Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare


What's New 2012

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Dec 2012
Dec 28
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Survey of Social Welfare Institutions
  • Employment referrals for general workers (November2012) (English) (Japanese)
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (552nd announcement) (related to accident at Tokyo Electronic Power Company's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant) (Japanese)
  • Report of results of medical examinations on specified chemical substances (form to be used starting on January 1, 2013) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water 307th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Results of invitation of public comments for Draft Assessement in FY2011, Working Group on Assessment and Evaluation、Labour Policy Council (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 26, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 26, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Support systems for prevention of passive smoking (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on December 27, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of survey on implementation of Long-term Care Prevention Projects (Community Support Projects) in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Stock status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of December 28) (Japanese)
  • Activities of "20-year-old Blood Donors" Campaign in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Results of survey on implementation of Children and Family Couseling Services in municipalities are released (FY2011 survey) (Japanese)
  • Website on OTC Drug Sales System: Newly approved first-class OTC drugs (Japanese)
  • Status of negotiation with employee organization, Zenrodo (Japanese)
  • List of senior officers of MHLW as of December 27, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Tax credits for employment promotion (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of 15th Examination for Long-term Care Support Specialists (Care Managers) (Japanese)
  • 101th International Labourk Conference was convened (Japanese)
  • Information on apparatus/containers and packaging, toys, and detergents (Japanese)
  • Agricultural chemical residues in foods (Japanese)
  • Procedures for new chemical substances based on Industrial Safety and Health Act (Japanese)
  • Recommendations for candidates for winners of Minister's Award for outstanding skilled workers (MASTER CRAFTSMAN) are accepted (from February 2 to March 29th) (Japanese)
  • Monthly and Annual Reports on Employment Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Current employment status of 3 prefectures struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of authorization of "Re-employment Assistance Plan" and numbers of guidance and consultation provided regarding its authorization (November 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of acceptance of "Notification of Implementation Plan for Suspension of Business Operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (November 2012) (Japanese)
Dec 27
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (551st announcement) (related to the accident at the Tokyo Electronic Power Company's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant) (Japanese)
  • Public records management (Japanese)
  • Venues for National Skills Competition and National Vocational Skills Contest for the Disabled Persons unofficially decided (Japanese)
  • Recruitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Administration Monitors for FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Annual and Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Exhibition, "child welfare cultural assets designated by Social Security Council of MHLW (publications) are introduced--for healthy growth of children in 2012," will be held at International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library, starting on Tuesday, February 5 (Ueno, Tokyo) (Japanese)
  • Addtional investigations into medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations have been delivered (Japanese)
  • "Medical care education and professional training" at Ceritified Careworker Training Facilities (Japanese)
  • Introduction of Ministers, Vice-Ministers, and Parliamentary Secretaries (English) (Japanese)
  • Q&A on Regulation concerning Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards and Guidelines for Decontamination Work (Japanese)
  • Updates to published data of "companies incorporating Job-Card in job interviews (supporter companies for promotion of Job-Card) " (as of October 31, 2012) (Japanese)
  • "Hospital monitors' report on household products-related health damages in FY 2011" is released (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions where blood coagulation factor products have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Regular visiting/on-demand response services (Japanese)
  • Vision for desirable employment (Japanese)
  • Please participate in Survey on Employment Trends in second half of 2012 (Japanese)
  • To Career Consultant Competency Exam Testing Agencies who request to be designated (Japanese)
Dec 26
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (550th announcement) (related to accident at Tokyo Electronic Power Company's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant) (Japanese)
  • Infectious gastroenteritis (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Proof of work experience pertaining to application of examination for chief water supply facilities engineer license (Written warning) [2] (Japanese)
  • Disclosure of information on claims held by MHLW in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Traning for Water Supply Technology Managers in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and the Economy (December 2012) (Japanese)
  • Please participate in Quetionnaire Survey on Worker Dispatching (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical devices safety information (Japanese)
  • Summary report of Survey on Employment Trends in first half of 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of occurrence of industrial accidents (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals: List of designated regions (Countries/regions without outbreak of avian influenza) (Japanese)
  • Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pensions (Monthly report), September 2012 (Japanese)
Dec 25
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (549th announcement) (related to accident at Tokyo Electronic Power Company's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on the provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (as instructed by Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • List of senior offices as of December 25, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Status of Medical Services for Elderly Aged 75 and Over (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums (as of October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of utilization of welfare services for persons with disabilities (from April 2012 to present) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference as of December 21, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Changes in medical fees related to treatments conducted by judo healing practioners, etc. (estimates) (Japanese)
  • Measures for prevention of passive smoking in workplace (Japanese)
Dec 21
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (548th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • List of requirements for medical institutions implementing advanced medical care and list of medical institutions implementing advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Results of survey on actions taken based on Act on Prevention of Maltreatment of Elderly People and Support for Attendants of Elderly People (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Policy-specific account settlment information (Japanese)
  • Prompt Vital Statistics Report, October 2012 (Japanese)
  • Survey on finance and internal control of Social Insurance Hospitals, etc. by Readjustment of Facilities for Insured Persons and Beneficiaries Organization (RFO) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (306th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Basic statistics for health care insurance in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Medical care expenditure per capita by age group in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Characteristics of medical care expenditure for the elderly aged 75 and over (medical expenditure for elderly) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 19, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 19, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Meeting of Project for Promoting Health and Labour Sciences Research/Project on Dissemination and Awareness Raising of Research Outcomes, etc. (Project for Promoting General Research on Adult Diseases Including Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes) (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data) , October 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Establishment of OTC Drug Sales System in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Nursing schools scheduled to be opened in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of December 21) (Japanese)
  • Recruitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Administration Monitors for FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Release of rerpot of "Study Group on Survey on Actual Conditions of Homeless" in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Actual Conditions of Homeless (Japanese)
  • Release of report of "Study Group on Improvement of Non-regular Worker Skill Development" (Japanese)
  • Activity Report of Follow-up Service Promotion Office (Vol. 9: August-November 2012) , December 21, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Japanese)
  • Information on prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
  • Successful applicants of 40th Industrial Safety Consultant Examination and Industrial Health Consultant Examination (written test) (FY2012) (Japanese)
Dec 20
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (547th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Award Announcement: Support Project for Drug Discovery Research Using iPS Cells (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Exhibition "Introducing Child Welfare Cultural Assets designated by Social Security Council of MHLW-For Healthy Growth of Children 2012- (publication) " will be held starting on Tuesday, February 5 at International Library of Children's Literature, National Diet Library (Ueno, Tokyo) (Japanese)
  • Food risk communication~Briefing session on revised measures against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) will be held~Accepting applications for participants in Tokyo and Osaka (Japanese)
  • Food risk communication~Informal meeting on measures for securing safety of imported food, particularly beef, will be held~Accepting applications for participants in Sendai, Yokohama, and Fukuoka (Japanese)
  • Guide to preparing plans for implementing specific medical checkups, etc. (Japanese)
  • Prohibition of import of products containing asbestos (Japanese)
  • Avian influenza (Japanese)
  • Status report on Long-term Care Insurance (provisional) (September 2012) (Japanese)
Dec 19
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (546th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Results of 10th Longitudinal Survey of Adults in 21st Century (Continuous Survey of Living Conditions) (Japanese)
  • Death cases due to fire at houses where patients received domiciliary oxygen therapy (Announcement of 2 more cases) (Japanese)
  • Management of fire under domiciliary oxygen therapy (Japanese)
  • Overview of industrial accident compensaion insurance services in 2011 (Japanese)
  • Results of open recruitment of organizations implementing training projects for instructors of sputum suction, etc. in FY2012 (Instructors for 3rd training) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on December 18, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Cinical trials (Reports on "Compliance investigations of the Ethical Guideline for Clinical Research in FY2011") (Japanese)
  • Questionnaires for Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services, FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Employment insurance premium rate for FY2013 (Japanese)
Dec 18
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Summary of Results of the Fiscal 2011 Basic Survey of Human Resources Development
  • Basic Survay on Labour Unions
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey October 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (545th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products to be exported (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods〜Omani snap beans and their processed products〜 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Top medalists and athletes with outstanding results were presented Cups and Minister's Award, respectively, for their achievement in Paralympics Games (London) ) (Japanese)
  • Minister's Prize for Equal Employment/Work and Family Harmonization (Japanese)
  • Amendment of Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards Due to Specified Chemical Substances, etc. in October 2012 (Japanese)
  • Announcement of organizations selected to implement Social Welfare Promotion Project in FY2012 (as result of second-round recruitment) (Japanese)
  • Recruitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Administration Monitors (Japanese)
  • Candidate enterprises for "Minister's Prize for Equal Employment/Work and Family Harmonization" in FY2013, including companies promoting positive actions and family-friendly corporations, are openly recruited~Accepting applications starting on January 1, 2013~ (Japanese)
  • Fund for Recovery of Regional Medical Care (Japanese)
  • Meeting on research outcome (Japanese)
Dec 17
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (544th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Cases of health hazards caused by unapproved and unlicensed drug, known as "Hospital Diet," containing Thai psychotropic substances, etc. (Japanese)
  • Recruitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Administration Monitors (Japanese)
  • Information for youths in their job search and for employers (Japanese)
  • Survey on the Insured of National Pension (Japanese)
  • Overview of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Online survey system: Information on request for use, etc. (Japanese)
  • Sumamry of results of Survey on the Insured of National Pension in 2011 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to November 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of activities of Planning Committee/Training Workshops (on improvement of employment quality, working conditions, etc. of medical personnel) (Japanese)
  • The results of selection for Clinical Trials Core Hospitals in FY2012 (Supplementary information) (Japanese)
Dec 14
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (543rd announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (305th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Employment support for persons with developmental disabilities (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 12, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 12, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Survey on the Insured of National Pension (schedule of release) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of study group on information gathering system for medicine used in children under the project on information gathering network for medicine used in children (Japanese)
  • Additional recruitment for 2nd project on development of/establishment of production system for new influenza vaccines (application procedures and forms) (Japanese)
  • Accepting public comments for "Voices of the People" (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Pamphlet on amendment of Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards Due to Specified Chemical Substances, etc. (Indium compound, cobalt and inorganic compounds, ethylbenzene, and substances used in fumigation) (Japanese)
  • Be careful of infectious diseases while travelling overseas during year-end and New Year holidays (Japanese)
  • Additional recruitment for 2nd project on development of/establishment of production system for new influenza vaccines (Japanese)
  • Stock status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of December 14) (Japanese)
  • Recipients of "FY2012 award for outstanding establishments/persons who contributed to improving employment situation of construction workers" have been decided; award ceremony will be held on Tuesday, December 18 in Minato-ward, Tokyo (Japanese)
  • Notifying revocation of license for General Worker Dispatching Undertaking and Fee-charging Employment Placement Businesses;implementing it for business operators who fall under causes for disqualification stipulated in Worker Dispatching Act and Employment Security Act (Japanese)
  • "Actual cases of 'Regional Council of Countermeasures for Children Requiring Aid (Local Network to Protect Children) ' have been compiied~Cases of local governments carrying out effective activies are introduced across the country~ (Japanese)
  • Drugs on national health insurance drug tariff (as of December 14, 2012) (Japanese)
  • (Newly listed) generic drugs subject to increased assessment for medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Procedures for new chemical substances based on Industrial Safety and Health Act (Japanese)
  • Information for youths in their job search and for employers (Japanese)
  • Supplementary Budget for FY2009 (Japanese)
Dec 13
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Survey of Institutions and Establishments for Long-term Care 2011 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (542nd announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead (December) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Parliamentary Secretary Umemura presenting certificates of merit at award ceremony of "Minister's Award for Persons Who Contributed to Relief Projects") (Japanese)
  • Promotion of making water supply facilities quakeproof (Japanese)
  • Result of 1st Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the 21st Century (for newborns born in 2010) (Japanese)
  • Release of status of processing of sale of idle properties by end of September 2012 (sum total) (Japanese)
Dec 12
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (541st announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Report of "Survey on Actual Conditions of Power Harassment in Workplace" has been compiled~Enterprises/employees have been surveyed across the country to examine causes of and issues for preventing/resolving power harassment~ (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of Specific Medical Checkups/Health Guidance in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of Specific Medical Checkups/Health Guidance in FY2010 (definite values) ~Implementation rate of Specific Medical Checkups is 43.2%~ (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Promotion of making water supply facilities quakeproof (Japanese)
  • Results of monitoring based on Imported Food Monitoring and Guidance Plan in FY2012 (interim report) (Japanese)
  • Status of making water supply facilities quakeproof (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Outline of draft notice on employment insurance premium rate for FY2013 has been confirmed~FY2012 rate held unchanged~ (Japanese)
  • Ordinance for Enforcement of Pneumoconiosis (Japanese)
  • Leaflet on working conditions (Let us try to think about leave for crime victims) (Japanese)
  • Meeting on outcome of health and labour sciences research (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary data) , September 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of consultations received from disaster victims of Great East Japan Earthquake regarding welfare benefits (October 2012 and Sum Total) (Japanese)
Dec 11
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (540th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Testing institutions stipulated in Ordinance for Enforcement of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Art 12, Para 1) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (preliminary data) , August 2012 (Japanese)
  • "Efficacy of longterm administration of small dose of interferon for purpose of cancer inhibition"~Report of Strategic Council on Hepatitus Treatment~ (Japanese)
  • Announcing 9th Joint Meeting on Asbestos Measures Related to Great East Japan Earthquake - Joint meeting of "Expert Meeting of Countermeasures on Asbestos Inspection Concerning Construction Work for Restoration from Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster" (MHLW) and "Asbestos Investigation Committee for Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster" (Ministry of Environment) (Japanese)
  • Q&A on Japanese encephalitis vaccination (Japanese)
  • Procedures for filing notifications on new chemical substances of small quantities (Japanese)
Dec 10
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (539th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Statements for FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Welfare services for persons with disabilities, etc. (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary data) , September 2012 (schedule of release) (Japanese)
  • International data on medical health-care system (Japanese)
  • Notifications concerning demolition, etc. of buildings containing asbestos (Japanese)
  • Regulatory Framework for Registered Certification Bodies in Pharmaceutical Affairs Law (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • Social insurance hospitals, subject to be transferred (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment for provision of subsidy for activities of private volunteer organizations on suicide prevention in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Relief system for injury to health with vaccination: number of certified persons (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (August 2012) (Japanese)
  • 18 Employees' Pension Funds are designated as "designated funds" (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on December 7, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 5, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of December 5, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Health Care Insurance System in Japan (Japanese)
Dec 8
  • Outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (Japanese)
Dec 7
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (538th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • List of laws and regulations, notifications, etc. regarding social care for children (as of November 30) (Japanese)
  • International data on medical health-care system (Japanese)
  • Cases of health hazards caused by unapproved and unlicensed drug, known as "Hospital Diet," containing Thai psychotropic substances, etc. (Japanese)
  • Status report on Long-term Care Insurance (Provisional ) (August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Press release material on influenza (Japanese)
  • Additional open recruitment of members of "Council on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Project for Water Infrastructures Abroad" (Japanese)
  • Status of stock inventory of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of December 7) (Japanese)
  • Environmental health industry related businesses (Japanese)
  • Status of food poisoning outbreaks (2012) (Japanese)
  • Questions and correct answers for the 26th National Registered Dietitian Examination (Japanese)
  • Food additives: Hearings with Food Safety Commission, etc. (Japanese)
Dec 6
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (537th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • National Health and Nutrition Survey (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Summary of National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2011 (Japanese)
  • "Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data)," July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (July 2012 issue) (Japanese)
  • Status of distribution of medical care expenditure, etc. by facility (Japanese)
  • Database of approximate medical care expenditure (Japanese)
  • Estimated number of new hospitalization cases, estimated average length of hospital stay, and estimated inpatient medical fees per person~Breakdown of inpatient medical fees into 3 elements~ (Japanese)
  • Database of medical insurance health expenditures (Japanese)
  • Trends of recent medical care expenditure (monthly version) (July 2012 issue) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • List of laws and regulations, notifications, etc. regarding social care for children (as of November 30) (Japanese)
  • Social care for children (support for children/child-rearing) (Japanese)
  • Detection of pharmaceutical components (Sildenafil and analogous components) in so-called health food (Japanese)
  • Photo report (National Convention of Social Welfare in FY2012 was held) (Japanese)
  • "Labour Standards for Women" for maternal protection are amended (enforced in October 2012) ~Women are banned from working in places where chemical substances harmful to their reproductive functions are generated~ (Japanese)
  • Information related to Influenza (relevant laws and regulations/notices/other communications) (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for employment placement managers (Japanese)
  • Subsidies for organizations implementing Support training for Job Seekers (Basic subsidy for implementation of authorized vocational training) (Japanese)
  • Child-rearing support (After-school sound upbringing) (Japanese)
Dec 5
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (536th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Q&A on guidelines on roles and responsibilities of persons concerning fund management of Employees' Pension Fund (notices) (Japanese)
  • National Personnel Authority implements personnel exchanges between public and private sectors~Recruiting people in private enterprises with work experience in public relations/advertising (deadline: December 28) ~ (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Annual and Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Top medalists and athletes with outstanding results are presented Cups and Minister's Award, respectively, for their achievement in Paralympics Games (London) (Japanese)
  • Release of results of monitoring based on Imported Food Monitoring and Guidance Plan in FY2012 (interim report) (Japanese)
  • Project for 'visualization' of gender disparities for promoting Positive Actions (Japanese)
  • Meeting on outcome of health and labour sciences research (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for employment placement managers (Japanese)
Dec 4
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Promotion of Balancing Work and Family
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (Cases assessed on July 2012) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (535th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Schedules of and organizations implementing workshops for responsible persons acting for dispatching undertaking (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Labour Economy Trend, November 2012 (Japanese)
  • Winners of Minister's Award for Relief Projects in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of enterprises supporting working fatherless/motherless families in FY2012-Seeking for enterpries, etc. actively providing employment support for single mothers/fathers- (Japanese)
  • Implentation status of funds set up in Supplementary Budget for FY2009 (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • List of clinical trial using human stem cells (Japanese)
Dec 3
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (534th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • List of laws and regulations/guidelines on child abuse (Japanese)
  • Schedule of workshops for medical instructors, etc. (Japanese)
  • Status of corrective measures taken on matters set down in Audit Report (Japanese)
  • Seeking participants for New Waterworks Vision Workshop (Japanese)
  • Results of survey on status of activities involving maternity mark (Japanese)
  • Guidelines on measures against infectious diseases at day-care centers (revised version in 2012) (Japanese)
  • Detection of pharmaceutical components (Sildenafil and analogous components) in so-called health food (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of utilization of welfare services for persons with disabilities (from April 2012 to present) (Japanese)
  • Drugs on national health insurance drug tariff (as of November 30, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 30, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Requirements for regions under Act on Promotion of Regional Employment Development and support measures (List of regions voluntarily creating employment) (Japanese)
  • Project for Promotion of Regional Employment Creation (package project) (Japanese)
  • Pamphlet related to Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children (Japanese)
  • Status of application of labour insurance and collection of premiums (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for employment placement managers (Japanese)
  • Regional Waterworks Vision (Japanese)
  • List of representative corporations whose contracts of Corporate-type Defined Contribution Pension Plans are approved (Japanese)
  • Current status of corporate-type pension investment (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Japanese)
  • Information on government-owned properties on sale (Japanese)
  • Information on government-owned properties on sale (properties scheduled to be put in bids in future) (Japanese)

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Nov 2012
Nov 30
  • Survey on Wage Increase (Japanese)
  • Employment referrals for general workers (October 2012) (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (533rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (303rd Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of Restrictions of Distribution on Foods, based on Provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • "White Paper on Labour Economy 2012 (Analysis of Labour Economy) -Issues for revival of large middle-class-" (Japanese)
  • Results of International Conference on Harmonisation (San Diego, California) (Japanese)
  • Novel Coronavirus infection (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of November 28, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of November 28, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Employment examination for Labour Standards Inspectors (Japanese)
  • Investment performance of Government Pension Investment Fund in Second Quarter of FY2012 (Japanese)
  • OTC Drug Sales System (Prevention of impropriety as it concerns work experience in examination for registered salesclerks) (Japanese)
  • Project screening in MHLW (Japanese)
  • "62nd Minister's awards cermony for commending independence and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities" will be held (Japanese)
  • Additional investigations into medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations are delivered (Japanese)
  • Press release material on influenza (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for prior evaluation based on "guidelines on use of transfusion medium in R&D, etc." (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of those who wish to use transfusion medium based on "guidelines on use of transfusion medium in R&D, etc." (Japanese)
  • Status of stock inventory of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of November 30) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions where blood coagulation factor products have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Report on implementation status of on-site inspections on special case juridical persons over which MHLW holds jurisdiction, FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums (as of September 2012) (Japanese)
  • 31st "Art Exhibition of Children/Persons with Physical disabilities" to be held~Awards ceremony/exhibition of art work will be held in presence of His Imperial Highness Prince Hitachinomiya~ (Japanese)
  • Compensation of nuclear damage for accidents in TEPCO's Fukushima No. 1 & No. 2 nuclear power plant by TEPCO (Japanese)
  • Training on care for survivors of suicide attempts in FY2012 (for emergency psychiatric care staff) (Japanese)
  • Training on care for survivors of suicide attempts in FY2012 (for emergency medical care personnel) (Japanese)
  • Municipalities implementing Project for Promotion of Citizen Legal Guardians in FY2012 (87 municipalities (33 prefectures) ) and overview of projects in respective municipalities (Japanese)
  • Clinical trial using human stem cells (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products to be exported (List of facilities handling meat exported to Hong Kong) (Japanese)
  • Pamphlet on amendment of Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards Due to Specified Chemical Substances, etc. (Addition of indium compound, Cobalt and inorganic compounds, ethylbenzene, and substances used in fumigation) (Japanese)
  • Information on subsidies provided to employers (Japanese)
  • Tax credits for employment promotion (Japanese)
  • Monthly and Annual Reports on Employment Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Current employment status of 3 prefectures struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of authorization and numbers of cases of guidance and consultation provided concerning authorization of "re-employment assistance plans" (October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of acceptance of "notification of implementation plan for suspension of business operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies, etc. (October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Use of contingency funds for Second Economic Stimulus Package (Japanese)
Nov 29
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (532nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Cases in which U.S. beef (frozen boneless beef short plate) was commingled with shipment for Japan (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods~Processed products of American pistachio nuts~ (Japanese)
  • Guide for prevention of industrial accidents in transportation that considers elderly persons (for elderly to work safely and in good health) (Japanese)
  • Amendment of Labor Contract Act~New rules are established for fixed-term labor contracts~ (Japanese)
  • Award announcement: System Establishment Support Project Concerning Safety of Clinical Researches and Trials Using Human Stem Cells Including iPS Cells (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Q&A on respiratory syncytial virus infection (November 29, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Overview of Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Members of Japanese national team for 42th "National Skills Competition" are selected~To compete in Leipzig, Germany next July~ (Japanese)
  • Guidelines have been prepared for evaluating jobs based on breakdown point system~Securing equal treatment of part-time workers and regular employees is promoted~ (Japanese)
Nov 28
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (531st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • Comprehensive Website on Everyone's Mental Health - Serial column Vol. 7 (Japanese)
  • List of designated medical institutions: Specified project for supporting treatment of infertility (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on Status of Health and Mariners Insurance Services in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Publication of workplaces recognized as workers' accidents caused by work with risk of exposure to asbestos in FY2011~936 workplaces have been published, out of which 697 are new~ (Japanese)
  • Report on status of “claims and grant decisions made for Workers' Compensation Insurance Benefits concerning diseases caused by asbestos” in FY2011 (definitive data) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 27, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of occurrence of industrial accidents (Japanese)
  • List of presentation meetings on outcome of project for promoting general research on measures for dementia in FY2012 (for general public) (Japanese)
  • Relief system for injury to health with vaccination (Japanese)
Nov 27
  • Application of Disaster Relief Act concerning blizzard on November 27 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (530th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Technical Internship Program (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for November 2012 (Japanese)
  • Infectious gastroenteritis (Japanese)
  • Information on safety of health food (warning on use of black cohosh) (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical devices safety information (Japanese)
  • Summary of Patient Survey, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Drugs on national health insurance drug tariff (as of November 22, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceutical products and medical devices using bovine-derived materials from cattle produced in country, such as U.S. and Canada (No. 21) (Japanese)
  • Warning on foodborne illness and infections caused by norovirus~Number of patients affected by infectious gastroenteritis is at second- highest level for same period in past 10 years (Japanese)
  • Compilation of Report on "Job offers, job applications, and job offers to applicants concerning recent high school and junior high school graduates" in FY2012~Percentage of high school graduates who found jobs is 41.0%, which is slight decrease from previous fiscal year, as of September 2012 (Japanese)
  • "Survey on job offer situation of graduating university students" in FY2012~Employment rate of students expected to graduate from universities shows increase from previous fiscal year, as of October 1, 2012~ (Japanese)
Nov 26
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (529th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Updates to published data of "companies incorporating Job-Card in job interviews (supporter companies for promotion of Job-Card) " (as of September 30, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of November 21, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of November 21, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Status of Medical Services for Elderly Aged 75 and Over (Japanese)
  • Press release material on influenza (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Annual and Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data), September 2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 22, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Electronic version of health insurance reimbursement fee schedule for Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) (as of November 22, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of utilization of welfare services for persons with disabilities (from April 2012 to present) (Japanese)
  • Clinical trial (Commencement of proceedings for provision of subsidies in FY2012 concerning Project to Create Clinical Trial Centers for Early/Exploratory-Stage Clinical Trial and Research) (Japanese)
  • After-school sound upbringing services (Japanese)
  • Child center (Japanese)
Nov 22
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (528th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Parliamentary Secretary Umemura presents certificates of commendation to recipients of Minister's Award for Human Resources Development in FY2012 at Minister's awards ceremony) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Senior Vice Minister Nishimura presents certificates of commendation to winners at Minister's award ceremony for distinguished technicians (contemporary master craftsmen) in FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Senior Vice Minister Nishimura delivers speech at opening ceremony of 50th National Skills Competition for Young Skilled Workers) (Japanese)
  • Information for people working abroad (Social Security Agreements) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (302nd announcement) (Japanese)
  • "Priority areas for use of robot technologies for long-term care" are set out (Japanese)
  • Suspension of development by business operator who received "provisional special grants for establishment of system for developing/producing novel influenza vaccines" (Japanese)
  • Release of documents related to medical administration (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of November 22) (Japanese)
  • Notices/related documents, etc. (Act on Prevention of Maltreatment of Persons with Disabilities) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Senior Vice Minister Sakurai presents diploma to winners of Medal of Honor in autumn 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Senior Vice Minister Sakurai presents diploma to winners of Medal of Honor in autumn 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Parliamentary Secretary Umemura takes site tour of Kanto Polytech Center) (Japanese)
  • Support systems for prevention of passive smoking (Japanese)
  • Overview of research projects (Japanese)
  • Information on workshops for medical instructors (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Symposium on progress/outcome of project for producing new medical devices through collaboration among stalkeholders on medical science and engineering in 3 Tohoku prefectures (Japanese)
  • "Prompt Vital Statistics Report, " September 2012 (Japanese)
Nov 21
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (527th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Seminar on prevention of industrial accidents caused by cargo handling~For prevention of fall accidents at cargo owners' premises etc.~ (Japanese)
  • Japanese who remained in China after War make temporary return in group (November 29 - December 11) (Japanese)
  • Upcoming job interview meetings for foreign students (Japanese)
  • List of presentation meetings for outcome of project for promotion of cancer clinical research in FY2012 (for general public) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 20, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Organization goals (of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary data), August 2012 (Japanese)
  • Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pensions (Monthly report), August 2012 (Japanese)
  • Information on subsidies provided to employers (Japanese)
  • Status of consultations on welfare benefits received from disaster victims of Great East Japan Earthquake (September 2012 and sum total) (Japanese)
Nov 20
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (526th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and the Economy (November 2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Static/Dynamic Surveys of Medical Institutions and Hospital Report, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Invitation of comments for revised measures for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment related to training project of workers engaged in home-visit nursing, etc. for psychiatric care in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • List of designated regions (countries/regions without outbreak of avian influenza ) (Japanese)
Nov 19
  • The 10th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies Summary
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (525th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary data), August 2012 (schedule of release) (Japanese)
  • Clinical training system for dental practitioners (schedule of workshops for dentist instructors) (Japanese)
  • Hygiene management of lightly-pickled vegetables (asazuke) ~Food poisoning measures for business operators dealing with asazuke (Japanese)
  • Lifetime medical costs (FY 2010) (Japanese)
  • "12th Variety Art Festa Saga 2012" will be held in Saga-Making it enjoyable for everyone to appreciate art/culture and share inspirations- (Japanese)
  • Issuance of warning concerning measures against foodborne botulism, such as vacuum-packed foods (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 16, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Amendment of Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Specified Chemical Substances in October 2012 (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for volunteer organizations to be dispatched on special mission for recovery of remains of war dead in Iwo Jima (Japanese)
  • List of medical institutions implementing advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Vision for desirable employment (Japanese)
Nov 16
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey September 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (524th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Relief System for Injury to Health with Vaccination (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of November 14, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of November 14, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (301st announcement) (Japanese)
  • On-site inspections on facilities producing lightly-pickled vegetables (asazuke) (Japanese)
  • Signing of the Agreement between Japan and Republic of India on Social Security (Japanese)
  • Filing of return/payment of labour insurance premiums (Japanese)
  • Status of utilization of welfare services for persons with disabilities (from April 2012 to present) (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of November 16) (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Information on prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
  • Written decision (overview) concerning request for examination regarding Workers' Compensation Insurance Benefits~supplementary information~FY2012 (from April to June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Research into management actual situation on environmental sanitation business for fiscal year 2012 (Japanese)
  • Overview of Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Please participate in General Survey on Working Conditions in 2013 (Japanese)
Nov 15
  • Basic Survey on Wage Structure (Japanese)
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (523rd announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Report on organ transplant (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Information on sales of government-owned properties and properties currently invited to tender (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Mitsui (left back) and Parliamentary Secretary Itokawa (left front) receving explanation on current situtation of provisional housings) (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (preliminary data), July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Mitsui receiving explanation on current situation of public assistance at Welfare Office of Shinjuku Ward) (Japanese)
  • Filing of return/payment of labour insurance premiums (burden ratio of labour insuranace premium) (Japanese)
  • Request for Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists to submit notifications (Japanese)
Nov 14
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (522nd announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Report on "Status of Employment of Disabled Persons" in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Awareness-raising activity for prevention of infectious gastroenteritis associated with Norovirus (Japanese)
  • Relief for wounded/sick retired soldiers and war bereaved (Japanese)
  • Results of "Purchase Survey of Commodities Sold Over Internet" in FY2011 (November 13, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Public comments submitted for "Voices of People" (publicly released on November 14, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 13, 2012 (Japanese)
  • International contribution in field of water supply (Japanese)
  • Announcement of "5th Council on Promotion of Joint Initiatives between Public and Private Sectors in Area of Water Supply in FY2012 (in Osaka) " (Japanese)
Nov 13
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (521st announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Testing institutions stipulated in Ordinance for Enforcement of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Art 12, Para 1) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Parliamentary Secretary Itokawa presenting certificates of commendation to recipients of awards for excellent facilities and persons who made contributions concerning food hygiene in FY2012 at Minister's awards ceremony) (Japanese)
  • Revision of Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons (Japanese)
  • Revision of Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons~Selection of employees subject to "continuous employment system" upon agreement between labour and management is abolished~ (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Japanese)
Nov 12
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (520th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Japanese encephalitis (Q&A on Japanese encephalitis vaccination) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Website on genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • "Address" of employees is added to matters to be stated in Notice of Resignation and Application for Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid Guide ~Ordinance for Enforcement of Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Retirement Allowance Cooperative Act is revised and becomes effective on January 1, 2013~ (Japanese)
  • Orders for suspension and improvement of specified worker dispatching undertaking to its business operators (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 9, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on accidents at After-school Children Clubs (Japanese)
  • Website of information provision on medical fee receipts/specific medical checkups (Japanese)
Nov 9
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (519th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (300th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Selection of hospitals, including social insurance hospitals, subject to be transferred (Japanese)
  • Comprehensive policy on Influenza (Winter FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Information related to Influenza (Relevant laws and regulations/notices/other communications) (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of November 9) (Japanese)
  • Recipients of "Minister's Award for Human Resources Development" in FY2012 have been decided~Winners of contest for vocational training course materials have also been decided~" (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of November 7, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of November 7, 2012) (For disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Electronic processing system of workers' accident compensation insurance claims (Japanese)
  • Revision of Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons~Mechanism which allows selection of employees subject to "continuous employment system" upon agreement between labour and management is abolished~ (Japanese)
  • Survey on Old-Age Pension Recipients (Japanese)
  • Presentation meeting on outcome of studies for health and labour sciences research (Japanese)
  • Application procedures for Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants of FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary data), July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary data), June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary data), May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary data), April 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of Examination for Certified Social Insurance and Labour Consultant (Japanese)
  • Announcement of successful applicants of 44th Examination for Certified Social Insurance and Labour Consultant (Japanese)
Nov 8
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (518th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (517th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead (November) (Japanese)
  • Overview of Social Security Agreements (Japanese)
  • Annual Population and Social Security Surveys (National Survey on Migration) (Schedule of release) (Japanese)
  • Status of law enforcement in Equal Employment Opportunity Rooms of Regional Labor Bureaus in FY2012 (Preliminary data), July-September (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (Preliminary data), July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (July 2012) (Japanese)
  • Announcement on implementation of memorial services for war dead (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Parliamentary Secretary Umemura receives explanation on status of job openings for new graduates at Tokyo Hello Work Supporting New Graduates) (Japanese)
  • Public recruitment of eyewitnesses for production of video footage to testify about Iwo Jima (Japanese)
Nov 7
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (516th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Support for group contract of specific medical checkups and health guidance (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • "Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data)," June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Winners of Minister’s Award for Distinguished Technicians (Contemporary Master Craftsmen) in FY2012 have been decided~ 150 persons, including steelworker, Mr. Kazuo Nishino (from Ibaraki prefecture), are commended on November 8th~ (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 6, 2012 (Japanese)
  • 20th National training session for promotion of dental health (October 26, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Slogan for "20-year-old Blood Donors" Campaign in FY013 has been decided (Japanese)
  • 1st Meeting of Panel on Training of Chefs to be held (Japanese)
Nov 6
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (515th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Revision of guidelines for prevention of health impairment caused by chemical substance (Japanese)
  • Publishment of implementation status of "Program for child-rearing support at work" (Action plan for specified business operators) in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Countermeasures against dioxin-tainted food (Investigation report on Survey of Absorption of Dioxins from Food Per Day) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • 10 winners for Minister's Award for "Companies Providing Career Support in 2012~Companies committed to human resources development~" have been decided (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Sakurai makes speech at "Minister's awards ceremony honoring people for their service in Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund") (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Announcement of successful applicants of 42nd Examination for Building Sanitation Enginieers ~3,467 passed the exam in FY2012~ (Japanese)
Nov 5
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (514th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Use of services stipulated in Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act (Japanese)
  • List of laws and regulations/guidelines for child abuse (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (June 2012 issue) (Japanese)
  • Database of medical insurance health expenditures (Japanese)
  • Database of approximate medical care expenditure (Japanese)
  • Estimated number of new hospitalization cases, estimated average length of hospital stay, and estimated impatient expenses per person~3 elements of impatient expenses decomposed~ (Japanese)
  • Trends of recent medical care expenditure (Monthly version) (June 2012 issue) (Japanese)
  • Things to be noted for preliminary survey to be conducted based on Art 3 of Ordinance on Prevention of Health Impairment due to Asbestos (Japanese)
  • Implementation of project for supporting provision of infrastructure for safety of clinical research using human stem cells including iPS cells. (Japanese)
  • Status of food poisoning outbreaks (2012) (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for employment placement managers (Japanese)
  • Close Up MHLW (December 1 is "World AIDS Day") (Japanese)
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan (List of organizations registered as operational management institutions) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on November 2, 2012 (Japanese)
  • World AIDS Day (Japanese)
  • Name list of senior officers of MHLW as of November 4, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Information site on tabacco and health (Japanese)
Nov 3
  • Winners of autumn's Medal of Honor in 2012 (Japanese)
Nov 2
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (513rd announcement) (related to accident at TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (299th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on the provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (as instructed by Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Winners of autumn's Medal of Honor in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Guidance for voluntary collection of Korean instant noodles (Request) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 31, 2012) (For disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 31, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • 3rd ICF Symposium - Towards utilization of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health – ~ ICF for all, ICF for decent life, let's use ICF ~ (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Schedules and organizations implementing workshops for dispatching business operators (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of November 2) (Japanese)
  • Reply from Labour Policy Council on "Outline of draft Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends Ordinance for Enforcement of Act Concerning Stabilization of Employment of Elderly," "Basic Policy on Measures for Stabilization of Employment of Elderly (draft)," and "Guidelines Concerning Implementation and Operation of Measures for Securing Employment of Elderly (draft)" (Japanese)
  • Report on the results of the survey of Immunization Coverage against Poliomyelitis (Polio) (Spring of FY012) (Japanese)
  • Information on health hazards/unlicensed and unapproved drugs (Japanese)
  • Announcement on suspending operation of some elevators in Central Government Building No. 5 for renewal construction work (Japanese)
  • Outsourcing confirmation services for payment of labour insurance premiums, etc. (Japanese)
  • Pesticide residues in foods (Japanese)
  • 46th Award presentation ceremony for "Nemunoki Award" and "Takagi Award" will be held (Japanese)
Nov 1
  • Summary Report of General Survey on Working Conditions (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (512nd announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly report on status of application and collection of contributions for Labour Insurance (September 2012) (Japanese)
  • Japanese translation of major documents: Japanese version of Codex standards (Japanese)
  • 【Seeking participants and observers】 List of meetings, including Councils (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers of MHLW as of November 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Budget appropriation request for 2013 by MHLW (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products for export (Japanese)
  • Information site on tabacco and health (Japanese)
  • List of representative corporations whose contracts of Corporate-type Defined Contribution Pension Plans are approved (Japanese)
  • Current status of corporate-type pension investment (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Japanese)

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Oct 2012
Oct 31
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (511st announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Information on subsidies provided to business operator (Japanese)
  • Resumption of application process for Subsidy for Supporting Establishment and Operation of Day-care Facilities within Workplace in FY2012~Applications are accepted again starting on October 31, following revision of requirements for provision~ (Japanese)
  • Cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods〜Australian clams and processed products〜 (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Safety Information (Japanese)
  • Information on "Nenkin (Public Pension Plans) Month" (Japanese)
  • Report on Public Health Administration and Services (Abstracts) (Japanese)
  • Status of utilization of welfare services for persons with disabilities (from April 2012 to present) (Japanese)
  • Summary report of Survey of Social Welfare Institutions (2011) (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data), August 2012 (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums (as of August 2012) (Japanese)
  • November is "Human Resources Development Promotion Month" (Japanese)
  • Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's Press conference on October 30, 2012 (Summary) (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Old-Age Pension Recipients (2011) (Japanese)
Oct 30
  • Employment referrals for general workers (September 2012) (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (510th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Implementation plan for expenditures for improving facilities, including health and hygiene facilities, in FY2012 (2nd stage) (Japanese)
  • Implementation plan for expenditures for improving facilities, including health and hygiene facilities (2nd stage) (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Radiation Exposure Control at TEPCO's Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant~Guidance to TEPCO, etc. for prevention of similar misdeeds~ (Japanese)
  • Schedule of workshops for medical instructors, etc. (Japanese)
  • Number of examinees for 15th Examination for Long-term Care Support Specialists (Care Managers) (Japanese)
  • Rabies (Japanese)
  • Measures for child abuse prevention (Japanese)
  • Status of termination of non-regular workers' contracts~Provisional report (October 2012)~ (Japanese)
  • Activities carried out for "Child Abuse Prevention Promotion Month" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Minister Mitsui, Parliamentary Secretaries Itokawa, and Umemura talk) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Minister Mitsui meets with Mr. Yamanaka, Director of Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, in Minister's office) (Japanese)
  • Case examples of utilization of public vocational training (Japanese)
  • Tax credits for employment promotion (Japanese)
  • Information for enterprises that implement Positive Actions (Promotion of active participation of female employees in the workplace) (Japanese)
  • Monthly and Annual Reports on Employment Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Current employment status of 3 prefectures struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of acceptance of "Notification of Implementation Plan for Suspension of Business Operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (September 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of submission of "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" and numbers of guidance and consultation provided with regard to "Re-employment Assistance Plan" and "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" (September 2012) (Japanese)
Oct 29
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (509th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Schedule of workshops for dentist instructors, etc. (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 24, 2012) (For disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 24, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • Package Projects (Practice-based Regional Employment Creation Project) (Japanese)
  • 50th National Skills Competition for Young Skilled Workers is closed~No. 1 youth skilled worker in Japan has been decided~ (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on October 26, 2012 (Japanese)
  • "White Paper on Labour Economy 2012 (Analysis of Labour Economy)" (Distributed in Cabinet meeting on September 14, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Working Conditions of Social Worker for Persons with Disability in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly and Annual Reports on Employment Insurance Services (Japanese)
Oct 26
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (508th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Labor Contract Act has been revised~New rules are created for fixed-term labor contracts~ (Japanese)
  • Clear indication of working conditions upon conclusion of labor contracts~Ordinance for Enforcement of Labor Standards Act has been revised~ (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (298th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Methods of aggregation and estimation for national medical care expenditure (Japanese)
  • Status of Medical Services for Elderly Aged 75 and Over (Monthly report) (Japanese)
  • Additional investigations into medical institutions where Fibrinogen preparations have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Overview of results of Survey of Regional Child Welfare Services in 2010 (Japanese)
  • Status of Stock Inventory of Blood Products (erythrocyte products) (as of October 26) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions where Blood coagulation factor products have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Revocation of license for General Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Charged Employment Placement Undertakings have been notified to business operators which satisfy disqualification conditions for license stipulated in Worker Dispatching Act and Employment Security Act (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey of Regional Child Welfare Services in 2010~Status of households using non-registered day-care facilities (conducted in February 2011) ~ (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Cases of accidents caused by chemical substances (Japanese)
  • Status report on Long-term Care Insurance (Provisional) (July 2012) (Japanese)
Oct 25
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (507th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Updates to published data of "Companies incorporating Job-Card in job interviews (Supporter companies for promotion of Job-Card) " (as of August 31, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Sakurai presents certificates of commendation at Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's Awards ceremony honoring people for their service in their involvement in national health insurance) (Japanese)
  • Certified social workers and careworkers (Japanese)
  • Status of recent cases subjected to supervision and direction of Labour Standards Inspection Offices and sent to public prosecutor's office in order to ensure appropriate working conditions for technical interns in recent years (Japanese)
  • Status of recent cases subjected to supervision and direction of Labour Standards Inspection Offices and sent to public prosecutor's office in order to ensure appropriate working conditions for foreign technical interns (Statistics) (Japanese)
  • Workshop for medical instructors responsible for clinical training of medical practioners (Japanese)
  • Survey on the Prevention of Industrial Accidents, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Overview of Report on Public Health Administration and Services, FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Report on Public Health Administration and Services (Questionnaire for FY2011) (Japanese)
  • "Job fair for career in long-term care services" is held at Hello Works nationwide~For total of 283 times in 374 locations around "Long-term Care Day" on November 11st~ (Japanese)
  • November is month for enhancing measures against "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) " (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for operation of Employment Placement Undertakings (Japanese)
  • Filipino candidates for nurses and certified careworkers (Japanese)
  • Indonesian candidates for nurses and certified careworkers (Japanese)
  • Information on "e-Gov Promotion Week" (Japanese)
  • Information on issuance of "2012 Action Plan of 5-year Plan for Revitalization of Clinical Trials" (Japanese)
  • Status of Occurrence of Industrial Accidents (Preliminary report), October 2012 (Japanese)
  • Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pensions (Monthly report), July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for October 2012 (Japanese)
Oct 24
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (506th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (505th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Downloads page for application forms of Employment Adjustment Subsidies and Emergency Employment Stabilization Subsidies for Small and Medium Enterprises (Japanese)
  • Cases of health hazards caused by unapproved and unlicensed drug, known as "Hospital Diet, " containing Thai psychotropic substances, etc. (Japanese)
  • 8th Longitudinal Survey of Middle and Elderly Persons (Continuous survey on livelihood of middle-aged and elderly persons) (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of measures taken for fatherless families in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of measures taken for fatherless families in FY2011 (Press release) (Japanese)
  • Occurrence of (possible) health hazards caused by unlicensed and unapproved drugs imported by individuals (Japanese)
  • Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's Press conference on October 23, 2012 (Summary) (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for implementation of routine vaccinations (Japanese)
  • Procedures for filing notifications on new chemical substances of small quantities (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (Preliminary data), July 2012 (Japanese)
Oct 23
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (504th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Meetings related to health and welfare of persons with disabilities (Documents) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("Symposium on deepening of understanding on Japanese who remained in China and Sakhalin after war" was held) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 17, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 17, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Distribution of gas masks not in compliance with specifications has been discovered (Warning) ~Manufacturers have been recalling relevant products~ (Japanese)
  • Support system for job seekers: Employment status of people who received vocational training (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Sakurai gives speech at "Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's Award ceremony for people commended for their service in their involvement in Health Insurance Societies (Japanese)
  • Status on implementation of measures for supporting development of next generation (September 2012) (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
Oct 22
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (503rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Schedules of and organizations implementing Workshops for responsible persons acting for dispatching undertaking (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (Schedule of release) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Prompt Vital Statistics Report, August 2012 (Japanese)
  • Winners of 33th Abilympic are decided! (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for operation of recruitment of workers (Japanese)
  • Lecture meeting regarding medical practice for Novel influenza in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Implementation of 60th Mental health and welfare promotion campaign (Japanese)
  • Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's Press conference on October 19, 2012 (Summary) (Japanese)
  • Information on prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
Oct 19
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (502nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (297th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Vice Senior Minister Nishimura delivers speech at 1st Research Meeting on Future of Workers Dispatching System) (Japanese)
  • Health, Labour and Welfare Minister’s award for contribution in food hygiene business in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of October 19) (Japanese)
  • Candidates for recipients of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's award for their contribution in family planning and maternal and child health in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Nishimura presents certificates of commendation at presentation ceremony of 'Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Prize for Equal Employment/Work and Family Harmonization') (Japanese)
  • Authorization of contracts, criteria for approval and the like. for Defined Benefits Corporate Pensions Plans (Japanese)
  • Unofficial announcement of amounts of Facilities Improvement Subsidies for Medical Care Provision System in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Regular visiting/on-demand response services (Japanese)
  • Nutrition and health promotion (Japanese)
  • Briefing Meeting on Outcome of Strategic Studies in Health and Labour Sciences Research to be held (Japanese)
Oct 18
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on May 2012) (Japanese)
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey August 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (501st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Report on "Status of Employment of Elderly Persons" in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Mitsui gives instructions at "National Council of Directors of Labour Bureaus) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("Prime Minister's presentation ceremony of commemorative gifts for Japanese delegation of London Paralympics Games" was held) (Japanese)
  • National Council on Secure Life Creation Project in FY2012 to be held (Japanese)
  • Information for employers forced to implement employment adjustment (layoffs of employees) (Japanese)
Oct 17
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (500th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods〜Thai green peas and processed products〜 (Japanese)
  • Information to business operators about the labor insurance (Japanese)
  • Introduction of Minister, Senior Vice Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries (Japanese)
  • Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's press conference on October 16, 2012 (summary) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Public recruitment related to project on development of staff responsible for training of psychiatric social workers in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Outcome of Committee on Designated Substances held today (Japanese)
Oct 16
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (499th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (New Parliamentary Secretary Umemura is transferred work from former Parliamentary Secretary Tsuda) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (New Senior Vice Minister Sakurai is transferred work from former Senior Vice Minister Tsuji) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (New Minister Mitsui is transferred work from former Minister Komiyama) (Japanese)
  • Medical corporations and health service management (Status of authorization of social medical corporations, as of October 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • November is period of "Campaign for promotion of proper working hours" (Japanese)
  • Overview of Social Security Agreements (Japanese)
  • Results of policy evaluations conducted in FY2012 (performance evaluation, etc.) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Promulgation of ministerial order for designation of 17 additional substances as designated substances (Japanese)
  • Release of results of policy evaluation regarding policy performance, etc. in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • 13th "Star of Ikumen" has been selected (Ikumen Project) (Japanese)
  • Contact information regarding notification of operation control structures by long-term care service providers in respective prefectures (Japanese)
  • Food addtives (Japanese)
  • Information on subsidies provided to employers (Japanese)
  • Notice on advanced medical services, written notification form, and methods for preparation (Japanese)
  • Various subsidy prorams: Subsidy for supporting establishment of companies by qualified recipients of employment insurance benefits (Japanese)
Oct 15
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (498th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • List of Employment and Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Schedule of Workshops for Dentist Instructors, etc. (Japanese)
  • Report on Public Health Administration and Services (related to environmental health) (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data) , July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to September 2012) (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing Workshops for Employment Placement Managers (Japanese)
  • Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's press conference on October 12, 2012 (summary) (Japanese)
  • Authorization of contracts, criteria for approval and the like. for Defined Benefits Corporate Pensions Plans (Japanese)
  • Handling of compilation and publication of Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services due to Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
Oct 12
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (497th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (296th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Revised notification on improvement of food safety concerning lightly-pickled vegetables (asazuke) (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available (for disaster victims) (as of October 10, 2012) (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 10, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Former evaluation system for investigational medical care (Japanese)
  • Training session for land transportation businesses~Prevention of industrial accidents in consideration of elderly drivers~to be held (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • "Voices of People" (public comments received between September 1 and 30, 2012) (released on October 12, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceutical products subject to caution for private importing (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Import statistics of animals in Japan) (Japanese)
  • "Job festival for nursing personnel to work in Fukushima prefecture" to be held (Japanese)
  • Candidates for recipients of Minister's award for their contribution in pharmaceutical affairs in FY2012 have been decided (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of October 12) (Japanese)
  • 50th National Skills Competition for Young Skilled Workers will be held~Youth skilled workers compete for No. 1 position of "skill" in Japan~ (Japanese)
  • 33th Abilympic opens! 304 participants compete for excellence of skills in 23 areas (Japanese)
  • 16th Meeting of Council on Measures against Child Abuse Prevention to be held (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Former Fujita Parliamentary Secretary transfers work to new Itokawa Parliamentary Secretary) (Japanese)
  • Revision of pension system (related to Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Tax) (Japanese)
Oct 11
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (496th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Measures for "Smart Life Project (Let's increase healthy life expectance!)" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for cognitive behavioral therapy training (for various professionals) in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Evaluation of water supply-related public works projects (Japanese)
  • 6th Tripartite Health Ministers Meeting between China, Japan and Korea to be postponed (Japanese)
  • Introduction of Minister, Senior Vice Ministers, and Parliamentary Secretaries (Japanese)
  • Seeking public comments regarding enhancement of qualities and future of long-term care support specialists (care managers) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (preliminary data), June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Winners of Minister’s Award for Health, Labour and Welfare Statistics in FY2012 have been decided (Japanese)
  • Correction in Report on "Expert Meeting on Artificial Limbs and Other Assistive Devices" (Japanese)
  • Production of statistics by commission and provision of anonymized data (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing training project for improvement of autopsy imaging techniques in FY2012, to be openly recruited (Japanese)
Oct 10
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (495th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Radio program, "Letter Songs (Shitte Kan-en Project (Hepatitis Awareness Project))," starts on Saturday, 7 October (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Published name list of Japanese war orphans remaining in China in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Survey on newly confirmed Japanese war orphans remaining in China in FY2012 based on sharing of information with public (Japanese)
  • Unofficial notification of appropriation of subsidies for improvement of social welfare facilities, etc. in FY2012 (for general account) (Japanese)
  • Report from Labor Policy Council in regard to "Outline of draft Cabinet Order to Specify Effective Date for Part of Act for Partial Revision of Labor Contract Act," "Outline of draft Ministerial Ordinance Establishing Standards on Total Duration of Labor Contracts Set Forth in Article 18, Paragraph 1, of Labor Contract Act," etc. (Japanese)
  • Worker disaptching undertaking (Japanese)
  • Financial projection of pensions in respective countries ( Canada) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Nishimura delivering speech at "1st Meeting to Discuss Future of Project on 'Local Youth Support Station'") (Japanese)
  • Summary of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's press conference on October 9, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Administrative punishments concerning worker dispatching undertakings carried out since April 2004 (Japanese)
  • Information on prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
  • Introduction of Minister, Senior Vice Ministers, and Parliamentary Secretaries (Japanese)
  • To employers who hire people (Japanese)
Oct 9
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (494th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Status of negotiation with employee organization, Zenrodo (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for recruitment of workers (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for operation of labor supply businesses (Japanese)
  • Educational events scheduled in prefectures for "Medicines and Health Week" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Status of Outbreaks of Food Poisoning (provisional report), 2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's press conference on October 5, 2012 (Japanese)
Oct 5
  • Outline of the Ninth Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the 21st Century
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (493rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (295th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Drugs on national health insurance drug tariff (as of October 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Schedules of and organizations implementing Workshops for Responsible Person Acting for Dispatching Undertaking (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 3, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of October 3, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Codex Liaison Council (Japanese)
  • "Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data)," May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of October 5) (Japanese)
  • (Newly listed) generic drugs subject to increased assessment in terms of medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for operation of labor supply businesses (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for operation of recruitment of workers (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for operation of employment placement undertakings (Japanese)
  • Medical Safety Promotion Week in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • List of representative corporations whose contracts of corporate-type defined contribution pension plans are approved (Japanese)
  • Current status of corporate-type pension investment (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Japanese)
Oct 4
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (492nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Risks for eating raw pork (Japanese)
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Statements for FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Meeting for Exchange of Opinions on Intractable Disease Patients (Japanese)
  • Report of Study on Childcare Leave in FY2011 (commissioned by MHLW in FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Comprehensive Website on Everyone's Mental Health - Serial Column Vol. 6 (Japanese)
  • Q&A on Mycoplasma Pneumonia (Japanese)
  • Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the 21st Century (for newborns born in 2001) (schedule of release) (Japanese)
  • Recurrent miscarriage and habitual abortion (Japanese)
  • Revision of medical fees (for therapeutical equipment and treatments by acupuncture, moxibustion, massage, finger pressure, and judo healing practitioners) etc. (Japanese)
  • Worker dispatching undertakings - "Guidelines for Measures to Be Taken by Dispatching Business Operators" and "Guidelines for Measures to Be Taken by Clients" (Japanese)
  • Worker dispatching undertakings (Japanese)
Oct 3
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (491st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's press conference on October 2, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Central delivery ceremony for "red feathers to be delivered via first flight" was held) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Minister Komiyama having chat with users of long-term care day service centers) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Presentation ceremony of "Clean Life Minori's donation box" was held) (Japanese)
  • Schedule of Workshops for Dentist Instructors, etc. (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead (October) (Japanese)
  • Implementation status of measles and rubella immunization (Japanese)
  • Your participation is appreciated: Questionnaire about introduction of mentorship program and training of role models (Japanese)
  • Overview of Fact-finding Survey on Economic Conditions in Long-term Care, 2011 (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers in MHLW as of October 2, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Nishimura calling for contribution in Red Feather Community Chest) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Guidebook for consumers - To be referred to before choosing housing for elderly - (Japanese)
Oct 2
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (490th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Educational events scheduled in prefectures for "Medicines and Health Week" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • System for provision of medical function information (Japanese)
  • Evaluation Committee for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on Trends of Medical Care Expenditure (trends of national medical care expenditure and medical expenditure for elderly), FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's press conference on September 28, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Advertising regulations for hospitals, etc. stipulated in Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Japanese)
  • Website on OTC Drug Sales System: Newly approved first-class OTC drugs (Japanese)
  • "Measures to be taken for protection of victims of child abuse, when copy of parts of basic resident registers is inspected and copies of resident cards, etc. and supplementary family registers are issued" (Japanese)
  • Overview of services of women's health care support centers (List of women's health care support centers nationwide) (Japanese)
  • Overview of services of infertility specialty counseling centers (List of infertility speciality counseling centers nationwide) (Japanese)
  • Status report on Long-term Care Insurance(Provisional)(for June 2012) (Japanese)
Oct 1
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (489th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • "Intensive Campaign Month for Achieving 50% Cancer ScreeningRate in FY2012" and "National Convention for Promoting 50% Cancer Screening Rate in FY2012" (Japanese)
  • Information on infectious diseases and immunization (Japanese)
  • Meeting for Exchange of Opinions on Intractable Disease Patients (announcement of postponement) (Japanese)
  • 7th Meeting of Review Team on Countermeasures for Patients with New Intractable Diseases (relevant documents) (Japanese)
  • International contribution in the field of water supply (Japanese)
  • Information for survey respondents (Longitudinal Survey of Adults in 21st Century) (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • To properly implement worker dispatching undertakings-Manual on Procedures for Granting and Renewal of License- (Japanese)
  • Updates to published data of "companies incorporating Job-Card in job interviews (supporter companies for promotion of Job-Card)" (as of July 31, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (May 2012 issue) (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (April 2012 issue) (Japanese)
  • Status of medical care expenditure (by hospical function and insurance plan) (Japanese)
  • Estimated number of new hospitalization cases, estimated average length of hospital stay, and estimated medical care expenditure (inpatient services) per person~3 elements of medical care expenditure (inpatient services) decomposed~ (Japanese)
  • Database of approximate medical care expenditure (statistical table) (Japanese)
  • Database of medical insurance health expenditures (Japanese)
  • Trends of recent medical care expenditure (monthly version), April - May 2012 issue (Japanese)
  • "Contest of 'visualized' safety activities" in FY2012 implemented~Applications for cases of "visualized" industrial accident prevention activities accepted (starting from October 1 until November 30)~ (Japanese)
  • 14th National Convention for Promoting Organ Transplant to be held (Japanese)
  • Designation of ability assessment tests for career consultants, as of October 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 26, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 26, 2012) (For Disaster Victims) (Japanese)
  • "Intensive Campaign targeting 50% cancer screening rate FY2012" (Japanese)
  • Implementation of 27th National Examination for Registered Dietitian (Japanese)
  • Social care for children (Japanese)
  • Regional Convention for Campaign for Prevention of Narcotic and Stimulant Drugs Abuse in FY2012 to be held (as of October 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of application and collection of contributions for labour insurance in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • To business operators (schools) who run courses (Japanese)
  • System for publication of long-term care services information (Japanese)
  • Clinical trial using human stem cells (List of relevant clinical researches) (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report on Status of Occurrence of IndustrialAccidents (September 2012) (Japanese)
  • Information on News Report issued by Hello Work Offices Supporting New Graduates on 12 September 2012 (Vol. 23) (Japanese)
  • To employers forced to adjust employment (Japanese)
  • Guidebook of Employment Adjustment Subsidies and Emergency Employment Stabilization Subsidies for Small and Medium Enterprises (Japanese)
  • Downloads page for application forms of Employment Adjustment Subsidies and Emergency Employment Stabilization Subsidies for Small and Medium Enterprises (Japanese)
  • Management control of specific pathogens based on Infectious Disease Law (Japanese)
  • Handling of employees' pension benefits for pensioners in case their pension records of period when they were between ages 60 and 64 are newly found (Japanese)
  • Enhancement of "job quality" of healthcare workers, including nurses (Japanese)
  • Opening of portal site for prevention and resolution of power harassment in workplace, "Supporters of Positive Workplace" (Japanese)
  • Status of consultations received from disaster victims of Great East Japan Earthquake regarding welfare benefits (August 2012 and Sum Total) (Japanese)
  • "National Forum for Promoting Prevention of Maltreatment of Children in Hokkaido" will be held (Japanese)

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Sep 2012
Sep 28
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Employment referrals for general workers (August 2012) (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (488th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • 7th Meeting of Task Force on Asset and Financial Management of Employees' Pension Fund etc. (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (294th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (1st Study Group on Improvement of Non-regular Worker Skill Development) (Japanese)
  • Initiative for Accelerating Regulatory Science in Innovative Drug, Medical Device, and Regenerative Medicine (Japanese)
  • Publication of medical knowledge on stomach, esophagus, and colon cancers and radiation exposure~ Upon receipt of workers' compensation claims, report is compiled based on analysis and examination of epidemiological studies~ (Japanese)
  • "8th Joint Meeting of Countermeasures for asbestos in areas affected by Great East Japan Earthquake " to be held (Japanese)
  • Report on status of day-care centers (as of April 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • 4th unofficial announcemnt of facilities improvement expenses for after-school children clubs in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Administrative disposition based on Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Japanese)
  • Closure of "National Children's Castle" (Japanese)
  • Additional investigations into medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Major system changes related to MHLW (October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for medical institutions' homepage have been drawn up (Japanese)
  • Organ Transplant Promotion Month of FY2012 (Japanese)
  • MHLW has made emergency request for reduction of workers' accidents (Japanese)
  • Information on pharmaceutical products, etc. using bovine-derived materials from cattle produced in U.S. (No. 20) (Japanese)
  • Campaign for prevention of narcotic and stimulant drugs abuse to be carried out (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of September 28) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions where blood coagulation factor products have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums, as of end of July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of amount of lump sum payment agreed upon by major private companies in summer 2012~Amount agreed upon is 726,345 yen, falling 20,842 yen from previous year (2.79%) ~ (Japanese)
  • Recipients of "Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's Merit Award for Long-term Care Health Facility Services" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Briefing sesssion on utilization of Job Card to be held (Japanese)
  • Prize winner enterprises of "Elderly Employment Development Contest" in FY2012 were decided~Maeda Clinic (Yachiyo city, Chiba prefecture) is among prize winner enterprises which receive awards on October 5th~ (Japanese)
  • Information for managers of small and medium sized enterprises (Japanese)
  • People who find disabled persons who seem to have been abused is oblidged to notifiy-based on Act on Prevention of Maltreatment of Persons with Disabilities enforced on October 1, 2012- (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified food (Japanese)
  • Public hearing to be held based on Labor Standard Law (Art 113) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Home-Visit Nursing Care Expenses (Japanese)
  • Nursery teacher training school (Japanese)
  • Announcement on additional recruitment of health promotion projects for elderly in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Employment promotion tax (Japanese)
  • Advertising regulations for pharmaceutical products (Japanese)
  • Monthly and Annual Reports on Employment Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Current employment status of 3 prefectures struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of termination of non-regular workers' contracts (provisional report) , September 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of submission of "notification in case of mass fluctuations in employment;" numbers of guidance and consultation provided concerning "re-employment assistance plans" and "notification in case of mass fluctuations in employment" (August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of acceptance of "notification of implementation plan for suspension of business operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (August 2012) (Japanese)
Sep 27
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (487th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Implementation system of clinical training in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Overview of Estimates of National Medical Care Expenditure, FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Medical near-miss/adverse event information collection services (Laws and regulations/Notices) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of research projects, etc. (Japanese)
  • Evaluation Committee for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Japanese)
  • Homepage of "Japanese Pharmacopoeia" (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Status of Medical Services for Elderly Aged 75 and Over (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension Services (as of June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Orders for improvement of worker dispatching undertakings issued to business operators of specified worker dispatching undertakings (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products for export (Japanese)
  • Monument of pledge of pharmaceutical safety (Japanese)
  • "System for supporting entry of questionnaires for Survey on the Insured of Employee's Health Insurance in FY2012" (Japanese)
Sep 26
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (486th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of after-school sound upbringing services (after-school children clubs) in 2012 (as of May 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • List of winner enterprises of Minister's Prize in Equal Employment/Work and Family Harmonization (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Safety Information (Japanese)
  • Winner enterprises of "Minister's Prize in Equal Employment/Work and Family Harmonization" in FY2012 are decided (Japanese)
  • Reporting system for Survey on National Health Insurance in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Okayama prefecture) (Japanese)
  • Labour Insurance Appeal Council (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on September 25, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Educational events scheduled in prefectures for "Medicines and Health Week" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Ministry's response to Occassional Reports (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (Japanese)
Sep 25
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (485th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • 7th Meeting of Panel on Modality of Measures against New Intractable Diseases to be held (Japanese)
  • To female university students, junior college students, and high school students (Japanese)
  • Result of 10th Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the 21st Century (for newborns born in 2001) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama presenting certificates of merit at Minister's award ceremony for outstanding establishments for employing persons with disabilities) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of organizations implementing training projects on enhancement of practical surgical techniques in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • “Corners for youth support” are set up to serve ascenters for supporting employment of freeters (job-hoppers) ~in 3 locations (Tokyo, Aichi, and Osaka prefectures) , starting on October 1 (Japanese)
  • Information on water supply restrictions associated with drought (Japanese)
  • Roadmap toward recovery (September 2012 version) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 19, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 19, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Electronic submission (application and notification procedures) of "notification for ceasing employment insurance," beginning on November 26, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (September 2012) (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for September 2012 (Japanese)
Sep 24
  • The 10th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies
  • Promotion of the Use of Generic Drugs
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (484th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • 10th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies (Tokyo, October 23- 25) (Japanese)
  • Your participation is appreciated: Survey of Social Welfare Institutions and Survey of Institutions and Establishments for Long-term Care, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Measures against additives that use genetically modified microorganisms not screened for safety as stipulated in Food Hygiene Law (6th report) (Japanese)
  • "Prompt Vital Statistics Report", July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Major system changes related to MHLW, to be carried out in October 2012 (Japanese)
  • Introduction of measures taken for worker dispatching and employment placement undertakings (Japanese)
  • Annual and Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Enterprises which received recognition under Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children reached 1,300 (as of end of July 2012) ~Companies with "Kurumin" are in support of child care of working people~ (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on September 21, 2012 (Japanese)
  • List of senior offices' names in MHLW as of September 24, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Mycoplasma pneumonia (Japanese)
  • Avian influenza (H5N1) (Japanese)
Sep 21
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (483rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (293rd Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Press release material on influenza (Japanese)
  • Worker dispatching undertaking and employment placement undertaking, etc. (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of September 21) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Photo report ("Prime Minister Awards Ceremony for Disaster Prevention in 2012" was held) (Japanese)
  • Meeting of heads of department of health and welfare of persons with disabilities to be held (Japanese)
Sep 20
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (482nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Application of Disaster Relief Act concerning typhoon No. 16 in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in art 20, para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Workshop for dentist instructors, etc. (Japanese)
  • Summary report on Survey of Dental Diseases (Japanese)
  • Promotional activities for opening of portal site for prevention and resolution of power harassment in workplace (Japanese)
  • Results of on-site inspections based on Article 25 of Medical Care Act (FY2010) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on September 19, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Revision of Worker Dispatch Act (Q&A on revised Act) (Japanese)
  • Promotion of in-home medical care (Japanese)
Sep 19
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (481st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Consultaiton with Labor Policy Council in regard to "Outline of draft Cabinet Order to Specify Effective Date in Act for Partial Revision of Labor Contract Act," "Outline of draft Ministerial Ordinance Establishing Standards on Total Periods of Labor Contracts Set Forth in Article 18, Paragraph 1, of Labor Contract Act," etc. (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in art 20, para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for Business Operations related to Worker Dispatching Undertakings (starting on October 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Materials on Guidelines for Business Operations (related to revised Worker Dispatch Act) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (September 2012) (Japanese)
  • Social welfare services and social welfare corporation system (certificate for judicial persons eligible for tax credit) (Japanese)
  • Educational events scheduled in prefectures for "Drugs and Health Week" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Q&A on generic drugs (Japanese)
  • Results of monitoring and guidance based on Imported Food Monitoring and Guidance Plan in FY2011 & publication of statistics on imported food monitoring in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • List of senior officers in MHLW as of September 19, 2012 (Japanese)
Sep 18
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey July 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (480th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in art 20, para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Short-term dispatching or hiyatoi haken, to be prohibited in principle under revised Worker Dispatch Act (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 12, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 12, 2012) (For disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (- August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on September 14, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals: Forms of health certificates communicated by exporting countries (Japanese)
  • (Newly listed) generic drugs subject to increased assessment in terms of medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
Sep 14
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (479th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (478th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Nishimura taking site tour of Universal Work at Seikatsu Club Kaze no Mura Inage) (Japanese)
  • Results of evaluations of Emergency Medial Centers (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (292nd Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Drugs on National Health Insurance Drug tariff (as of September 14, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Pension Systems abroad (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of September 14) (Japanese)
  • Second-round selection of regional areas is made for implementing "Project for Creation of Practical, Community-based Employment" in FY2012~For creation of employment that reflects regional characteristics~ (Japanese)
  • "White Paper on Labour Economy 2012 (Analysis of Labour Economy) " is released~Issues for revival of large middle-class" (Japanese)
  • Presentation of letters of congratulations and gifts for elderly aged 100: Candidates for commendations who turn 100 this fiscal year numbers 25,823 (Japanese)
  • Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (Schedule of releases) (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Japanese)
  • White Paper on Labour Economy 2012 (Analysis of Labour Economy) (Distributed in Cabinet meeting on September 14, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Measures for tap water (Notices and other Communications) (Japanese)
  • General Survey on Dispatched Workers, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Support systems for prevention of passive smoking (Japanese)
Sep 13
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (477th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Accepting public comments for "Voices of the People" (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (preliminary data) , May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Radioactive Substances in Crude Drug Materials Used in Kampo Medicines (Third Report) (Japanese)
  • 26 Japanese who remained in Karafuto etc. after War make temporary return in group (September 14 - 24) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Handover Ceremony of Remains of Japanese War Dead in Mongolia (Nomonhan Incident) was held) (Japanese)
Sep 12
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (476th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Consultation with and report from Labor Policy Council in regard to "Outline of draft Cabinet Order Revising Part of Order for Enforcement of Industrial Safety and Health Act" and " Outline of draft Ministerial Ordinance Revising Part of Order for Enforcement of Industrial Safety and Health Act" (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (First Meeting of Disease Control Working Group of Health Sciences Council in FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary report of Survey on Employment Trends, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Report on "Status of Job Openings and Job Applications for New High School and Junior High School Graduates"~Job Opening-to-Application Ratio of High School Students was 0.75, while Job Openings was 14.5% up compared to previous year~ (Japanese)
  • Project for Survey on Childhood Cancer Hospitals in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Confernce on September 11, 2012 (Japanese)
  • To places of business subject to reporting in Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (Japanese)
  • Information on expense for public interest corporations (Japanese)
  • World Rabies Day on September 28 (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary data) , April and May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of consultations received from disaster victims of Great East Japan Earthquake regarding welfare benefits (July 2012 and Sum Total) (Japanese)
  • PR activity on radioactive substances in foods~PR campaign, titled "Stories about Food and Radioactive Substances," is conducted in food sections of department stores, etc.~ (Japanese)
Sep 11
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (475th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Pension Systems abroad (Japanese)
  • Occurrence of severe hypocalcemia in patients receiving "RANMARK" (bone lesion drugs) (Japanese)
  • Annual and Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Implementation of "Medicines and Health Week" (Educational events scheduled in prefectures) (Japanese)
  • Overview of Patient's Behavior Survey (preliminary data) , 2011 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (May 2012) (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers in MHLW as of September 11, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Worker Dispatching and EmploymentPlacement Undertakings (Japanese)
  • Act on Prevention of Maltreatment of Person with Disabilities and Support for Attendants of Person with Disabilities (to be enforced on October 1, 2012) (Japanese)
Sep 10
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (474th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Report on revised regional minimum wages by region in FY2012~National weighted average price was 749 yen, resolving "reverse phenomenon" in 5 of 11 prefectures in which minimum wages fell below public assistance ~ (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products for export (Japanese)
  • "Measures for Securing Local Physicians in 2012" (Japanese)
  • System for Publication of Long-term Care Services Information (Japanese)
  • Please participate in Basic Survey of Gender Equality in Employent Management (Japanese)
  • 12 Japanse orphans remaining in China make temporary return trip to Japan in group (September 11 - 22) (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers in MHLW as of September 10, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Meeting schedule of Councils, Study Groups, etc. (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 5, 2012) (For disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of September 5, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on September 7, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Past activities related to system optimization (Japanese)
Sep 7
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (473rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (291st announcement) (Japanese)
  • Draft budgets of MHLW for FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Status of food poisoning outbreaks (2011) (Japanese)
  • Map of resources for social care for children (as of October 2011) (Japanese)
  • Report on results of Nationwide Survey on Fatherless Families in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • "Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data) ", April 2012 (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of September 7) (Japanese)
  • Results of Nationwide Survey on Fatherless Families in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Child allowances (Japanese)
  • Overview of Social Security Agreements (Japanese)
Sep 6
  • Summary of Vital Statistics
  • Summary Report of Vital Statistics of Japan (final data), 2011 (in Japanese)
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (472nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • "Drugs and Health Week" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Seminar on prevention of industrial accidents caused by cargo handling~For prevention of fall accidents of shippers, etc. at their premises~ (Japanese)
  • Survey on Labour Economy Trend, August 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of negotiation with employee organization Zenroudou (Japanese)
  • Yearly changes (from 2005 to 2011) in number of deaths from mesothelioma by prefecture (20 major cities re-listed) (based on Vital Statistics (final data)) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Trend of Medical Care Expenditures (for reference) (Japanese)
  • Administrative guidance on manufacture and import, etc. of organic pigments which unintendedly contain polychlorinated biphenyl as byproducts (Japanese)
  • Practical training for pharmacists and pharmacology (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Senior Vice Minister Tsuji delivering speech at 37th general ordinary meeting of Japan Dietetic Federation) (Japanese)
  • Results of online survey on printing industry related to Ordinance on Prevention of Organic Solvent Poisoning, etc. (Japanese)
  • Improvement of "employment quality" of healthcare workers including nurses (Japanese)
  • Photo report (48th National Blood Donation Promotion Campaign was held) (Japanese)
  • Survey on environmental health industry related business management in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Overview of measures related to non-regular employment included in budget appropriation request for FY2013~Towards realization of "Vision for Desirable Employment"~ (Japanese)
Sep 5
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (471st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Status of safety screening of genetically modified foods and additives (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on September 4, 2012 (summary) (Japanese)
  • Qualification examinations (National Examination for Certified Social Workers and National Examination for Careworkers) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Long-term Care and Elderly Care Services Covered by Public Aid (including accommodation needs of Day Service users) (Model project) (Japanese)
  • A vaccine manufacturer's response to the letter "Request for cooperation in smooth implementation of inactivated polio vaccines" by MHLW (Japanese)
  • Temporary suspension of pension payment to missing elderly (Japanese)
  • OTC drugs sales system (risk classification) (Japanese)
  • 【August 29, 2012】Official release of Annual Report 2011 on Project on Collection of Medical Near-Miss/Adverse Event Information (Japanese)
  • Implementation of 26th National Examination for Clinical Technicians (Japanese)
  • Information on Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance System applied to diseases caused by radiation exposure (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • World Rabies Day on September 28 (Japanese)
  • Vision for community water supply (Japanese)
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan (List of organizations registered as operational management institutions) (Japanese)
  • MHLW-designated organizations in Certified Social Insurance Labor Consultant System (Japanese)
  • "5-year Plan for Promotion of Measures against Dementia (Orange Plan) " (Japanese)
Sep 4
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (470th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Schedules of and organizations implementing Workshops for Responsible Persons Acting for Dispatching Undertaking (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods〜Chinese edamame (boiled green soybeans) and their processed products〜 (Japanese)
  • Revision of fees for welfare services for persons with disabilities in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and the Economy (August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Basic guidelines for promotion of control measures for hepatitis (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Annual and Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Public release of interim report of "Joint Study Group Meeting on Chemical-substances Management Plan" (Japanese)
  • Report on status of cancellation of verbal contracts with new graduates in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • 1st Working-level Meeting on Promotion of Job-Cards forFull-time Employees (Japanese)
  • Updated published data of "companies incorporating Job-Cards in job interviews (Supporter companies for promotion of Job-Cards) " (as of June 30, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Detection of pharmaceutical components in unapproved and unlicensed drugs (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama delivering speech at 10th Memorial Service for post-war forced internees in Siberia and Mongolia) (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals: Import statistics of animals in Japan (Japanese)
  • Current status of corporate-type pension investment (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Japanese)
Sep 3
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (469th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Monthly report on statistics related to application and collection of contributions for labour insurance (July 2012) (Japanese)
  • Revision of Elderly Employment Stabilization Law (Japanese)
  • 50th "Codex Liaison Council" to be held and applications accepted for observers (Japanese)
  • Additional survey on medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations are delivered (Japanese)
  • Download page for "Employer System V6.2" for creating questionnaires in electronic file formats for Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data) , June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Recipients of "Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Merit Award for Emergency Medical Care Service" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Survey of medical institutions where blood coagulation factor products are delivered (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on August 31, 2012 (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officials as of September 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • 36th National Examination for Emergency Life-saving Technicians (Japanese)
  • 43rd National Examination for Orthoptists (Japanese)
  • 59th National Examination for Clinical Laboratory Technicians (Japanese)
  • 48th National Examination for Physical Therapists (Japanese)
  • 65th National Examination for Radiological Technologists (Japanese)
  • 21st National Examination for Judo Healing Practioners (Japanese)
  • 22nd National Examination for Dental Hygienists (Japanese)
  • 48th National Examination for Occupational Therapists (Japanese)
  • 15th National Examination for Speech-language Hearing Therapists (Japanese)
  • 26th National Examination for Artificial Limb Technicians (Japanese)
  • 21st National Examination for Acupuncture Practioners (Japanese)
  • 21st National Examination for Moxibustion practitioners (Japanese)
  • 21st National Examination for Massage and Finger Pressure Practioners (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report on Status of Long-term Care Insurance Services (May 2012) (Japanese)
  • Recruiting slogan for "20-year-old Blood Donors" Campaign in FY013 (Japanese)
  • Production of statistics by commission and provision of anonymized data (FY2012) (Japanese)

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Aug 2012
Aug 31
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Employment referrals for general workers (July 2012) (English) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (290th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Products in which pharmaceutical substances used for tonic purposes are detected (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of August 29, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of August 29, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Investment performance of Government Pension Investment Fund in First Quarter of FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of Surveys on Workplaces of Printing Firms in Osaka Prefecture (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of August 31) (Japanese)
  • ~For further understanding of promotion of disabled people's employment~Recipients of "Minister Award of Outstanding Offices, etc of Employment of Persons with Disabilities" are decided - Awards ceremony scheduled on Tuesday, September 11 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Handover Ceremony of Remains of Japanese Detainees in Former Soviet Union (from Republic of Kazakhstan) was held) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama placing floral tribute to National Memorial Cermony for War Dead) (Japanese)
  • Employment Promotion Tax (Japanese)
  • Implementation of National Pharmacist Exam (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Employment Insurance Projects (Japanese)
  • Current employment status of 3 prefectures hit by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of termination of temporary employment contracts (provisional report) , August 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of submission of "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment;" numbers of guidance and consultation provided in regard to submission of "Re-employment Assistance Plans" and "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" (July 2012) (Japanese)
  • Situation of acceptance of "Notification of Implementation Plan for Suspension of Business Operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (July 2012) (Japanese)
Aug 30
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (467th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of food distribution restrictions, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Survey for Planning Social Insurance System (schedule of relases) (Japanese)
  • Documents of 6th Meeting of Panel on Measures against New Intractable Diseases (Japanese)
  • Key points of revision to Labor Contract Act (Japanese)
  • Social security reform (Japanese)
  • Electronic version of the health insurance reimbursement fee schedule for medical and dental service (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (April 2012) (Japanese)
  • Report on results of Second Survey on Presence or Absence of Polychloriated Biphenyl Generated as By-product of Organic Pigments (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Attitudes of Generations Supporting Social Security in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Conclusion of agreement with Governor of Saitama Prefecture in regard to Special Hello Work Zone (Japanese)
  • Conclusion of agreement with Governor of Saga Prefecture in regard to Special Hello Work Zone (Japanese)
Aug 29
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (466th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of food distribution restrictions, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Revision of Pention System (related to Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Tax) (Japanese)
  • On-site inspections on facilities that produce lightly-pickled vegetables (asazuke) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Measures taken for victims of human trafficking at MHLW (Japanese)
  • Safety information on pharmaceuticals and medical devices (Japanese)
  • Disbandment order of Japan Executive Managers' Association (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of "Action Program for Promotion of Safe Use of Generic Drugs" in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Report on results of inspections implemented as part of "Project on Measures to Ensure Quality of Generic Drugs" in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums, as of end of June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Seminars on measurement of personal exposure (to dust and chemical substances) (Japanese)
  • Medical fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on outcome of Project for Creation of Secure Life (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama placing floral tribute at 67th Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama attending Hiroshima Peace Memorital Ceremony (Japanese)
  • Projects for Promotion of Elderly People's Health to be implemented in FY2012 (Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference as of August 28, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Symposium on Project for Creation of Practical, Community-based Employment, "Connect everyone! Empower the community! Open up opportunities for working future~" ~to be held in Tokyo International Exchange Center (Koto Ward, Tokyo) on October 11~ (Japanese)
Aug 28
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (465th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Outline and summary of Part-time Employment Act (Japanese)
  • Social security education (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Ministry's response to Occassional Reports (Japanese)
  • Members of Joint Meeting on Asbestos Measures in Areas Struck by Great East Japan Earthquake visit sites in Ishinomaki city and hold debriefing session (Japanese)
  • Meeting of Panel on Recognition of Bile Duct Cancer as Workers' Accident to be held (Japanese)
  • Official announcement of results of "Survey on the Pubic Attitudes towards Social Security" (Japanese)
  • Public release of "White Paper on Health, Labour and Welfare" -Think about Social Security- (Japanese)
  • Report of Secure Life Creation Project completed (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Nishimura Senior Vice Minister was on TBS Radio, "Policy information - from Primte Minister's Office" to publicize Paralympics games (Japanese)
  • Information on prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
  • Lecture meeting regarding medical practice for Novel influenza in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Drugs on National Health Insurance Drug tariff (as of August 28, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Medical fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • White Paper on Labour Economy 2012 (Japanese)
Aug 27
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (464th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of food distribution restrictions, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • "Personal experience contest, aimed at achieving 50% cancer screening rate in FY2012"~Cancer screening as gift for your beloved family~ (Japanese)
  • Status of occurrence of industrial accidents (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for volunteer organizations to be dispatched on special mission for recovery of remains of war dead in Iwo Jima (Japanese)
  • Recognition of mental disorders caused by sexual harrassment as occupational accidents (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on August 24, 2012 (Japanese)
Aug 24
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (463rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (289th announcement) (Japanese)
  • 6th Meeting of Panel on Measures against New Intractable Diseases will be held (Japanese)
  • "Prompt Vital Statistics Report", June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Status of Health and Mariners Insurance Services in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Public awareness activities for prevention of food poisoning in summertime (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Status of Renovation of Earthquake-resistent Hospital Structures (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (Japanese)
  • Analysis of regional differences in medical fees in FY2010 - Analysis of regional differences in insurance premiums of Municipal National Health Insurance Plans (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical fees in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Stories on food and radioactive materials (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Status of Medical Services for Elderly Aged 75 and Over (Japanese)
  • Database of Approximate Health Expenditures (Average length of hospital stay) (Japanese)
  • Database of Medical Insurance Health Expenditures (March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Database of Approximate Health Expenditures (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical fees (monthly report) in March FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of August 24) (Japanese)
  • Results of follow-up serveys for Survey on Use of Air-borne Asbestos in Social Welfare Facilities, etc. (Japanese)
  • Public hearing will be held based on Labor Standard Law (Art 113) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of August 22, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of August 22, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Third-party evaluations of foster homes (Japanese)
  • Labor Contract Act has been revised~New rules are created for fixed-term labor contracts~ (Japanese)
  • Act for Partial Revision of the National Pension Act, etc. in order to strength the Financial Ground and Minimum Guarantee Function of the Public Pension System (Act No.62 of August 22, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Act for Partial Revision of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, etc. for unifying employees' pension insurance systems (Act No.63 of August 22, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Information for youths in their job search and for employers (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension (as of May 2012) (Japanese)
  • Please participate in "Basic Survey of Human Resources Development in FY2012" (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for August 2012 (Japanese)
Aug 23
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (462nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Summary of General Survey on Part-time Workers (Survey on individuals) , 2011 (Japanese)
  • Announcement on Memorial Projects for War Dead (scheduled to be implemented in August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Leaflet and poster for 63th National Occupational Health Week (Japanese)
  • Status of formulation of Municipal Community Welfare Plans and Prefectural Community Welfare Support Programs, etc. across Japan (Results of surveys as of March 31, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Food additives - related to Councils (Hearings with Food Safety Commission, etc.) (Japanese)
  • 【June 27, 2012】Official release of 29th Report on Project for Collecting Medical Near-Miss/Adverse Event Information (Japanese)
  • Routine home-visit and responsive support services (Japanese)
  • Updated information on "clinical trials" (Japanese)
  • Full amendment of "Guidelines on Measures Recommended to Labor Unions for Ensuring Proper Handling of Personal Information" (Japanese)
  • Youth employment related data (Japanese)
Aug 22
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (461st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Fund management for Employees' Pension and National Pension Funds (Japanese)
  • "Future Measures against Intractable Diseases (interim report) " is approved (by Committee on Measures against Intractable Diseases, Working Group on Disease Control, Health Sciences Council) (Japanese)
  • Information on sales of government-owned properties (International Support Center for Human Resources Development of former Employment and Human Resources Development Organization) (Japanese)
  • Results of open recruitment of implementing organization for Project for Supporting Training of Nursing Teachers (correspondence education) (Japanese)
  • Decent work (Japanese)
  • Support for children and childrearing (Accepting slogans for "Child Welfare Week" in FY2013) (Japanese)
  • Summary of recruitment information of clinical trainee doctors in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • To employers forced to adjust employment (related to Employment Adjustment Subsidy and Emergency Employment Security Subsidy for Small-to-medium Businesses) (Japanese)
  • Results of survey on "Status of formulation of community welfare plan, etc." (Japanese)
  • Accepting slogans for "Child Welfare Week" in FY2013 from Monday, 3 September to Monday, 22 October (Japanese)
  • Worker Dispatching Act has been revised (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on August 21, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Implementation status of consultation support services for persons with disabilities (FY2011 survey) (Japanese)
  • Financial projection of pensions in different countries (Japanese)
  • 2nd open recruitment concerning provision of subsidies for Project for Promotion of General Welfare for Persons with Disabilities in FY2012 (Japanese)
Aug 21
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (460th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Results of questionnaire surveys concerning formulation process of 5th Term Municipal Long-term Care Insurance Project Plan, etc. (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry in 2011 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Survey on Labour Disputes, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Summary of "Annual Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry" in 2011 (Japanese)
  • Measures for prevention of ionizing radioactive hazards related to decontamination work, etc. (Japanese)
Aug 20
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (459th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Measures for Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Promotion of In-home Care Project (Japanese)
  • Did you know that Equal Employment Opportunity Act applies in client undertakings of dispatched workers? (Leaflet) (Japanese)
  • Symposium on Deepening of Understanding on Japanese who Remained in China and Sakhalin after War (on Saturday, 13 October, Sapporo city) (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products for export (Japanese)
  • 【Seeking applications for participants and observers】Meeting list of Councils, etc. (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on August 17, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Subsidies for environmental health industry related business expense in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Information on major amendments, etc. regarding residues of pesticides, veterinary pharmaceutical products, and feed additives in foods) (Japanese)
  • Testing methods for ingredient substances of residues of pesticides, feed additives, or veterinary pharmaceutical products in foods (Japanese)
  • OTC drugs sales system (risk classification) (Japanese)
Aug 17
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey June 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (458th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (288th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of August 15, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of August 15, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Survey on National Health Insurance in FY2011 (based on questionnaires collected from insurers) (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of August 17) (Japanese)
  • Meeting of Personnel in Charge of System for Releasing Information on Long-term Care Services (Japanese)
  • Are you distressed by sexual harassment at your workplace? (Leaflet) (Japanese)
  • Information for employers taking sexual harassment measures (Japanese)
  • Survey of Dental Diseases in 2011 (Statistical tables) (Japanese)
  • Status of special enrollment of small-and-medium-sized enterprises in Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance (Preliminary data as of end of FY2011) (Japanese)
  • List of relevant medical treatment techniques required to be implemented to be recognized as advanced medical treatment institutions and list of medical institutions implementing advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Announcement on "Conference on the Promotion of Public-Private Partnerships in the Field of Water Supply in FY2012 (Tohoku region) " (Japanese)
Aug 16
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (457th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Social security education (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("Kasumigaseki Tour Day for Children" in FY2012 was held) (Japanese)
  • Accepting second-round applications for subsidies for Social Welfare Promotion Services in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Leaflets related to Occupational Safety and Health (Instructions on proper use of organic solvent) (Japanese)
  • Comparison of prior and amended article provisions of Act on Revision of Worker Dispatching Act (Japanese)
  • Information on drug abuse prevention (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report on Status of Long-term Care Insurance Services (April 2012) (Japanese)
Aug 15
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (456th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Heatstroke related information (Daily updates on heatstroke patients from August 7 to 14) (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to July 2012) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Increased assessment based on submitted data) (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Import statistics of animals in Japan) (Japanese)
  • Rabies (World Rabies Day poster) (Japanese)
  • Today is the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace (Japanese)
  • Information for youths who continue their job search, and for employers (Japanese)
Aug 14
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Invocation of Disaster Relief Act related to heavy rain damage, as of August 13, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (455th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Heatstroke related information (Daily updates on heatstroke patients from August 7 to 13) (Japanese)
  • Government subsidies for specific medical checkups of Health Insurance Societies related to recovery and reconstruction from Great East Japan Earthquake in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of persons who have not yet filed claims for Employees' Pension Fund and National Pension Fund benefits (Japanese)
  • Seeking public comments for "Voices of People" (Japanese)
  • Annual and Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Revision of requirements for provision of Employment Adjustment Subsidies~Revision of production volume requirements, etc. relaxed following Lehman's fall~ (Japanese)
  • Measures for hibakusha (Accepting applications for allowances provided under Medical Expense Support Program for Overseas Atomic Bomb Survivers from January to December 2012) (Japanese)
  • Information on infectious diseases and vaccination (Japanese)
Aug 13
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (454th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Information on government-owned properties on sale and properties currently invited to tender (Japanese)
  • Information related to heatstroke (Daily updates on heatstroke patients from August 7 to 12) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of Memorial Projects for War Dead (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on August 10, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Survey of job offers for students graduating from universities, etc. (Scheduled release of survey results) (Japanese)
Aug 10
  • Monthly Labour Survey [Prefectural Survey] 2011 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (453rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Report of Meeting to Discuss Relief for Health Damage Caused by Anticancer Drugs, etc. (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (287th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Wrong transmission of personal data at time of electronic issuance of government documents (Japanese)
  • Heatstroke related information (Daily updates on heatstroke patients from August 7 to 9) (Japanese)
  • Results of audit for Employees' Pension Fund, National Pension Fund, and Defined Contribution Pension (Japanese)
  • Labor Contract Act has been revised~New rules are created for a fixed-term labor contracts~ (Japanese)
  • Guidances on health and safety management measures in case of emergency work at nuclear power facilities are strengthened~Health and safety management measures against radiation work are notified to relevant Labor Bureaus' directors~ (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (for disaster victims) (as of August 8, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of August 8, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • "Monthly Vital Statistics Report" (preliminary data) , March 2012 (Japanese)
  • PDCA-cycle-based objectives management of 2 (3) employment insurance related businesses (Japanese)
  • Worker dispatching and employment placement businesses, etc. (Amendment of Worker Dispatching Act) (Japanese)
  • Revised Labor Contract Law (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Results of opinion polls conducted on facilities accepting Indonesian and Filipino nurse candidates under Japanese laws based on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of August 10) (Japanese)
  • Results of door-to-door on-site visit in FY2011/2012 to medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations are delivered (Japanese)
  • Publication of summary of FY2011 balance of Employees' Pension and National Pension (Japanese)
  • "7th Youth Skills Monozukuri Competition" was closed~Announcement of results (Japanese)
  • Homepage of Dental Practioners Clinical Training System (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead abroad (August) (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • Ministerial project review (Policy-proposing-type screening) (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers as of August 10, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Information on prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
Aug 9
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (452nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Heatstroke related information (Daily updates on heatstroke patients from August 7 to 8) (Japanese)
  • Summary Report on Social Care Facilities and Survey of People Nurtured by Foster Parents (Social Welfare Promotion Services in FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("Three Monkeys Project" carried out to commemorate 1st Japan Hepatitus Day (World Hepatitus Day) (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (preliminary data) , April 2012 (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data) , end of May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Heatstroke measures introduced at Heatstroke Study Group (Japanese)
  • Information on prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
  • Information on dental and oral health (Japanese)
Aug 8
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (451st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Heatstroke related information (Daily updates on heatstroke patients on August 7) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • 14th Paralympics Summer Games in London 2012 (Japanese)
  • Memorial Ceremony for War Dead to be held on Wednesday, August 15 (Japanese)
  • Report of "Meeting to Discuss Support for Balancing Treatment and Work Life, etc." (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers as of August 7, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on August 7, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of Projects for Promotion of Research on Global Public Health Issues in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Administrative punishments imposed on worker dispatching businesses after April 2004 (Japanese)
Aug 7
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (450th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Products from which pharmaceutical substances used for tonic purposes are detected (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heatstroke patients from July 31 to August 6 (Japanese)
  • Meeting of those involved in nutrition policies in prefectures, etc. in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Status of law enforcement in Equal Employment Opportunity Room of Regional Labor Bureaus in FY2012 (preliminary data) , from April to June (Japanese)
  • Status of application of and collection of contributions for Labour Insurance (Japanese)
  • Status of negotiation with employee organization, Zenroudou (Japanese)
  • e-info on medicines (educational and publicity page) (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers as of August 7, 2012 (Japanese)
Aug 6
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (449th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Winners of the 64th "Public Health Award" (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heatstroke patients from July 31 to August 5 (Japanese)
  • "Medicine and Health Week" (Japanese)
  • Workshop for Medical Instructors on Clinical Training of Medical Practioners (Japanese)
  • Identity of remains of people who died while detained in former Soviet Union was confirmed and communicated to bereaved families (Shimane prefecture, August 9) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's Press Conference on August 3, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Promotion of Comprehensive Measures against Hepatitis (Progress Report on Survey of Hepatitis Tests in FY2011) (Japanese)
  • List of names of Senior Offices as of August 6, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan (List of organizations registered as operational management institutions) (Japanese)
  • Objectives of institutions selected as Clinical Trials Core Hospitals and Research Support Centers for Japan Initiated Global Clinical Trials (Japanese)
  • Review of advanced medical service system (Japanese)
  • Evaluation system for investigational medical care (Japanese)
Aug 3
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (286th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (448th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • First unofficial announcement of decision on provision of Subsidies for Improvement of Facilities Including Medical Care Facilities in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Kickoff Meeting on "Learn about Hepatitus") (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Inauguration ceremony and send-off party for Japan's delegation for London 2012 Paralympics Games) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 31- August 2) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (for disaster victims)(as of August 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of August 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Schedule of releases (Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions of Pensioners) (Japanese)
  • 25th National Certified Social Worker Exam and 25th Certified Careworker Exam (Japanese)
  • Implentation status of funds set up in Supplementary Budget for FY2011 (Japanese)
  • "Guideline for use of donated blood in R&D, etc." (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of August 3) (Japanese)
  • Orders for suspension and improvement of worker dispatching undertaking to its business operators (Japanese)
  • 3 study groups' reports on future plan for employment of persons with disabilities~for further expansion and quality enhancement of employment of persons with disabilities~ (Japanese)
  • Implementation of 15th National Psychiatric Social Worker Exam (Japanese)
  • Health Promotion Awareness Month in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Application for obtaining affirmation of Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare that new substances does not contain toxicity (carcinogenicity) (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Activity Report of Follow-up Service Promotion Office (Vol. 8: July 2012), August 3, 2012 (Japanese)
  • List of representative corporations whose contracts of corporate-type defined contribution pension plans are approved (Japanese)
  • Current status of corporate-type pension investment (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of defined contribution pension plans (Japanese)
  • Measures for prevention of passive smoking (Notification issued by Health Service Bureau Director-General of MHLW on April 30, 2012 *Abolished) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (July 2012) (Japanese)
  • Information on drug abuse prevention (Japanese)
  • 13th Review Meeting of Measures for People with Developmental Disabilities (Japanese)
Aug 2
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • New Notification System for the Importation of Animals
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (447th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • "Emergency Care Day" and "Emergency Medical Care Week" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 31 - August 1) (Japanese)
  • 【Policy Area】Implementation plan for Expenditures for Improving Facilities Including Health and Hygiene Facilities (1st stage) (Japanese)
  • Report on health and mariners insurance services in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Information on safety of health food (notification, etc.) (Japanese)
  • Activities on sale of idle property (Japanese)
  • 【Press Release】Implementation plan for Expenditures for Improving Facilities Including Health and Hygiene Facilities (1st stage) (Japanese)
  • Handling of poultry shell eggs exported to Hong Kong (Japanese)
  • Child-rearing allowance is paid to single-father families (Japanese)
  • Briefing on "Basic Principles for Comprehensive Promotion of Advancement of Japanese People's Health" and "Basic Guidelines for Promotion of Community Health Measures" (Japanese)
  • Notification on review of advanced medical service system (consolidation of advanced medical services and investigational medical care system) is issued (Japanese)
Aug 1
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Basic Survey on Wage Structure
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (446th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 31) (Japanese)
  • Criteria for provision of Employment Adjustment Subsidy and Enterprise Emergency Employment Security Subsidy for Small-to-medium Enterprises concerning educational training (Japanese)
  • Schedules and organizations implementing Workshops for Responsible Persons Acting for Dispatching Undertaking (Japanese)
  • Seminars targetting municipal government employees in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • What is Local Youth Support Station? (Japanese)
  • Updated published data of "companies incorporating Job-Card in job interviews (Supporter companies for promotion of Job-Card)" (as of May 31, 2012) (Japanese)
  • "Report of Committee on Risk Assessment of Chemical Substances" is compiled; detailed assessment of "antimony and its compounds" which pose high health risks for workers is scheduled in the future (Japanese)
  • Meeting of "MHLW Project Team on Sale of Idle Property" to be held (Japanese)
  • Report of Labour Policy Study Group in 2012 is published~Promotion of policies for "creating," "fostering," "connecting," and "maintaining" employment~ (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister on July 31, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Revision of electricity saving targets in conjunction with restart of No. 4 reactor at Oi nuclear power plant (Japanese)
  • Government project review (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • List of names of Senior Officers as of August 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • National Nurse Exam (Japanese)
  • National Midwife Exam (Japanese)
  • National Health Nurse Exam (Japanese)
  • A measure that accepts payment of national pension premiums pension premium dues for an extended period (Japanese)
  • To Career Consultant Competency Exam Testing Agencies who request to be designated (Japanese)
  • Electronic submission of report of employment status of elderly and disabled (Japanese)

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Jul 2012
Jul 31
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Employment referrals for general workers (June 2012) (Japanese) (English)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (445th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Information on Support System for Job Seekers (enforced on Oct 1, 2011) (Japanese)
  • Status of food poisoning outbreaks (2012) (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available(as of July 25, 2012) (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available(as of July 25, 2012)(for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Bills submitted to current Diet session by MHLW (Japanese)
  • Summary of outcome of 6th International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulations (Japanese)
  • Special pension account (Special pension and child allowance accounts) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 24-30) (Japanese)
  • Results of studies on status of enforcement of Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Cases Under Condition of Insanity (Japanese)
  • Overview of results of Survey on Regional Child Welfare Services in 2009 (Japanese)
  • Summary Report of Survey of Medical Care Activities in Public Health Insurance, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums as of end of May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of major private companies' demands for wage increase and settlement in spring 2012~Average pay raise agreed upon is 5,400 yen, falling from previous year in terms of amout and rate of wage increase~ (Japanese)
  • Prefectures notified of preventative measures for solitary death (to be taken in cooperation with housing supply businesses, etc.) (Japanese)
  • Employment Rate System for Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Government project review (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey of Regional Child Welfare Services in 2009~Statuses of households using registered day-care centers and non-registered day-care facilities~ (Japanese)
  • Social care for children (Guidelines for Alternative Care of Children) (Japanese)
  • Fashion-colored contact lens (Japanese)
  • Employment Promotion Tax (Japanese)
  • Implement "National Occupational Health Week" for FY2012 in October: Promotion of healthcare through mental and physical checkups (Japanese)
  • Notifications on implementation of monitoring inspections for imported food, etc. in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Notification on implementation of inspection orders for food, etc. (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of occurrence of industrial accidents (Japanese)
  • Management control of specific pathogens based on Infectious Disease Law (Japanese)
  • Assessment of status of consultations received from disaster victims of Great East Japan Earthquake regarding welfare benefits (June 2012 and sum total) (Japanese)
  • Monthly and annual report on Employment Insurance Projects (Japanese)
  • Current employment status in areas struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of termination of temporary employment contracts~Provisional report in July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of submission of "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment," and numbers of guidance and consultation provided in regard to "Re-employment Assistance Plans" and "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" (June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Situation of acceptance of "Notification of implementation plan for suspension of business operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (June 2012) (Japanese)
Jul 30
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (444th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Handling of poultry shell eggs exported to Hong Kong (Japanese)
  • Heat stroke related information (Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 24-29)) (Japanese)
  • Clinical training of medical practioners (Information on workshops for medical instructors) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Documents of Child Welfare Department Heads and Child Guidance Centers' Directors Meeting in FY2012 (held on July 26, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Annual report on survey of registered tuberculosis incidents in 2011 (overview) (Japanese)
  • News report of Hello Work supporting new graduates (vol. 21) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister on July 27, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for dealing with allergies in Day Care Centers (Japanese)
  • Procedures for filing notifications on new chemical substances of small quantities (Japanese)
  • (Newly listed) generic drugs subject to increased assessment in terms of medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Electronic submission of report on employment status of elderly and disabled (Japanese)
Jul 27
  • Foods Produced by Recombinant DNA Techniques (English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (443rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • List of laws and regulations, notifications, etc. regarding social care for children (Japanese)
  • Third-party evaluation of social care for children (Japanese)
  • Resource map of social care for children (as of October 2011) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (285th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 24-26) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Daido Life Insurance Company's donation presentation ceremony for 12th National Sports Festival for People with Disabilities) (Japanese)
  • 3rd unofficial announcemnt of facilities improvement expenses for after-school children clubs in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead abroad (July) (Japanese)
  • Additional investigations into medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations are delivered (Japanese)
  • Public recruitment of organizations implementing Project for Supporting Training of Nursing Teachers (correspondence education) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions where blood coagulation factor products are delivered (Japanese)
  • Report on enforcement status of Act on Special Provisions for Insurance Benefit and Insurance Premium Payment in Relation to Employees' Pension Insurance (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Parliamentary Secretary Tsuda visiting site of job interviews for foreign students) (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for officials responsible for employment placement (Japanese)
  • MHLW's basic policies on public relations (Japanese)
  • Disclosure of specifications for System Supporting Business of Labour Bureaus on Application of and Collection of Premiums for Labour Insurance (Japanese)
Jul 26
  • Abridged Life Tables For Japan 2011(English) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (442nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • 6th Meeting of Task Force on Asset and Financial Management of Employees' Pension Fund etc. (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Four strains of highly-pathogenic avian influenza virus are newly recognized to be handled same as ones that occurred naturally (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 24-25) (Japanese)
  • Budget for FY2009 (Child Allowance Account, Pension Special Account) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data), February 2012 (Japanese)
  • Overview of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (Cases assessed from May 2011 to April 2012) (Japanese)
  • Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (Schedule of releases) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Results of evaluation of actual performance of Japan Pension Service (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Results of verification into child abuse cases resulting in death (8th report) (Expert Committee on Verification of Cases Requiring Protection Including Child Abuse, Working Group on Children, Social Security Council) (Japanese)
  • Results of verification into child abuse cases resulting in death (Summary of 8th report) and number of counseling cases for child abuse (Japanese)
  • Safety information on pharmaceuticals and medical devices (Japanese)
  • Overview of Social Security Agreements (Japanese)
  • Guideline for revision of regional minimum wagein FY2012~By 5 yen for prefectures ranked A and 4 yen for those ranked B-D~ (Japanese)
Jul 25
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (441st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Various efforts taken on outbreak of bile duct cancer (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (July 2012) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 24) (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for volunteer organizations to be dispatched on special mission for recovery of remains of war dead (8/28-9/5) (Japanese)
  • Website on OTC Drug Sales System: Newly approved first-class OTC drugs (Japanese)
  • Final Report on Basic Survey of Gender Equality in Employment Management in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Basic Survey of Gender Equality in Employment Management (Japanese)
  • Announcement on voluntary collection of a medical device (General name: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator, pacemaker endocardial lead) (Product name: RIATA ICD Lead, RIATAi ICD Lead, Single-coil RIATA ICD Lead) (Class I) (Japanese)
  • To all recipients of workers' compensation insurance benefits (Changes in amount of workers' compensation insurance benefits with revision of sliding scale of wage standards) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of organizations implementing training projects for instructors of sputum suction, etc. in FY2012 (For instructors of 1st & 2nd trainings) (Japanese)
  • Results of questionnaire survey on electrical submission of applications for various insurance plans (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Public announcement of organizations adopted to implement Social Welfare Promotion Project in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister on July 24, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results and response measures of Initial Risk Assessment, Assessment I, of priority assessment chemical substances (Japanese)
  • Ministerial project review (Policy-proposing-type screening) (Japanese)
  • Ministry's response to Occassional Reports (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension (as of April 2012) (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for July 2012 (Japanese)
  • Website on information provision on medical fee receipts and specific medical checkups (Japanese)
  • Status of payment of workers' compensation insurance benefits in FY2011 (Japanese)
Jul 24
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (440th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 17-23) (Japanese)
  • Evaluation of implementation of activities concerning full enforcement of compliance with laws and regulations at Regional Bureaus of Health and Welfare (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Evaluation of implementation of activities concerning full enforcement of compliance with laws and regulations at Regional Labour Bureaus (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (March 2012) (Japanese)
  • "Radiation Effects Association" designated as institution for archiving decontamination work~through which employers can hand over records on radiation exposure doses and medical examinations~ (Japanese)
  • Testing institutions stipulated in Ordinance for Enforcement of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Article 12, Section 1) (Japanese)
  • Schedules of briefings on Revision of Worker Dispatching Act (Japanese)
  • Measures against inappropriate dosimetry measurement at TEPCO's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant (Japanese)
Jul 23
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (439th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Heat stroke related information (Daily updates on heat stroke patients (July 17-22)) (Japanese)
  • Past optimization related activities (Japanese)
  • Routine home-visit and responsive support services (Japanese)
  • Establishment of "Basic provisions on promotion of dental and oral health" (Japanese)
  • Placement criteria of nighttime co-drivers for highway tour buses, etc. (Japanese)
  • Workshop for Medical Instructors on Clinical Training of Medical Practioners (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of July 18, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of July 18, 2012) (For disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • "Prompt Vital Statistics Report," May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Fourth Study Group on Plans for Chemical-substances Management (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister on July 20, 2012 (Japanese)
  • List of names of Senior Officers at MHLW as of July 23, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Vietnamese candidates for nurses and certified careworkers (Japanese)
  • Report of Working Group on Pharmaceutical Products for Pesticide and Animal Use, Sectional Committee on Food Sanitation, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for dealing with allergies in Day Care Centers (Japanese)
Jul 20
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods~438th announcement~ (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Report on measures taken for Great East Japan Earthquake at MHLW (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water~284th announcement~ (Japanese)
  • Heat stroke related information (Daily updates of number of heat stroke patients (July 17-19th)) (Japanese)
  • Second open recruitment concerning Project for Promotion of General Welfare for Persons with Disabilities in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Written decision (overview) concerning request for examination regarding Workers' Compensation Insurance Benefits~supplementary information~ (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Parliamentary Secretary Tsuda delivers speech at ceremony for dispatching 1st Special Mission for Recoverying Remains from Iwo Jima in FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Regular visiting/on-demand response services (Japanese)
  • Support for Japanese remaining in China (System for dispatching support and consultant staffs and interpreters who support their independence) (Japanese)
  • Status of stock inventory of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of July 20) (Japanese)
  • Administrative punishments imposed on Worker Dispatching Businesses from April 2004 to present (Japanese)
  • Operation guidelines and forms used for Employment Placement Businesses (Japanese)
  • Organizations that carry out workshops for officials responsible for employment placement (Japanese)
Jul 19
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods~437th announcement~(related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Measures against heat strokes for this summer further strengthened (Japanese)
  • Social security education (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Status of medical costs (by hospical function and insurance plan) (Japanese)
  • 14th Japan-EU Symposium Tokyo (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (February 2012) (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (January 2012) (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (December 2011) (Japanese)
  • Database of approximate health expenditures (Japanese)
  • Database of medical insurance health expenditures (February 2012) (Japanese)
  • Trends of recent health expenditures (monthly version) February 2012 (Japanese)
  • "7th Youth Monozukuri Skills Competition"~Main venue to be provided by Iwate prefecture, towards recontruction of Tohoku based on Monozukuri~ (Japanese)
  • Comprehensive website on everyone's mental health (Serial column Vol. 5) (Japanese)
  • Status of screening for safety of genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • Q&A on child allowance for institutional beneficiaries (Japanese)
  • Child allowances (Japanese)
  • Monthly and annual report on Employment Insurance Projects (Japanese)
Jul 18
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey May 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods~436th announcement~(related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Statuses of formulation of action plans by and authorization of general employers based on Act for Measures to Support Development of Next Generation (by prefecture) (as of end of June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Inspection of workplaces of chartered bus services that operate highway tour buses (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products to be exported (List of facilities handling meat exported to Hong Kong) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Long-term care insurance finance (changes in costs and premiums of long-term care insurance) (Japanese)
  • Information on sales of government-owned properties and properties currently invited to tender (Japanese)
  • Authorization of changes in "Plan for Reuse of Business Resources" based on Law on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization (Kitasato Daiichi Sankyo Vaccine Co., Ltd.) (Japanese)
  • Medical checkup for yusho disease ("oil symptoms") in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister on July 17, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Examples of provision of personal information from local governments to commissioned welfare and child welfare volunteers (Japanese)
  • Promotion of In-home Care Project (handouts for briefing) (Japanese)
Jul 17
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods~435th announcement~(related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Status of application of and collection of contributions for Labour Insurance (Japanese)
  • Amendment of Regulation for Radiation Protection of Decontamination Workers (Japanese)
  • Status of authorization of social medical corporations as of July 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of remains collected by 1st Special Mission for recovering remains of war dead from Iwo Jima in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama meets with person representing Japanese who remained in China after war in Minister's Office) (Japanese)
  • List of leaflets related to Occupational Safety and Health (Japanese)
  • Revision of medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • "Working Youth Day" for 2012 is Saturday, July 21 (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister on July 13, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Review Meeting for Rolling Revision of Standards for Tap Water (Japanese)
  • Promulgation of Act on General Support for Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
Jul 14
  • Invocation of Disaster Relief Act, starting on July 11, 2012, related to heavy rain damage (Japanese)
Jul 13
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (434th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (283rd Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of July 11, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of July 11, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Review Meeting on Measures against the Pollution of Water Basin by Disinfection By-product Precursors (Japanese)
  • Kasumigaseki Tour Day for Children (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Future state of specified medical checkups and health guidance~Report on "Study Group for Medical Checkups and Health Guidance Conducted by Insurers" (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report on Status of Long-term Care Insurance Services (March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data) , April 2012 (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (preliminary data) , March 2012 (Japanese)
  • Answers to the Questions on Generic Drugs~“Q&A on Generic Drugs ~ (Japanese)
  • Stock status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of July 13) (Japanese)
  • Exhibition at Shokei-kan's Historical Materials Hall for Wounded and Sick Retired Soldiers, etc. (in Kudan, Tokyo) , "Military doctor's story of wartime aid activities," starts on July 25 (Japanese)
  • Special exhibition at National Showa Memorial Museum (in Kudan, Tokyo) , "Yearning to return home~Hopes and thousand-stitch behind front lines," starts on July 28 (Japanese)
  • Revised report on 102 cases reviewed by Panel on Cases of Organ Transplants from Brain Death Patients (Japanese)
  • Application procedures for 25th National Certified Careworker Exam, concerning Indonesian candidates accepted under Japanese laws based on Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement in FY1998 (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical services (Japanese)
Jul 12
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (433rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • National Health Plan for 21st Century ("Healthy Japan 21") (Second campaign) (Japanese)
  • Second Study Group Meeting for Measures against Heat Strokes will be held (Japanese)
  • Revision of “Concepts of Inspection Planning and Establishment and Cancellation of Items and Areas to which Restriction of Distribution and/or Consumption of Foods concerned Applies" in regard to radionuclides in foods (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Outcome of 5th ASEAN+3 Health Ministers Meeting (Japanese)
  • 5th Meeting of Task Force on Asset and Financial Management of Employees' Pension Fund etc. (Japanese)
  • Public opinions for "Voice of People" offered between June 1 - 30, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Activities carried out based on basic principles of Survey on post-war forced internees , etc. (Japanese)
  • 5th ASEAN+3 Health Ministers Meeting agreed to strengthen regional cooperation related to infectious disease, etc. (Japanese)
  • Status of activities implemented related to Survey on post-war forced internees, etc. (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama presenting certificates of commendation to recepients of FY2012 Minister Awards for Occupational Health and Safety at Central Awards Ceremony) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan (Japanese)
  • To young people who continue job hunting and to employers (Japanese)
  • Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data) , January 2012 (Japanese)
Jul 11
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (432nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Consultation desk for occupation-related bile duct cancer (Japanese)
  • Report of study on childcare leave commissioned by MHLW in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Changes in number of hibakusha (holders of Hibakusha Handbook) (Japanese)
  • Number of hibakusha (by level of exposure and prefecture) (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Orders on suspension and improvement of worker dispatching undertakings issued to business operators (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead abroad (July) (Japanese)
  • Ministerial project review (Policy-proposing-type screening) (Agenda and related documents) (Japanese)
  • Annual report on health and mariners insurance services in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister on July 10, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Please participate in Survey on Employment Trends in first half of 2012 (Japanese)
  • Appointment of members of the Steering Committee of the Pension Investment Fund (Japanese)
Jul 10
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (431st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Status of job offers for high school students expected to graduate in March 2013 (Japanese)
  • 14th EU-Japan Symposium on "Improving employability and labour market participation among young people" held in Tokyo on July 18 (Japanese)
  • Ministerial project review (Policy-proposing-type screening) (Recommendations and video files) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Status of safety screening of genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for export of meat food products (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals: Import statistics of animals in Japan (Japanese)
  • Avian influenza (H5N1) (Japanese)
  • "Books recommendable for children (FY2012) " designated by Social Security Council as Child Welfare Cultural Assets (poster) (Japanese)
  • Full revision of " Basic Principles for Comprehensive Promotion of Advancement of Japanese People's Health" (Japanese)
  • Report on results of inspecitons concerning bile duct cancer (Japanese)
Jul 9
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (430th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Results of Survey on Incomes of Participants in Public Pension Schemes (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Japanese)
  • "Activity Report Vol. 7," Follow-up Service Promotion Office (press release) (Japanese)
  • Numbers of notification of plan and that of work as well as supervision carried out concerning asbestos removal (Japanese)
  • Partial revision of handling of lump-sum allowance for childbirth based on Health Insurance Act (Art 106) " (Japanese)
  • Amendment of daily amount of basic allowance, starting on August 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Prevention of infectious diseases abroad during summer vacation in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Daily amount of basic allowance of labor insurance amended~starting on Wednesday, August 1~ (Japanese)
  • Status of negotiation with employee organization, Zenroudou (Japanese)
  • Reporting system that all employers are obliged to report the situation of foreign workers employment (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister on July 6, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister Komiyama receiving "Report on measures for part-time employment" from Labor Policy Council, Equal Employment Sectorial Committee") (Japanese)
  • Public recruitment related to Project on On-the-job Training for Supporters of Developmentally Disabled in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Government project review (Japanese)
  • "Activity Report Vol. 7 (April - June 2012) ," Follow-up Service Promotion Office (Japanese)
  • Handling of affairs for foreigners related to Child Allowance Act (Japanese)
Jul 6
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (429th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • "Actual Conditions of Working Women (FY2011 version) " (press release) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (282nd Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of July 4, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of July 4, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Investment performance of Government Pension Investment Fund in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Actual Conditions of Working Women in FY2011 (statistical data) (Japanese)
  • Meeting of Child Welfare Department heads and Child Guidance Centers' directors in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Implementation of 25th National Certified Careworker Exam (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of July 6) (Japanese)
  • Meeting between orphans remaining in China and Minister (Monday, July 9, starting from 17:30) (Japanese)
  • Q&A on Review of working hours for electricity saving (Japanese)
  • Abolition of Tax-qualified Pensions (Japanese)
  • Schedules and organizations implementing Workshops for Responsible Person Acting for Dispatching Undertaking (Japanese)
  • Suspicious telephone calls and e-mails (and home-visits) from sources disguised as MHLW and its personnel (Japanese)
  • Projects subsidized by Employment Creation Funds (Data and documents) (Japanese)
Jul 5
  • Disaster Relief Act in connection with heavy rain damage to be invocated, starting on July 3, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (428th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Outcome of 24th International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of Restrictions of Distribution on Foods, based on Provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Status of payment of national pension insurance premiums in FY2011 and planned future activities (Japanese)
  • Promulgation of Act on General Support for Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Summary of Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in 2011 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Website on clinical trial: "Grant of subsidy for and continuation (extention of term) of Project to Create Early-Stage and Exploratory Clinical Trial Centers" in FY2012 (Japanese)
Jul 4
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (427th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Support for group contract of specific medical checkups and health guidance (related documents) (Japanese)
  • Updated preparation tools for attachment files of Monthly Report on Society-managed Employment-based Health Insurance (Japanese)
  • Disaster Relief Act in connection with heavy rain damage to be invocated, starting on July 3, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on status of “claims and grant decisions made for Workers' Compensation Insurance Benefits concerning diseases caused by asbestos” in FY2011 (preliminary data) ~Number of cases of claims and grant decisions made for "Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Benefits" remain same compared to previous fiscal year~ (Japanese)
  • Foreign trip of Parliamentary Secretary Fujita (Japanese)
  • List of leaflets related to Occupational Safety and Health (Japanese)
  • Amendment of Regulation for Radiation Protection of Decontamination Workers (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Vice-Senior Minister Nishimura presenting awards at "Hellowork Contest for Service Improvement") (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Parliamentary Secretary Tsuda calling for industrial accident prevention, prior to National Occupational Safety and Health Week) (Japanese)
  • Promulgation of Act on General Support for Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister on July 3, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
Jul 3
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (426th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Website on OTC Drug Sales System: Newly approved first-class OTC drugs (Japanese)
  • Information on Workshops for Medical Instructors (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Website on Law Concerning Assistance Dogs for Disabled (Japanese)
  • Disaster Relief Act in connection with heavy rain damage to be invocated, starting on July 3, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Minister Komiyama addressing "Day to Restore Honor and Commemorate Victims of Leprosy Prevention Law") (Japanese)
  • Labour standards information (Japanese)
  • Examples of standardized recording of generic prescriptions (as of July 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Drugs on National Health Insurance Drug tariff (as of July 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Policy-proposing-type administrative project screening in MHLW (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of June 27, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of June 27, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Routine home-visit and responsive support services for long-term care (Japanese)
  • Website on information provision on medical fee receipts and specific medical checkups (Japanese)
Jul 2
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (425th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of research projects (List of projects implemented in connection with Project for Promotion of General Welfare for Persons with Disabilities in FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Unofficial notificaion of appropriation of Subsidies for Improvement of Facilities including Social Welfare Facilities in FY2012 (Great East Japan Earthquake Special Account) (Japanese)
  • Unofficial notification of appropriation of Subsidies for Improvement of Facilities including Social Welfare Facilities in FY2012 (General Account) (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of "Workers' Property Accumulation Promotion System" in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • In FY2011 unpaid wages reimbursed were about 20 billion yen~Implementation status of Project for Reimbursement of Unpaid Wages~ (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and Economy (June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister on June 30, 2012 (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers, as of July 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Avian influenza (H5N1) (Japanese)
  • Package Projects (Japanese)
  • July is month of "Movement of Blood Helping of Love" (Japanese)
  • Manual on Declaration of Fiscal Renewal of Labour Insurance (For renewal in June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Central Meeting of Public Health Nurses to be held in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • National Physician and Dentist Exams (Japanese)
  • Information on drug abuse prevention (Japanese)
  • Accepting requests for Tax System Revision in MHLW in FY2013 (Japanese)

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Jun 2012
Jun 29
  • Employment referrals for general workers (May 2012) (Japanese)(English)
  • Results of Inspections on Radionuclide in Foods (424th Announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (281st Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Report on "Expert Meeting on Artificial Limbs and Other Assistive Devices" is published (Japanese)
  • Establishment of Restrictions of Distribution on Foods, based on Provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Law enforcement status in Regional Labor Bureau, Equal Employment Opportunity Room (Japanese)
  • Status of designated medical institutions for infectious diseases (as of April 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Public announcement of results of "Survey on progress of informatization of ethical drugs" (Japanese)
  • Public announcement of results of "Survey on progress of informatization of medical devices" (Japanese)
  • Further investigations into medical institutions to which fibrinogen preparations have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Annual Report of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension in FY2010 <Statistics (national and prefectural bases)> (Japanese)
  • Report of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension (Municipal basis) (as of end of March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of June 29) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions to which blood coagulation factor products have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Selection of 1 additional organization for implementation of "Local Youth Support Station Project"~Provision of employment support for NEETs at total of 116 places nationwide in FY2012~ (Japanese)
  • Postponement of public hearing to be held based on Labor Standard Law (Art 113) (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing Workshops for Staff in Charge of Employment Placement (Japanese)
  • Meeting for Exchange of Opinions on Intractable Diseases (Japanese)
  • Employment Promotion Tax (Japanese)
  • Report on Status of Long-term Care Insurance Services in FY2010 (annual report) (Japanese)
  • Policy-proposing-type Administrative Project Screening in MHLW (Japanese)
  • List of countries and regions from which avian species are allowed to be imported (countries and regions without outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza) (Japanese)
  • Selection of organizations that implement Project for Promotion of Evaluation and Publishment of Medical Care Quality in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • To testing agencies of Career Consultant Competency Exam who request to be designated (Japanese)
  • Advertising regulations on pharmaceuticals etc. (Japanese)
  • Together with prevention of foodborne illness in summertime, begin publicizing and providing public with information on prohibition of sales and supply of beef liver for raw consumption, starting on July 1 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Employment Insurance Services (May 2012) (Japanese)
  • Current employment status in areas struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of termination of temporary employment contracts~Provisional report in June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of acceptance of "Notification of implementation plan for suspension of business operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (May 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of submission of "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" and numbers of guidance and consultation provided in regard to "Re-employment Assistance Plans" and "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" (May 2012) (Japanese)
  • New designation of narcotic drugs (Japanese)
Jun 28
  • Results of Inspections on Radionuclide in Foods (423rd Announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of Restrictions of Distribution on Foods, based on Provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Support System for Job Seekers: Employment status of people who received vocational training (preliminary data) (Japanese)
  • Information on Subsidies provided to Employers (Japanese)
  • "Q&A on Welfare Service Fee Revision for Persons with Disabilities in FY 2012 (as of June 27, 2012)" is sent (Japanese)
  • Temporary return of 27 Japanese in group who remained in Karafuto etc. after War (June 29 - July 9) (Japanese)
  • 5th Application Procedures for Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants of FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of consultations received on welfare benefits from disaster victims of Great East Japan Earthquake (May 2012 and sum total) (Japanese)
Jun 27
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of Inspections on Radionuclide in Foods (422nd Announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Notices regarding Monitoring of and Guidance on Food Sanitation in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Safety Information (Japanese)
  • Food safety information: "Codex Liaison Council" (Japanese)
  • Survey on Collective Agreements, 2011 (Japanese)
  • Summary report of Survey on Collective Agreements, 2011 (Japanese)
  • 【Accepting applications】List of meetings including Councils which accept observers and participants (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on June 26, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Name list of senior officers as of May 15, 2012 (Japanese)
Jun 26
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of Inspections on Radionuclide in Foods (421st Announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Amendment of Regulation for Radiation Protection of Decontamination Workers (Japanese)
  • List of leaflets related to Occupational Safety and Health (Japanese)
  • Fishery food exported to China (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Second Meeting for "Policy Proposing Type Screening" in MHLW was held) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and the Economy (June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Community Medicine Support Center (Japanese)
  • Regulations for controlling specific pathogens based on Infectious Disease Law (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Ms. Fujita, Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare, explaining "Future Directions of Policieson Dementia" put together by "9th Project Team to Study Measures against Dementia") (Japanese)
  • Information on drug abuse prevention (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants of FY2012 (part of Project for Promotion of Studies to Promote Food Safety) (Japanese)
Jun 25
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of Inspections on Radionuclide in Foods (420th Announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • "Kasumigaseki Tour Day for Children" of FY2012 will be held (Japanese)
  • Establishment of Restrictions of Distribution on Foods, based on Provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Claims for Workers’ Compensation regarding Bile Duct Cancer (Japanese)
  • Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data), December 2011, (includes annual total) (Japanese)
  • Unofficial announcement of FY2012 Facilities Improvement Subsidies for Support Measures for Development of Next Generation (Japanese)
  • Report on Status of Health Care Service for Latter-stage Elderly (monthly report) (Japanese)
  • Current situation of clinical training for dental practioners (Japanese)
  • Report on implementation of private competitive bidding for Survey of Social Welfare Institutions and Survey of Institutions and Establishments for Long-term Care (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Measures to be taken by medical institutions in case of implementation of planned power blackouts (Japanese)
  • Information for children (Japanese)
  • Administrative Project Review in MHLW (Policy Proposing Type Screening) (Japanese)
  • PDCA-cycle-based objectives management of 2 (3) Employment Insurance Related Businesses (Japanese)
  • Inspection of documents related to renewal of MHLW network system (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Kumamoto prefecture) (Japanese)
  • Project for Development and Promotion of Equipment to Support Independence of Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on June 22, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of June 20, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of June 20, 2012)(for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Occasional Reports from Health, Labour and Welfare Administration Monitors and MHLW's response (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on implementation of private competitive bidding for General Survey on Working Conditions (FY2011) (Japanese)
Jun 22
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (419th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (280th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Study Group Meeting on Heat Strokes (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Detection of pharmaceutical components (sildenafil and analogous components) in so-called health food (Japanese)
  • Changes in number of medical corporations (Japanese)
  • Unofficial announcement of Subsidies for Provision and Improvement of Space for Community Long-term Care and Welfare in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • MHLW YouTube Video (Administrative Project Review of MHLW in FY2012) (Japanese)
  • (Newly listed) generic drugs subject to increased assessment in terms of medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Administrative Project Review (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Completion of prior evaluation of public knowledge-based application for unapproved drugs and insurance coverage for them (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Drugs on National Health Insurance Drug tariff (Japanese)
  • "Prompt Vital Statistics Report," April 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of "Survey on Unapproved and Unlicensed Drugs, etc." in FY2011~Pharmaceutical components and scheduled drugs detected in 64 products~ (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of June 22) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of organizations who implement survey and verification projects for classification of disability levels in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Defined contribution pension participants and contribution limit and its relationship with other pension plans (Japanese)
  • Standards on foods, additives, etc. (Abstract) (Japanese)
  • 2nd contest for business improvement of Hello Work~Examination of presentations and awards ceremony take place on June 29~ (Japanese)
Jun 21
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (418th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Testing institutions stipulated in Ordinance for Enforcement of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Article 12, Section 1) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of organizations who implement training projects for instructors of sputum suction, etc. in FY2012 (instructors for 1st & 2nd trainings) (Japanese)
  • Human resources development (Technical vocational funds) (Japanese)
  • Inquiry to and report from Health Sciences Council in regard to "Outline of Revised Bill on Basic Guidelines for Promotion of Community Health Measures" (Japanese)
  • Inquiry to and report from Health Sciences Council in regard to "Revised Bill on Basic Principles for Comprehensive Promotion of Advancement of Japanese People's Health" (Japanese)
  • Proposals of Labour Policy Council for "Measures for part-time working in the future" (Japanese)
  • Administrative project review (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Child allowances (Japanese)
  • "7th Joint Meeting of Great East Japan Earthquake Asbestos Measures" (Japanese)
  • Photo report ("Publicly open process of administrative project review in MHLW" was held) (Japanese)
  • Material for briefing sessions in prefectures regarding Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control Program (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report of Employees' Pension Insurance & National Pension (as of March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Examination Commissioners for National Pharmacist Exam (Japanese)
Jun 20
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on April 2012) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (417th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • "Day to restore honor and commemorate victims of Leprosy Prevention Law" (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Information on workshops for medical instructors (Japanese)
  • Application procedures of Research Plans for Strategic Research in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on June 19, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Homepage of Dental Practioners Clinical Training System (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead abroad (June) (Japanese)
  • MHLW Live Channel (USTREAM) (Publicly open process of administrative project review) (Japanese)
  • Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (Schedule of releases) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (Cases assessed in April 2012) (Japanese)
Jun 19
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (416th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods〜Thai tulsis and their processed products〜 (Japanese)
  • Implementation of promotion campaign of "NO, Absolutely NO!" to drug abuse, in support of "United Nations New Declaration on Drug Demand Reduction" (Japanese)
  • Workshop for medical instructors on clinical training of medical practioners (Japanese)
  • Report on Public Health Administration and Services (related to environmental health) (Japanese)
  • List of Employment Service Centers for Foreigners (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Import statistics of animals in Japan) (Japanese)
Jun 18
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey April 2012
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (415th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • For employers (for ongong businesses) in FY2012: How to fill out declaration form for fiscal renewal of labour insurance (Japanese)
  • Various labour insurance forms (Japanese)
  • Project for Promotion of Regional Employment Creation (package project), Project for Realization of Regional Employment Creation (Japanese)
  • Report on "Direction of Future Policies for Dementia" (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Yamanashi prefecture) (Japanese)
  • 3rd Study Group Meeting on Future Chemical Substance Management Policy (Japanese)
  • Selection of recipients of "Awards from Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare for excellent workplaces, organizations and persons who have contributed related to occupational safety and health" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Upcoming job interview meetings for foreign students (Japanese)
  • Annual & Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on 15 June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Campaign to Promote Drinking Water for Health (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of June 13, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of June 13, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Pestide residues, etc. (Status of hearing to Food Safety Commission) (Japanese)
  • Changes in number of contracts of Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Japanese)
Jun 15
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (414th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (279th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of 15 June) (Japanese)
  • Companies incorporating Job-Card in job interviews (supporter companies for promotion of Job-Card) (Japanese)
  • Measures for water supply (material related to Study Group Meetings) (Japanese)
  • Polio vaccination form (Japanese)
  • Report on "Status of workers' compensation paid towards brain and heart disorders and mental disorder " in FY2011 ~Number of workers' compensation claims demanded for mental disorder at record high for third consecutive years ~ (Japanese)
  • Report of Survey on Medical Care Benefit Expenditures in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • OTC drugs sales system (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (schedule of releases) (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (Preliminary data), February 2012 (Japanese)
  • Measures for prevention of radiation hazards for restoration and reconstruction work, excluding decontamination task, made compulsory~Partial amendment of Regulation concerning Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards and enforcement of it starting on July 1~ (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to May 2012) (Japanese)
  • Long-term heathcare management of emergency workers at TEPCO's Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant (Japanese)
  • Administrative project review (publicly open process) (Japanese)
  • National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan, 2010 (Japanese)
  • "Clinical Trial" homepage (results of open recruitment) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of organizations implementing training projects on practical surgical techniques in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of survey on status of activities related to maternity marks (Japanese)
  • Informational and public relations materials (posters, leaflets, and pamphlets) are created aimed at prevention and resolution of power harassment in workplace (Japanese)
Jun 14
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (413rd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Status of local governments' activities ("Community Welfare Plan" homepage) (Oita Prefecture) (Japanese)
  • Ikumen Project - 12th "Star of Ikumen" has been selected (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare giving opening remark at "Presentation Ceremony of MESSCUD Medical Safety Fund") (Japanese)
  • Pesticide residues in foods (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Nishimura Senior Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare granting medals to spring's winners in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Medical care safety (specific safety measures) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Welfare service for people with disabilities (Open recruitment of research projects) (Japanese)
  • "Council for Promotion of Private-public Initiatives in Field of Water in FY2012" (Japanese)
Jun 13
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services,March 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (412nd announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Newly approved first-class OTC drugs (Japanese)
  • Child allowances (Japanese)
  • Accepting public comments for "Voices of People" (Japanese)
  • Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Statements for FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Results of the Public Call for Research Support Center for Japan Initiated Global Clinical Trials. (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Overview of advanced medical services (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on 12 June, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (preliminary data), March 2012 (Japanese)
  • Briefing sessions on "Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control Programs" for prefectures (Japanese)
Jun 12
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (411st announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Handling of poultry shell eggs exported to Hong Kong (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report on Status of Long-term Care Insurance Project (February 2012) (Japanese)
  • Administrative project review (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Child-rearing support (Child allowances system) (Japanese)
  • Revision of handling of registration license tax imposed when correction is filed in medical profession registry (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of consultations received in regard to bile duct cancer (Japanese)
  • Recommendations made during "Policy Proposing Type Screening" in MHLW (Japanese)
  • Handling of registration license tax imposed when correction is filed in medical profession registry (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods〜American blueberries and their processed products〜 (Japanese)
  • Fund for Unapproved Drugs and New Influenza (second half year) (for full year) (Japanese)
  • Instruction on proper handling of personal information (Japanese)
Jun 11
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (410th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Computational aid tool for reporting renewal of labour insurance by fiscal year (for construction projects) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on 8 June 2012 (Japanese)
  • Subsidies for environmental health industry related business expense in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of June 6, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of June 6, 2012) (for disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Overview of advanced medical services (Japanese)
  • Handling of compilation and publication of Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services as consequence of Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
Jun 8
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (409th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (278th Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Reporting on work with risk of exposure to hazardous materials (Japanese)
  • Cases of food poisoning outbreaks (preliminary report) (2012) (Japanese)
  • Various labour insurance forms (Japanese)
  • Research Plan for Strategic Studies in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • ”Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control Programs” (Japanese)
  • Revision of ”Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control Programs” (Japanese)
  • Results of selection of organizations implementing Initiative for Accelerating Regulatory Science in Innovative Drug, Medical Device, and Regenerative Medicine (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Schedules and organizations implementing workshops for dispatching business operators (Japanese)
  • Monthly Labour Survey [Prefectural Survey] December 2011 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Labour Survey [Prefectural Survey] November 2011 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Labour Survey [Prefectural Survey] October 2011 (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data), March 2012 (in Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of 8 June) (Japanese)
  • Sexually transmitted infections (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry(February 2012) (Japanese)
  • Act for partial revision of National Health Insurance Act in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Projects subsidized by Employment Creation Funds (List of links related to the fund projects by prefecture) (Japanese)
  • Results of public comments received for "Ministerial Ordinance that establishes technical standards on manufacturing equipment of PFOS and its salt" (Japanese)
  • Standards on foods, additives, etc. (abstract) (Japanese)
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan (List of organizations registered as operational management institutions) (Japanese)
Jun 7
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (408th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Recent changes in costs of dispensing and medicines in pharmacies (electronically prosessed) (November 2011 issue) (Japanese)
  • Announcement on suspension of search system of qualified pharmacists (Japanese)
  • Database of Approximate Health Expenditures (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of total length of hospital stay, estimated number of new hospitalization cases, and estimated average length of hospital stay (12-month average) (June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Database of Medical Insurance Health Expenditures (Japanese)
  • Recent changes in costs of medical care (monthly version)(January 2012) (Japanese)
  • Implementation of inspection order for imported foods〜American blueberries and their processed products〜 (Japanese)
  • 65th World Health Assembly (Japanese)
  • Child Allowances (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead abroad (June) (Japanese)
  • Pesticide residues in foods (Japanese)
  • 12th Study Group on Issue of Training of New Pharmacists (Japanese)
Jun 6
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (407th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Avian influenza (H5N1) (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for Research Plans for Strategic Research in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Amounts and methods of payment of Lump-sum allowance for childbirth (Japanese)
  • Survey on Labour Economy Trend May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Documents of the meeting for local municipalities regarding inactivated polio vaccine (Japanese)
  • Annual & Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on National Health Insurance Services in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Nishimura Senior Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare granting medals to spring's winners in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Various labour insurance forms (Japanese)
  • Website on Law Concerning Assistance Dogs for the Disabled (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference of Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on June 5, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare exchanging views with members of "Headquarters for Promotion of Medical Care Innovation in MHLW") (Japanese)
Jun 5
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (406th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Summary report of Annual Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data), 2011 (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • "White Paper on Manufacturing Industries in FY2011" (White Paper on Monodzukuri) approved by Cabinet today~to actively foster development of core employees in charge of monodzukuri industries~ (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products to be exported (handling of meat exported to Hong Kong) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare giving speech at opening of "1st Workshop on Measures for Low-income Earners in Social Security System") (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Fujita Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Labour and Welfare giving speech at "1st Study Group concerning Examination and Prevention of Recurrence of Spread of Hepatitis B Infection through Mass Vaccinations") (Japanese)
  • Measles and Rubella (Rubella Q&A ) (Japanese)
  • Drugs on National Health Insurance Drug tariff(as of 1 June 2012) (Japanese)
  • List of collaborative projects between NPOsand MHLW (project details) (Japanese)
  • Disclosure of information concerning Special Accounts of MHLW (Japanese)
Jun 4
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (405th announcement) (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Implementation of Inspection Order for imported goods~Sichuan pepper (scientific name: Zanthoxylum bungeanum) and processed goods (Japanese)
  • Various labour insurance forms (Japanese)
  • Workshop for dentist instructors, etc. (Japanese)
  • Indonesian candidates for nurses and certified careworkers under Japanese laws based on Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (Japanese)
  • Foreign candidates for nurses and certified careworkers under Japanese laws based on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (Japanese)
  • Status of occurrence of industrial accidents due to anoxia and hydrogen sulfide poisoning (2011) (Japanese)
  • Statistics related to application of and collection of premiums for labour insurance (monthly report, April) (Japanese)
  • Survey of Dental Diseases (general overview of survey) (Japanese)
  • Survey of Dental Diseases in 2011 (Japanese)
  • ”Report of Survey on Leading Activities of Promotion of Use of Generic Drugs" (FY2011 survey) (Japanese)
  • Postponement of public hearing to be held based on Art 113 of Labor Standard Law (Japanese)
  • Drugs on National Health Insurance Drug tariff(as of 1 June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of organizations that implement training projects for instructors of sputum suction, etc. in FY2012 (for instructors of 1st & 2nd trainings) (Japanese)
  • Promotion of sports activities of the disabled (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference of Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on June 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Nishimura Senior Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare addressing Memorial Service at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (1st MHLW version of "Meeting for Policy Proposing Type Screening" was held) (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for volunteer organizations to be dispatched on special mission for recovery of remains of war dead (Japanese)
  • Status of occurrence of industrial accidents (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of May 30, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of May 30, 2012) 《for disaster victims》 (Japanese)
  • General drugs sales system (risk classification) (Japanese)
  • World No Tobacco Day 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of employment placement in agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries (Japanese)
  • Implementation of administrative project review (process made publicly open) (Japanese)
Jun 1
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《404th announcement 》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water 《277th Announcement》 (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare presenting MHLW proposal (Strategy for Working"Nadeshiko") at Ministerial Group Meeting that Promotes Economic Revitalization through Women's Successful Career") (Japanese)
  • Project for Promotion of Regional Employment Creation (package project), Project for Realization of Regional Employment Creation (Japanese)
  • Collection of best practices (collection of ideas for promotion of work life balance in small and medium sized enterprises) (Japanese)
  • Various forms (corporate-type defined contribution pension plan) (Japanese)
  • Report of "Study group on clerical tasks for screening of receipts of medical service fees covered by workers' accident compensation insurance" is published (Japanese)
  • Stock status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of June 1) (Japanese)
  • Q&A on long-term care service (related to criteria of operation & that of calculating remuneration) (Japanese)
  • Electronic submission of report of employment status of the elderly & disabled (Japanese)
  • We encourage you to take measures on work life balance: Summary of "Collection of ideas for promoting work life balance in small-and-medium-sized companies" (leaflet) (Japanese)
  • Various support projects concerning measures for prevention of passive smoking (Japanese)

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May 2012
May 31
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《403rd announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number & rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Implementation of collective referral to head offices of financial institutions of investigation stipulated in Public Assistance Act (Art 29) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Manual on declaration of fiscal renewal of labour insurance (renewal in June 2012) (Japanese)
  • Report on information security in MHLW (Japanese)
  • Collaboration with NPOs (Japanese)
  • Revision of remuneration of medical services in FY2012 (administrative note) (Japanese)
  • Workshop for medical instructors on clinical training of medical practioners (Japanese)
  • The 21st Life Tables (Japanese) (English)
  • List of model evaluation sheets & model curricula (utilization of Job Cards) (Japanese)
  • Launch of marketing strategy for promoting women's success at work and activating companies~starting from Equal Employment Opportunity of Men and Women month in June 2012!~ (Japanese)
  • Statistical table related to re-examination of labour insurance in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • "Report of survey on leading activities of promotion of use of generic drugs" (FY2011 survey) (Japanese)
  • New 4 business categories added in "model evaluation sheet," "model curricula," etc. to disseminate use of Job-Cards System ~"plasting industry," "apparel sector," "metal press industry," and "outdoor advertisement industry" (Japanese)
  • June 2012 is 27th Equal Employment Opportunity of Men and Women month~"Positive Action messages" for enterprises and female workers are prepared~ (Japanese)
  • Assessment criteria for vocational capability completed for "thread production industry" and "outdoor advertisement industry"; relevant criteria revised for "apparel sector" (Japanese)
  • Summary of status of consultation, assistance for dispute resolution, and corrective guidance concerning Equal Employment Opportunity Law, Child Care & Family Care Leave Act, and Part-time Employment Act in FY2011〜Cases of filing and application for assistance for dispute resolution to Regional Labour Bureaus surpassed 1,000 for the first time〜 (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceutical products on National Health Insurance Drug Price List (as of May 31, 2012) (Japanese)
  • MHLW's plan for conduct of ex-post evaluation (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Job Cards for students (Japanese)
  • Outline of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (pamphlet) (Japanese)
  • Guide on application for provision of subsidies for equal treatment & conversion to regular status in employment (pamphlet) (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report of Monthly Labour Survey - April 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Information on avian influenza (H5N1) (Japanese)
  • Information site on tabacco and health (Japanese)
May 30
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《402nd announcement 》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Implementation of HIV Exam Promotion Week in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Prevention of heat strokes~measures we ask people to take (Japanese)(English:357KB)
  • Substantial Agreement on Negotiation with respect to an Agreement between Japan and India on Social Security (Japanese)
  • Recovery of Remains of War Dead (May) (Japanese)
  • 2nd unofficial announcemnt of facilities improvement expenses for after-school children clubs in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Various labour insurance forms (Japanese)
  • Revision of remuneration of welfare service for persons with disabilities in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums, as of end of March 2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on May 29, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report of Survey on Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Industry (Japanese)
  • Information on subsidies provided to employers for employment stabilization (Japanese)
  • Status of safety screening of genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • Assessment of status of consultations received on welfare benefits from disaster victims of Great East Japan Earthquake (April 2012 and sum total) (Japanese)
May 29
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Employment referrals for general workers (April 2012) (Japanese)(English)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《401th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Enforcement status of individual labour dispute resolution system in FY2011~Number of consultation offered and advice & guidance requested on civil, individual labour dispute resolution reached record high level (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceutical products on National Health Insurance Drug Price List (as of 29 May 2012) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and the Economy (May 2012) (Japanese)
  • 49th "Codex Liaison Council" (open to public) to be held and applications accepted for observers (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare receiving proposals on illegal drugs from Kawakami Chairperson of Consumer Commission) (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has completed prior evaluation (Japanese)
  • Consultation with and reply from Labour Policy Council on "Outline of draft Ministerial Ordinance which partially amends Regulation concerning Prevention of Ionizing Radiation Hazards pertaining to decontamination work of soils contaminated by ratioactive materials produced by Great East Japan Earthquake"~Prevention of radiation hazards for workers engaged in restoration and reconstruction work (excluding decontamination task) in recently remapped evacuation zones~ (Japanese)
  • Increased locally reported Rubella cases (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Employment Insurance Projects (April 2012) (Japanese)
  • Current employment status in areas struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Status of termination of temporary employment contracts~provisional report in May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of submission of "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment," and numbers of guidance & consultation provided in regard to "Re-employment Assistance Plans" and "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" (April 2012) (Japanese)
  • Situation of acceptance of "Notification of implementation plan for suspension of business operation" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (April 2012) (Japanese)
May 28
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《400th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Art 20, Para 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Outline of provision of subsidies for promotion of equal treatment & conversion to regular status in employment (Japanese)
  • Points of preventing occupational accidents in retailing industry~to create safe and comfortable workplace~ (Japanese)
  • Ouline of application procedures for 4th Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Authorization system for meat food products for export (Japanese)
  • Notification related to 10 to 1 basic hospitalization charges in revision of remuneration for medical services in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • 5 Japanse orphans remaining in China make temporary return trip to Japan in group (5/29-6/9) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference of Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on May 25, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Products in which pharmaceutical substances used for tonic purposes are detected (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of May 23, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of May 23, 2012)《for disaster victims》 (Japanese)
  • "Revision of Employment Rate of Persons with Disabilities, etc." Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Statements for FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of companies that implement continuing pharmacist education in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Q&A on long-term care service (related to criteria of operation & that of calculating remuneration) (Japanese)
  • Corporate-type defined contribution pension plans (changes in number of contracts, etc.) (Japanese)
  • Results of 1st survey on existence of polychlorinated biphenyl in organic pigments as byproducts (Japanese)
May 25
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water 《276th Announcement》 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《399th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Announcement of Meeting for Local Municipalities regarding Smooth Introduction of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (Japanese)
  • Comments for IRESSA case (Osaka court ruling) (Japanese)
  • Report on status of health care service for latter-stage elderly (Monthly report) (Japanese)
  • Additional investigations into medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations are delivered (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Certification of qualifiaction for applicants of National Dentist Exam (Japanese)
  • Certification of qualifiaction for applicants of National Physician Exam (Japanese)
  • 34 recipients of "MHLW Award for Dental Hygienists Commended for Their Service" decided (Japanese)
  • Status of death & significant accidents in 2011~2,338 died dued to industrial accidents, out of which 1,314 died with earthquake disaster being direct cause~ (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of 25 May) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions where blood coagulation factor products are delivered (Japanese)
  • Submission of investigation report by USAD on cases in which U.S. beef was commingled with shipment for Japan (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare inspecting "certified children's nursery, 'Kodomo no mori'" (Japanese)
  • Reminder for facility managers of Facilities and Support Facilities for Persons with Disabilities concerning accidents related to the use of finger protective equipment (for examining mouth) in dental treatment (Japanese)
  • World No Tobacco Day 2012 (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for May 2012 (Japanese)
May 24
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《398th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Indonesian candidates for nurses and certified careworkers under Japanese laws based on the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement (1 additional case) (Japanese)
  • Notices regarding monitoring of and guidance on food sanitation in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report of Employees' Pension Insurance & National Pension (Japanese)
May 23
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《397th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference of Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on May 22, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Plan to make employment rate of persons with disabilities to 2.0% in private companies approved~Consultation and submission of reports in regard to "Employment Rate of Persons with Disabilities (Draft)" (Japanese)
May 22
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《396th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and the Economy, May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Prompt Vital Statistics Report, Mar 2012 (Japanese)
  • Please participate in Basic Survey on Wage Structure (Japanese)
  • Second Study Group for Plans for Chemical-substances Management (to be held on May 29, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (cases assessed in Mar 2012) (Japanese)
  • Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (schedule of releases) (Japanese)
May 21
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《395th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Requested that printing industry properly implement measures for prevention of health impariment caused by chemical substance (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • For employers (for ongiong businesses) in FY2012: How to fill out declaration form for fiscal renewal of labour insurance (Japanese)
  • Fact-finding Survey on Minimum Wages (Japanese)
  • Proposals for G20 Leaders put forward by the G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (Japanese)
  • Calculation structure of remuneration & table of service codes (for services enforced in Apr 2012) (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (Preliminary data), January 2012 (Japanese)
  • Chidorigafuchi National Ceremony Memorial Service will be held (Monday, 28 May, 12:30~) (Japanese)
  • Summary of Press Conference by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare on 18 May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Fiscal Year Plan concerning production of statistics by commission, and preparation and provision of anonymized data (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • Notices regarding monitoring of and guidance on food sanitation in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of May 16, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of May 16, 2012)【For Disaster Victims】 (Japanese)
May 18
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey - March 2012 - (English) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water 《275th Announcement》 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《394th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare exchanging opinions with members of "Meeting of Special Team on Promotion of Employment of Women") (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Komiyama Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare explaining about Comprehensive Reform of Social Security and Taxes in "Town Meeting on 'Security for Tomorrow' in Kagawa") (Japanese)
  • Status of occurrence of death accidents caused by heat strokes (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Briefing session on open recruitment for feasibility studies for strategic research (extraction of people affected by metabolic syndrome and thus subject to prevention of onset of adult disease in municipalities, and research on impact of preventive intervention system, such as health guidance) (Japanese)
  • Review your work plans on warm days!~Measures to be taken your the workplace, based on last year's trends and this summer's power-saving plan, in FY2012~ (Japanese)
  • Press release material on influenza (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of 18 May) (Japanese)
  • June is specfied as "Foreign Worker's Affairs Education Month." "We are the one~Towards a society in which we can work equally~ (Japanese)
  • Quetionnaires for basic survey on minimum wages (Japanese)
  • Blood Project Report (2011 version) (Japanese)
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey―FY2011― (Japanese)
  • Notices regarding monitoring of and guidance on food sanitation in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Revision of Polio Vaccine Q&A (Japanese)
May 17
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《393th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number & rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Awards ceremony to present Child Welfare Culture Award for FY2012 was held) (Japanese)
  • Results of "3rd Follow-up Survey on Status of Provision of Instructions to Non-notifier Pay Nursing Homes" (Japanese)
  • Award for Companies Providing Career Supportin FY2012~for companies committed to human resource development~~Companies engaged in career development of workers are encouraged to apply~ (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare, Ms. Komiyama, inspecting "Yokohama City Kogaya Kindergarten") (Japanese)
  • List of medical institutions implementing advanced medical care (Japanese)
May 16
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services,February 2012 (Japanese)
  • Damage situation and measures taken in response to windstorms in May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《392nd announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report on Status of Long-term Care Insurance Project (Jan 2012) (Japanese)
  • Accepting public comments for "Voices of the People" (Japanese)
  • Take a chance to move up through Positive Actions~for both employees and companies~ (Leaflet) (Japanese)
  • Trends of Recent Health Expenditures (publishing schedule) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (Jan 2012) (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare, Mr. Asonuma's trip abroad (Participation in 65th World Health Assembly) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number & rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of May 9, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of May 9, 2012)【for disaster victims】 (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on May 15, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (preliminary data), Feb 2012 (Japanese)
  • Information on Support System for Job Seekers (enforced in Oct 1, 2011) (Japanese)
  • Open recruitment of corporations implementaing Project for Collecting of Cases of Medical Incident in Pharmacies in FY2012 (Japanese)
May 15
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《391th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Senior Vice Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare, Ms. Chinami Nishimura's trip abroad (Participation in G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Implementation Job Analysis Manual (pamphlet) (Japanese)
  • 4th Meeting of Task Force on Asset and Financial Management of Employees' Pention Fund, etc. (Japanese)
  • Number of the persons with disabilities who found jobs through Hello Works hit a record high of about 60,000 (Status of employment placement of the disabled in FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Annual & Monthly Reports on National Health Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Period of accepting applications for a slogan for "Child Abuse Prevention Promotion Month" in FY2012 is from today to Wednesday, 20 June (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to Apr 2012) (Japanese)
  • Promotion of sports activities of disabled persons (Japanese)
  • List of Employment Support Centers for the Disabled (Japanese)
  • List of Employment and Livelihood Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Compilation of Report on "Job Offers, Applicants, and Job Offers to Applicants related to Recent High School and Junior High School Graduates" in FY2011~Percentage of high school graduates who found jobs was 96.7%; the same percentage increased in all 3 disaster-hit prefectures (Japanese)
  • Name list of senior officers as of May 15, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Handling of compilation and publication of Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services due to Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Secure In-home Long-term Care & Long-term Care in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Impacts of strengthened employment support for university graduates~About 16,000 people were employed through "Last Intensive Support Prior to Graduation in 2012," resulting in raising approximately 4 points in employment rate~ (Japanese)
May 14
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《390th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • 6 organizations selected for implementing "Project for Supporting Regional Human Resources for New Business Development" in FY2012~Accepting applications for additional 4 organizations by Friday, 1 June~ (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on May 11, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Project on infrastructure development for cancer clinical trials in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Public comments received on "Draft Interim Assessement in FY2011, Working Group on Assessment and Evaluation、Labour Policy Council" (Japanese)
May 11
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《389th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Notified prefectures on measures for prevention of solitafy death (Japanese)
  • Summary Report of Survey on Industrial Accidents 2011 (Survey of establishments (with 100 employees or more) and survey of general construction) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Published data of "companies incorporating Job-Card in job interviews (supporter companies for promotion of Job-Card)" (as of March 30, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Materials on Secure Life Creation Project (Yokohama city) (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for Social Welfare Promotion Project subsidies in FY2012 (Announcement) (Japanese)
  • Full enforcement of bus drivers' working hour management requested~Direct request made by Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare to Bus Associations~ (Japanese)
  • Implementation of "Policy Proposing Type Screening" (Japanese)
  • 1st selection process of areas for FY2012 ended for Employment Creation Support Projects aimed to create jobs in regions with severe employment situation―"Practical-type Regional Employment Creation Project"― (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of 11 May) (Japanese)
  • Orders for suspension and improvement of specified worker dispatching undertaking to its business operators (Japanese)
  • Infrastructure development for cancer clinical trials in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Measures for child abuse prevention (Japanese)
  • Revision of medical service fees covered by workers' accident compensation insurance (FY2012) (Japanese)
  • World No Tobacco Day 2012 (Japanese)
  • Misdelivery of copy of new chemical substances manufacture notification (Japanese)
  • List of representative corporations whose contracts of corporate-type defined contribution pension plans are approved (Japanese)
  • Current status of corporate-type pension investment (Japanese)
  • Status of implementation of defined contribution pension plans (Japanese)
  • Outline of advanced medical services (Japanese)
  • Handling of aggregate results and publication of Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions in FY2011 and Great East Japan Earthquake's impacts on them (Japanese)
May 10
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《388th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Proper use of electrical massager for household use (Reminder) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Photo report (Nishimura Vice Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare touring "Hello Work for Career Advancement in Tokyo" and "Hello Work for Supporting New Graduates in Tokyo") (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • Partial revision of notices related to remuneration for medical services in FY2012 (No. 3) (Japanese)
  • Website on Law Concerning Assistance Dogs for the Disabled (Japanese)
  • Additional applications for subsidies for Project for Promotion of General Welfare for Persons with Disabilities accepted (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for officials responsible for employment placement (Japanese)
  • Polio vaccine (revision of the leaflet) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Komiyama Health Minister explaining about Comprehensive Reform of Social Security & Tax Systems at "Town Meeting on 'Security for Tommorrow' in Niigata" (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for questions on FY2013 version of National Physician Exam (Japanese)
  • Report of Working Group on Pharmaceutical Products for Pesticide and Animal Use, Food Sanitation Sectional Committee, Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council (Japanese)
May 9
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《387th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Status of supply of anti-influenza virus drugs for general distribution (for April) (Japanese)
  • Survey on national pension funds for re-employment status of retired national government employees (Japanese)
  • Laws and regulations related to Industrial Safety and Health Act (Japanese)
  • Various labour insurance forms (Japanese)
  • Information on workshops for medical instructors (Japanese)
  • Damage situation and measures taken in response to windstorms which occurred in May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Seeking a slogan recruited for National Occupational Safety Week in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on May 8, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
May 8
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《386th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Handling of poultry shell eggs exported to Hong Kong (Japanese)
  • Measures for tap water (communications) (Japanese)
  • Job-Card System (Japanese)
  • Summaries of outcomes of Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants (Japanese)
  • MHLW YouTube Video (Town Meeting on "Security for tomorrow" in Niigata) (Japanese)
  • Safety management of Magnetic Resonance (MR) equipment at time of disaster (Japanese)
  • Avian influenza (H5N1) (Japanese)
  • Press release material related to Influenza (Japanese)
  • Status of utilization of welfare services for persons with disabilities (from Nov 2007 to present) (Japanese)
  • Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (preliminary data), February 2012 (Japanese)
  • Partial revision of contents of "FY2011 Report on 'Job Offers, Applicants, and Job Offers to Applicants related to Recent High School and Junior High School Graduates'" (Japanese)
  • Schedules and organizations implementing workshops for dispatching business operators (Japanese)
  • Public comments received on revised "Plans for optimization of services and systems related to administrative work for employment stabilization" (Japanese)
  • Damage situation and measures taken in response to windstorms which occurred in May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Standards on foods, additives, etc. (Abstract) (Japanese)
  • Handbook of Health and Welfare Statistics (Japanese)
  • "Teaching material movie on appropriate control of manufacturing process of foodstuffs in tablet and capsule forms" (prepared in April 2012) (Japanese)
May 7
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《385th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Application of Disaster Relief Act to windstorms which occurred in May 2012 (Japanese)
  • Hello Work (public employment security offices) special district (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Various labour insurance forms (computational aid tools for fiscal renewal of labour insurance (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified food (Japanese)
  • ID numbers of successful applicants of 26th National Registered Dietitian Exam (prompt report) (Japanese)
  • Announcement of successful applicants of 26th National Registered Dietitian Exam (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for officials responsible for employment placement (Japanese)
  • Scope of business for medical corporations (Japanese)
  • Preliminary examination of National Dentist Exam in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Preliminary examination of National Physician Exam in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Partial amendment of standards on foods, additives, etc. (Japanese)
  • Amendment of "Labour Standards for Women" for maternal protection~Banning women from working in places where chemical substances harmful totheir reproductive functions are generated; to be enforced in Oct 2012~ (Japanese)
May 4
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《384th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
May 3
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《383th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
May 2
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《381th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Suspicious calls and e-mails from people disguised as those from MHLW and its personnel (Japanese)
  • Cultural and artistic activities of people with disabilities (Japanese)
  • Summary of survey on enrollment status of public pensions in FY2010 《statistics information》 (Japanese)
  • Summary of survey on enrollment status of public pensions in FY2010 《press release》 (Japanese)
  • Submission of investigation report by USAD on cases in which U.S. beef (frozen boneless beef short plate) was commingled with shipment for Japan (Japanese)
  • Computational aid tool for reporting renewal of labour insurance by fiscal year (Japanese)
  • Information on collection of foods in violation of Food Hygiene Law (Japanese)
  • Provisional Report of Monthly Labour Survey―March 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • Dental Practioners Clinical Training System (Japanese)
  • List of documents and manuals on risk assessment (Japanese)
  • Name list of senior officers (as of May 1, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Revision of medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Submission of notifications on basic hospitalization charges, etc., related to nutritional mangement system and countermeasures for pressure sores, with revision of medical service fees in FY2012 (Japanese)
May 1
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《381th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Results of nationwide survey on 5th Term Long-term Care Insurance Project Plan (Japanese)
  • Guidance on proper use of narcotics for medical use~guidance on use & management of medical-use narcotics for treating cancer pain~ (Japanese)
  • Accepting requests for early introduction of unapproved medical devices with substancial medical needs (Japanese)
  • Draft budgets of MHLW for FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Information on benefits provided to employers (Work-balance Support Subsidy) (Japanese)
  • Grants for Project to Support Human Resources Development in Growth Areas (special earthquake disaster measure) expanded~relaxation of application requirements for employers who provide only OFF-JT~ (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on April 27, 2012 (Japanese)
  • List of names of senior officers as of May 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of April 25, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available(as of April 25, 2012)【for disaster victims】 (Japanese)
  • Standards on foods, additives, etc. ―Abstract― (Japanese)
  • Fishery food exported to China (Japanese)
  • Insurance coverage of unapproved drugs whose public knowledge-based application has undergone prior evaluation (Japanese)

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Apr 2012
Apr 30
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《380th announcement》 (related to accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant) (Japanese)
Apr 29
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《379th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Foreign winners of the spring's Medal of Honor in 2012 (Japanese)
  • Winners of the spring's Medal of Honor in 2012 (Japanese)
Apr 28
  • Winners of the spring's Medal of Honor in 2012 (Japanese)
Apr 27
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water 《273rd Announcement》 (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《378th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceutical approval of single inactivated polio vaccine (Japanese)
  • Transfer of documents on war victims’ relief to National Archives of Japan (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceutical products and medical devices using bovine-derived materials from cattle produced in country, such as U.S. and Canada (No. 19) (Japanese)
  • Revision of remuneration for welfare services for persons with disabilities in FY 2012 (Japanese)
  • Additional investigations into medical institutions to which fibrinogen preparations have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Press release materials on influenza (Japanese)
  • Industry-based support tools for "visualization" of gender disparities for promoting Positive Actions (Japanese)
  • Internship opportunities (Japanese)
  • Report of the expert meeting on radiation protection for workers engaged in restoration and reconstruction in accordance with review of nuclear evacuation zones (Japanese)
  • Crusade against illegal cannabis and opium poppies (Japanese)
  • Stock inventory status of blood products (erythrocyte products) (as of 27 April) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions to which blood coagulation factor products have been delivered (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums as of end of February 2012 (Japanese)
  • National survey on actual conditions of the homeless (Japanese)
  • Discontinuance of Specified Worker Dispatching Undertaking~implemented based on Art. 21 (1) of Worker Dispatching Act~ (Japanese)
  • Industry-based support tools for "visualization" of gender disparities for promoting Positive Actions created for the first time~for 3 industries of department store, supermarket and IT service~ (Japanese)
  • 【Accepting Applications】List of meetings open to public for observation & participation, including Councils (Japanese)
  • Labour and Welfare (MHLW public relations magazine) (Japanese)
  • Tax credits for employment promotion (Japanese)
  • Status on implementation of Measures to Support Development of Next Generation (Japanese)
  • Town Meeting on "Security for Tommorrow" in Nara (Japanese)
  • Site for announcement of results of 26th National Examination for Registered Dietitian (Japanese)
  • Approximate contribution rates (related to Retiree Health Care System) in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Statistics related to application of labour insurance and collection of labour insurance premiums (monthly report for March) (Japanese)
  • Partial amendment of notices related to revision of medical service fees in FY2012 (No. 2) (Japanese)
  • Watch out for poisonous plants (Japanese)
  • Information on recovery of remains of war dead abroad (May) (Japanese)
  • Documents related to systems on, such as, payment of benefits to support independence of persons with disabilities (Japanese)
  • World No Tobacco Day 2012 (Japanese)
  • Projects that support practical preventitive healthcare activities in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Manual on Safety and Health Management for Principal Employers and Related Contractors in Automobile Manufacturing Industry (Japanese)
  • Posting of Monthly Report on Employment Insurance Projects (Japanese)
  • Current employment status in areas struck by Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Situation of termination of temporary employment contracts~provisional report in April 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of employment referrals for general workers (for 2011 & March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Status of submission of "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment," and numbers of guidance & consultation provided in regard to "Re-employment Assistance Plans" and "Notification in Case of Mass Fluctuations in Employment" (March 2012) (Japanese)
  • Situation of acceptance of "Notifications of implementation plans for suspension of business operations" related to Employment Adjustment Subsidies (March 2012) (Japanese)
Apr 26
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《377th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instruction of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Basic Survey of Gender Equality in Employment Management (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("Komiyama Health Minister and Fujita Parliamantary Secretary distributing miniature carp streamers to kindergarten children") (Japanese)
  • Trends of Recent Health Expenditures (monthly version) December 2011 (Japanese)
  • Database of Medical Insurance Health Expenditures (Japanese)
  • Database of Approximate Health Expenditures (Japanese)
  • Social care for children (Japanese)
  • Q&A regarding Norovirus (Japanese)
  • 【Accepting Applications】List of meetings open to public for observation and participation, including Councils (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("Komiyama Health Minister giving explanation on Comprehensive Reform of Social Security & Tax Systems at Town Meeting on 'Security for Tommorrow' in Nara") (Japanese)
  • Notification system for importation of animals: Forms of health certificates communicated by exporting countries (Japanese)
  • Invitation of opinions & public comments (Japanese)
  • Companies incorporating Job-Cards in job interviews (supporter companies for promotion of Job-Cards) (Japanese)
  • Symposium on Water and Sewage Related to Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
Apr 25
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey February 2012
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《376th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instruction of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Initiative for Accelerating Regulatory Science in Innovative Drug, Medical Device, and Regenerative Medicine (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Safety Information (Japanese)
  • 【Accepting Applications】List of meetings open to public for observation & participation, including Councils (Japanese)
  • Status on Welfare Pension Insurance & National Pension Projects (monthly project report) (as of January 2012) (Japanese)
  • Report on Status of Healthcare Services for Latter-stage Elderly (monthly project report) (Japanese)
  • Leaflet on renewal of labour insurance by fiscal year (Japanese)
  • Opening of nursing schools in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on April 24, 2012 (Japanese)
  • 3rd Meeting to Discuss Smooth Introduction of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (Japanese)
  • Labour and Economy Indicators for April 2012 (Japanese)
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey―February 2012― (English) (Japanese)
  • A slogan picked for National Occupational Safety Week in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Komiyama Health Minister explaining about Comprehensive Reform of Social Security & Tax Systems at "Town Meeting on 'Security for Tommorrow' in Hokkaido" (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Komiyama Health Minister actively listening to participants' questions at "Town Meeting on 'Security for Tommorrow' in Saitama") (Japanese)
  • A website on medical corporations and health service management (Japanese)
  • A website on genetically modified food (Japanese)
  • 【Second public requests】 List of pharmaceutical products requested to companies for development as a result of Study Group on Unapproved and Off-label Drugs of High Medical Need (Japanese)
  • Procedures for filing small quantities of new chemical substances (Japanese)
Apr 24
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《375th announcement》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Pediatric emergency telephone consultation programs (#8000) (Japanese)
  • Dog tag with registration number & rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • List of information desks accepting applications for various employment-related benefits (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Komiyama Health Minister inspecting Yokohama Quarantine Station's Imported Food & Quarantine Inspection Center) (Japanese)
  • Information related to tap water (Japanese)
  • 【Accepting Applications】List of meetings open to public for observation & participation, including Councils (Japanese)
  • Foreigners Employment Notification System after enforcement of Points-based system (Japanese)
  • Fishery food exported to China (Japanese)
  • "Medical care education and professional training" at Ceritified Careworker Training Facilities (Japanese)
  • Furusato Employment Recovery Special Fund Projects contracted out after the project terms end (Japanese)
Apr 23
  • Prompt Vital Statistics Report, February 2012 (in Japanese)
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods 《374th announcement 》 (related to TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Invitation for public comments for "Ministerial Ordinance that establishes technical standards on manufacturing equipment of PFOS and its salt" (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on Healthcare Services for Latter-stage Elderly in FY2010 (Japanese)
  • 3rd Meeting to Discuss Smooth Introduction of Inactivated Polio Vaccine (Japanese)
  • Research Study Project on Decent Work and Company Management (Japanese)
  • Reserves for Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance System (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of distribution on foods, based on provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on instructions of Director-General of Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • "Prompt Vital Statistics Report" (February 2012) (Japanese)
  • Schedules for official announcement of Vital Statistics Surveys (Japanese)
  • Information on benefits provided to employers (Japanese)
  • Plans for/results of Policy Evaluation (Japanese)
  • Interpretation of ambiguities (related to revision of medical service fees in FY2012) (No. 2) (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for provision of meals at day care centers (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on National Health Insurance Services for FY2010 (Japanese)
  • 【Accepting Applications】List of meetings open to public for observation & participation, including Councils (Japanese)
  • Guidance on proper use of narcotics for medical use~guidance on use & management of medical-use narcotics for treating cancer pain~ (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of April 18, 2012) (Japanese)
  • Number of employment promotion housings available (as of April 18, 2012)【for disaster victims】 (Japanese)
  • Appointment of Steering Committee members of Government Pension Investment Fund (Japanese)
  • Summary of press conference by Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on April 20, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Competency Examination System (Japanese)
Apr 21
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Apr 17
Apr 16
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Apr 11
Apr 10
Apr 9
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Feb 2012
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