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1 Organization  





2 Investigations  



2.1  Highway tour bus companies  







3 Criticism  





4 See also  





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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
厚生労働省
Kōsei-rōdō-shō
Agency overview
Formed2001 (2001)
Preceding agencies
  • Ministry of Health and Welfare (厚生省, Kōsei-shō)
  • Ministry of Labour (労働省, Rōdō-shō)
  • JurisdictionGovernment of Japan
    Headquarters1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8916 Japan
    Ministers responsible
  • Masakazu Hamachi, State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • Masahisa Miyazaki, State Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
  • Yasushi Miura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare
  • Akihisa Shiozaki, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare
  • Websitehttps://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/

    The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省, Kōsei-rōdō-shō) is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as Kōrō-shō (厚労省) in Japan. The ministry provides services on health, labour and welfare.

    It was formed with the merger of the former Ministry of Health and Welfare or Kōsei-shō (厚生省) and the Ministry of Labour or Rōdō-shō (労働省).

    The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is a member of the Cabinet and is chosen by the Prime Minister, typically from among members of the Diet.

    Organization[edit]

    The ministry contains the following sections as of 2019:[1]

    Investigations[edit]

    Highway tour bus companies[edit]

    After a fatal bus accident on April 29, 2012, where a bus bound for Tokyo Disneyland crashed in Gunma Prefecture killing seven and injuring 39 others,[2] the ministry launched an investigation into highway bus companies. Investigations were carried out at a total of 339 businesses. It was discovered that 95.6% (324 firms) were violating the Labor Standards Law and the Industrial Safety and Health Law. 219 businesses (64.6%) broke the law by having their drivers work behind the wheel more than the legal maximum of eight hours a day and 40 hours a week, or longer than what was agreed upon with their labour union. It also found 37 businesses, (10.9%), did not provide "at least one day off a week," which the law obliges employers to give their drivers. Also, it found that 260 (76.6%) did not observe standards involving bus driver working hours, which prohibit them from working more than 16 hours a day in combined driving and office time. The ministry said it took "corrective measures" with those who violated the laws.[3]

    Criticism[edit]

    Published ministry employee and outspoken critic Moriyo Kimura states that the ministry's medical officers (ikei gikan) are "corrupt and self-serving." Kimura states that the officers, who number 250, have little experience and see no patients nor practice medicine after being hired by the ministry. Thus, says Kimura, Japan's public health policies lag behind other developed countries, by "decades".[4]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

  • ^ The Yomiuri Shimbun 80% of tour bus firms found to violate laws July 20 2012 Retrieved on July 27, 2012
  • ^ Otake, Tomoko, "Ministry insider speaks out", Japan Times, November 1, 2009, p. 10.
  • External links[edit]

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