Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

What's New 2013

Dec. Nov. Oct. Sep. Aug. Jul. Jun. May. Apr. Mar. Feb. Jan.
Jan 2013
Jan 31
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures (Cases assessed on October 2012) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (571st announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • The financial status of National Health Insurance (Municipal governments) in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • The financial staus of the Medical Care System for Older Senior Citizens (The Association of Medical Care Services for Older Senior Citizens) (Preliminary data) (Japanese)
  • "Reform of measures against intractable diseases (Proposal)" (Committee on Measures against Intractable Diseases, Working Group on Disease Control, Health Sciences Council) is approved (Japanese)
  • Additional investigations into medical institutions where fibrinogen preparations are delivered (Japanese)
  • Advisement of a slogan for the National Occupational Safety Week in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • The status of guidance/monitoring implemented for insurance medical institutions in FY2011 (Overview) (Japanese)
  • Investigations into medical institutions where blood coagulation factor products are delivered (Japanese)
  • Major private companies agreed upon the amount of lump sum payment at the end of the year～739,295 yen, falling 21,999 yen from the previous year (2.89%)～ (Japanese)
  • "A Job Forum for Highly-skilled Foreign Workers" will be held~To support both companies seeking highly-skilled workers and foreign students seeking a job in Japanese companies~ (Japanese)
  • The electronic processing system of workers' accident compensation insurance claims (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • Annual Report of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension Services (Schedule of release) (Japanese)
  • Annual Report of Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pension Services (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • The outline of advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Announcement of successful applicants of the 24th Examination for Sign Language Interpreters (Japanese)
Jan 30
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (570th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • "An Expert Committee on Support for Children with Chronic Pediatric Diseases of Specified Categories" (An interim report) (Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions on the distribution on foods, based on the provision in Article 20, Paragraph 3 of Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on the instructions of the Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Act on Promotion of Priority Order Placement from Persons with Disabilities (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceuticals and medical devices safety information (Japanese)
  • Japan reports its first case of a new tick-borne disease (Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome: SFTS) (Japanese)
  • Application for Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants in FY2013 (Comprehensive research projects on longevity science and measures against Dementia) (Japanese)
  • Special subsidies for stablization of the employment of dispatched workers (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums (as of November 2012) (Japanese)
  • A dog tag with a registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • A summary of the Minister's press conference on January 29, 2013 (Japanese)
  • Six chemical substances newly designated as narcotic drugs (Warning) (Japanese)
  • Application for Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants in FY2013 (Project for Implementation of Studies on Promotion of Food Safety) (Japanese)
Jan 29
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (568th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Passing of former Director-General of World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima (Japanese)
  • Reorganization of the MHLW''s organizational structure and reassessment of the enrollment limit (Overview) (Japanese)
  • Draft budgets of MHLW for FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Subsidies for equal treatment and conversion to regular status in employment (Scheduled to be terminated as of March 31, 2013) (Japanese)
  • An order for improvement concerining SS Pharm Co., Ltd.'s contract-manufacturing products (Japanese)
  • Employment support for persons with developmental disabilities (Japanese)
  • Status of persons who have not yet filed claims for Employees' Pension Fund and National Pension Fund benefits (Japanese)
  • Policy-based cost information (Japanese)
  • Disclosure of information on the Special Accounts of MHLW (Japanese)
  • Public release of financial documents (by Ministry or Agency) in FY2011 (Japanese)
  • Tax System Revision in MHLW in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • A survey on the forced retirement (Japanese)
  • FY2010 (A new analysis of a regional difference index (for hospital stay)) (Japanese)
  • Recruitment in MHLW according to the basic principles on employment and promotion (Japanese)
  • Recuitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Monitors in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • A reporting system that obliges all employers to report the "situation of foreign workers employment" (October 2012) (Japanese)
  • First round recruitment of municipalities for implemention of Project for Creating Practical, Community-based Employment in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Status report on Long-term Care Insurance (provisional) (October 2012) (Japanese)
Jan 28
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Voluntary recall of a medical device (General name: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator, pacemaker endocardial lead) (Product name: Isoline 2CR, 2CT) (Class I) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (568th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Leakage of questions prior to the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification examination (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available (as of January 23, 2013) (Japanese)
  • The number of employment promotion housings available (as of January 23, 2013) (For disaster victims) (Japanese)
  • Information on the recovery of remains of the war dead abroad (January) (Japanese)
  • Recent trends of medical prescription fees (computerized data) (August 2012) (Japanese)
  • Genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • "A new analysis of three elements of a regional difference index (for hospital stay)" and "Recent trends of the total length of hospital stay, an estimated number of new hospitalization cases, and estimated average length of hospital stay (12-month average)" (Japanese)
  • Database of approximate health expenditures (Estimated number of new hospitalization cases, estimated average length of hospital stay, and estimated impatient medical fees per person～Breakdown of impatient medical fees into 3 elements～) (Japanese)
  • A mathematical analysis of an estimated average length of hospital stay (II) (January 2013) (Japanese)
  • Database of medical insurance health expenditures (Japanese)
  • Database of approximate medical care expenditure (Japanese)
  • Trends of recent medical care expenditure (Monthly version), August 2012 issue (Japanese)
  • A summary of the Minister's press conference on January 27, 2013 (Japanese)
  • The MHLW video (YouTube) (Japanese)
  • A meeting related to health and welfare of persons with disabilities will be held (Japanese)
  • Employment measures for the elderly persons (Japanese)
  • Handling of additional increased revenue of the local government due to revised tax deduction for families with children under the age of 16 in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • A summary of the Minister's press conference on January 25, 2013 (Japanese)
  • Improvement in the 25th National Certified Careworker Exam by giving consideration to foreign candidates accepted under the Japanese laws based on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • A meeting for relevant parties of Project for Promotion of Regional/Occupational Coordination in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Third recruitment of Health Promotion Project for the Elderly in FY2012 (Japanese)
Jan 25
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 567th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (The 310th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Status of Medical Services for Elderly Aged 75 and Over (Japanese)
  • A report on the enforcement status of the Act on Special Provisions for Insurance Benefit and Insurance Premium Payment in Relation to Employees' Pension Insurance (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • The New Waterworks Vision Workshop will be held (Japanese)
  • Chemical substances newly designated as narcotic drugs (Japanese)
  • The recruitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Monitors for FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • The amount of a pension between April-September 2013 will be the same as in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • The status of occurrence of industrial accidents (preliminary data), January 2013 (Japanese)
  • Food additives (Japanese)
Jan 24
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 566th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Labour and the Economy (January 2012) (Japanese)
  • The slogan for the "Child Welfare Week" in FY2013 is decided (Japanese)
  • "Prompt Vital Statistics Report," November 2012 (Japanese)
  • Disaster condolence money and disaster relief loan support for the disaster victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake (Japanese)
  • Employees' Pension Insurance and National Pensions (Monthly report), October 2012 (Japanese)
Jan 23
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • General Survey on Working Conditions
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 565th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • The establishment and partial cancellation of restrictions on the distribution of foods, based on the provision in Art 20, Para 3 of the Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (as instructed by the Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • A dog tag with a registration number and rabies immunization record (The Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • The Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Cases Under the Condition of Insanity (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (A press conference on the 20-year-old Blood Donors Campaign 2013 was held in Hotel New Otani (Minato ward, Tokyo)) (Japanese)
  • Report on Status of Health and Mariners Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • Public comments are sought for the "Imported Food Monitoring and Guidance Plan in FY2013 (draft)" (Japanese)
  • Subsidies are set up for business operators who train non-regular workers in priority areas (health, environment, agriculture/forestry/fisheries, etc.) (Japanese)
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (September 2012) (Japanese)
  • The summary of the Minister's press conference on Janurary 22, 2013 (Japanese)
Jan 22
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 564th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Food additives (Japanese)
  • Handling of the participation of an observer in the Safety Measures Examination Committee deliberations held on October 11, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Implementation of an inspection order for imported foods縲廝olivian sesami seeds and their processed products縲鰀 (Japanese)
  • The 2nd/3rd open meeting on improvement of care management will be held (The Project for Improving the Training for Long-term Care Support Specialists (Care Managers)) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to EU (Japanese)
  • The outline of and release of documents related to the "Council on the Promotion of Joint Initiatives between the Public and Private Sectors in the Area of Water Supply in FY2012" (Japanese)
  • Subsidies for the training of non-regular workers, etc. (Japanese)
Jan 21
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 563rd announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • List of requirement for medical institutions implementing advanced medical care and list of medical institutions implementing advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • PDCA-cycle-based objectives management of 2 (3) unemployment insurance related services (Japanese)
  • The website on genetically modified foods (Japanese)
  • The hearing of opinions from the foreign persons concerned regarding the amendment of the standards for vehicle type construction machines (Japanese)
  • The summary of the Minister's press conference on January 18, 2013 (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary data), October 2012 (Japanese)
  • The status of consultations received from the disaster victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake regarding welfare benefits (November 2012 and total) (Japanese)
Jan 18
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey November 2012 (English) (Japanese)
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 562nd announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Partial cancellation of restrictions of the distribution on foods, based on the provision in Art 20, Para 3 of the Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (as instructed by the Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Medical corporations and health service management (The status of authorization of social medical corporations, as of January 1, 2013) (Japanese)
  • Detection of radioactive materials in tap water (309th announcement) (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to EU (Japanese)
  • Receipt of an investigation report by the USAD on cases in which U.S. beef was confirmed to have been commingled with shipment for Japan (Japanese)
  • The Announcement on the memorial services for the war dead (to be implemented in January 2013) (Japanese)
  • The 51st "Codex Liaison Council" will be held and applications are accepted for observers (Japanese)
  • The OTC drugs sales system (risk classification) (Japanese)
  • Information on workshops for medical instructors (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Press release material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Accepting public comments for "People's Voice" (Japanese)
  • The symposium on the "visualization" of gender disparities for promoting Positive Actions will be held (Japanese)
  • The recruitment of health, labour and welfare monitors in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • The report on the number of accidents reported at the Day-care Facilities (Japanese)
  • Enhancement of employment support for new school graduates experiencing difficulty in getting hired~"Intensive support for students looking for jobs but have not offered a job 2013" under the MEXT-METI joint initiative (Japanese)
  • MHLW's employment support information for new/recent graduates to be posted in the private companies' student job information site (Japanese)
  • "The survey on job offer situation of graduating university students" in FY2012～The job offer rate for students expected to graduate from universities shows increase from previous fiscal year, as of December 1, 2012～ (Japanese)
  • The "Report on job offers, job applications, and job offers to applicants pertaining to recent high school and junior high school graduates" in FY2012～The percentage of high school graduates who found employment was 75.8%, 2.7-point increase from the previous fiscal year, as of the end of November 2012 (Japanese)
  • Comprehensive Website on Everyone's Mental Health: Serial Column Vol. 8 (Japanese)
  • Workshops for Responsible Persons Acting for Dispatching Undertaking (schedules and implementing organizations) (Japanese)
  • The list of food poisoning cases (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary data), October 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary data), September 2012 (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Preliminary data), August 2012 (Japanese)
Jan 17
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on September 2012) (Japanese)
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 561st announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Cancellation of restrictions of the distribution on foods, based on the provision in Art 20, Para 3 of the Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (as instructed by the Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Detection of pharmaceutical components (Sildenafil and analogous components) in so-called health food (Japanese)
  • The "Children's Immunization Week" in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • The overview of the Social Security Agreements (Japanese)
  • The Business Report on the Fund Management of Employees' Pension Funds (FY2011) (Japanese)
  • Hospital Report (preliminary data), September 2012 (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • The order issued to dispatching business operators for the improvement of worker dispatching undertaking (Japanese)
  • The Master Plan for Water Supply (Japanese)
  • The Water Supply Plan in Wide-area Operations (Japanese)
  • "The Business Report on the Fund Management of Employees' Pension Funds (FY2011)" (press release) (Japanese)
  • The notification system for the importation of animals (Japanese)
  • Information on the prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
Jan 16
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 560th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • The dog tag with a registration number and rabies immunization record (Rabies Prevention Act) (Japanese)
  • The Photo Report (New Parliamentary Secretaries Tokashiki and Maruyama assume office) (Japanese)
  • The Photo Report (New Senior Vice Minister Akiba assumes office) (Japanese)
  • The Photo Report (New Senior Vice Minister Masuya assumes office) (Japanese)
  • The slogan for the "Child Welfare Week" in FY2013 is picked (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
  • The summary of the Minister's press conference on January 15, 2012 (Japanese)
  • The guidance for the "Ministrial Ordinance on Good Clinical Practice (revised edition)" (Japanese)
  • Report on Social Welfare Administration and Services (Schedule of releases) (Japanese)
Jan 15
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 559th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • The outline of the Supplementary Budget for 2012 (Japanese)
  • The dog tag with a registration number and rabies immunization record (The Rabies Prevention Act) (Ibaraki) (Japanese)
  • The Photo Report (Incoming Minister Tamura receives advice from Former Minister Mitsui for succeeding work in Minister's Office on December 27, 2012) (Japanese)
  • The introduction of Ministers, Vice-Ministers, and Parliamentary Secretaries (Japanese)
  • Press material on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Notices on monitoring and guidance for food sanitation in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • The list of food poisoning cases (Japanese)
  • The Minister's Award for Reproductive Care Physicians for Their Service in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • The results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (up to December 2012) (Japanese)
  • The OTC drugs sales system (Risk classification) (Japanese)
  • The summary of the Minister's press conference on January 11, 2013 (Japanese)
  • The list of designated regions (Countries/regions without the outbreak of avian influenza) (Japanese)
Jan 11
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 558th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • The Minister's discourse on the Supreme Court's ruling on the online OTC drug sale case (Japanese)
  • The meeting for local municipalities concerning intractable diseases, etc. to be added to the requirements of persons with disabilities will be held (Japanese)
  • The detection of radioactive materials in tap water (308th announcement) (Japanese)
  • The partial cancellation of restrictions on the distribution of foods, based on the provision in Art 20, Para 3 of the Act on Special Measures concerning Nuclear Emergency Preparedness (based on the instructions of the Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters) (Japanese)
  • Information on the 37th Meeting of the Council on the Promotion of Cancer Control Program to be held (Japanese)
  • Amendment of the Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards Due to Specified Chemical Substances, etc. in October 2012 (Japanese)
  • The recruitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Administration Monitors for FY2013 (Japanese)
  • The "Slogan of the Working Youth" for 2013 is chosen (Japanese)
  • To help you gain a correct understanding of Hansen's Disease (Japanese)
  • Invitation of public comments regarding the addition of chemical substances not applicable under Art 2-2 and 2-3 of the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc. and not accepted as requiring the evaluation prescribed in Art 2-5 of the same law (Japanese)
  • The 10th Activity Report of the Follow-up Service Promotion Office issued on January 11th, 2013 (Japanese)
  • The schedule pertaining to the manufacture/import notification, etc. of new chemical substances (Japanese)
Jan 10
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 557th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Updates to information on Infectious diseases: Rabies (Japanese)
  • Information on the "Seminar on the Promotion of Industrial Safety and Health Management Systems in the Workplaces for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" (Japanese)
  • "Monthly Vital Statistics Report (preliminary data), " August 2012 (Japanese)
  • The status of the supply of anti-influenza virus drugs for general distribution (for December) (Japanese)
  • Press release material related to Influenza (Japanese)
  • The meetings held in the Ministry open to the public (including Councils) (Information for participants and observers) (Japanese)
  • The schedules of and organizations implementing workshops for responsible persons acting for dispatching undertaking (Japanese)
  • The Project for Promoting Measures for Hikikomori (Japanese)
Jan 9
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 556th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Commissioned welfare and child welfare volunteers (Japanese)
  • The introduction of Ministers, Vice-Ministers, and Parliamentary Secretaries (English) (Japanese)
  • HPV, Hib, pediatric pneumococcal vaccines (Japanese)
  • The Symposium on Rheumatism and Allergies (Japanese)
  • Workplaces where workers' accidents are officially recognized to have occurred due to asbestos are requested to inform workers/bereaved family members of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance System～The letter of request is sent out to 630 workplaces～ (Japanese)
  • The Showa-kan/National Showa Memoriam Museum (Kudan, Tokyo) reopens its exhibition room, starting on January 16th (Japanese)
  • The summary of the Minister's press conference on January 8, 2013 (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
Jan 8
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 555th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • "The Symposium on Promoting Coordination in Career Education in FY2012"~will be held on February 19, 2013 (Participation is free)~ (Japanese)
  • Guidelines for the prevention of specified infectious diseases (Measles) (Japanese)
Jan 7
  • The results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (The 554th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Laws and regulations related to the Industrial Safety and Health Act (Japanese)
Jan 4
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (553rd announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (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)
  • Recruitment of Health, Labour and Welfare Administration Monitors for FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Introduction of Ministers, Vice-Ministers, and Parliamentary Secretaries (Japanese)
  • List of senior offices as of January 1, 2012 (Japanese)
  • Status of application of labour insurance and collection of premiums (Japanese)
  • Summary of Minister's press conference on December 28, 2012 (Japanese)
  • January and February are "20-year-old Blood Donors" Campaign months (Japanese)
  • Defined Contribution Pension Plan (Japanese)
Jan 1
  • Annual estimates of Vital Statistics, 2012 (Japanese)

Page Top

To see the charts(pdf file), it requires a software "Acrobat Reader".
You can get Acrobat Reader for free, please click on the next button. Get Adobe Reader

What's New


regist

Return To Top