Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

What's New 2013

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Nov 2013
Nov 29
Nov 28
Nov 27
Nov 25
Nov 22
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (773rd announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • The numbers of the war dead's remains recovered in recent years (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Parliamentary Vice-Minister Takatori participated in the "Long-term Care Day" seminar in 2013) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("I kindly ask for your continued effort in regard to labor-management relations," Senior Vice Minister Sato spoke during his speech given at the 68th General Assembly of the National Labour Relations Commissions Liaison Council) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Press release on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Names and amounts of government subsidies (Japanese)
  • The amounts of pension benefits will be revised beginning in October 2013 (Japanese)
  • Please participate in the questionnaire survey on the implementation status of the Revised Worker Dispatching Act (Japanese)
Nov 21
Nov 20
  • Monthly report of Survey of Long-term Care Benefit Expenditures(Cases assessed on September 2013) (Japanese)
  • New Notification System for the Importation of Animals
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (771st announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclide in foods (772nd announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • HPV, Hib, pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (Japanese)
  • List of requirements for advanced medical treatment institutions and the list of medical institutions implementing advanced medical care (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Tsuchiya and Danish Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries Minister Hækkerup held a meeting) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Tsuchiya and UK Chief Medical Officer Sally Davies held a meeting) (Japanese)
  • Designated regions (Countries/regions without the outbreak of Avian Influenza) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Assistant Minister Kanda attended the 34th Japan Dental Health Convention) (Japanese)
  • Payment rates of national pension insurance premiums (as of September 2013) (Japanese)
  • Summary of the press conference of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on November 19, 2013 (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Electronic version of the health insurance reimbursement fee schedule for Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) (Japanese)
  • Information on the prevention of drug abuse (Japanese)
  • Download page for application forms related to Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Benefits (Japanese)
  • Your participation in Survey on Industrial Accidents (2013) is appreciated (Japanese)
  • Workshops for responsible persons acting for dispatching undertaking (Schedules and implementing organizations) (Japanese)
  • Your participation in General Survey on Working Conditions (2014) is appreciated (Japanese)
  • Three Ministries jointly support the reconstruction of Tohoku areas through consumption of their fishery products~Our staff cafeterias will start offering menus using fishery products from Fukushima, Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures~ (Japanese)
  • Fishery products exported to China (Japanese)
Nov 19
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (770th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Name list of senior officers at MHLW (as of November 13, 2013) (Japanese)
  • Report on the Status of the Employment of Persons with Disabilities in 2013 (Japanese)
  • Be careful of solititations for "public-utility bonds" using misleading expressions that make you believe of MHLW's involvement in them (Japanese)
  • List of training facilities for ceritified careworker practitioners (Japanese)
  • Drugs on national health insurance drug tariff (as of November 19, 2013) (Japanese)
  • Medical service fee revision in FY2012 (Japanese)
Nov 18
  • Final Report of Monthly Labour Survey September 2013(English)(Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (769th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Workshops for responsible persons acting for dispatching undertaking (Schedules and implementing organizations) (Japanese)
  • Raising the age at which subscribers lose qualifications of corporate-type pension plans (Japanese)
  • Special insured persons system of occupational accident compensation insurance (Japanese)
  • Measures against dioxin-tainted food (Japanese)
  • Information on the recovery of the remains of the war dead (November) (Japanese)
  • Summary of the press conference of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on November 15, 2013 (Japanese)
  • A guide on the special insured persons system of occupational accident compensation insurance (for small business owners) (Japanese)
  • A guide on the special insured persons system of occupational accident compensation insurance (for self-employed persons) (Japanese)
  • A guide on the special insured persons system of occupational accident compensation insurance (for workers engaged in specified labour ) (Japanese)
  • A guide on the special insured persons system of occupational accident compensation insurance (for workers dispatched overseas) (Japanese)
  • Special insured persons system of occupational accident compensation insurance for farmers (Japanese)
  • Status of the supply of anti-influenza virus drugs for general distribution (October) (Japanese)
Nov 15
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (768th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Job-Card system (Companies willing to incorporate Job-Ccard in job interviews are encouraged to apply (Japanese))
  • Monthly Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (June 2013) (Japanese)
  • Annual Report on Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry (2012) (Japanese)
  • Winners of Minister's Award for Relief Projects in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Accepting comments for "The Public's Voice" (Japanese)
  • Press release on Influenza (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Mr. Takashima, Deputy Assistant Minister, Health Policy Bureau, speaking at the 1st Panel Meeting on the Review of Guidelines for New Nursing Staff) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (About 10,000 elderly people participated to demonstrate their trained and practiced skills daily! The 26th Annual National Health and Welfare Festival ("The Nenrinpic Yosakoi Kochi 2013") (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Sato presents diplomas and conveys congratulations to the autumn's winners of the Medal of Honor in FY2013) (Japanese)
  • Results of screening inspections for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) (Up to October 2013) (Japanese)
  • New Graduates Support Hello Work (Addresses and contact information) (Japanese)
  • "Report on job job openings, job applications, and job offers to applicants pertaining to recent high school and junior high school graduates" in FY2013 (as of September 2013) (Japanese)
  • "Survey on the job offer situation of graduating university students" in FY2013 (as of October 1, 2013) (Japanese)
  • Organizations implementing workshops for employment placement managers (Japanese)
  • Status of corrective measures taken on matters set down in Audit Reports (Japanese)
Nov 14
  • Basic Survey on Wage Structure(Japanese)
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (767th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Public vocational training (Japanese)
  • Employment Adjustment Subsidy (Japanese)
  • Revision of interest rates for environmental health business loans (Japanese)
  • Workshops for responsible persons acting for dispatching undertaking (Schedules and implementing organizations) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Human Resources Development Bureau Director-General Sugiura presents awards to winners at the Minister's awards ceremony for distinguished technicians (contemporary master craftsmen) in FY2013) (Japanese)
  • The numbers of dogs registered and vaccinated against rabies based on Rabies Prevention Law (Japanese)
  • The notification system for the importation of animals (Japanese)
  • Ensuring imported food safety (Domestic violation cases of Food Hygiene Law) (Japanese)
  • Let us prevent low back pain in the workplace (Japanese)
  • The implentation status of funds set up in the FY2009 Supplementary Budget (FY2013) (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (15th National Convention for Promoting Organ Transplant) (Japanese)
  • Announcement of the implementation status of the "Support Program for Child-rearing at Workplace" (Action Plan for Specified Business Operators) in FY2012 (Japanese)
  • Overview of Estimates of National Medical Care Expenditure, FY2011 (Japanese)
Nov 13
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (766th announcement) (related to TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Warning on health food (VERSA-1) (Japanese)
  • Report on the Status of Health and Mariners Insurance Services (Japanese)
  • 34th National Vocational Skills Contest for Disabled Persons ("Abilympics") opens~325 participants compete for excellence of skills in 24 areas~ (Japanese)
  • Summary of the Minister's press conference on November 12, 2013 (Japanese)
  • Public Employment Security Offices (Hello Work) (The main employment support services and placement records) (Japanese)
  • Status of consultations received on welfare benefits from the disaster victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake (September 2013 and cumulative total) (Japanese)
  • Survey on Public Assistance Recipients (preliminary data), August 2013 (Japanese)
  • Safety Management Guidelines for Medical Record Information (March 2005) (Japanese)
  • Survey on the Management of Environmental Sanitation Businesses in FY2013 (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau Director-General Ishii attended an awards ceremony of the "Minister Prize for Equal Employment/Work and Family Harmonization") (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Sato visited "Shibuya Labour Standards Supervision Office," "Shibuya Public Employment Security Office," "Tokyo Mothers' Hello Work," and "Tokyo Hello Work for Young People") (Japanese)
Nov 12
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (765th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • Bills submitted to the 185th (extraordinary) Diet session (Japanese)
  • Please inform us of any internet sites possibly in violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (Japanese)
  • Status of the utilization of welfare services for persons with disabilities (April 2012-)(Japanese)
  • Establishment of restrictions of the distribution on foods, based on the provision in Art 20 (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)
  • Meetings related to health and welfare of persons with disabilities (Documents) (Japanese)
  • Recipients of "Minister's Award for Human Resources Development" in FY2013 are announced~Winners of contest for Human Resources Development dissertations are also announced~" (Japanese)
  • Photo Report (Senior Vice Minister Tsuchiya congratulates winners at the "Minister's awards ceremony that honors the service of people in the Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund") (Japanese)
  • Subsidy for employment development of designated job seekers (Special subsidy for employment development of the elderly) (Japanese)
Nov 11
  • Information on the Great East Japan Earthquake
  • Results of inspections on radionuclides in foods (764th announcement) (related to the TEPCO's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident) (Japanese)
  • National Health and Nutrition Survey (Japanese)
  • Photo Report ("Your work is important in ensuring food safety. I pay my heartfelt respect for your effort," Parliamentary Vice-Minister Tsuchiya speaks at an awards ceremony honoring the service of people and outstanding facilities in food hygiene in FY2013) (Japanese)
  • "2nd Smart Life Project Award (Let's extend healthy life expectancy!)"~Winner enterprises, organizations, and local municipalities are announced~ (Japanese)
  • Overview of environmental sanitation businesses (Japanese)
  • Summary of the Minister's press conference on November 8, 2013 (Japanese)
  • Survey results on the prefectural and municipal governments' responses to abuse cases of persons with disabilities ~ The actual conditions of abuse at home and facilities ~(Japanese)
  • Information on missions for the recovery and return of the remains of the war dead (November) (Japanese)
  • Accepting applications for the Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants of FY2014 (Japanese)
  • Pharmaceutical products subject to caution for private importing (Japanese)
Nov 8
Nov 5
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