厚生劳动省

上周五，据日本厚生劳动省（健康、劳工及福利部）介绍，今年日本百岁老人的数量比去年多2841人，百岁老人的总数也增加到28395人。

The number of Japanese centenarians increased by2,841 from last year , bringing the total to28,395 , the Ministry of Health , Labor and Welfare said Friday .

今年4月日本厚生劳动省发布的数据显示，在截至今年3月的2015财年里，媒体报道的过劳死案例集中在社会服务和建筑等领域。

Reported karoshi deaths in the 2015 financial year ending in March , published by the labour ministry in April , were concentrated on sectors such as social services and construction .

而劳动基准监督署（厚生劳动省的一个部门）也这样认为。

So did the Toyota Labour Standards Inspection Office , part of the labour ministry .

第四个，日本厚生劳动省大臣柳泽伯夫，也确定离职。

A fourth , Hakuo Yanigisawa , the health and welfare minister , is certain to go .

厚生劳动省2003年开始公布其调查结果，以回应被迫超时工作并出现健康问题员工的抱怨。

The labour ministry began publishing its findings in 2003 in response to complaints of employees forced to work overtime and developing health problems .

从今年10月起，厚生劳动省的工作人员将被禁止在晚上10点以后工作，此前一项通过关灯来迫使人们下班的企图以失败告终。

Health ministry staff will be banned from working after 10pm from October after an earlier attempt to clear offices by switching off the lights failed .

此外，根据日本厚生劳动省的数据，同年日本妇女的平均寿命为世界之最，达86.83岁。

Furthermore , Japanese women in the same year had the longest life expectancy in the world -- 86.83 years -- according to the Health , Labor and Welfare Ministry .

日本厚生劳动省表示：食品仍然可以安全食用，但我们正在防患于未然，因为如果情况继续下去，（后果）会很不利。

The health and welfare ministry said : The food is still safe to consume but we are taking a precaution because if the situation continues , [ the consequences ] would be undesirable .