“We don’t ask for a credit card when migrants need medical aid”

The French healthcare system is renowned worldwide but remains off-limits to illegal migrants in the country. If health is a fundamental right, getting treated, however, is not always possible.Aid organisations are calling for a parallel medical system to assist those

Practicing Japanese medicine in Paris

Toshi Ichikawa holds in Paris a cabinet of Shiatsu: traditional Japanese medicine. On the first floor of a 14th district tall building, a series of bells, each associated to a different name, appears next to an old fashioned main door.