Law No. 99 amending Law No. 49 of 7 April 1947 on working conditions, as amended, 26 December 1987.
This Law includes substantive provisions dealing with occupational health aspects of work by minors and women in Japan.  Section 65 lays down, in particular, that an employer must not employ a woman for six weeks (or 10 weeks, in the case of a multiple pregnancy) before childbirth, if she requests leave during this period.  An employer must not, except as indicated, employ a woman within a period of eight weeks following childbirth.  A woman nursing an infant under one year of age is entitled to two nursing breaks a day, each for a period of at least 30 minutes.  Under Section 68, an employer may not require a woman to work if she suffers from dysmenorrhea and requests leave for that reason.
D001208:Asia; D001942:Breast Feeding; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D006262:Health; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007564:Japan; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009099:Multiple Birth Offspring; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012098:Reproduction
Asia; Breast Feeding--legal aspects; Developed Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Employment--legal aspects; Employment--women; Health; Infant Nutrition; Japan; Legislation; Macroeconomic Factors; Maternity Benefits--legal aspects; Microeconomic Factors; Multiple Birth--legal aspects; Nutrition; Reproduction