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## I I Appendix

1. Policy System of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Fundamental Goals, Grand Measure Goals, and Measure Goal)

(3rd Term = FY2012-2016) – Subject to Policy Evaluation –

(1) The fundamental goals are basic goals that need to be achieved and apply to the overall health, labour, and welfare administration.

(2) The grand measure goals are concrete goals that concern measures implemented to achieve the fundamental goals.

(3) The measure goals are concrete goals that concern measures implemented to achieve the grand measure goals.

Fundamental Goals of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare with regard to policy evaluations

<Promotion of environmental development in thereby protecting people's lives and health>
I	Ensuring the people's belief and trust in medical care and promotion of the people's health promotion efforts
II	Promotion of development of safe and comfortable living environments from the point of view of public health
<Realization of a society in which everyone that is willing to work can>
III	Development of environments in which workers can comfortably work without any undue worries toward realization of decent work
IV	Stabilization of employment of workers in a labour market that enables everyone who is willing to work to do so
V	Development and improvement of workers' vocational abilities and development of environments in which workers can fully display their abilities
<Realization of a society in which people can have children and raise them without any undue worries>
VI	Promotion of social development in enabling both males and females to display their abilities, and have children and raise them without any undue worries
<Realization of a society in which people have healthy long lives in their local communities>
VII	Security of national minimum and provision of high quality welfare services from the users' points of view, etc.
VIII	Promotion of social development in which persons with or without disabilities can live and engage in life activities together in local communities
IX	Promotion of social development in which the elderly can live independently to the fullest extent possible and actively without any undue worries
<Promotion of international cooperation, science and technology advancement, and IT utilization>
X	Promotion of health, labour, and welfare administration that is appropriate to this age of internationalization
XI	Promotion of science and technology advancement that contributes to improving people's daily lives
XII	Promotion of IT utilization that relates to improved convenience in people's daily lives
<Realization of an administration that is trusted by the people>
XIII	Establishment of a system that is trusted by the people and in which individuals can work with a sense of satisfaction
Grand Measure Goal 1	Promotion of long-term care prevention and health promotion efforts of the elderly, and promoting their activeness and social participation (refer to Measure Goal 3-1 of Fundamental Goal IX)
11-1	Development of a system that can provide rapid and appropriate responses to health risks
Fundamental Goal II	Promotion of development of safe and comfortable living environments from the point of view of public health
Grand Measure Goal 1	Securing the safety of food, etc.
1-1	Prevention of the occurrence of harm to public health resulting from eating/drinking food, etc.
Grand Measure Goal 2	Securing safe, high quality, and disaster resilient water supply systems
2-1	Securing safe, high quality, and disaster resilient water supply systems
Grand Measure Goal 3	Prevention of abuse of narcotics/stimulants, etc.
3-1	Promotion of the elimination of illegal distribution and abuse prevention of controlled drugs
Grand Measure Goal 4	Prevention of health damage caused by chemical substances surrounding people's lives
4-1	Securing safety through promotion of appropriate evaluation/management of chemical substances
Grand Measure Goal 5	Improvement/promotion of environmental health
5-1	Improvement/promotion of environmental health through securing and promoting the health level of environmental health industries
Fundamental Goal III	Development of environments in which workers can comfortably work without any undue worries toward realization of decent work
Grand Measure Goal 1	Securing/improving working conditions
1-1	Securing/improving working conditions
1-2	Promotion of support for small- and medium-sized enterprises toward raising the minimum wage
Grand Measure Goal 2	Promotion of safe and secure workplace creation
2-1	Promotion of workplace creation that ensures the safety and health of workers and where they can work without any undue worries
Grand Measure Goal 3	Fair protection of workers who have suffered industrial accidents and promotion of their social reintegration
3-1	Protection of workers who have suffered industrial accidents through rapid and appropriate provision of Industrial Compensation Insurance benefits
3-2	Promotion and assistance of the social reintegration of workers who have suffered industrial accidents
Grand Measure Goal 4	Improved work lives
4-1	Promotion of a better work-life balance through facilitating improved work hour setting, etc.
4-2	Realization of affluent and stable work lives
Grand Measure Goal 5	Promotion of securing the equal/balanced treatment of part-timer workers and development of appropriate work environments for working at home and home work (refer to Measure Goal 1-1 of Fundamental Goal VI)
Grand Measure Goal 6	Promotion of creation of stable labour-management relations
6-1	Establishment and dissemination of collective labour-management rules for maintaining stable labour-management relations in the future, and rapid and appropriate resolution of collective labour-management disputes
Grand Measure Goal 7	Promotion of resolution of individual labour-related disputes
7-1	Promotion of resolution of individual labour-related disputes
Title: Act on Support for Employment of Specified Job Seekers through the Provision of Vocational Training, etc.
Promulgation Date: May 20, 2011
Act No.: 47	Responsible Division: Job Seeker Support Office, Policy Planning Division, Employment Measures for Dispatch and Fixed-term Workers Department, Employment Security Bureau
1. Purpose of the ActThe Act aims to facilitate the employment of specified job seekers (job seekers who are unable to receive unemployment benefits, etc. from employment insurance and have been identified as being in need of vocational training or other employment support) through implementing vocational training, payment of benefits to make it easier for them to receive that vocational training, and other employment support measures, thereby contributing to their stable employment and daily lives.
2. Details of the Act(1) Vocational training certification[1] The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall formulate plans (“vocational training implementation plans”) that provide for the important matters in implementing vocational training for specified job seekers.[2] The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall certify vocational training (“certified vocational training”) that meet the required standards, including the effectiveness of developing/improving vocational abilities of those with insufficient skills necessary for employment.[3] Subsidies may be provided to those implementing certified vocational training in thereby ensuring its smooth and effective implementation.[4] The certification process shall be performed by the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers.
(2) Payment of allowances when receiving vocational training[1] Allowances while receiving vocational training can be paid to specified job seekers to make it easier for them to receive certified vocational training if they are directed to do so by the chiefs of public employment security offices.[2] The standards necessary for the payment shall be provided for in Ordinances of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
(3) Implementation of employment support[1] The chiefs of the public employment security offices shall formulate employment support plans for specified job seekers and direct them to receive measures such as vocational guidance/job placements and employment support, including taking certified vocational training, etc.[2] The directed specified job seekers shall follow the directions they receive and make voluntary efforts to promptly obtain employment.
(4) OthersEstablishment of various provisions necessary for the implementation of the Act, including on-site inspections, prohibition of attachments and taxation, etc. of allowances to receive vocational training, and punishments for refusal of on-site inspections, etc.
Title: Act on Partial Revision of the Child Allowance Act
Promulgation Date: March 31, 2012
Effective Date: April 1, 2012(Income limits shall be applicable from June 2012)
Act No.: 24	Responsible Division: Child Allowance Management Office, Child-rearing Promotion Division, Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau
1. PurposeWhile retaining the basic understanding that the parents or other guardians have the primary responsibility for childcare the Act aims to provide a child allowances to anyone raising children and in thereby contributing to the stable family lives, etc. and sound growth of children who will be the future generation.
2. Outline(1) Benefit amount[1] Those with an income of less than income limitYounger than 3:Age 3 or older but before having graduated from elementary school (first/second child):Age 3 or older but before having graduated from elementary school (third or later child):Junior high school student:[2] Those with an income of at least limitSpecial benefits for the time being (stipulated in supplementary provisions):* The income limits shall be established on the basis of ¥9.6 million (for a household of a husband, wife, and 2 children) (stipulated by Cabinet Order) and be applicable from June 2012.
(2) Share of expensesThe ratio of the burden between the government and local governments (prefectures and municipalities) shall be 2:1 and the ratio of business operators for employees' children younger than 3 (of households with an income of less than the limit) 7/15. (Allowances for public service employees' children shall be borne by the attached agencies)
(3) Provisions concerning matters included in the Act on Special Measures concerning Payment of Child Allowance for Fiscal 2012• The requirement of domestic residence shall also be established for children (excluding cases of when studying abroad, etc.)• Allowances shall also be provided to any child admitted to a foster home, etc. through the payments being made to the institution personnel• Enabling the collection of day care expenses directly from the allowances and school meal expenses, etc. from the allowances with the consent of the individual concerned, etc.
(4) To be discussed (stipulated in the supplementary provisions of the revised Act)• The government shall immediately discuss the ideal financial or taxation measures, etc. concerning the childcare support and taking into consideration the payment of child allowances stipulated in the Child Allowance Act revised by this Act and the impact of the abolition of deduction for dependents from income tax and prefectural/municipal tax, and then take the necessary measures based on the results of that discussion.• The necessary measures shall be taken based on the results of the above and with regard to the ideal special benefits for the time being after the revision resulting from this Act.
(5) Other• The special measures for retroactive benefits of the Act on Special Measures concerning Payment of Child Allowance for Fiscal 2012 (to be taken until March 31, 2012) shall be extended until September 30, 2012, and the necessary provisions then established via the relevant laws.
Title: Act on Partial Revision of the Act for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatch Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers
Promulgation Date: April 6, 2012	Effective Date: October 1, 2012(The deemed offers of the employment contract system shall come into force in 3 years from the date on which the revised Act comes into force)
Act No.: 27	Responsible Division: Demand and Supply Adjustment Division,Employment Measures for the Dispatched and Fixed-term Workers Department,Employment Security Bureau
1. PurposeThe Act aims to correct excessive regulatory relaxation and improve the employment stability and protect dispatched workers.
2. Outline(1) Strengthening of business regulations[1] Prohibition of day worker dispatching (dispatch workers employed on a daily basis or for a fixed term of thirty days or less) in principle[2] Limiting dispatched workers to group enterprises to 80%[3] Prohibition on accepting ex-employees as dispatched workers within one year from displacement(2) Promotion of indefinite-term employment of dispatched workers and improvement of their treatment[1] Measures to promote the transition of dispatched workers to indefinite-term employment[2] Consideration of the balance with workers of clients when determining the wages, etc. of dispatched workers[3] Obligation to disclose information on the margin rate, etc. with worker dispatching[4] Clear indication of the dispatching price per worker to the dispatched worker concerned[5] Obligation of dispatch business operators and clients to make the effort to take measures such as securing employment opportunities for dispatched workers and bearing the cost of leave allowance, etc. when terminating worker dispatch contracts(3) Rapid and appropriate handling of illegal dispatching[1] Clients shall be deemed to have offered employment contracts to dispatched workers when they receive illegally dispatched workers despite being aware of illegality (effective in 3 years from the date on which the revised Act comes into force)[2] Provision of causes for disqualification of worker dispatch business licenses, etc. in order to prevent the avoidance of punishment
### 3. Chronological Table

Year	Prime Minister	Minister of Health and Welfare	Minister of Labour	Background to the Era	Measures, etc.
1938	Konoe	1938 Establishment of Ministry of Health and Welfare	1937 Health Center Act1938 National Health Insurance Act1939 Employees Health Insurance Act, Mariners Insurance Act
Hiranuma	Hirose
Abe	Obara, Akita
Yonai	Yoshida
Konoe	Yasui, Kanemitsu
Tojo
Koiso	Hirose, Aikawa
Suzuki (K)	Okada
Higashikuni	Matsumura
Shidehara	Ashida
Yoshida	Kawai, Ichimatsu
Katayama	Katayama, Ichimatsu	Yonekubo	1945 End of War	1945 Repatriation measures
1946 Promulgation of Japanese Constitution	1946 Former Public Assistance Act1946 Labour Relations Adjustment Act1947 New Health Center Act1947 Food Sanitation Act1947 Child Welfare Act1947 Labour Standards Act1947 Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act1947 Employment Security Act1947 Unemployment Insurance Act1948 Preventive Vaccinations Act1948 Medical Care Act1948 Medical Practitioners Act, Dental Practitioners Act, Act on Public Health Nurses, Midwives and Nurses
Ashida	Takeda	Katou
Yoshida	Yoshida	Yoshida
Hayashi (J)	Masuda
Suzuki (M)
1950 Korean War (Special procurement boom)	1949 Act on Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons1949 Labour Union Act1949 Emergency Unemployment Measures Act1950 Mental Hygiene Act1950 New Public Assistance Act1951 Tuberculosis Prevention Act1951 Social Welfare Service Act1951 Children's Charter1952 Act on Relief of War Victims and Survivors
Kurokawa	Hori
Hashimoto (Ryugo)
Yoshitake
Yamagata	Totsuka
Kosaka
Kusaba
Hatoyama	Tsurumi	Chiba	"Jinmu"economic boom	1954 Public Cleansing Act1954 Amendment to the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (introduction of a fixed portion and an increase in the pensionable age to the 60)
Kawasaki	Nishida
Kobayashi	Kuraishi
Ishibashi	Ishibashi
Kanda	Matsuura
Kishi	Horiki	Ishida	"Iwato" economic boom	1957 Water Supply Act
Hashimoto (Ryugo)	Kuraishi
Sakata
Watanabe (R)	Matsuno
Ikeda	Nakayama	Ishida	1960 Income doubling plan	1958 Amendment to the National Health Insurance Act (insurance coverage for whole population)1958 Vocational Training Act1959 National Pension Act (universal pension coverage)1960 Act on Welfare of Mentally Retarded Persons1960 Pharmaceutical Affairs Act
Furui
Nadao	Fukunaga
Nishimura	Ohashi	1964 Tokyo Olympics "Izanagi" economic boom	1961 Child Rearing Allowance Act
Kobayashi (T)
Kanda	Ishida
Sato	Suzuki (Z)	Kodaira
Yamate
Bo	Hayakawa
Sonoda	Ogawa
Saito (N)	Hara	1970 Aging rate exceeds 7%	1969 Amendment to the Employees' Pension Insurance Act (¥20,000 pension)1970 Waste Management Act1970 Five-Year Plan for the Emergency Provision of Social Welfare Facilities1970 Home Work Act
Uchida	Nohara
Saito (N)	Hara	1971 Establishment of Environmental Agency1971 Dollar shock	1971 Child Allowance Act1971 Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons
Year	Prime Minister	Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare	Background to the Era	Measures, etc.
2011	Kan	Hosokawa (from September)	2010 Act on Partial Revision of the National Health Insurance Act, etc. in Ensuring Stable Operation of the Health Care Insurance System (financial support measures necessary to restrain the level of increase in premiums, etc.) 2010 Agreement between Japan and Brazil on social security signed (Effective on March 1, 2012) 2010 Agreement between Japan and Switzerland on social security signed (Effective on March 1, 2012) 2010 Act on Payment of Child Allowance for Fiscal 2010 2010 Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts to Support Community Life of Persons with Disabilities, etc. until Health and Welfare Measures for Persons with Disabilities are Reviewed based on the Discussions at Headquarters to Promote Reform of the System for Persons with Disabilities 2011 Act on Partial Revision of the Employment Insurance Act, etc. (raising the daily amount of wages, etc.) 2011 Act on Support for Employment of Specified Job Seekers through the Provision of Vocational Training, etc. 2011 Act on Partial Revision of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, etc. for Strengthening Long-Term Care Service Infrastructures 2011 Act on Special Measures concerning Payment of Child Allowance for Fiscal 2012 2012 Amendment to the Employment Insurance Act, etc. (extension of measures to extend the duration of benefits, etc.) 2012 Amendment to the Child Allowance Act (a new child allowance system with raised eligible age to until before junior high school graduation and increased benefit with consideration given to the subjects of the child allowance system, etc.) 2012 Act on Partial Revision of the Act for Securing the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatch Undertakings and Improved Working Conditions for Dispatched Workers
2012	Noda	Komiyama (from September)
# 4. Structure of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Organizational Chart of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (as of April 1, 2012)
Name of Survey	Objectives	Contents	Target	Frequency	Time of Release
Survey on the Employment Situation of Persons with Disabilities (General statistical survey)	Investigate the effects on workers of the increase of dangerous and harmful operations, changes in working procedure and environment, in order to carry out more effective safety and health measures such as creation of comfortable working environment	(Survey on establishments) Items regarding establishments, items regarding working environment, items regarding working environment of hazardous operations, etc. (Survey on employees) Items regarding worker's attributes, items regarding working environment of automobile repairing, machine and furniture repairing) (Survey on employees) Site workers employed at the above establishments (Survey on tunnel and subway construction sites) Construction companies (limited to tunnel and subway constructions) which pay roughly ¥1.6 million premium of workmen's accident compensation insurance, or whose contract price for the construction site exceeds ¥190 million	(Survey on establishments) Establishments with 10 or more regular employees in the industries including mining, manufacturing, transport (limited to land transport), services (limited to automobile repairing, machine and furniture repairing) (Survey on employees) Site workers employed at the above establishments (Survey on tunnel and subway construction sites) Construction companies (limited to tunnel and subway constructions) which pay roughly ¥1.6 million premium of workmen's accident compensation insurance, or whose contract price for the construction site exceeds ¥190 million	Every five years The most recent survey was conducted in 2008	Scheduled to be published roughly within 10 months from the survey
Employment Measures for Persons with Disabilities Division, Employment Measures for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Department, Labour Standards Bureau	Employment Measures for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Department, Labour Standards Bureau	(Survey on tunnel and subway construction sites) Items regarding working environment at construction sites, items regarding measures against dust	(Survey on employees) Site workers employed at the above establishments (Survey on tunnel and subway construction sites) Construction companies (limited to tunnel and subway constructions) which pay roughly ¥1.6 million premium of workmen's accident compensation insurance, or whose contract price for the construction site exceeds ¥190 million
### Chapter 2. Issues for Administration of MLIT

### Section 1. Development of Japan’s Postwar Economic Society and Contribution of Administration of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport

## [Construction of the national land infrastructure after the war and its result]

A survey of postwar trends in improving the national land infrastructure in Japan reveals that construction has steadily advanced along with economic growth, with concentration shifted from national land conservation infrastructure to industry, and to living infrastructure corresponding to policy targets of the time.

### 5. (Change in net GDP and public fixed capital formation (net value))

Note : Compiled from the Cabinet Office " National Accounts"

### 6. (Change in constituent ratio of administrative investment by purpose of work)

□ Conservation of National Land

□ Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery

Industry Infrastructure

■ Livelihood Infrastructure

Note1: Among purpose categories, there is other investment besides the four categories in the chart that includes some investment of the former Telecommunication and Telephone Public Corporation and National Railways during a certain period. For simplification, "other investment" is not included in calculation here.

Note2: Compiled from The Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, "Administrative Investment"
As a result, Japan’s national land infrastructure has been clearly improved and achievements were made in various fields including safety, transport and living.

### 7. (Number of dead or missing persons in natural disasters)

Note1: The toll in 1995 includes 910 persons died indirectly connected to the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.

Note2: 1945 Number for major disasters is from "Chronological Table of Science", 1946~1952 are from "Japan Meteorological Disaster Annual Report", 1953~1962 from the data of the National Police Agency, after 1963 from the data of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

### 8. (Improvement in transport infrastructure and increase in transport volume)

Change in Shinkansen operating km and number of passengers transported (Scaling 1964 value to 100)