NAKANO Masayuki

NAKANO Masayuki

Title
Special Counsel
Bar Association
Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association

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

List of Main Publications

・"Freelance Act Q&A" (co-author, Sanseido, 2025)
・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

  • 202504

    How to Succeed in Freelance: A Guide to Communicating Freedom and Harassment

    In the article titled "How to Succeed in Freelance: A Guide to Communicating Freedom and Harassment," Nakano Masayuki, Ishikawa Teppei authored and Matsuda Taiki and Suzuki Riko edited 'Q & A Explanation of the Freelance Law' Publisher: Morning edition page 32 of Nikkei dated March 29, 2025

    Author:
    NAKANO Masayuki  ISHIKAWA Teppei  MATSUDA Taiki  SUZUKI Riko 
  • 202502

    Freelance Act Q&A(Sanseido)

    Author:
    NAKANO Masayuki  ISHIKAWA Teppei 
    Editorial assistant:
    MATSUDA Taiki  SUZUKI Riko 
  • 202412

    Nakano Masayuki authors an employment law article in Roumu Jijo on issues in the use of casual workers

    Author:
    NAKANO Masayuki 
  • 202410

    Nakano Masayuki authors serial articles in Rodo Shimbun on using freelancers under the new Freelance Act

    Author:
    NAKANO Masayuki 
  • 202407

    Nakano Masayuki authors "Casual Workers: Legal Issues" in Nihon Horei's Business Guide

    Author:
    NAKANO Masayuki 
  • 202402

    Nakano Masayuki authors "Dealing With Guidelines for Passing On Labor Costs" in Nihon Horei's Business Guide

    Author:
    NAKANO Masayuki 
  • 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 
  • 202310

    Fujiwara Hiroki and Nakano Masayuki co-author "Major Work-related Accidents: Corporate Responsibilities and Practical Responses" in Roseijiho

  • 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 
  • 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 
  • 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

  • 202410

    Nakano Masayuki gives a webinar "Getting Ready for the New Freelance Act" at Rodo Shimbun

    Speaker: NAKANO Masayuki 

  • 202311

    Nakano Masayuki gave a webinar on "Dealing with the new Freelancer Protection Act" for Rodo Shimbun

    Speaker: NAKANO Masayuki 

  • 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

  • 202410

    IG Special Counsel Nakano Masayuki appears on NHK October 15 to discuss the growth of casual work arrangements

  • 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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