Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Japanese

Annual Reports on Health and Welfare
1998-1999 Social Security and National Life

Volume 1

Part 1 Social Security and National Life

Prologue Prologue
Chapter 1. Consideration of Social Security Objectives and Functions
Section 1. Social Security's Development History
Section 2. Definition of Social Security
Section 3. Objectives and Functions of Social Security
Section 4. Rational and Efficient Mechanism of Social Security
Chapter 2. Social Security Functions in National Life
Section 1. Social Security in Terms of People's Life Cycles
Section 2. Social Security and Household Economy
Section 3. Social Security and National Economy
Section 4. Economic Effects of Social Security
Chapter 3. The Level of Standard that Japan's Social Security System Has Achieved
Section 1. High Standard of Health and Medical Services
Section 2. Improving the Financial Security
Section 3. Development and Expansion of Social Welfare
Section 4. The Social Security System Supported by Many People
Chapter 4. Directions of the Social Security System in the Future
Section 1. Recent Trends of Revisions to Social Security Systems and the Activities in the U.S. and Europe
Section 2. Prospecting the Directions of the Social Security System in the 21st Century

Part 2 Activities of Health and Welfare Adminitration

Chapter 1. Revising the Pension System towards the 21st Century
Section 1. Conditions Surrounding the Public Pension System and Need for Revisions
Section 2. 1999 Amendment to the Public Pension
Section 3. Other Activities Surrounding the Pension System
Chapter 2. Preparing for Smooth Implementation
Section 1. Smooth Implementation of the Long-Term Care Insurance System
Section 2. Establishment of the Long-Term Care Insurance System and the Development of Long-Term Care Service Supply System
Chapter 3. Establishing a Reliable and Stable Medical Care System
Section 1. Current Conditions and Activities Surrounding the Medical Care System
Section 2. Radical Reform of the Medical Insurance System
Section 3. Medical Services of the New Age
Section 4. Promotion of Organ Transplantation and Intractable Disease Measures
Section 5. National Hospitals and Sanatoria as Provider of Policy-Based Medical Services
Chapter 4. The Basic Structural Reform of Social Welfare and the Review of Health and Welfare Measures for People with Disabilities
Section 1. The Basic Structural Reform of Social Welfare
Section 2. Review of Health and Welfare Measures for People with Disabilities
Chapter 5. Measures to Cope with the Fewer Number of Children and Promotion of Measures to Support Child Rearing
Section 1. Measures to Cope with the Fewer Number of Children
Section 2. Promotion of Measures to Support Child Care
Section 3. Promotion of Measures for Sound Development of Children
Chapter 6. Efforts for Protecting Health and Safety and Improvement of Living Environment
Section 1. Efforts for Health Crisis Management
Section 2. Measures against New Infectious Diseases
Section 3. Promoting Safety Measures for Pharmaceuticals
Section 4. Promoting Lifelong Health and Regional Health
Section 5. Securing Safety of Food and Measures against Chemical Substances
Section 6. Securing Safe and Tasty Water
Section 7. Handling Large Amounts of Discharged Waste
Chapter 7. New Developments in Welfare Administration
Section 1. Promotion of Health Science
Section 2. Promoting the Use of Information Technology
Section 3. Promoting Policy Coordination and International Cooperation
Section 4. Restructuring of Government Ministries and Agencies
Section 5. Promotion of Decentralization and Deregulation

Volume 2

I Social Security Systems Throughout the World

1 Social Security Systems in European Countries
2 Social Security Systems in Asian and Oceanian Countries

II Outline of the Systems and Basic Statistics

1 General Welfare
2 Health Care and Welfare Measures for People with Physical Disabilities
3 Health and Medical Service
4 Living Environment
5 Pharmaceutical Affairs
6 Sosical Welfare and Relief for War Victims
7 Health and Welfare for the Elderly
8 Child Welfare
9 Medical Security
10 Pension Security

III Reference

1 Main Laws Passed (FY 1998)
2 Progress of Health and Welfare Administration and Related Events
3 Chronological Table
4 Organizational Chart of the Ministry of Health and Welfare
5 List of Major Health and Welfare Statistical Surveys

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