Home › Entities › ministries_of_japan › Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

ministry of Japan
Organization ministries_of_japan Q1191238
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Summary

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is a Ministries of Japan[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is Kosei rodo hakusho[3].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is in the country of Japan[4].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's instance of is recorded as Ministries of Japan[5].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's instance of is recorded as ministry of health[6].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's instance of is recorded as ministry of labour[7].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's main regulatory text is recorded as Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare[8].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's headquarters location is recorded as Central Government Building No. 5[9].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's child organization or unit is recorded as National Institute of Infectious Diseases[10].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's child organization or unit is recorded as National Institute of Health Sciences[11].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Commons category is recorded as Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare[12].
  • January 6, 2001 marks the founding of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare[13].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's parent organization or unit is recorded as Cabinet of Japan[14].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's official website is recorded as https://www.mhlw.go.jp[15].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare[16].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Japan[17].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's web feed URL is recorded as https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/news.rdf[18].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's replaces is recorded as Ministry of Health and Welfare[19].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's replaces is recorded as Ministry of Labor[20].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's topic has template is recorded as Q22820214[21].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '厚生労働省'}[22].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's legal form is recorded as government agency[23].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's position held by head of the organization is recorded as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare[24].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's has part is recorded as Q11643849[25].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's has part is recorded as Q11424368[26].
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Govdirectory[27].

Body

Founding

January 6, 2001 marks the founding of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare[13].

Identity

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '厚生労働省'}[22].

Operations

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's headquarters location is recorded as Central Government Building No. 5[9]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Cabinet of Japan[14]. Subsidiaries include National Institute of Infectious Diseases[10], an institute for medical research[28], in Japan[29], founded in 1997[30] and National Institute of Health Sciences[11], a facility[31], in Japan[32], founded in 1874[33].

Why It Matters

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Govdirectory Japan National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry National Institute of Health Sciences National Institute of Population and Social Security Research National Institute of Public Health of Japan Radiation Effects Research Foundation

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . cas.go.jp. cas.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . National Government Organization Act. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ministry-of-health-labour-and-welfare
MLA “Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ministry-of-health-labour-and-welfare.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ministry-of-health-labour-and-welfare_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ministry-of-health-labour-and-welfare}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare — https://4ort.xyz/entity/ministry-of-health-labour-and-welfare (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ministry-of-health-labour-and-welfare · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Ｈ00000000000 · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → government agency
    Applies to jurisdiction → Japan
    Instance of → Ministries of Japan, ministry of health, ministry of labour
    Instance of → —
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2572]]: 厚生労働省"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.