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
・"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
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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
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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
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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202504
Nakano Masayuki is awarded The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
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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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