Useful Links

(Updated March 2026)

Information on Pregnancy and Childbirth

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The Work-Life Balance Forest (Maternity Harassment, etc.)Parite Social Insurance and Labor Consultant Office’s work-life balance information site. Features include the “Survey on Awareness of Maternity Harassment” and “Q&A on Disadvantageous Treatment Related to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Childcare Leave.”

Information on Childcare

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Nagasaki Prefecture Children's Future DivisionThe website of the Nagasaki Prefecture Children's Future Division. It provides information on child-rearing resources for families, childcare facilities, and various support programs offered by Nagasaki Prefecture.
Nagasaki Pref Family Support CenterThe website of the Nagasaki Prefecture Children's Future Division. This is a community-based initiative in which residents who wish to receive childcare assistance and those who wish to provide it become members to offer temporary childcare support to one another.
e-kao by Nagasaki CityThe Nagasaki City Child-Rearing Support Division’s Child-Rearing Support Information Site. Serving as a hub for information gathering and networking for parents raising children in Nagasaki City, we provide the latest updates daily.
Toward Achieving Work-Life BalanceWebsite of the Work-Life Balance Promotion Office, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office. Features include an introduction to various initiatives under the “Kaeru Japan” campaign aimed at achieving work-life balance, as well as accounts of fathers' experiences taking paternity leave.
TOMOIKU ProjectA website by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare promoting the elimination of single-person operations in both the home and workplace. (Formerly the “Ikumen Project”)
Equal Employment Opportunity, Work-Life Balance Support, and Part-Time Employment InformationWebsite of the Bureau of Equal Employment and Family Affairs, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Information on equal employment, work-life balance support, and part-time work.
Nagasaki Prefecture Silver Human Resources CenterThe website of the Nagasaki Prefecture Federation of Silver Human Resources Centers, a public interest incorporated association. The organization accepts contracts or commissions from private households, businesses, and government agencies for work suitable for older adults, and provides members with jobs that match their individual skills and abilities.