The Director-General of the main employment security bureau (hereinafter referred to as the "Director-General"), an internal bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare responsible for employment placement, career guidance, and other employment stability-related matters (the same applies in Article 9), operates under the direction and supervision of the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The Director-General oversees and directs prefectural Labour Bureau Chiefs in matters related to the implementation of this law; The Director-General is also responsible for establishing standards for supervision of public employment security offices, planning and implementing measures to meet the labor needs of industries, planning and implementing unemployment countermeasures, determining the primary labor supplies and demanding zones to balance labor supply and demand, planning and implementing career guidance, managing other necessary tasks related to the implementation of this law, and directing and supervising the staff under their jurisdiction.
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