Practice Areas
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
Awards
April 2025 Awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
List of Main Publications
・”Corporate Compliance and ‘Business and Human Rights in Labor’” (“Corporate Compliance and Labor Case Law” edited by Ryuichi Yamakawa, Masayuki Nakano and Yukiko Machida (March 2026, Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No. 1736))
・”Practical challenges and countermeasures for utilizing spot work” (Roumu Jijo No.1525, 2025)
・"Freelance Act Q&A" (co-author, Sanseido, 2025)
・"Labor Standards Offices Report Subcontractor Harassment Cases to the JFTC: Dealing with the JFTC's Policy on Enabling Appropriate Price Increases" (SR, a journal for labor and social insurance professionals No. 72, 2023)
・Employers’ Efforts Required by the Power Harassment Prevention Act (Roumu Jijo No. 1403, 2020)
List of Main Lectures
・“The Expansion of Spot Work: Challenges of New Forms of Employment” (NHK, Perspectives & Issues: Voices from the Front Lines, October 15, 2024)
・"Legal Analysis of the Prohibition of Unreasonable Differences in Treatment of Employees: Laws and Judicial Precedents" (Keynote Speech at “Exploring Equal Pay for Equal Work: Spring 2023,” hosted by the Japan Federation of Labor and Social Security Attorneys' Associations, February 8, 2023)
・“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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202603
Corporate Compliance and Labor Case Law
Publisher：Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No.1736
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi KITAGAWA Hiroki TOYOOKA Hiroto ICHIKAWA Kazuki
- Editor：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202603
Corporate Compliance and Labor Case Law
Publisher：Kinyu Shoji Hanrei No.1736
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki FUJIWARA Hiroki FUKUCHI Takumi KITAGAWA Hiroki TOYOOKA Hiroto ICHIKAWA Kazuki
- Editor：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202511
Q&A: Practical challenges and countermeasures for utilizing spot work
Publisher：Roumu Jijo No.1525
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202502
Freelance Act Q&A（Sanseido）
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki ISHIKAWA Teppei
- Editorial assistant：
- MATSUDA Taiki SUZUKI Riko
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202412
Nakano Masayuki authors an employment law article in Roumu Jijo on issues in the use of casual workers
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202410
Nakano Masayuki authors serial articles in Rodo Shimbun on using freelancers under the new Freelance Act
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202407
Nakano Masayuki authors "Casual Workers: Legal Issues" in Nihon Horei's Business Guide
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202402
Nakano Masayuki authors "Dealing With Guidelines for Passing On Labor Costs" in Nihon Horei's Business Guide
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202311
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
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202310
Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakano Masayuki co-author "Major Work-related Accidents: Corporate Responsibilities and Practical Responses" in Roseijiho
- Author：
- FUJIWARA Hiroki NAKANO Masayuki
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202308
Nakano Masayuki authors "Contents of New Freelance Law and Practical Issues to Be Addressed" in August 1 and 15 Roumu Jijo
- Author：
- NAKANO Masayuki
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202210
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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202104
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.
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Seminars
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202504
"Addressing Current HR and Labor Issues in Companies"
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202410
Nakano Masayuki gives a webinar "Getting Ready for the New Freelance Act" at Rodo Shimbun
Date：2024.10.10
Speaker： NAKANO Masayuki
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202311
Nakano Masayuki gave a webinar on "Dealing with the new Freelancer Protection Act" for Rodo Shimbun
Speaker： NAKANO Masayuki
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202302
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
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News
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202510
A book review of "Q&A: Explanation of the Freelance Law," by Nakano Masayuki and Ishikawa Teppei, and edited with the cooperation of Matsuda Taiki and Suzuki Riko, has been published.
Publisher：Liberty and Justice October 2025
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202507
A book review of "Q&A: Explanation of the Freelance Law," by Nakano Masayuki and Ishikawa Teppei, and edited with the cooperation of Matsuda Taiki and Suzuki Riko, has been published.
Publisher：Business Houmu September 2025 issue
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202504
Nakano Masayuki is awarded The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
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202504
In the article titled "How to Succeed in Freelance: A Guide to Communicating Freedom and Harassment," Nakano Masayuki and Ishikawa Teppei authored, and Matsuda Taiki and Suzuki Riko edited 'Q&A Explanation of the Freelance Law'
Publisher：The Nikkei, March 29, 2025, Morning Edition page 32
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202410
IG Special Counsel Nakano Masayuki appears on NHK October 15 to discuss the growth of casual work arrangements
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202001
We welcomed a new special counsel, Nakano Masayuki, the former Director-General of Labor Standards Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
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