MenuThe Initiative to Evaluate Work‑Life Balance–Promoting Companies by Awarding Additional Points in public procurement by the national government has been carried out since fiscal 2016 based on Article 24 of the Act on the Promotion of Women's Active Engagement in Professional Life and the Initiatives for Utilization of Public Procurement and Subsidies Toward the Promotion of Women‘s Empowerment (decided by the Headquarters for Creating a Society in which All Women Shine on March 22, 2016) to achieve work-life balance and other measures, prerequisites for promoting women's empowerment.
- ◆ Initiatives, Implementation Guidelines
- Note: This is a tentative translation prepared by the Cabinet Office. Only the original Japanese text is authentic. This translation is provided for reference purposes only and may be subject to future revision.
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Initiatives for Utilization of Public Procurement and Subsidies
Toward the Promotion of Women’s Empowerment (decided by the
Headquarters for Creating a Society in which All Women Shine on
March 22, 2016) (Revised on July 1, 2020) [PDF:223KB]
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Implementation Guidelines for Utilization of Public Procurement
and Subsidies Toward the Promotion of Women’s Empowerment
(decided by the Minister of State for Gender Equality) (Revised
on March 31, 2025) [PDF:413KB]
- From October 1, 2016, foreign companies participating in procurement under the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement have been handled in the same manner as domestic companies that promote work-life balance by obtaining verification that they meet equivalent standards under relevant laws and regulations, in accordance with the guidelines below.
- This verification is carried out by the Cabinet Office, and foreign companies that have been verified to have fulfilled the standards equivalent to certification can be evaluated in procurement.
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Verification of Foreign Companies that Promote
Measures Such as Work-Life Balance [PDF:307KB]
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Note: This is a tentative translation prepared by the Cabinet
Office. Only the original Japanese text is authentic.
This translation is provided for reference purposes only and may be subject to future revision. -
Handling Guidelines for Verifying Foreign Juridical Persons
that Promote Measures Such as Work-Life Balance (Decided by
the Director General of the Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet
Office) (Revised on March 31, 2025) [PDF:279KB]
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Standards Based on Article 4, Paragraph(2) of the Handling
Guidelines: Standards Based on Article 4, Paragraph (2)of
the Handling Guidelines for Verifying Foreign Juridical
Persons that Promote Measures Such as Work-Life Balance
(Decided by the Director of the Promotion Division of the
Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office) (Revised on March
31, 2025)[PDF:154KB]
- Note: Application documents are in Japanese only.
- Note: Applications must, as a general rule, be completed in Japanese. Any attached documents that are in a foreign language must include a Japanese translation.
- Application Documents: List of Application Documents Related to the Verification of Foreign Juridical Persons that Promote Measures Such as Work-Life Balance (Website in Japanese only)
- Request Form for Publishing Information: Request Form to Publish on the Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office Website (Website in Japanese only)
- List of Companies that Have Received Verification of Appropriateness for Certifications, etc. Related to the Promotion of Measures Such as Work-Life Balance (Website in Japanese only)
◆ Initiatives for foreign companies in public procurement
(1) Overview
(2) Handling guidelines and others
(3) Application documents
(4) List of companies that have received verification of appropriateness for certifications, etc.