This page discloses exactly how KAIFUKU's articles are made. What we can promise readers is not big words — it is this process.
What we cover, and what we don't
KAIFUKU covers the culture and practice of recovery: training and rest, sauna, sleep, food, and looking after your mind. Where research or public guidelines sit behind a topic, we introduce them with their sources attached.
We are equally clear about what we do not do. We do not give advice on diagnosing, treating or preventing disease. We do not publish articles that promise how a specific product or service will change your body. Medicine belongs to medical professionals; our field is everyday culture and habit.
The "no absolute claims" rule
Health information starts turning into a lie the moment it is stated as certainty. At KAIFUKU, research findings are written in reporting form — "a research team at X University reports that…", "the ministry's guideline states that…". What we have tried ourselves is written as experience, and what we think is written as opinion, each clearly separated. Writing so that readers can judge the strength of the evidence for themselves is, we believe, a writer's basic courtesy.
Rules on sources
- Knowledge articles always carry a Sources section, prioritizing public institutions, peer-reviewed research, and first-party announcements
- Numbers keep the date we checked them (e.g. "as of 2025") — stale numbers turn into lies
- We do not rewrite other media's articles. When we quote, we mark it as a quotation and show the source
The review process
Every article passes two stages of review before publication.
- Automated review: every article runs through a script that checks for prohibited and risky expressions under Japan's Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act and the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, and we revise until there are zero flags. The same system also checks for recycled phrasing and missing source sections
- Human review: after the machine pass, a person re-reads for style, factual accuracy and legal issues before anything goes live
About photos
We only use photos we took ourselves, press materials provided to us, or stock photos whose license permits use, and we state the origin in the article. When a stock photo appears in an article about a specific product or place, we add "photo for illustration purposes".
Ads and sponsored content
KAIFUKU currently runs no advertising, no affiliate links and no sponsored articles. If that ever changes, sponsored articles will be labeled as such at the top, in line with Japan's stealth-marketing regulations in force since 2023.
Corrections
When we find an error, we correct the article and note the correction and its date in the article itself. If you spot something, please write to us at info@kaifuku-mag.com.
Disclaimer
This site provides general information only and is not medical advice. Practice anything you read here within your own limits, and consult a medical professional if you have any health concerns.