Administrative Complaint Review Act

一when the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (meaning the administrative agency that has reached the disposition (referred to as the "administrative agency reaching the disposition" below) or the administrative agency that has taken no action (referred to as the "administrative agency having taken no action" below); the same applies below) does not have any higher administrative agency, or falls under a competent minister, the Grand Steward, or the head of an agency prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (Act No. 89 of 1999), or Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act (Act No. 120 of 1948):that administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition;

二when the Grand Steward or the head of an agency prescribed in Article 49, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office, or Article 3, paragraph (2) of the National Government Organization Act falls under the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition.:the Grand Steward or the head of the relevant agency;

三when a competent minister falls under the higher administrative agency of the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (excluding the cases stated in the preceding two items):that competent minister; or

四cases other than those stated in the preceding three items:the highest administrative agency of the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition.

一when the administrative agency reaching the disposition does not make a decision for the request for re-investigation even after three months have passed from the day following the day on which the person filed the request for re-investigation for the disposition (if the person has been ordered to correct a defect pursuant to the provisions of Article 23 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 61 following the deemed replacement of terms, the day on which the person corrected the defect);

二when there are other legitimate grounds for not going through a decision on a request for a re-investigation.

一a disposition rendered through a resolution of both Houses or one House of the Diet, or resolution by a local council;

二a disposition rendered by the judgment of a court or a judge, or rendered as enforcement of judicial decisions;

三a disposition that is required to be rendered through a resolution of both Houses or one House of the Diet or through resolution by a local council, or through obtaining the consent or approval of the Houses or the council;

四a disposition that is required to be decided by the Audit Commission;

五a disposition to confirm or create a legal relationship between the parties, and one of the party in the legal relationship is required to be the defendant in the action concerning the disposition pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations;

六a disposition rendered by a public prosecutor, a public prosecutor's assistant officer, or a judicial police official based on laws and regulations related to criminal cases;

七a disposition rendered by the Commissioner of the National Tax Agency, a commissioner of a Regional Taxation Bureau, a director of a tax office, the relevant officials of the National Tax Agency, a Regional Taxation Bureau, or a tax office, Director-General of Japan Customs, customs officials, or tax collectors (including persons that perform the duties of those officials based on the provisions of other laws and regulations) based on laws and regulations related to criminal cases involving national or local tax offenses (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other laws and regulations), and a disposition rendered by the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, its employees (including persons deemed to be its employee pursuant to the provisions of the laws and regulations), a director-general of a Local Finance Bureau, or a directors-general of a Local Finance Branch Bureau based on laws and regulations related to criminal cases involving financial instruments transactions (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to other laws and regulations);

八a disposition rendered in schools, training schools, training centers, or training institutes to students, pupils, children or toddlers or their custodians, course participants, or trainees in order to achieve the purpose of education, schooling, or training;

九a disposition rendered in order to achieve the purpose of accommodation in prisons, juvenile prisons, jails, detention facilities, Coast Guard detention facilities, juvenile training schools, juvenile classification homes;

十a disposition concerning emigration and immigration or naturalization of foreign nationals;

十一a disposition concerning results of examinations or certification examinations on a person's academic knowledge and skills; and

十二a disposition based on this Act (excluding a disposition based on the provisions of Chapter V, Section 1, Subsection 1).