Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - Japan (Ratification: 2002)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s detailed report on the application of the Convention for the period ending in May 2005. It welcomes the comprehensive information forwarded by the Government contained in the detailed summary of the tripartite meetings held on 1 September 2004 and 18 April 2005 on all the matters covered by the Convention. It further notes with interest that specific tripartite consultations are held under an outline for ILO maritime meetings established under a tripartite agreement between the Government, the employers and the workers. It would appreciate continuing to receive in future reports information on the activities of the ILO consultation meetings in relation to the matters covered by the Convention.

2. Consultations on perspectives of ratification. The Committee notes the comments of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO) included in the Government’s report, in which the trade union organization states that the Government has not provided adequate information regarding its position on various Conventions. JTUC-RENGO calls for improvement in identifying the domestic laws that might constitute obstacles with regard to the ratification of Conventions. The Committee notes that the Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162), was ratified on 11 August 2005. It further notes the exchange of information and views that took place at the ILO consultation meetings held in 2004 and 2005 with regard to the ratification of two fundamental Conventions (the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105), and the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)), as well as in relation to the Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155). The Committee refers to Article 5, paragraph 1(c), of the Convention, and invites the Government and the social partners to deepen tripartite consultations still further in relation with the examination of unratified Conventions. Please include in the Government’s next report further information on the measures envisaged to promote the implementation and ratification, as appropriate, of the abovementioned Conventions.