Goka Town and Pal System Conclude Health Checkup Partnership to Promote Participation with 'Checkup Participant Gifts'

Pal System Ibaraki Tochigi (HQ: Mito, Ibaraki; Chairperson: Tomoyo Aoki) and Goka Town (Mayor: Kiyoshi Chiku) concluded a "Partnership Agreement on Health Checkup Services" on May 28. This marks the second instance in the prefecture, following Naka City, where a municipality has partnered with a cooperative for health screening services.

Under the agreement, gifts such as sets of spaghetti and retort sauce or toilet paper will be delivered to health checkup participants enrolled in Goka Town's National Health Insurance. The collaboration aims to promote the health management of local residents.

A signing ceremony was held on May 28. Chairperson Aoki, who attended from Pal System Ibaraki Tochigi, stated, "We hope this will help create a system where everyone can live vigorously. We want to support the healthy lives of Goka Town residents and contribute, in our own small way, to increasing checkup participation rates."

Under the agreement, Goka Town will distribute "Checkup Participant Gift" invitation cards when notifying residents of health checkups, which include blood tests and physical measurements. Interested participants can apply using a form enclosed with their health checkup results mailed after the examination. Pal System will deliver the gifts to the applicants' homes on behalf of the town.

Goka Town and Pal System Ibaraki Tochigi have previously signed a "Partnership Agreement on Cooperation for Local Monitoring Activities" in March 2014 and a "Partnership Agreement on Promotion of Child-Rearing Support" in August 2025. With this new agreement, they aim to contribute to extending the healthy life expectancy of local residents.