# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71) - Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号 - English title "Industrial Safety and Health Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七十一条 (Article 71)（国の援助） — address `art-71` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-71 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七十一条（国の援助） — (State Assistance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-71 **第一項** 国は、労働者の健康の保持増進に関する措置の適切かつ有効な実施を図るため、必要な資料の提供、作業環境測定及び健康診断の実施の促進、受動喫煙の防止のための設備の設置の促進、事業場における健康教育等に関する指導員の確保及び資質の向上の促進その他の必要な援助に努めるものとする。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-71/par-1 In order to ensure the appropriate and effective implementation of measures to help maintain and improve workers' health, the State must endeavor to provide the necessary materials; facilitate the implementation of work environment monitoring and medical checkups; facilitate the setting up of installations that prevent passive smoking; facilitate the ensuring of instructors involved in health education in the workplace and the improvement of their quality; and extend other necessary assistance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 国は、前項の援助を行うに当たつては、中小企業者に対し、特別の配慮をするものとする。 art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-71/par-2 The State is to give special consideration to small and medium-sized employers when providing the assistance referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71/par-2: 前項 → 労働安全衛生法 第七十一条第一項 (Article 71, paragraph (1)), art-71/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-71/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 労働安全衛生法 第六十八条の二第一項（受動喫煙の防止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-68-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-68-2/par-1 - 労働安全衛生法 第七十一条第二項（国の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-71/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-71/par-2 - 労働安全衛生法 第百六条第一項（国の援助） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-106/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-106/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17