{
  "id": 2447201,
  "title": "Japan’s breast cancer screening rules take a big, belated step forward",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japans-breast-cancer-screening-rules-take-a-big-belated-step-forward",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-21T23:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/08/22/lifestyle/breast-cancer-screening-change-tissue-density-health/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In June, the health ministry revealed that breast cancer screenings would require doctors to notify patients that they had dense tissue — a potential early warning sign of cancer.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}