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Japan
Policies Concerning Measures to be Taken by Employers to Create a Comfortable Work Environment (July 1, 1992) (Ministry of Labour, Health, and Welfare Notification No. 59)
COMMENTS: Policies Concerning Measures to be Taken by Employers to Create a Comfortable Work Environment (July 1, 1992) (Ministry of Labour, Health, and Welfare Notification No. 59) implements Article 71 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act and asks employers, among other things, to take “measures . . . against smoking, such as designating smoking areas within the workplace.”
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