Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

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

1. The Committee notes the Government’s detailed and comprehensive report on the application of the Convention for the period ending May 2007, which includes comments submitted by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC–RENGO). The Committee once again welcomes the detailed summary of the tripartite meetings held on 12 September 2006 and 10 April 2007 on all the matters covered by the Convention. It further notes with interest that specific tripartite consultations have been held on the Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), and the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

2. Article 5, paragraph 1(b) and (c), of the Convention. Submission to the Diet. Prospects for ratification. The Committee notes with interest that the ratification of Convention No. 187 was approved by the Diet on 15 June 2007 and its ratification was registered by the Office on 24 July 2007. It further notes the discussion that took place at the tripartite meeting held on 10 April 2007 with regard to the prospects for the ratification of Conventions Nos 105, 111 and 175. The Committee welcomes those developments and hopes that the Government and the social partners will continue their consultations in relation to the examination of unratified Conventions.

3. Article 5, paragraph 1(d). Reports on ratified Conventions. The JTUC–RENGO states that the Government’s report was presented to workers’ and employers’ organizations only on the afternoon of 31 August 2007. Tripartite consultations were conducted on 12 September 2007. The JTUC–RENGO again calls on the Government to consult workers’ and employers’ organizations on the reports far earlier so that there is sufficient time for their consideration. The Committee invites the Government and the social partners to hold more in‑depth tripartite consultations on questions arising out of the reports to be made on the application of ratified Conventions with a view to ensuring that copies of all the reports provided to the Office in pursuance of article 22 of the ILO Constitution are communicated to the representative organizations sufficiently in advance for their due consideration.