Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
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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 regulations on maximum residue limits for agricultural chemicals in foods, basic food and drug regulations, standards for foods, food additives, etc.

 

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).

 

Organization

  • The Minister’s Secretariat (including the Statistics and Information Department)
  • The Health Policy Bureau
  • The Health Service Bureau
  • The Health Service Bureau
  • The Labor Standards Bureau
  • The Employment Security Bureau
  • The Human Resources Development Bureau
  • The Equal Employment, Children and Families Bureau
  • The Social Welfare and War Victims’ Relief Bureau
  • The Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly
  • The Health Insurance Bureau
  • The Pension Bureau
  • The Director-General for Policy Planning and Evaluation