Subjects of post ban asbestos in Japan Sawada Shinichiro BANJAN

Viewpoint s of control against asbestos health damage ① Reduction and ban of the asbestos application ② Relief and compensation for the asbestos victims ③ Prevention of the existing asbestos

Mar, 2012 Putting a ban without exception (Ban on production and use of asbestos and currency of asbestos products) Sep, 2006 Putting a ban with exception (eg: Gasket for chemical industry, Packing for submarine boat) Oct, 2004 Prohibited in principle (Ban of production and use of asbestos and currency of a product that includes more than1% asbestos against a total weight of the product other than crocidolite and amosite ) 1995 Ban of production and use of asbestos and currency of crocidolite and amosite 1975 Prohibited sprayed asbestos in principle Process to put the ban

Increasing malignant mesothelioma in Japan Year People 1400 people Increasing until 2030? Prohibited in principlePutting a ban with exception Putting a ban without exception

Change of number of compensation and relief of mesothelioma and lung cancer Number of malignant mesothelioma deaths Number of relief and compensation of malignant mesothelioma Number of relief and compensation of asbestos lung cancer

Roll-back the collection fee on the relief foundation Fund of Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief Non-workers’ victims or survivor’s Local public body Fund of about 5 % Gov Fund of about 50 % All Japanese employers Fund of about 40 % Special employers Fund of about 2% Big asbestos related four company Including related asbestos and non-related asbestos company. The subject of roll-backing of collection fee Workers’ compensation Worker victims

Isn’t an exposure history important ? Over 10 years’ asbestos exposure ※ Except for high level exposure eg) Textile, Cement production, Air-born Over 5000 asbestos bodies in lungs ※ Dry lung tissue (/g dry) ※ Including chrysotile A lot of chrysotile exposure but …

Problem related relief of lung cancer victims Relief and compensation standard for lung cancer accreditation Exposure history < One side of the medical observation ・ Decrease of the number of relief for lung cancer victims ・ 2 high courts ordered the authority to repeal the judgment on workers’ compensation Need to revise the standard for accreditation - Active utilization of exposure history

Rare occupational injury Health professionals -The first worker’s compensation for a former nurse was approved in Japan Nursing Association called the participants attention for asbestos disease -The second case was approved in On asbestos relief law, 8 people of mesothelioma and 2 people of lung cancer, who were former nurses and midwives, public health nurse, were approved from 2005 to 2011 Schoolteachers -Only 1 schoolteacher was approved by Fund for Local Government Employees’ Accident Compensation -On asbestos relief law, 56 people of mesothelioma and 2 people of lung cancer were approved

Detection of environmental injury in new region News of TV and News paper

Detection of new environmental injury in new region -Nishinari area, Osaka City Many factories related Asbestos were concentrated in Osaka city, Osaka PREF

Compensation system for dockworkers’ Private relief system for dockworkers’ based on fund -In June 2013, The Japan Harbor Transportation Association founded private asbestos fund Asbestos fund Harbor transportation inc Victim or family -In August 2013, There was a first agreement during bereaved family and company - The company paid ￥ 25,000,000 (about ＄ 250,000) to the bereaved family former dockworkers’ approved to workers’ compensation Negotiation Agreement and payment Demand of compensation Giving for the sake of support from the founds

Court of waiting judgments from supreme court in Japan PlaintiffDefendant Hot matter Former asbestos textile workers and manager, the family(1 people), neighborhood inhabitant (1 people) Government Three points of the government’s responsibility for the omission 1. The Gov didn’t oblige companies to take measures to prevent and reduce asbestos dusts 2. The Gov didn’t oblige companies to report dust concentration and take remedial measures 3. The Gov didn’t provide asbestos risk for public Former shop owner of stationer Kintetsu as building owner A building owner’s responsibility for asbestos damage of lessee Former port-worker MITSUI-SOKO Co., A company’s responsibility of the omission for a measure of prevention and reduction of asbestos dusts and education for safety education Former carrying task worker Nichias and Nittsu as carrying company A company’s and a employer’s responsibility for employees’ damage in the companies where they are on loan Referred back to Osaka high court in this summer

Win of construction workers asbestos suit in Tokyo

Formed of first asbestos victims association in Kyushu area Kyushu area North kyushu area

Formed of first asbestos victims association in Kyushu area

Network event of Korea and Japan’s Victims associations

Asbestos scatter incident in high school Press report Field high school

Movement of Prevention of health injury from stock asbestos Air Pollution Control Act and discussion of amendment against demolish work NowPrognosis after revised law Preliminary surveys Obligation But nothing rule Obligation of order trader Notification of demolish workObligation of order traderObligation of contractee boarding inspectionOnly place of notificationUnconcernded being of notification Air density measurementKeeping of records Obligation of compliance of operating instruction Point of measurementNothing ruleObligation of measurement in exhaust port Standard of air densityNothing obligationEulogy to 1f/L Penalty Imprisonment of up to half year or fine of up to ￥ 500,000 Regulation of many building materialNothing obligation manual of boarding inspectionNothing obligation Nothing obligation But continue the discussion Risk communicationNothing obligation Nothing obligation But continue the discussion Preliminary surveyor Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry counseled a utilization of asbestos consultant. Asbestos consultant system was established by members of the Japanese Association of Asbestos-related Corporations.

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