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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000200406-04-000041
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040209
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040211

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REINEMUND STEVEN
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001183822

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03215
		FILM NUMBER:		04585481

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 ANDERSON HILL RD
		CITY:			PURCHASE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10577

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHNSON & JOHNSON
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000200406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				221024240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NJ
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLZ
		CITY:			NEW BRUNSWICK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08933
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7325242454
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        <issuerName>JOHNSON &amp; JOHNSON</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>08933</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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                <value>Common</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The Phantom Stock Units held under the Issuer's Non-Employee Director Deferred Fee Plan as of January 30, 2004 are to be settled in cash upon the Reporting Person's Retirement.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">1 for 1</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Issued under Issuer's Stock Option Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>M. H. Ullmann, as Attorney-in-Fact for Steven S Reinemund</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-02-10</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>STEVEN S REINEMUND POWER OF ATTORNEY
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 POWER OF ATTORNEY



 Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Russell C. Deyo, Linda E. King, John A. Papa and Michael H. Ullmann, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Johnson & Johnson (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (the "Exchange Act") and Forms 144 in accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");



 (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 and 144 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



 (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



 The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 of the Securities Act.



 This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file reports pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date set forth below.





       /s/  Steven S Reinemund         Name: Steven S Reinemund          Date: February 9, 2004



01/23/2004

















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