Title: Act on Partial Revision of the Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons
Promulgation Date: September 5, 2012
Act No.: 78	Responsible Division: Employment Measures for the Elderly Division of Employment Measures for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Department of Employment Security Bureau
1. Purpose Because of the need for the realization of a society that includes the participation of all people who can then help support society through promoting employment of all people that can work, including young people, females, elderly, and persons with disabilities, and due to a rapid progress in the birth rate decline and aging, necessary revisions shall be made, including enhancement of employment security measures for the elderly, etc. by removing provisions regarding standards set by business operators concerning the elderly that are the subjects of the continued employment system, and which will be part of the employment promotion of the elderly.
2. Outline (1) Abolishment of the system for limiting the subjects of the continued employment system Systems that can limit the employment of the elderly, who are subjects of the continued employment system, because of the standards that business operators can set through labour-management agreements shall be abolished and all people that wish to be employed after compulsory retirement shall be included as subjects of the continued employment system.
(2) Expansion of the scope of enterprises that employ subjects of the continued employment system A system shall be established that expands the scope of enterprises employing elderly that are the subjects of the continued employment system to include group enterprises.
(3) Introduction of a provision to disclose any enterprises that have not fulfilled their obligations A provision to disclose enterprises that have not complies with recommendations regarding obligations to take employment security measures for elderly shall be established.
(4) Formulation of guidelines on the implementation and operation of employment security measures for elderly Grounds for guidelines on the implementation and operation of employment security measures for elderly that business operators should take shall be established.
(5) Others Transitional measures for the period of 12 years shall be established to enable those that have reached the pensionable age for Employees' Pensions (earning-related portion) to continue to use the standards and the necessary provisions established.

Title: Act on Comprehensive Promotion of Measures for Kanemi Rice Oil Disease Patients
Promulgation Date: September 5, 2012	Effective Date: September 5, 2012
Act No.: 82	Responsible Division: Policy Planning and Communication Division of Department of Food Safety (and other relevant ministries and agencies)
In consideration of the situation with Kanemi rice oil disease patients, measures for Kanemi rice oil disease patients, the Act aims to comprehensively promote measures for Kanemi rice oil disease patients through [1] providing basic principles, [2] clarifying the responsibilities of the state and other entities, [3] providing for the formulation of basic principles, and [4] providing matters that will be the bases of the measures.