The purpose of this Act is to prevent harm to the body, freedom and reputation of individuals, and to contribute to the safety and peace of the lives of the citizens, by imposing necessary regulations on stalking, etc., such as punishing stalking, and by providing for measures of assistance, etc. for persons targeted by it.

①The term "pursuit, etc." as used in this Act means engaging in any of the acts listed in the following items against a specific person, or against that specific person's spouse, a lineal relative or a relative living together with that specific person, or any other person who has a close relationship with that specific person in social life, for the purpose of satisfying a feeling of romantic affection or any other feeling of affection toward that specific person, or a feeling of resentment at that feeling not having been reciprocated:

②The term "sending of email, etc." in item (v) of the preceding paragraph means any of the acts listed in the following items (excluding making telephone calls and sending transmissions using a facsimile device):

③The term "obtaining location information without consent, etc." as used in this Act means engaging in any of the acts listed in the following items against a specific person, or against that specific person's spouse, a lineal relative or a relative living together with that specific person, or any other person who has a close relationship with that specific person in social life, for the purpose of satisfying a feeling of romantic affection or any other feeling of affection toward that specific person, or a feeling of resentment at that feeling not having been reciprocated:

④The term "stalking" as used in this Act means repeatedly engaging in pursuit, etc. (with regard to the acts listed in paragraph (1), items (i) through (iv) and item (v) (limited to the part concerning the sending of email, etc.), limited to cases where they are committed in a manner that would cause anxiety that the bodily safety, the peace of the residence, etc. or the reputation of the person will be harmed, or that the person's freedom of action will be significantly harmed) or obtaining location information without consent, etc. against the same person.

No person may engage in pursuit, etc. or obtaining location information without consent, etc. and thereby cause the person targeted to feel anxiety that the person's bodily safety, the peace of the person's residence, etc. or the person's reputation will be harmed, or that the person's freedom of action will be significantly harmed.

①If the Superintendent General, the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, or the Chief of a Police Station (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc.") finds that there has been an act in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article and that the person who committed the act is likely to commit the act again repeatedly, the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. may, at the request of the person targeted by the act or ex officio, give the person who committed the act, as provided by the National Public Safety Commission Rules, a warning not to commit the act again repeatedly.

②If a Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. has given a warning under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "warning"), no other Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. may give a warning to the person who received that warning with regard to the act in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article to which that warning relates.

③When the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. has given a warning, the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. must promptly notify the person targeted by the act in violation of the provisions of the preceding Article to which that warning relates of the content and the date and time of that warning; provided, however, that this does not apply if the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. is unable to notify the person targeted because the whereabouts of the person targeted are unknown or for any other reason.

④If the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. has received a request under paragraph (1) and has not given a warning, the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. must promptly notify the person who made the request, in writing, of that fact and the reasons for it.

⑤Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, necessary matters concerning the giving of warnings are specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules.

①If there has been an act in violation of the provisions of Article 3 and the Prefectural Public Safety Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Public Safety Commission") finds that the person who committed the act is likely to commit the act again repeatedly, the Public Safety Commission may, at the request of the person targeted by the act or ex officio, issue to the person who committed the act, as provided by the National Public Safety Commission Rules, an order concerning the matters listed below:

②When the Public Safety Commission intends to issue an order under the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "prohibition order, etc."), the Public Safety Commission must hold a hearing, notwithstanding the categories of procedures for hearing statements of opinions under the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act (Act No. 88 of 1993).

③In the case referred to in paragraph (1), if the Public Safety Commission finds that there is an urgent need to prevent the bodily safety, the peace of the residence, etc. or the reputation of the person targeted by the act in violation of the provisions of Article 3 from being harmed, or that person's freedom of action from being significantly harmed, the Public Safety Commission may, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph and Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act, issue a prohibition order, etc. without holding a hearing or granting an opportunity for explanation, at the request of the person targeted (or, if it finds that there is an urgent need to prevent the bodily safety of the person targeted from being harmed, at the request of the person targeted or ex officio). In such a case, the Public Safety Commission that issued the prohibition order, etc. must conduct a hearing of opinions within 15 days counting from the day on which it issued the prohibition order, etc. (or, if it has given notice of the hearing of opinions under the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (3) of that Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the following paragraph within 15 days counting from the day on which it issued the prohibition order, etc., within 14 days from the day on which that notice is deemed to have reached the person).

④The provisions of Chapter III, Section 2 of the Administrative Procedure Act (excluding Article 28) apply mutatis mutandis to cases where the Public Safety Commission conducts a hearing of opinions under the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "within a reasonable period of time before the date of the hearing" in Article 15, paragraph (1) of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "promptly", the phrase "When making a decision on rendering an adverse disposition" in Article 26 of that Act is deemed to be replaced with "When having conducted a hearing of opinions under the provisions of the second sentence of Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Anti-Stalking Act (Act No. 81 of 2000)", and the phrase "make the decision after fully taking into account" is deemed to be replaced with "fully take into account"; and any other necessary technical replacement of terms is specified by Cabinet Order.

⑤If a Public Safety Commission has issued a prohibition order, etc., no other Public Safety Commission may issue a prohibition order, etc. to the person who received that prohibition order, etc. with regard to the act in violation of the provisions of Article 3 to which that prohibition order, etc. relates.

⑥When the Public Safety Commission has issued a prohibition order, etc., the Public Safety Commission must promptly notify the person targeted by the act in violation of the provisions of Article 3 to which that prohibition order, etc. relates of the content and the date and time of that prohibition order, etc.; provided, however, that this does not apply if the Public Safety Commission is unable to notify the person targeted because the whereabouts of the person targeted are unknown or for any other reason.

⑦If the Public Safety Commission has received a request under paragraph (1) or (3) and has not issued a prohibition order, etc., the Public Safety Commission must promptly notify the person who made the request, in writing, of that fact and the reasons for it.

⑧A prohibition order, etc. is effective for one year counting from the day on which the prohibition order, etc. was issued.

⑨If the Public Safety Commission has issued a prohibition order, etc. and finds it necessary to continue that prohibition order, etc. after the period referred to in the preceding paragraph has elapsed, the Public Safety Commission may, at the request of the person targeted by the act in violation of the provisions of Article 3 to which that prohibition order, etc. relates or ex officio, extend the period of validity of that prohibition order, etc. by one year. The same applies when the Public Safety Commission intends to extend it further after the extended period has elapsed.

⑩The provisions of paragraphs (2), (6) and (7) apply mutatis mutandis to a disposition extending the period of validity of a prohibition order, etc. under the preceding paragraph. In this case, the phrase "paragraph (1) or (3)" in paragraph (7) is deemed to be replaced with "paragraph (9)".

⑪A prohibition order, etc. or a disposition extending the period of validity of a prohibition order, etc. under paragraph (9) is made by serving a document specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules; provided, however, that it may be made orally if, because of urgency, there is no time to serve that document.

⑫If the domicile and residence of the person to be served with a document to be served under the preceding paragraph are unknown, the Public Safety Commission issuing the prohibition order, etc. or making the disposition may effect service by publication in lieu of that service.

⑬Service by publication is effected by making the name of the document to be served, the name of the person to be served, and a statement that the Public Safety Commission will deliver the document to the person to be served at any time (hereinafter referred to as the "particulars of the public notice" in this paragraph) available for viewing by an unspecified large number of persons by a method specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules, and by taking measures to post a document stating the particulars of the public notice on the bulletin board of that Public Safety Commission, or to make the particulars of the public notice, as displayed on the screen of a computer installed at the office of that Public Safety Commission, available for viewing.

⑭In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when two weeks have elapsed counting from the day on which the measures under that paragraph were commenced, the document is deemed to have been served.

⑮Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, necessary matters concerning the implementation of prohibition orders, etc., the hearing of opinions under the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph (3), and the service under the provisions of paragraph (11) are specified by the National Public Safety Commission Rules.

①No person may, knowing that a person is likely to engage in stalking or an act in violation of the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as "stalking, etc."), provide that person with the name or address of the person targeted by that stalking, etc. or any other information concerning the person targeted by that stalking, etc. that is necessary for engaging in stalking, etc. (referred to as "specified information on the person targeted" in the following paragraph).

②If there has been a warning or a prohibition order, etc. (hereinafter referred to as a "warning, etc." in this paragraph) and the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. finds that a person who holds or intends to hold information concerning the person targeted by the act in violation of the provisions of Article 3 to which that warning, etc. relates (hereinafter referred to as a "holder of information on the person targeted, etc." in this paragraph) is likely to provide specified information on the person targeted concerning that person targeted to a person who has received that warning, etc. and who is currently likely to engage in stalking, etc., the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. may, as provided by the National Public Safety Commission Rules, notify that holder of information on the person targeted, etc. that the person to whom the information would be provided is a person likely to engage in stalking, etc., and request that the holder of information on the person targeted, etc. not make that provision. In such a case, the Chief of Prefectural Police Headquarters, etc. must request that holder of information on the person targeted, etc. not to divulge the matters concerning that notice to third parties without good reason.