Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)

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Cabinet (government)

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 level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as Kōrō-shō in Japan

Japan

is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. This ministry provides regulations on maximum residue limits for agricultural chemicals in foods, basic food and drug regulations, standards for foods, food additives, etc.

It was formed with the merger of the former Ministry of Health and Welfare or Kōsei-shō and the Ministry of Labour or Rōdō-shō .

The top of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan)

The , or , is the Cabinet of Japan member in charge of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The current minister is Akira Nagatsuma....

, a member of the Cabinet.The current minister is Akira Nagatsuma

Akira Nagatsuma

is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet . He came to prominence when he reported missing records of public pension plans. A native of Nerima, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000 after...

, since 16 September 2009.

See also

• European Medicines Agency
  European Medicines Agency
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• International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use
• Drug development
  Drug development
  Drug development is a blanket term used to define the entire process of bringing a new drug or device to the Market. It includes Drug discovery / product development, pre-clinical research and Clinical trials...
  
  
• Clinical trial
  Clinical trial
  Clinical trials are conducted to allow safety and efficacy data to be collected for new drugs or devices. These trials can only take place once satisfactory information has been gathered on the quality of the product and its non-clinical safety, and Health Authority/Ethics Committee approval is...
  
  
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration

External links

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare