The is a member of the
Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the
Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare
The is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as in Japan. The ministry provides services on health, labour and welfare.
It was formed with the merger of the former Ministry of Health and Welfare or and the ...
. The minister is nominated by the
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of Sta ...
and is appointed by the
Emperor of Japan
The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his positio ...
.
Minister
Katsunobu Katō
is a Japanese politician who serves as the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare since August 2022, previously serving from from 2019 to 2020 and from 2017 to 2018. He also served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2020 to 2021. Belonging to the ...
took office on 10 August 2022.
List of Ministers of Health, Labour, and Welfare (2001–)
References
External links
Official website
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Health ministers of Japan
Labor ministers of Japan
Ministers of Health and Welfare of Japan
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