in addition the government has taken some measures to promote efforts by employers to foster good mental health for instance a guideline on good mental health maintenance and promotion and a plan to begin the implementation of the revised industrial safety and health act in so that employers are obliged to undertake stress checks and interviewscoaching in order to prevent poor employee mental health given the harmful impact that untreated mildtomoderate disorders can have on employee productivity employers and insurers in japan should follow other oecd countries and provide a greater range of preventative interventions and services for mildtomoderate disorders going beyond information sharing and employment raising elderly populations are at risk from disorders such as depression just as the workingage population are and untreated mental disorders may harmfully impact upon the physical health of older individuals elderly populations may be less likely to seek help due to generational stigma isolation or poor availability of appropriate services