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The Prime Minister in Action
Press Conference on the Enactment of the Work Style Reform Bills
June 29, 2018
Photograph of the Prime Minister holding the press conference
[Provisional Translation]
On June 29, 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office.
In regard to the enactment of the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Act on Promoting the Work Style Reform, the Prime Minister said,
“These are the first major reforms in 70 years. We will rectify the problems of working long hours, and we will eradicate the expression ‘non-permanent work’ from Japan. We have enabled people to work even while raising children or providing nursing care through the passage of this legislation that makes diverse ways of working possible. I intend to continue to take the perspective of working people as I press forward with reforms. Of course, various viewpoints on this legislation were expressed in the Diet. I will bear those in mind as I advance reforms putting myself in workers’ shoes.”
