Oct 31 |
- Monthly and Annual Reports on Employment Insurance Services (Japanese)
- The unofficial announcement of subsidies for the improvement of facilities including medical care facilities (the project for the improvement of facilities including the fire sprinker system at hospitals with less than 20 beds, etc. in FY2017 (Japanese)
- Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (1057th announcement) (related to the TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
- The"6th Smart Life Project Award (Let's extend healthy life expectancy!)"~Award-winning enterprises, associations, and local governments will be selected and an award ceremony will be held~ (Japanese)
- The MHWL has launched a smartphone app targeting young people to inform them of the country's public pension system. (Japanese)
- Information on the "Pension Day" and the "Pension Month"~November is the "Pension Month" and Nov. 30th is the "Pension Day"~ (Japanese)
- Dynamic Survey of Medical Institutions (Preliminary data), Aug. 2017 (Japanese)
- The status of the provision of temporary welfare benefits (economic measure (simple payment measures)) (Japanese)
- Two new psychoactive substances are designated as "Shitei Yakubutsu (Designated Substances)"~A ministerial order for establishing the designated substances, etc., is promulgated~ (Japanese)
- Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary Data), Aug. 2017 (Japanese)
- Status on the authorization of "Re-Employment Assistance Plans" (Q2 FY2017 (Jul.-Sep.)) (Japanese)
- Employment referrals for general workers (September 2017) (English) (Japanese)
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Oct 30 |
- The 6th Study Group Meeting concerning Support for Work-family Balance to be held (Japanese)
- Announcement of successful applicants of the 47th Examination for Building Sanitation Enginieers~1,387 people passed the examination in FY2017~ (Japanese)
- Report on the 12th Summit of Heads of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (Japanese)
- "The 3rd Meeting to Discuss Evidence-based Long-term Care" to be held (Japanese)
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Oct 27 |
- Results of the Fact-finding Survey on Economic Conditions in Long-term Care in FY2017 (Japanese)
- Report on the "Status of Employment of Elderly Persons" in 2017 (Japanese)
- Tokyo AMR One-Health Conference to be held (Japanese)
- Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums (as of the end of August 2017) (Japanese)
- November is the month for strengthening measures against "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)" ~Reduce the Risk of Infant Death during Sleep~(Japanese)
- November is the month for "Promoting Human Resource Development"~Hosting events to promote Japan's technoloy such as an award ceremony for contemporary master craftsmen~(Japanese)
- Medical findings on the relationship between liver cancer and radiation exposure are published~After workers' compensation claims are filed, a report is compiled based on an analysis and examination of international reports, epidemiological studies, etc.~(Japanese)
- Request for cooperation in the Survey on the Insured of National Pension in 2017 (Japanese)
- Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on August 2017) (Japanese)
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Oct 26 |
- Cancellatio of the "National Forum for Promoting the Prevention of Child Abuse in Kochi"(Japanese)
- Cancellation of Instruction to restrict distribution based on the Act on Special Measures Concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, direction of Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters (Japanese)
- A free telephone service, the "Counseling Dial Service for Overwork," will be implemented on October 28th at eight Prefectural Labour Bureaus nationwide (Japanese)
- Report on Public Health Administration and Servicies FY2016
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Oct 25 |
- Monthly Labour Survey [Prefectural Survey] - Mar. 2017 (Japanese)
- Monthly Labour Survey [Prefectural Survey] - Feb. 2017 (Japanese)
- Monthly Labour Survey [Prefectural Survey] - Jan. 2017 (Japanese)
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Oct 24 |
- "Prompt Vital Statistics Report," Aug. 2017 (Japanese)
- The 13th Longitudinal Survey of Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons (A Continuous Survey on the Living Conditions of Middle-aged and Elderly Persons)will be held on Nov.1, 2017. (Japanese)
- Request for participation in the Longitudinal Survey of Adults in the 21st Century (2012 Cohort) (Japanese)
- The Annual Health, Labour and Welfare Report (2017 edition)(Japanese)
- Release of the Report on Household Income Analysis (Japanese)
- The "Annual Health, Labour and Welfare Report (2017 edition)" to be published. The theme of Part 1 for this year is "Social Secutiry and Economic Growth." (Japanese)
- Result of the attitude survey on social security services provided by the public and privated sectors.(Japanese)
- Revision of the "Basic Plan to Promote Cancer Control" (Japanese)
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Oct 23 |
- Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (1056th announcement) (related to the TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
- Survey on Trade Union Activity in 2016(Japanese)
- Kenta Kobashi (a special supporter for "Prevent Hepatitis: It's Up to You") meets with the Govenor of Niigata Prefecture (Japanese)
- Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
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Oct 20 |
- Cancellation of Marathon Relay 2017 in Matsuyama, the event to raise the awareness about Hepatitis (Japanese)
- "The 2nd Meeting to Discuss Evidence-based Long-term Care" to be held (Japanese)
- Differences between the Basic Survey on Wage Structure and the Monthly Labor Survey (Japanese)
- One Health Symposium on measures of AMR to be held on Nov. 27th in the auditorium of the Japan Medical Association.(admission free) (Japanese)
- The 37th Abilympic will be held~372 players will compete for excellence of skills in 22 areas~ (Japanese)
- The 20th Expert Committee on Social Care for Children, Working Group on Children, Social Security Council, to be held (Japanese)
- Results of the Japanese national team at the 44th World Skills Competition (Abu Dhabi, UAE) ~The Japanese team won three gold medals~ (Japanese)
- Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey August 2017 (English)(Japanese)
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Oct 19 |
- Recipients of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare’s awards for contribution in food hygiene business in FY2017 decided (Japanese)
- The status on the occurrence of occupational accidents in 2017(Oct. 2017) (Japanese)
- The results of matching between the recipients (medical students) and providers (hospitals) of clinical training for medical practitioners in FY2017 (Japanese)
- Ms. Natsuko Godai, a special ambassador for "Prevent Hepatitis: It's Up to You," meets with the governor of Ehime Prefecture (Japanese)
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Oct 18 |
- Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (1055th announcement) (related to the TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
- Status on the application of labour insurance and collection of premiums (Japanese)
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Oct 17 |
- Mr. Ryotaro Sugi, a special adivisor for "Prevent Hepatitis: It's Up to You," meets with the governor of Gifu Prefecture (Japanese)
- The "Medicines and Health Week" runs from October 17 to 23 (Japanese)
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Oct 16 |
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Oct 13 |
- Recipients of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare’s awards for contribution in pharmaceutical administration in FY2017 to be awarded (Japanese)
- A joint meeting of the 15th ASEAN and Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies to be held (Japanese)
- Survey on Dental Disease (Japanese)
- Marathon Relay 2017 in Matsuyama, the event to raise the awareness about Hepatitis (Japanese)
- Overview of Japanese Public Pension System
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Oct 12 |
- Revision of the Priority Areas for Robot Technology Introduced in Long-term Care (Japanese)
- The 78th Codex Consultative Meeting to be held (Japanese)
- Naoko Yamamoto became WHO Assistant Director-General (Japanese)
- The 5th Meeting to Discuss How to Prevent Workplace Power Harassment (Japanese)
- Japan and the Danish Ministry of Health exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of medical care and public health (Japanese)
- Statistics of Survey on Industrial Safety and Health Survey (actual condition survey) in 2016 (Japanese)
- Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (1,054th announcement) (related to the TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
- Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
- Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
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Oct 11 |
- Cancellation of Instruction to restrict distribution based on the Act on Special Measures Concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, direction of Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters (Japanese)
- Actor Ryotaro Sugi (a hepatitis measures special advisor for "Prevent Hepatitis: It's Up to You") and singer ATSUSHI of EXILE(a special supporter for "Prevent Hepatitis: It's Up to You")meet with the governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture (Japanese)
- "Seminar on Support for Introduction of Self-Career Dock" will be held ~Measures to promote and support employee-led career development and case presentation by enterprises introducing "Self-Career Dock"~ (Japanese)
- Recipients of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare’s awards for contribution in health, labour and welfare statistics in FY2017 are decided (Japanese)
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Oct 10 |
- The 19th National Convention for Promoting Organ Transplant to be held (Japanese)
- Statistical Survey (Survey on Medical Institutions) (Japanese)
- Statistical Survey (Hospital Report) (Japanese)
- Hospital Report (Preliminary data), Jun. 2017 (Japanese)
- "The 1st Meeting to Discuss Evidence-based Long-term Care" to be held (Japanese)
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Oct 6 |
- Survey on Status of Guidance based on the Hotel Business Act (Japanese)
- The 10th unofficial notification of appropriation of Subsidies for Improvement of Day-Care Centers in FY2017 (Carry-over budget from FY2016) (Japanese)
- The 3rd unofficial notification of appropriation of Subsidies for Improvement of Day-Care Centers in FY2017 (Japanese)
- The 4th Meeting for Revision of the Food Hygiene Law to be held (Japanese)
- An overseas business trip of Parliamentary Vice-Minister Onuma (Japanese)
- Recipients of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare’s awards for contribution in environmental health business (related to water supply) in FY2017 were decided (Japanese)
- The 2nd Council Meeting for Public-Private Partnership on Safety Measures in the Manufacturing Industry" to be held~for the purpose of discussing and promoting safety measures in the manufacturing industry across different business types~ (Japanese)
- Measures against food additives produced using genetically modified microorganisms which have not undergone a safety assessment stipulated in the Food Sanitation Law. (Japanese)
- Six organizations are selected as 3rd-term organizations to implement the "Regional Coordination Project for Promoting the Elderly to Stay Active in the Workplaces throughout their Lives in FY2017"~Creative efforts based on regional characteristics, etc. in order to contribute to the employment of the elderly are supported~ (Japanese)
- Publication of documents related to Japanese internees provided by the Russian and other governments (Posting of additionally identified persons, etc.) (Japanese)
- The 2017 White Paper on Prevention of Karoshi (Death caused by Overwork), etc.is published~The current status of karoshi, etc.and measures taken to prevent karoshi, etc.as well as results of surveys on Karoshi are compiled into the white paper~ (Japanese)
- Food Additives
- Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
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Oct 5 |
- Rules to prevent distribution of counterfeit medicines have been issued for pharmacies, whole salers and drug retailers. (Japanese)
- The Japanese national team who competes in the 44th World Skills Competition pays a courtesy call on Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on October 10th. (Japanese)
- Start the application for designation of items applicable for the "priority review and designation system"~To promote early commercial use of innovative drugs, medical devices and regenerative medicine products ~ (Japanese)
- Construction Safety Slogan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has been selected. (Japanese)
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Oct 4 |
- Status report on Long-term Care Insurance (Provisional) (July 2017) (Japanese)
- Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (Preliminary data), Jul. 2017 (Japanese)
- The 2nd Sectoral Committee Meeting on Labour Policy to be held (Japanese)
- The Japanese national team competing in the 44th World Skills Competition (Abu Dhabi, UAE) will be dispatched~45 competitorsteam members compete in 40 skillstrades including Aautobody Repairwork, Iinformation Nnetwork Cablingconstruction and western dish Cooking~ (Japanese)
- Naoko Yamamoto has been appointed WHO Assistant Director-General (Japanese)
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Oct 3 |
- Examples of Payroll Software used for the Monthly Labor Survey. (Japanese)
- Monthly Vital Statistics Report (Preliminary data), May 2017 (Japanese)
- A Logo for Vocational Training, "Hello Training"has been selected. (Japanese)
- "The 2017 Seminar on the Public Announcement of Enterprises Committed to Excellent Occupational Safety and Health Practices" to be held in six cities across the country in October~To provide a clear explanation about the Public Announcement of Enterprises Committed to Excellent Occupational Safety and Health Practices~ (Japanese)
- The Health, Labour and Welfare Minister's award for contribution in family planning and maternal and child health in FY2017 (Japanese)
- The Meeting to learn about radionuclides in foods and efforts to reduce the levels of radiation in food to be held in Tokyo, Miyagi, Aichi and Fukuoka. We are looking for participants. (Japanese)
- Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (1053rd announcement) (related to the TEPCO’s Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
- Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
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Oct 2 |
- Ensure that information on compensation through asbestos settlements is widely disseminated to former workers at asbestos plants or bereaved families of asbestos victims.~The MHLW will send leaflets to 756 people eligible for the settlement in early October. ~ (Japanese)
- The nationwide campaign to encourage people to take
annual paid leave is set in October. The revision of the guidelines for work hours and other working conditions was implemented on October 1, 2017 for the purpose of the campaign. (Japanese)
- The 1st "Public-Private Dialogue on Development of Innovative Medical Equipment" to be held (Japanese)
- The 44th Meeting of the Working Group on Children, Social Security Council to be held (Japanese)
- The Workplace Mental Health Symposium for FY 2017 to be held in December ~Use stress test results to improve the work environment ~ (Japanese)
- Two municipalities have been selected as the second adopted areas in the practical local employment creation program in FY2017 (Japanese)
- Job fairs for international students (Japanese)
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