The National Disaster Management Council is composed of a chairperson and members.
中央防災会議は、会長及び委員をもつて組織する。
The Prime Minister serves as chairperson.
会長は、内閣総理大臣をもつて充てる。
The chairperson directs and supervises the affairs of the council.
会長は、会務を総理する。
When the chairperson is incapacitated, a member named by that chairperson in advance performs duties on behalf of the chairperson.
会長に事故があるときは、あらかじめその指名する委員がその職務を代理する。
The members are appointed from among the following:
委員は、次に掲げる者をもつて充てる。
the Minister for Disaster Management;
防災大臣
persons appointed by the Prime Minister from among the Ministers of State other than the Minister for Disaster Management, the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management, the Administrative Vice-Minister of the Disaster Management Agency, representatives of designated public corporations, and persons with relevant knowledge and experience.
防災大臣以外の国務大臣、内閣危機管理監、防災庁の事務次官、指定公共機関の代表者及び学識経験のある者のうちから、内閣総理大臣が任命する者
Expert advisors may be appointed to the National Disaster Management Council in order to investigate matters requiring expert knowledge.
中央防災会議に、専門の事項を調査させるため、専門委員を置くことができる。
The Prime Minister appoints expert advisors from among officials of relevant administrative organs or designated public corporations and persons with relevant knowledge and experience.
専門委員は、関係行政機関及び指定公共機関の職員並びに学識経験のある者のうちから、内閣総理大臣が任命する。
The National Disaster Management Council has executive secretaries, and the Prime Minister appoints them from among the officials of the Cabinet Secretariat or heads of designated administrative organs (except for the Ministers of State) or their officials.
中央防災会議に、幹事を置き、内閣官房の職員又は指定行政機関の長（国務大臣を除く。）若しくはその職員のうちから、内閣総理大臣が任命する。
The executive secretary assists the chairperson and members with respect to the function under the jurisdiction of the National Disaster Management Council.
幹事は、中央防災会議の所掌事務について、会長及び委員を助ける。
Beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding paragraphs, necessary matters related to the organization and operation of the National Disaster Management Council are prescribed by Cabinet Order.
前各項に定めるもののほか、中央防災会議の組織及び運営に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。
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designated administrative organs
「指定行政機関」
The national administrative organs the Prime Minister designates from among the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency, the Digital Agency, the Disaster Management Agency, the ministries, commissions and agencies, and the councils, facilities, special organs and other bodies set up under them.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
designated public corporations
「指定公共機関」
Incorporated administrative agencies, the Bank of Japan, the Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and other public institutions, and corporations running public utilities such as electricity, gas, transport and telecommunications, that the Prime Minister designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
Disaster Management Agency
防災庁
A national government agency placed in the Cabinet (内閣) by the Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency (防災庁設置法, Act No. 61 of 2026) (Article 2). Its tasks are to assist the Cabinet, together with the Cabinet Secretariat (内閣官房), in the Cabinet's work on disaster management (防災) — disaster prevention, emergency response, recovery from a disaster and reconstruction after it — and to see that the government's administrative work on disaster management is done smoothly and quickly, both in line with the basic principles of Article 2-2 of the Basic Act on Disaster Management (Article 3). Its work includes planning and coordinating the government's basic policy and plans for disaster management, setting up and running the disaster management bodies of Chapter II of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, the disaster management plans (防災計画) that Act provides for, and emergency relief for disaster victims; work that concerns nuclear disaster management (原子力防災) alone is not its work but stays with the Cabinet Office (内閣府) (Article 4, paragraphs (1) to (3)). Its head is the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣), who may issue Disaster Management Agency Orders (防災庁令) on the matters in its charge, to carry out an Act (法律) or a Cabinet Order (政令) or where one of them specially delegates a matter; such an Order can set a penalty, impose a duty or restrict a right only where an Act delegates it (Article 6, paragraph (1), and Article 7, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A Minister for Disaster Management (防災大臣), who is a Minister of State (国務大臣), assists the Prime Minister and directs the Agency's work (Article 8, paragraphs (1) to (3)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, Arts. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and Basic Act on Disaster Management, Art. 2-2 as a reference.
Minister of State
国務大臣
A member of the Cabinet other than the Prime Minister (Article 66, paragraph (1)). All of them must be civilians, and a majority must be members of the Diet; the Prime Minister appoints them and may dismiss them at will (Article 66, paragraph (2), and Article 68). Most head a ministry, which is why a Ministerial Order (省令) — a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令), for instance — is issued in a Minister's name. Ministers of State are among the people the Constitution binds to respect and uphold it (Article 99).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 66, 68, 75, 99 and 国家行政組織法, Art. 5 as a reference.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.