Ministry of Labor, Women's Bureau

Japanese: 労働省女性局 - ろうどうしょうじょせいきょく

A bureau within the Ministry of Labor. When the Ministry of Labor was launched in September 1947, the Women's and Young Workers' Bureau was established to implement comprehensive policies on women's labor issues, minor labor issues, and women's issues in general under the responsibility of the state, with Yamakawa Kikue as its first director. In 1984, the Women's and Young Workers' Bureau was reorganized and restructured to become the Women's Bureau, consisting of the General Affairs Division, the Women's Policy Division, and the Women's Welfare Division, due to the increase in the number of female workers and the decrease in minor workers. In October 1997, the name was changed to the Women's Bureau. The Women's Bureau aims to promote policies for working women, such as ensuring equal opportunities and equal treatment for men and women in the employment field, measures for part-time work, and support for balancing professional and family life.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

労働省内の一局。1947年9月労働省発足と同時に，婦人労働問題，年少労働問題，そして一般の婦人問題に関する総合的な施策を国の責任において実施するために婦人少年局が設けられ，山川菊栄が初代局長となった。1984年婦人少年局は，女性労働者が増大し，年少労働者が減少したため再編･整備され，庶務課，婦人政策課，婦人福祉課からなる〈婦人局〉となり，97年10月には女性局と名称を変えた。女性局は，雇用分野における男女の機会均等と均等な待遇の確保，パートタイム労働対策，職業生活と家庭生活との両立支援など，働く女性のための施策の推進を目指す。

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