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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Service Guide 2 0 2 0 Ministry Of MINISTRY OF Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare HEALTH, LABOUR Service Guide AND WELFARE 2 0 2 0 For people, for life, for the future Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Chuo Godo Chosha 5 go-kan, 1-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8916 Ministry Of Health, Labour And Welfare Tel: 03-5253-1111 (Main switchboard) https://www.mhlw.go.jp/ Ministry Of Health, Labour And Welfare Message from the Vice-Minister Contents The expression “from the cradle to the grave” is often used to describe services provided by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) since 03 Work that supports people’s entire lives it serves all citizens and supports a life of each and every individual in the 05 Health Policy Bureau country. 07 Health Service Bureau The MHLW’s work covers a wide range of fields including health care, public health, long-term care, childcare support, pension programs, labor relations and 09 Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau welfare, and services provided by the Ministry are closely related to people’s 11 Labor Standards Bureau lives. The MHLW is committed to creating a society in which all people, including men and women, young and old, persons with disabilities and people 13 Employment Security Bureau with incurable diseases, can play active roles. Meanwhile, officials are working to protect the health and lives of all citizens, create a safe environment for 15 Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau everyone to live comfortably and secure jobs for all. 17 Child and Family Policy Bureau The MHLW deals with various duties: protecting society and people’s lives 19 Social Welfare and War Victims’ Relief Bureau from infectious diseases such as COVID-19, maintaining the nation’s universal healthcare ana pension systems, leading the world as one of the heathiest 21 Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly countries and trying to create a community in which people can live more 23 Health Insurance Bureau fulfilling and satisfying lives. Those duties are dynamic and come with great responsibilities. The Ministry is also working hard every day to make Japanese 25 Pension Bureau society better for all. 27 Director-General for Human Resources Development Japan faces challenges unparalleled in its history—the declining birthrate 29 Director-General for General Policy and Evaluation and rapidly aging, shrinking population. Under that circumstances, the MHLW plays a significant role in tackling such demographic challenges and has a 31 Director-General for Statistics, Information Policy and Policy Evaluation great responsibility for its duties. Approximately 36 trillion yen is allocated for the MHLW every year. This accounts for more than half of the general 32 Minister’s Secretariat expenditures. Some 32,000 officials at the MHLW will continue making efforts to 35 Organization Chart maintain public trust and working hard for all so that people living now feel grateful to have been born in Japan and people in generations to come will feel the same. Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare SUZUKI Toshihiko 1Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Service Guide 2020 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Service Guide 2020 2 The mission of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is to create a society in which children grow up healthy and people live their lives to the fullest with their loved ones. Work that supports people’s entire lives The MHLW is promoting various measures through social security and labor policies as it Every stage of life with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare serves all citizens, supporting a life of each and every individual in the country. The aim is to provide a basis for social and economic development now and in the future. Pharmaceutical and Ensuring working Health promotion/ Medical care food safety conditions Employment policies disease control Pension Passing the world-acclaimed health Protecting working conditions, Realizing “intergenerational Aiming at insurance system to Ensuring pharmaceutical and safety, and security of Supporting everyone who is Supporting and protecting support” that will continue for the “ideal medical care” future gerations food safety workplaces willing to work health for all people next 100 years Health Policy P5 Health Insurance P23 Pharmaceutical Safety P9 Labor Standards P11 Employment Security P13 Health Service Bureau P7 Pension Bureau P25 Bureau Bureau and Environmental Bureau Bureau Health Bureau Infants Children/students Adults Marriage/childbirth/childcare Retirement Post-retirement Support for children Support for persons with Vocational skills Improvement of and childcare disabilities/social welfare development employment environment Long-term care and relief assistance Supporting human resource Creating a diverse Toward a society in which people Supporting child-rearing development to realize a society employment environment in can live as they like in their generations to protect Realizing a regionally in which everyone can play which everyone can play an hometown regardless of age children's smiling faces cohesive society active role active role Child and Family P17 Social Welfare and P19 Director-General for P27 Employment P15 Health and Welfare P21 Policy Bureau War Victims’ Relief Human Resources Environment and Equal Bureau for the Elderly Bureau Development Employment Bureau 3Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Service Guide 2020 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Service Guide 2020 4 Health Policy Bureau How does one feel when they or their loved ones become ill? While feeling sad and anxious, many are likely to wish to cure the disease and continue Health Policy Aiming at an Our Mission to work and live with their families until their final days. For this reason, great expectations are placed on medical care. The Health Policy Bureau “ideal medical care” aims to realize ideal medical care for individuals by applying all necessary Bureau measures, including optimizing a functional balance between doctors and hospitals, implementing effective medical care using the latest technologies, and developing the pharmaceutical industry, etc. Policy Fields under its jurisdiction Supporting community life Promotion of innovations in the pharmaceutical and medical While many people wish to “continue to live in their device industries Ensuring to deliver necessary medical care familiar hometown with their families and friends even after As Japan is one of the few countries developing new drugs and has cutting-edge The Bureau is working to develop communities in which becoming ill”, their wishes may not be fulfilled due to issues manufacturing technologies, the pharmaceutical and medical device industry is people can receive medical care without undue worries such as having no medical institutions that they can consult expected to bear economic growth in the future. In recent years, aiming to support by promoting cooperation between hospitals and clinics, with when they have concerns and having no doctors who venture companies that play an important role in leading advanced scientific eliminating the shortage of doctors, and establishing will come to their home to provide medical care, etc. As the technologies to create innovative pharmaceuticals, etc., the Bureau is supporting disaster medical care systems, etc. country’s population ages rapidly, more people are expected to face such issues. To confront that reality, the Ministry medical ventures by providing consultation on issues in each development stage and Development of world top level human needs to take steps to provide better health care services formulating business strategies, etc. resources that help people lead satisfying lives. The Bureau is In addition, the Bureau continues challenge to develop the pharmaceutical and therefore working on how to develop various medical care medical device industry by promoting safe use or utilization of the so-called “real The Bureau always pays attention to issues surrounding Matching event between venture companies and systems such as emergency care and rehabilitation, how to medical care and reviews curriculums, etc. in a speedy world data” such as medical record data, etc. and making focused efforts to develop major companies, etc. secure clinics that will provide home medical care, and how manner that leads to a quality improvement of doctors a development environment for innovative products. to remedy the disparity of doctors in certain regions. and nurses, who are supporting our high-level medical care. Work-style reform for doctors Hot Topics Opening the way to the future with While work-style reform for the entire society is Global expansion of Japanese medical care research and development advancing, it is important to reduce the burden of doctors as long working hours has become the norm. Thus, the Bureau The Bureau supports research and development by The Bureau contributes to improving the standard of medical care in other is discussing the balance between reducing working hours specialized institutions to realize potent and effective countries by delivering and experiences of Japan’s medical care to the world. of doctors and securing regional medical care by reviewing drugs and medical devices, regenerative medicine, and The Bureau cooperates with 25 countries and conducts projects mainly to the division of roles between doctors and other medical genomic medicine. support health policy formation and to develop human resources. The MHLW workers (task shifting or task sharing), and supporting
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