in 2008 the japanese ministry of health, labour and welfare introduced the ‘metabo law’ to decrease japan’s obesity rates. jun 13, 2008 · under a national law that came into effect two months ago, companies and local governments must now measure the waistlines of japanese people between the. nov 16, 2016 · almost three quarters of lovemoney readers agree with japan’s metabo law, where companies are fined for having workers who are over a certain waist size. Is it true that a japanese law makes it illegal for citizens of that country to be overweight? Well, it is true that the country.
