Hospital Report: July 2026 Preliminary Figures
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s “Hospital Report (Preliminary Figures for July 2026)” presents an overview of the results for average daily patient counts, bed occupancy rates at the end...
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reports
Central Minimum Wage Council: Review of the Guideline System
A list of meetings of the Central Minimum Wage Council’s plenary council on the future of the guideline system. It gives the meeting dates and agendas for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2026, with columns for...
Please Take Part in the FY2026 National Pension Survey
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s National Pension Insured Persons Survey page provides information on the survey results, tabulation and estimation methods, corrections, examples of use,...
Vital Statistics by Occupation and Industry: Survey Overview
Vital Statistics by Occupation and Industry examines the relationship between occupation and industry and births, deaths, stillbirths, marriages, and divorces. It provides basic data for population...
Special Subsidy Measures for the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will implement special measures for the Industrial Employment Stabilization Subsidy for employers forced to reduce business activity for economic reasons...
Meeting on Services in Paid Nursing Homes: 9th Minutes
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website provides machine translation into English, Chinese, and Korean, along with topicbased and policyarea navigation and keyword search. The page...
Minutes: First FY2026 Review Meeting on Social Reintegration Projects
The performance assessment of 44 social reintegration projects for FY2025 rated 37 A, six B, and one D, with no C ratings. The secretariat explained the reasons for and planned revisions to the seven...
133rd Labor Policy Council Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee Meeting Materials
The 133rd Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee deliberated on outlines for draft government and ministerial ordinances following consultation with the Labor Policy Council on amendments to the Workers’...
24th ASEAN–Japan High-Level Meeting on Social Security
The 24th ASEAN–Japan HighLevel Meeting on Social Security will be held in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, from October 26 to 28, 2026, under the theme of comprehensive support and community building...
Care Benefit Fee Subcommittee Meeting 270 to Be Held
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that the 270th meeting of the Social Security Council’s Care Benefit Fee Subcommittee will be held by web conference on October 14, 2026. The...