https://bio.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/news/p1/24/06/19/12062/

Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) announced on June 19, 2024 that the number of genomes analyzed in the Japanese whole genome analysis project has exceeded 100,000.

Tohoku Medical Megabank has accumulated health information and biological samples of 150,000 local residents, mainly in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, and ToMMo is analyzing them. In August 2015, it announced the completion of whole genome analysis of 1,000 people, and in June 2022, it announced the completion of whole genome analysis of 50,000 people. With the completion of the analysis of 100,000 people, “this project is one of the world’s largest whole genome analysis projects targeting the general population, following the UK Biobank in the UK and All of US in the US”