Silviase/jgov_v1.4_full_ann huggingface dataset:
Detailed Data 2 Changes in Number of Inspection Based on Reports

Year	Cases to be inspected	Cases carried over from the previous year	Cases accepted in the current year
Number of cases	Year-on-year change	Number of cases	Year-on-year change	Number of cases	Year-on-year change
%	%	%
1986	27,634	94.6	4,968	95.9	22,666	94.3
1987	24,380	88.2	4,263	85.8	20,117	88.8
1988	20,581	84.4	3,609	84.7	16,972	84.4
1989	16,502	80.2	2,913	80.7	13,790	81.3
1990	15,088	91.4	2,451	84.1	12,637	91.6
1991	15,260	101.1	2,247	91.7	13,013	103.0
1992	18,706	122.6	2,439	108.5	16,267	125.0
1993	23,462	125.4	3,300	135.3	20,162	123.9
1994	24,964	106.4	4,574	138.6	20,390	101.1
1995	25,386	101.7	4,538	99.2	20,848	102.2
1996	25,537	100.6	4,043	89.1	21,494	103.1
1997	27,850	109.1	4,433	109.6	23,417	108.9
1998	33,554	120.5	4,758	107.3	28,796	123.0
1999	35,352	105.4	6,123	128.7	29,229	101.5
2000	38,743	109.6	5,764	94.1	32,979	112.8
2001	41,444	107.0	6,488	112.6	34,956	106.0
2002	43,898	105.9	6,422	99.0	37,476	107.2
2003	46,009	104.8	6,954	108.3	39,055	104.2
2004	43,423	94.4	6,795	97.7	36,628	93.8
2005	41,003	94.4	6,072	89.4	34,931	95.4
2006	40,234	98.1	5,442	89.6	34,792	99.6
2007	40,254	100.0	4,724	86.8	35,530	102.1
2008	44,432	110.4	5,145	108.9	39,287	110.6
2009	48,448	109.0	5,976	116.2	42,472	108.1
2010	44,736	92.3	6,588	110.2	38,148	89.8
2011	41,047	91.8	5,784	87.8	35,263	92.4

Source: Labour Standards Bureau, MHLW

Detailed Data 3 Changes in Number of Judicial Cases by Major Type of Business

Year	All industries	Manufacturing	Construction	Commerce
1965	1,126 (100.0)	485 (43.1)	406 (36.1)	23 (2.0)
1970	1,726 (100.0)	524 (30.4)	815 (47.2)	49 (2.8)
1975	1,363 (100.0)	410 (30.0)	639 (46.9)	49 (3.6)
1980	1,531 (100.0)	407 (26.6)	780 (51.0)	78 (5.1)
1985	1,328 (100.0)	424 (31.9)	626 (47.1)	75 (5.6)
1990	1,270 (100.0)	325 (25.6)	710 (55.9)	56 (4.4)
1994	1,240 (100.0)	324 (26.1)	654 (52.7)	57 (4.6)
1995	1,310 (100.0)	324 (24.7)	681 (52.0)	76 (5.8)
1996	1,411 (100.0)	349 (24.7)	735 (52.1)	87 (6.2)
1997	1,264 (100.0)	247 (19.5)	676 (53.5)	83 (6.6)
1998	1,209 (100.0)	298 (24.6)	589 (48.7)	83 (6.9)
1999	1,262 (100.0)	316 (25.0)	597 (47.3)	87 (6.9)
2000	1,385 (100.0)	342 (24.7)	637 (46.0)	102 (7.4)
2001	1,346 (100.0)	315 (23.4)	624 (46.4)	106 (7.9)
2002	1,328 (100.0)	322 (24.2)	568 (42.8)	121 (9.1)
2003	1,399 (100.0)	346 (24.7)	593 (42.4)	122 (8.7)
2004	1,339 (100.0)	312 (23.3)	571 (42.6)	113 (8.4)
2005	1,290 (100.0)	303 (23.5)	525 (40.7)	106 (8.2)
2006	1,219 (100.0)	286 (23.5)	470 (38.6)	97 (8.0)
2007	1,277 (100.0)	308 (24.1)	458 (35.9)	122 (9.6)
2008	1,227 (100.0)	295 (24.0)	484 (39.4)	92 (7.5)
2009	1,110 (100.0)	285 (25.7)	375 (33.8)	114 (10.3)
2010	1,157 (100.0)	268 (23.2)	400 (34.6)	102 (8.8)
2011	1,064 (100.0)	253 (23.8)	352 (33.1)	98 (9.2)

Source: Labour Standards Bureau, MHLW

(Note) The figures in parentheses indicate the percentage among all industries.
## Overview

## Major Measures for Working Hours (FY2011)

Full complication with the statutory working hours

○ Implementation of inspection and group guidance, etc.

(Statutory working hours: 8-hours a day, 40-hours per week (44-hours per week for workplaces subjected to special measures))

Reduction of non-scheduled working hours

Guidance for employers on compliance with the overtime limit

(limit standards)

Period	Limit	Period	Limit	Period	Limit
1 week	15 hours	1 month	45 hours	1 year	360 hours
2 weeks	27 hours	2 months	81 hours
4 weeks	43 hours	3 months	120 hours

$ ^{*} $ Different criteria are applied to one-year variable working hour system.

☐ Enlightenment guidance in accordance with the Outlines for Reduced Non-Scheduled Working Hours

## Realization of work-life balance

○ Dissemination and enlightenment of “Guidelines for Improvement of Working Time Arrangements”

Dissemination and enlightenment of “Guidelines for Improvement of Working Time Arrangements” based on “Charter for Work-Life Balance” and “Action Policy for Promoting Work-Life Balance”.

o Support for improvement of working time arrangements

Guidance and assistance by experts to associations of small and medium-sized enterprises that are actively working on the improvement of working time arrangements.

☐ Provision of subsidy for promoting the improvement of working time arrangements

Subsidy provided to associations of small and medium-sized enterprises that are actively working on the improvement of working time arrangements.

☐ Provision of subsidy for the improvement of working time arrangements

Subsidy provided to small and medium-sized enterprises that are actively working on the improvement of working time arrangements.

o Support by consultants on improvement of working time arrangements

Consultation on the improvement of working time arrangements at Prefectural Labour Bureaus.
Detailed Data 2 Acquisition Status of Annual Paid Leave

Scale of enterprise, industry, year	Grant days 1)	Acquired days 2)	Acquisition rate 3)
2011	17.9	8.6	48.1
2010	17.9	8.5	47.1
2009	18.0	8.5	47.4
2008	17.6	8.2	46.7

1000 or more workers	18.9	10.5	55.3
300-999 workers	18.3	8.4	46.0
100-299 workers	17.3	7.7	44.7
30-99 workers	16.8	7.0	41.8

Mining and quarrying of stone and gravel	18.6	10.9	58.6
Construction	18.1	6.7	37.2
Manufacturing	18.5	9.8	53.0
Electricity, gas, heat supply and water	19.7	14.8	75.2
Information and communications	18.6	10.7	57.5
Transport and postal activities	17.5	8.7	49.8
Wholesale and retail trade	17.5	6.4	36.5
Finance and insurance	19.2	9.3	48.4
Real estate and goods rental and leasing	17.1	7.3	42.7
Scientific research, professional and technical services	18.1	9.6	52.8
Accommodations, eating and drinking services	15.9	5.2	32.5
Living-related and personal services and amusement services	16.0	7.1	44.4
Education, learning support	16.6	6.8	41.0
Medical, health care and welfare	14.4	6.1	42.5
Services (not elsewhere classified)	16.4	9.2	56.0

2011*	18.1	8.9	49.3
2010*	18.1	8.7	48.2
2009*	18.3	8.8	48.1
2008*	17.8	8.5	47.7
2007	17.7	8.3	46.6

(Note) 1. “Grant days” doesn’t include carryover days.

2. "Acquired days" refers to days actually acquired within the respective year (or fiscal year).

3. “Acquisition rate” is calculated by the total of acquired days / grant days $ \times $ 100%.

4. Survey subjects were expanded from “private enterprises with 30 or more regular workers at headquarters” (up to 2007) to “private enterprises with 30 or more regular workers” (from 2008).

The figures for 2008*, 2009*, 2010*, 2011* are calculated under the condition of “private enterprises with 30 or more regular workers at headquarters” for the purpose of comparing them with the figures up to 2007.
## Overview

## Minimum Wage System

### 1. Minimum wage system

The minimum wage system is a system that employers are obliged to pay employees the amount no less than the minimum wages formulated by the government in accordance with the Minimum Wages Act.

Even the cases where the wages below the minimum wage is stipulated in the conditions of agreement with employees are considered invalid and the amount equal to the minimum wage is considered applicable. Employers that failed to pay the regional minimum wage are punishable by a fine not exceeding ¥500,000.

### 2. Types of the minimum wage

Two types of the minimum wage exist, namely the “regional minimum wage” that applies to all workers within the prefecture regardless of differences in industries and the “specific minimum wage” that is more expensive than the regional minimum wage and applies to core workers in specific industries (electromechanical apparatus manufacturing, retail trade of motor vehicles, etc).
Detailed Data 2 Results of Inspection/Guidance Aimed at Securing the Observance of the Minimum Wages Changes in results of inspection/guidance (2001-2011, nationwide total)

Matters	Violations of the law	Awareness in offices violating the law	Workers receiving less than the minimum wages
Number of offices supervised	Number of enterprises violating the obligation to pay the minimum wages (B)	Violation rate	Aware of the amount of the minimum wages	Aware of the minimum wages being applied but not the amount	Not aware of the minimum wages being applied	Number of workers in offices supervised	Number of workers receiving less than the minimum wages (D)	Percentage of workers receiving less than the minimum wages (D) / (C)
Year	(A)	(B) / (A)	(C)	(D)
2001	case	case	%	%	%	%	person	person	%
14,688	1,363	9.3	26.7	61.0	12.3	230,519	5,213	2.3
2002	14,016	1,283	9.2	24.6	60.8	14.6	204,208	4,363	2.1
2003	13,080	860	6.6	29.1	52.7	18.3	197,402	2,723	1.4
2004	12,337	678	5.5	30.2	53.1	16.7	178,757	2,321	1.3
2005	11,820	753	6.4	30.9	50.5	18.6	177,086	2,087	1.2
2006	10,700	731	6.8	32.6	51.8	15.6	149,523	2,376	1.6
2007	20,362	1,399	6.9	33.4	56.0	10.7	299,402	4,241	1.4
2008	19,550	1,318	6.7	34.7	56.5	8.8	310,782	4,081	1.3
2009	9,743	833	8.5	32.5	59.7	7.8	150,126	3,393	2.3
2010	13,559	1,055	7.8	34.2	57.6	8.2	192,080	3,482	1.8
2011	14,298	1,481	10.4	41.3	51.8	6.9	201,362	5,275	2.6

(Note) The figures for the respective years indicate the results for the period between January and December.
Measures for Securing Safety and Health of Workers

Promotion of safety and health measures to cope with internationalization

Promotion of measures taking into consideration international trend.

Promotion of approaches under the international cooperation and partnership.

Cooperation with industrial accident prevention organizations, etc.

Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association,

Industrial Safety and Health Associations of each industry, etc.
# Outline of “Comprehensive Measures for Preventing Health Problems Caused by Overwork”

(Formulated in February 2002, revised in February 2011)

In order to prevent health problems caused by overwork, properly implementing measures for worker's health care is important in preventing woker from cumulative fatigue and eliminating such heavy long-time overwork that does not allow workers to recover from fatigue.

For this reason, the Comprehensive Measures aim to prevent health problems caused by overwork with the formulation of the “measures that employers must take to prevent health problems caused by overwork” and compilation of necessary measures taken by the government, including thorough dissemination and guidance, etc.

## Measures that employers must take to prevent health problems caused by overwork

(1) Reduction of overtime and holiday work hours

○ Observance of “standards for limit” when concluding the overtime/holiday work agreement

☐ Proper identification of working hours, etc.

(2) Promotion of taking annual paid leave

(3) Improvement of working time arrangements

## (4) Thorough implementation of health management measures for workers

[1] Establishment of health management system and implementation of health checkups, etc.

• Appointment of industrial doctors, health supervisors, and health promoters, etc. and implementation of health management by them

• Development of health management system, including establishment of health committees

• Steady implementation of health checkups and subsequent measures, etc.

[2] Interview guidance for workers who had long overtime and holiday work hours for a long time, etc.

• Implementation of interview guidance by doctors and subsequent measures, etc.

• Development of procedures for implementing interview guidance, etc.

• Utilization of regional industrial health centers to promote implementation of interview guidance, etc. at small-scale offices

[3] Identification of cases and recurrence prevention in case of occurrence of occupational diseases due to over work

## Necessary measures taken by the government

☐ Guidance on “standards for limit” at consultation desks

○ Inspection for offices that are suspected of having overtime/holiday work hours of 45 hours or more per month

○ Guidance for thorough implementation of recurrence prevention measures in case of occurrence of occupational diseases due to overwork
# Creation of Comfortable Working Environment

Business operators are obliged by the Industrial Safety and Health Act to make efforts in creating comfortable work environment.

## Outline of Guidelines for Comfortable Workplaces

### 1. Details of measures to be taken

(1) Appropriate maintenance and management of work environment not to make it uncomfortable to work in

(2) Improved work methods for work performed in an uncomfortable posture or work requiring considerable muscular strength

(3) Establishment and development of resting rooms, etc.

(4) Maintenance and management of facilities required for office life, including washrooms and lavatories, etc., to keep them in a clean and easy to use condition

### 2. Matters to be concerned

(1) Taking necessary measures for continued and systematic efforts for the creation, maintenance, and management of comfortable work environment

(2) Taking necessary measures for reflecting as much opinions of workers as possible

(3) Taking into consideration individual differences, including age, etc.

(4) Taking into consideration that workplaces have rich and relaxing atmosphere
## Promotion of the provision of machinery risk information when transferring machinery

## Background/current situation

[1] Machinery accidents account for approximately 1/4 of all industrial accidents, thus leading to the expectation of further reduction in the number of machinery accidents

[2] The provision of machinery risk information by manufacturers, etc. is essential in the appropriate implementation of machinery risk assessments being made by business operators

Obligating manufacturers of machinery, etc. to make the effort to provide machinery risk information (residual risk information)

Dissemination/establishment of machinery risk assessments conducted by business operators in accordance with Article 28-2 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act

Risk assessment

• Designation of the limitations (specifications) of machinery

• Identification of hazards

• Estimation and evaluation of the risk posed

Fundamental safety design measures

Safeguarding, complementary protective measures

Usage information

Provision of risk information (residual risk information)

Article 24-13 of the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (obligation to make the effort)

Guidelines on the Comprehensive Safety Standards of Machinery (LSB Notification No. 0731001 of July 31, 2007)

Business operators using machinery

• Verification of the content of usage information

• Actual usage situations

Risk assessment

If possible

Fundamental safety design measures

Safeguarding, complementary protective measures

Additional protective measures

• Development of work standards and manuals

• Training, education, and supervision

• Use of individual protective equipment

Article 28-2 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act (obligation to make the effort)

Machinery risk information (residual risk information, etc.)

[1] Model, serial number, etc.

[2] Parts that could be of danger to workers or are likely to impair their health while using the machinery (machinery risk source information)

[3] Work that could be of danger to workers because of the parts described in [2] or would be likely to impair their health while using the machinery

[4] The level of the most serious danger or health impairment posed by the parts described in [2] and the work described in [3]

[5] Other reference matters
## Detailed Information 6 Outline of Asbestos Measures by MHLW

Asbestos is fibrous mineral produced from natural environment, hazardous for human health and may cause lung cancer and mesothelioma after decades of latent period when inhaling its dust particle.

## Measures to prevent future damage

1. Total ban on manufacturing asbestos (Industrial Safety and Health Act)

• Based on the "Asbestos Comprehensive Measures" (Meeting on asbestos issue by concerned ministers on December 27, 2005), manufacture, import, transfer, provision and use of asbestos containing products has been totally prohibited excluding products that the ban is stayed on manufacturing exceptionally (products of exclusion from application of prohibition) since September 1, 2006

• Manufacturing the products of exclusion from application of prohibition is to be gradually banned after the safety of the substitutes is confirmed (this procedure is to be completed in FY2011)

2. Prevention measures of diffusion and exposure at the time of taking down buildings (Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Asbestos)

• Measures have been intensified with the establishment of the “Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Asbestos” in February, 2005.

←←• Asbestos was formally controlled under the Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Specified Chemical Substances.

[Outline of Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Asbestos]

[Outline of Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Asbestos]

Pre-examination of construction materials, submission to the authorities, isolation of working sites, use of inhalation protection equipment, storage of working records, health check-ups, etc.

## Response to anxiety of the people

3. Health management of resignees (Personal Health Record System in accordance with the Industrial Safety and Health Act)

• Personal Health Record is issued for those who have been engaged in handling asbestos for a certain period

(Health check-ups by the government's burden (every 6 months))

4. Disclosure of information on workplaces, etc. where workers certified as being afflicted with asbestos exposition belonged

## Relief of the victims without a gap

5. Relief based on Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act

• Insurance benefits for victims and the bereaved families afflicted with employment injuries by asbestos

6. Relief based on Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief

• Payment of the special survivor benefits to those who have lost the right to receive the survivor compensation benefits pursuant to lapses due to prescription based on the industrial accidents insurance
## Detailed Information 7 Measures to Prevent Industrial Accidents by Chemical Substances

Chemical substances have significantly contributed to the development of industry and affluent life of today heavily depends on them. Chemical substances are indispensable in our daily lives. While they are useful, many of them are hazardous and toxic at the same time. Since inappropriate handling of chemical substances has adverse effects on our health, their proper management is crucial.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has been promoting measures to prevent industrial accidents by chemical substances, including examination of chemical toxicity (carcinogen test, etc. by animal experiment), dissemination and thorough implementation of a system requiring indication of toxicity of chemical substances (labeling, issuance of Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)), and promotion of workers' voluntary management of chemical substances at workplaces.

Substances covered by the Investigation of Risks or Hazards, etc.: approx. 60,000
Substances subject to preparation and issuance of MSDS: 640
Substances subject to special control: 117
Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards due to Specified Chemical Substances
(61 (7 of them are also subjected to manufacturing permits))
Chlorine, ethylene oxide, chromic acid, hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen fluoride, benzene, mercury, ammonia, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, hydrogen chloride, etc.
Ordinance on Prevention of Organic Solvent Poisoning (54)
Acetone, xylene, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, toluene, n-hexane, methanol, gasoline, petroleum naphtha, etc.
Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning
Ordinance on Prevention of Tetraalkyl Lead Poisoning
Substances subject to manufacturing permits: 7
Beryllium, etc.
Substances covered by the Guideline for Prevention of Health Disturbance: 18
vinyl acetate, biphenyl, etc.

Substances subject to the prohibition of manufacturing: 8Benzidine, Asbestos, etc.
### I nvestigation of Risks or Hazards, etc. at Workplaces and Measures Based on the Results

Investigating the possibility of danger or harm, etc. (risk assessment) involves identifying the danger or harm associated with work and evaluating the risk (combination of the severity of injury or diseases and the possibility of their occurrence). Based on the results of such investigation business operators are obliged to make the effort to take the necessary measures to prevent danger or health impairment to workers.

$ ^{*} $ Employer's obligation to make efforts under the revised Industrial Safety and Health Act (Enforced in April 2006)

## Procedure of implementation

[1] Identification of the risks and hazards involved in work

[2] Estimation of risk for the risks or hazards identified

[3] Setting the priority for reducing the estimated risk

[4] Discussion and implementation of risk reduction measures

[5] Recording risk assessment and risk reduction measures

## Examples of risk estimation/evaluation

Examples of risk estimation/evaluation

Severity of accidents

✗: Mortal/severe (industrial accidents causing death or workers to be absent from work for 1 month or longer)

△: Moderate (industrial accidents causing workers to be absent from work for less than 1 month)

O: Slight (slight injury, etc.)

Possibility of occurrence

✗: High/relatively high (possibility of the risks or hazards is rising every day/accidents can occur even with the greatest care)

△: Medium (possibility of the risks or hazards may frequently rise in such events as repairing, etc.)

O: Low (possibility of the risks or hazards is rare)

Risk is estimated by combining the severity of accidents and possibility of occurrence	Severity of accidents
Mortal/severe ×	Moderate △	Slight ○
Possibility of occurrence	High/relatively high ×	III	III	II
Medium △	III	II	I
Low ○	II	II	I

Risk levels III: Requiring immediate correction, or being at serious risk

II: Risk reduction measures should promptly be taken

I: Risk reduction measures should promptly be taken as required
## Detailed Data 3 Annual Number of Person Having Industrial Diseases

Source: Labour Standards Bureau, MHLW

## Detailed Data 4 Reports Filed for Manufacturing and Importing New Chemical Substances

At present roughly 60,000 major chemical substances are being used or have been used in industries in Japan. With the diversity of demands, approximately 1,200 new chemical substances are produced every year. In recent years, in particular, types of new chemical substances whose consumption is very small are increasing.

Source: Labour Standards Bureau, MHLW
## Overview

## Outline of the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief

Purpose:	The purpose of this Act is to provide prompt relief to persons who sustain health damage from asbestos, etc. in view of the special characteristics of asbestos health damage.
Effective date:	Establishment of funds
Provision of relief benefits and special survivor benefits
Collection of expenses from business operators
Extension of payment period of medical expenses, etc.
Addition of designated diseases (revision of Cabinet Order)
Extension of the application due date for the special bereaved family condolence grants/special bereaved family benefits, etc.

## Relief benefits for those who are not subjected to labour insurance compensation

• Medical treatment allowance (¥103,870 per month)

• Funeral service fee (¥199,000)

• Relief benefit adjustment money

Benefits for bereaved families

## Relief measures for bereaved families of workers who died without receiving labour insurance compensation

[Provision of special survivor benefits]

(1) Subjects: The bereaved families of workers (including special affiliates) who die no later than March 26, 2016 because of designated diseases, etc. and that lost their right to receive the bereaved family compensation benefits under the Worker's Accident Insurance Act due to expiration of the prescription.

(2) Amount of benefits: Special survivor pension ¥2.4 million in principle per year

* Bereaved families that are not subjected to the provision of special survivor pension are provided with lump sum payment

(3) Application due date: March 27. 2022

(4) Resource: It is burdened by the Accident Account of Special Account for Labour Insurance