"Heatstroke Prevention Measures to Be Required in Workplaces; Japan Health Ministry to Impose Penalties for Negligence," 13 March 2025

[Unofficial description by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to require businesses to take steps to prevent heatstroke among their employees. Businesses will face penalties for negligence.

The ministry plans to make such efforts compulsory from June, through a revision of a ministerial ordinance of the Industrial Safety and Health Law.