He is engineer by Kyusyu University and he has 32 years work experience as government official in the field of OSH including JICA Chief Advisor of the OSH Training Projects in Indonesia, Chiel Technical Advisor of ILO/ Japana Multi-bi Programme at the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and from 2011, Director of Overseas Cooperation Division, Human Resources Development Bureau of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan.
Globalization and standardizations are going on in the world of occupational safety and health (OSH) such as Occupational Safety and Health Management System (OSHMS). While working culture is different country by country so that localization of global OSH standards might be necessary. OSHMS is a top-down system while Japanese working culture is characterized by in-house training system and bottom-up system such as Kaizen, 5S and KYT (Hazard Prediction Training) which contribute to Japan’s strong competitive power especially in manufacturing industry. Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA) developed its OSHMS standards for certification in 2003. The tools for bottom-up system and other voluntary workplace activities are incorporated into the JISHA standards and these tools become good basis in hazard identification and risk estimation at workplaces because hazards exist in the actual workplace, not on the desk of management. The survey shows that JISHA-OSHMS, which was carefully designed in order that top-down system and bottom-up activities have complimentary relationship, is functioning in upgrading the OSH level in the enterprise and positive impact on production system as well.