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Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - Japan (RATIFICATION: 1953)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in answer to its 1998 direct request regarding the organization of the labour inspection system and periodic reporting. It hopes that the Government will continue to provide full particulars on any measures adopted or envisaged as to the organization of the labour inspection system as well as information on the application of each of the Articles of the Convention.

2. The Committee notes the information on the number of labour inspection staff contained in the 1997 Annual Labour Standards Inspection Report. It requests the Government to indicate in its next report the current proportion of women in the labour inspection staff in general and in each of the levels of the labour inspection services (Article 8 of the Convention).