The #MinistryOfHealthLabourAndWelfare (厚生労働省, Kōsei-rōdō-shō; lit. 'Ministry of Health and Labour'; MHLW) is a #cabinet level ministry of the #JapaneseGovernment. It is commonly known as Kōrō-shō (厚労省) in Japan. The ministry provides services on health, labour and welfare. It was formed with the merger of the former Ministry of Health and Welfare or Kōsei-shō (厚生省) and the Ministry of Labour or Rōdō-shō (労働省). The Minister of Health, Labour.