The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare compiled and published information on employer abuse of persons with disabilities in FY2025. The numbers of establishments and persons with disabilities...
The 36th Workers’ Life Subcommittee of the Labor Policy Council, held on July 15, 2026, addressed the main perspectives for future discussions on the Employee Asset Formation Promotion System and...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism have compiled an overview of their FY2027 budget requests to secure and develop talent for...
The Port Bureau revised the “Trial Manual for Considering the Introduction of Precast Methods in Port Works” to its second edition so that the advantages of precast methods can be evaluated more...
The Maritime Bureau announced this fiscal year’s recipients of the Awards for Seafarer Safety and Labor Environment Initiatives, which recognize outstanding initiatives to improve seafarer safety and...
Amid a declining birthrate, an aging population, and labor shortages, this handbook organizes basic knowledge and support methods for support organizations and experts working with small and...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare decided the FY2026 recipients of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare's Awards for Outstanding Establishments and Others Employing Persons with...
Official information on the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Statistics Employment Trends Survey. For an overview of the Reiwa 7 results, it provides a printable PDF for reviewing the full...
On August 31, 2026, Prime Minister Takaichi attended the FY2026 Prime Minister’s Award and Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare’s Award for Creating Supportive Workplace Environments for Care...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will publish an interim report on remote and automated construction in sediment control projects. In light of labor shortages in...
The 7th subcommittee reviewed the situation following revisions to the Guidelines on Business Transfers and Other Matters in light of the creation of the business value collateral right; major court...
This article presents an overview of Abe, Hirano, and Kaihatsu (2026), which analyzes the role of ideas and practices established during the deflationary period that wages and prices should not rise...
A Bank of Japan working paper empirically analyzes linkages in corporate spending behavior along supply chains using production network data from Japan’s manufacturing sector, examining both capital...
At the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s sixth study group meeting, members discussed survey findings on platform workers’ working styles, based on materials organized according to the factors...
This collection includes prefecturespecific minimum wage amounts and increases, recommendation and effective dates, ranks, and minimum wage trends, as well as materials on impact rates, belowminimum...
This page provides an overview of the FY Reiwa 6 Employment Trend Survey Results. It offers PDF versions of the survey results overview, statistical tables, and related materials, and also provides...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare will revise employment insurance basic allowance daily amounts from August 1, 2026. In light of the approximately 2.7% increase in average wages in fiscal...
Regarding the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake, this provides information on special measures for basic employment insurance benefits for workers and the use of employmentrelated subsidies, including the...
The third review meeting discussed surveys by provider associations on enrollment status, workforce recruitment effects, and contribution burdens; stabilization measures referencing public pension...
Although working hours are trending downward, fulltime workers find it difficult to adjust their schedules flexibly. Long working hours harm health and satisfaction, while commuting time also affects...