NAKANO Masayuki
- Title
- Special Counsel
Career Summary
- October 1954
- Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- March 1973
- Graduated from LaSalle High School
- March 1979
- Received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo
- April 1979
- Joined the Ministry of Labor (Present: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
- June 1988
- Appointed as Manager of Employment Security Section, Department of Commerce, Industry, Tourism, Kumamoto Prefectural Government Office
- July 1996
- Appointed as Director-General of Employment Measures for Construction and Port Workers Office, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Labor (Present: Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare)
- June 1998
- Appointed as Director of Policy Planning Division, Industrial Safety and Health Department, Labor Standards Bureau Ministry of Labor (Present: Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare)
- June 2000
- Appointed as Director of General Affairs Division, Labor Standards Bureau, Ministry of Labor (Present: Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare)
- January 2001
- Appointed as Director of Inspection Division, Labor Standards Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW)
- August 2002
- Appointed as Counsellor (official in charge of Accounting) of Minister's Secretariat, MHLW
- July 2004
- Appointed as Director of Regional Bureau Administration Division, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW
- July 2006
- Appointed as Deputy Director-General for Policy Evaluation, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW
- August 2007
- Appointed as Deputy Director-General of Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
- August 2009
- Appointed as Director-General for Policy Planning and Evaluation (official in charge of labor) of MHLW
- 2012-2014
- Served as Director-General of Labor Standards Bureau, MHLW
- March 2017
- Received his J.D. from the Sophia University School of Law
- December 2019
- Received his Diploma from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (72nd) ・Registered as a Japanese attorney
- December 2019
- Joined Iwata Godo
Practice Areas
Professional Memberships
Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association
List of Main Publications
・Freelancers as Workers Under Employment Law" (Rodo Shimbun, a series of 12 articles, July to September, 2022)
・Employers’ Efforts Required by the Power Harassment Prevention Act (Roumu Jijo No. 1403, 2020)
List of Main Lectures
・“The Recent Revised Labor Legislations (1. Rules of Conversion of a Fixed-term Employment Contract to an Indefinite-term Employment Contract, 2. Equal Pay for Equal Work, 3. Power Harassment Prevention Act” (September 25, 2020, National Silver Human Resources Center Association)
・“Labor Standards Act for Hospital Doctors (including the Equal Employment Opportunity Act)” (November 3, 2014, 15th National Hospital Doctors Liaison Council of the Japan Ophthalmologists Association, The Journal of the Japan Ophthalmologists Association No.86:3 (2015), page 81)
Publications
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2024.07Publications
Nakano Masayuki authors "Casual Workers: Legal Issues" in Nihon Horei's Business Guide
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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2024.02Publications
Nakano Masayuki authors "Dealing With Guidelines for Passing On Labor Costs" in Nihon Horei's Business Guide
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- NAKANO Masayuki
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2023.11Publications
Nakano Masayuki authors "Labor Standards Offices Report Subcontractor Harassment Cases to the JFTC: Dealing with the JFTC's Policy on Enabling Appropriate Price Increases" in SR, a journal for labor and social insurance professionals
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- NAKANO Masayuki
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2023.10Publications
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakano Masayuki co-author "Major Work-related Accidents: Corporate Responsibilities and Practical Responses" in Roseijiho
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- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKANO Masayuki
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2023.08Publications
Nakano Masayuki authors "Contents of New Freelance Law and Practical Issues to Be Addressed" in August 1 and 15 Roumu Jijo
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- NAKANO Masayuki
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2022.10Publications
Nakano Masayuki authored a series of 12 articles entitled "Freelancers as Workers Under Employment Law" in Rodo Shimbun (July to September)
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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2021.04Publications
Nakano Masayuki, Fujiwara Hiroki, Nakamura Saeko and Fukuchi Takumi co-authored the article titled "Basic Law Course Useful in Practice (70) Equal Pay for Equal Work" which appears in 4012 issue of Roseijiho.
Lectures, Seminars and Conferences
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2023.11
Nakano Masayuki gave a webinar on "Dealing with the new Freelancer Protection Act" for Rodo Shimbun
Speaker： NAKANO Masayuki
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2023.02
Nakano Masayuki is keynote speaker on "Unreasonable Differences in Treatment of Employees" at an equal pay conference of the Japan Federation of Labor and Social Security Attorneys' Associations
Speaker： NAKANO Masayuki
News
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2020.01
We welcomed a new special counsel, Nakano Masayuki, the former Director-General of Labor Standards Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.