The government adopted legislation Friday to ban in principle temporary workers in manufacturing jobs and registered workers in temporary employment to help stabilize employment.
The legislation marks a breakaway from past deregulation to increase temp workers that benefited employers under the rule of the Liberal Democratic Party, and comes after the Democratic Party of Japan ousted the LDP from power in last year's Lower House election.
"This kind of legislation would not have emerged without a government change," Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma told a press conference after a Cabinet meeting, where the bill was decided on for submission to the Diet.