JAPAN LABOR BULLETIN
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF LABOUR
Vol.40-No.1 January 2001
CONTENTS
  
General Survey Working Conditions and the Labor Market Human Resources Management Labor-Management Relations Public Policy Special Topic IIRA 12th World Congress Report JIL News and Information Statistical Aspects

New Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

photo      On December 5, 2000, Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori unveiled his new Cabinet. Chikara Sakaguchi (New Komeito), a member of the Lower House, was appointed both Minister of Labour, and Minister of Health and Welfare. On January 6, 2001, Sakaguchi was appointed the new Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

     Born in 1934, Sakaguchi studied medicine at the Graduate School of Mie Prefectural University (currently Mie National University) and is a licensed medical practitioner. Since becoming a member of the Lower House in 1972, he has had wide experience, serving in various governmental and party posts, including Minister of Labour, Chairman of New Komeito's Policy Board, member of the Committee on Labour of the Lower House, and Vice Representative of the party's Policy Research Council.


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