The article outlines major Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare制度 changes taking effect in October 2026 across employment and labor, welfare, and pensions. It covers mandatory employer measures...
October and November this year will be intensive monitoring months for shippers and prime contractors. The Truck and Logistics GMen will investigate actual conditions among all truck operators and...
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s construction labor supply and demand survey found a shortage rate of 1.3% across eight occupations nationwide in August 2026, with the...
The Expert Panel on the Minimum Wage for the Domestic Coastal Steel Vessel Operation Industry will deliberate on the proposed revision referred to the Transport Policy Council under the Minimum Wage...
Based on administrative consultations and the views of the Council for Administrative Improvement, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications recommended that the Ministry of Health, Labour...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's "Tomoiku Project" has released the "Tomoiku Sheet Web Version," a tool for discussing the division of housework and childcare. It can be used on...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has selected the awardwinning companies for the FY2026 Contest for Companies Advancing Older Worker Participation. EverBlue Co., Ltd. of Hamamatsu,...
On August 27, 2026, the 14th ASEAN+3 Labour Ministers Meeting was held in Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand, and Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Ueno attended. Under the theme “ASEAN Human Capital:...
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare received notice from the Shizuoka Labour Bureau that it had imposed and announced an administrative disposition concerning an order to improve worker...
Materials for the 8th meeting of the Labor Policy Council of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 2026, from 10:00 to 12:00 in the Ministry...
Some products regulated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Occupational Safety and Health Act will newly be covered by the Product Safety Pledge (Japan). This expands the scope of a...
On September 3, this fiscal year’s minimum wage was finalized by the local minimum wage councils in all prefectures, bringing the national weighted average to 1,177 yen. The Small and Medium...
At Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Hayashi’s postCabinet press conference on September 4, 2026, explanations and questions covered the September disbursement of FY2026 Special Local...
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...
At a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare review meeting, a revised draft report reflecting the previous discussion was deliberated. The proposed direction included expanding health promotion...
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...
Materials published by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning Japan's FY2027 draft budget request. They comprise the structure and key points of the draft budget request, a collection...
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...
This page provides meeting dates, agenda items, minutes and summaries, materials, and meeting notices for the Employment Environment and Equal Opportunity Subcommittee of the Labor Policy Council,...
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...