The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan ( Japanese 厚生 労 働 働 Co.: seiro: to: sho:) provides the public with information on the maximum allowable standards for agricultural chemicals in food, basic provisions of food and medicine, standards for food, food additives, etc. .d.
| Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare | |
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| Previous Office | and |
| Parent agency | |
| Executive Minister | Yoko Komiyama, Minister |
| Website | mhlw.go.jp |
It was formed as a result of the merger of the former Ministry of Health and Social Welfare ( Japanese. 厚生 省 Ko: seisyo:) and the Ministry of Labor ( Japanese. 労 働 省 Ro: to: sho:) .
Organization
- Secretary of the Minister
- Health Policy Bureau
- Health service
- Bureau of Pharmaceutical and Food Security
- Bureau of Labor Standards
- Security bureau
- Human Resources Development Bureau
- Equal Employment Office for Children and Families
- Health Insurance Bureau
- Pension office
- Director General for Policy Planning and Evaluation
- Subsidiary research institutions (6 research institutes, 218 national hospitals, 13 quarantine stations, and 3 social protection facilities)
- Regional Offices (8 Regional Health and Welfare Offices and 47 Prefectural Labor Offices)
- External bureaus (Social Insurance Agency, Central Commission for Labor Relations)