprehensive internal medicine reference for medical students, first published in 1991 and revised every year. Its clear, condensed organization of essential medical knowledge has made it a de facto standard in Japanese medical education — since 1994, nearly 100% of sixth-year medical students in Japan have owned a copy. Most doctors who graduated from Japanese medical schools after 1994 studied with year note, a cumulative total of roughly 390,000 users as of 2024. Originally created for national examination preparation, it now also supports residents and specialists as a lifelong learning reference.

Byouki ga Mieru (病気がみえる)

Byouki ga Mieru — literally "Diseases Visualized" — is a series of highly visual medical textbooks launched in 2001. Each volume covers a clinical area through a large number of precise, point-by-point medical illustrations. MEDIC MEDIA employs in-house illustrators and editors with medical backgrounds, which enables this thorough visual approach. The series is used by medical students, nursing students, and professionals across the healthcare team, and has established a new style of medical textbook in Japan.

Question Bank (クエスチョン・バンク)

The Question Bank series provides commentary and practice for Japanese national licensing examinations. It began in 1983 with the National Medical Licensing Examination and has expanded to cover examinations for nurses (2000), registered dietitians (2004), care managers, care workers, public health nurses, physical and occupational therapists (2008), social workers (2009), and medical technologists (2021).

Review Book (レビューブック)

The Review Book for nurses and nursing students, launched in 1998, is a condensed reference for the national nursing examination. It achieved a market share of over 90% within three years of launch, and as of 2024, roughly 1.05 million people have used it.

Kango ga Mieru (看護がみえる)

visual textbooks on nursing practice and techniques

Kusuri ga Mieru (薬がみえる)

visual pharmacology series

Naze? Doushite? (なぜ？どうして？)

Q&A-style study series across nursing, nutrition, and care fields

Additional titles in public health, cancer care, anatomy, mental health, and food and health