The Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JQ) was established in 1995 as an independent, non-profit organization which aims to improve Japan's health care and welfare. As a neutral and scientific third-party organization, carries out projects to improve the quality of healthcare and ensure reliable healthcare.

JQ has started a new project that aims to improve the quality of healthcare using indicators. Efforts using quality indicators in Japan are limited to the activities of pioneering hospitals and some hospital association, and nationwide dissemination is an issue. Therefore, this project started in 2019 with the cooperation of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and hospital association, aiming to spread the use of quality indicators nationwide.