Japan is the first country that introduced the global health strategy in Asia,and has successfully for-mulated four global health related strategies.This study aims at introducing the background of Japan,s Global Health Strategies in the field of social economic, health development, and health diplomacy, and makes a description and comparison of the health strategies at different stages developed by the Japanese government,focusing mainly on the strategic goals,priority areas,assistance measures and organizational structures.The study summarizes the five char-acteristics of Japan,s global health strategies as:The strategic goals and priority areas are influenced by international and domestic environments;the Japan,s global health strategy is a continuous and dynamic process;The Japan,s glob-al health strategy formulation benefited significantly from international conferences;The strategies emphasized multi-stakeholder partnerships;Global health human resources are a prerequisite for the implementation of strategies.The article also put forward the reference for development and implementation of China,s global health strategy in future.