Director-General for Policies on Cohesive Society is handling a wide range of important issues on a future society, particularly the issues on people's lifestyle and safety.They include;
-Healthy upbringing of the youth, including promotion of international youth exchange;
-Maintaining a healthy and fulfilled lifestyle in an ageing society;
-Realising normalisation; and
-Securing traffic safety.
-"Shokuiku" (Food and Nutrition Education)
Contents
- International Youth Exchange
- Youth Policy
- Aging Society with a Declining Birthrate
- Persons with Disabilities
- Traffic Safety
- The Third Five-Year Drug Abuse Prevention Strategy (PDF:117KB)

- Drug Abuse Prevention Strategy Acceleration Plan (PDF:54KB)

- Guidelines for Promotion of Control on Firearms (PDF:34KB)

- FY2012 Plan for the Promotion of Measures against Firearms (PDF:93KB)

- Comprehensive Measures to Eliminate Child Pornography (PDF:86KB)

- Act on Development of Internet Environment for Young People (PDF:45KB)

- Basic Plan on Development of Internet Environment for Young People (PDF:85KB)

- What We Know From Shokuiku The Japanese Spirit -Food and Nutrition Education in Japan- (downloadable files)
- Portal Site on Policies for Foreign Residents
- 2012 White paper on Suicide Prevention in Japan - Digest version