①When granting the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, issue license certificates for the number of places of business at which the provider carries out paid employment placement services.

②A person who has been issued a license certificate must keep the license certificate at the place of business at which it carries out paid employment placement services and present it at the request of a relevant person.

③If a person who has been issued a license certificate loses it or if it is destroyed, the person must promptly file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and have a license certificate reissued.

①Conditions may be attached to the licensing referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), and those conditions may be subject to change.

②The conditions referred to in the preceding paragraph are limited to what is minimally necessary either in light of the purpose of the licensing referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) or to ensure the reliable implementation of the matters under license, and must not impose an undue obligation on the person being licensed.

①The validity period of the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1) is three years, commencing from the day the license is granted.

②A person seeking to continue providing paid employment placement services for which they have been licensed after the expiration of the license validity period provided for in the preceding paragraph (or after the license validity period as renewed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, if applicable) must seek renewal of the license validity period.

③Upon received an application to renew a license's validity period as prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must renew the license validity period if the Minister finds that the application conforms to the standards set forth in the items of paragraph (1) of Article 31.

④Any person seeking to have a license's validity period renewed as provided for in paragraph (2) is required to pay a fee in the amount that Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare determines, taking into account the actual costs.

⑤The validity period of a license as referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), that has been renewed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), is five years, commencing from the day after the date on which the license validity period from prior to the renewal expires.

⑥The provisions of Article 30, paragraphs (2) through (4), Article 31, paragraph (2), and Article 32 (excluding items (v) through (viii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the renewal of a license's validity period as provided for in paragraph (2).

①If one of the particulars set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of Article 30 (excluding those prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) changes, a provider of paid employment placement services must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay. In such a case, if the particular that has changed relates to the establishment of a new place of business at which it will provide paid employment placement services, the notification must be accompanied by a business plan for that place of business and any other document prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②The provisions of Article 30, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the business plan referred to in the preceding paragraph.

③Upon received a notification of a change relating to the establishment of a place of business for conducting paid employment placement services pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must issue license certificates for the number of businesses being newly established, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

④When filing the notification under paragraph (1), if a particular to which the notification pertains falls under the category of a particular that is stated on the license certificate, the provider of paid employment placement services must apply to have the license certificate updated, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①If a provider of paid employment placement services discontinues its paid employment placement services, it must file a notification of this with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②When a notification has been made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1), will cease to be effective.

①If a provider of paid employment placement services falls under one of the following items, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may revoke the license referred to in Article 30, paragraph (1):

②If the provider of paid employment placement services falls under item (ii) or (iii) of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order the suspension of all or part of its paid employment placement services for a designated period.

A provider of paid employment placement services must not permit another person to conduct paid employment placement services under their own name.

①A provider of paid employment placement services must not refer job seekers to employment in which they would perform port transport work (meaning port transport work as provided in Article 2, item (ii) of the Port Labor Act (Act No. 40 of 1988) or work provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as work equivalent thereto and performed at a port other than a port provided in item (i) of that Article), employment in which they would perform construction work (meaning work involving civil engineering, architecture, other work of constructing, remodeling, preserving, repairing, modifying, demolishing, or dismantling a structure, or any work in preparation therefor), or any other employment provided for by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as a type of employment that the mediation through paid employment placement services presents a risk of interfering with the protection of workers in that type of employment.

②The provisions of Article 5-6, paragraph (1) and Article 5-7, paragraph (1) do not apply to applications post job openings and job-seeking applications for pertaining to the types of employment provided for in the preceding paragraph in relation to paid employment placement service providers.

①When a person seeking to conduct paid employment placement services or a provider of such services decides on a range of job categories, etc., they must file a notification with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. The same applies if they make changes to these.

②If a person seeking to provide paid employment placement services or a provider of paid employment placement services has filed a notification regarding the range of job categories, etc. pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 5-6, paragraph (1) and Article 5-7, paragraph (1) are to apply only within the range of job categories, etc.

③If the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare determines that the range of job categories, etc. for which a notification has been filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) would result in specific persons being subjected to unfair discriminatory treatment, the Minister may order the person intending to conduct or already conducting paid employment placement services to modify the range of job categories, etc. within a specified time frame.

Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a provider of paid employment placement services must explicitly inform both job posters and job seekers about the range of job categories and operations handled, details regarding fees, complaint handling procedures, and other matters; these are prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as information that it is appropriate for job posters and job seekers to be informed of in advance.

Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a paid provider of employment placement services must appoint an employment placement manager from among persons not falling under Article 32, item (i), (ii), or (iv) through (ix) (excluding minors, and limited to persons who meet the criteria prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as persons possessing sufficient capability to properly manage paid employment placement services) to supervise and manage the following aspects related to employment placement and to provide necessary education to employees for the proper execution of employment placement:

A provider of paid employment placement services must prepare the books and documents prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare with respect to its operations, and must keep them at its place of business.

①Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a provider of paid employment placement services must prepare a business report concerning its paid employment placement services for each place of business at which it provides those services, and must submit this to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in the business report referred to in the preceding paragraph, a paid provider of employment placement services must state the number of job seekers associated with its paid employment placement services for each place of business at which it provides those services, the amounts of fees for employment placement, and other particulars of its employment placement.

③Pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, a provider of paid employment placement services must provide information on the number of persons who have obtained employment through its employment placement; the number of persons who obtained employment through its employment placement (limited to those who entered into labor contracts without a fixed-term) but have separated from employment (excluding those who have separated from employment due to dismissal and other persons prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare); the particulars of its fees; and other particulars prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.