The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare selected 15 companies that support employees' autonomous career development as winners of the “Good Career Company Awards 2026.” Five companies received the Grand Prize and 10 received the Innovation Award. The award ceremony will be held on 26 November at Kudan Kaikan Terrace.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that it had selected 15 companies that support employees' autonomous career development as winners of the “Good Career Company Awards 2026.” The winners were selected by an expert judging committee from approximately 70 applicants nationwide. The awards recognize exemplary initiatives supporting career development and aim to promote awareness of their principles and practices.
Five companies were selected for the Grand Prize, presented as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare's Award, and 10 companies for the Innovation Award, presented as the Award of the Director-General for Human Resources Development, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place as part of the forum “Your Reskilling Action: Kickoff Forum 2026.”
The forum will be held on Thursday, 26 November 2026, with the award ceremony scheduled to begin at around 15:45. The venue is Kudan Kaikan Terrace. Details of the award-winning companies' initiatives will be provided in a casebook distributed at the ceremony and on a dedicated website. The official URL provides information on registration and further details about the forum.