①If the Minister of Finance finds it to be necessary for planning or making policies for financial instruments trading systems related to the system for handling failed financial institutions and financial risk management under the Minister's jurisdiction, the Minister may request the Prime Minister to provide necessary materials and explanations.

②If the Minister of Finance finds it to be particularly necessary for planning or making policies for financial instruments trading systems related to the system for handling failed financial institutions and financial risk management under the Minister's jurisdiction, the Minister may, to the extent necessary, request a financial instruments business operator, etc., designated parent company, authorized firm for on-exchange transactions, the business operator authorized to conduct electronic over-the-counter derivatives transactions, etc. business operator, financial instruments intermediary service provider, high-speed trader, authorized financial instruments firms association, certified financial instruments business association (meaning a certified financial instruments business association prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (2); the same applies in Article 194-7, paragraph (2), item (v)), financial instruments exchange, self-regulatory organization under Article 85, paragraph (1), financial instruments exchange holding company, foreign financial instruments exchange, financial instruments clearing organization, foreign financial instruments clearing organization, securities finance company, or other relevant persons to provide materials or explanations or any other cooperation.

①Cabinet Order specifies consultations with the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries or the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the notices to these Ministers, and other procedures, if, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, the Prime Minister establishes Cabinet Office Order (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order), issues an order or renders other dispositions (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order), or receives a notification (limited to those specified by Cabinet Order) or an application for registration, for the business of performing the following acts in connection with rights set forth in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i), (ii), (v), or (vi) which fall under the rights specified by Cabinet Order as those whose purpose is for a person to engage in the commodity investment provided for in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act Regulating Business Involving Commodity Investment, or whose purpose is for a person to invest goods with substantial price volatility or goods generating a profit when used that is difficult to estimate, by acquiring them (including producing them), transferring them, using them, or causing them to be used:

②If the Prime Minister makes the registration referred to in Article 29 or Article 33-2 or accepts a notification referred to in Article 31, paragraph (1) or Article 33-6, paragraph (1) for a person seeking to perform an act set forth in any of the following items on a regular basis, the Prime Minister is to notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of the information set forth in Article 29-2, paragraph (1) or Article 33-3, paragraph (1) with regard to that person:

③If the Prime Minister accepts a notification based on the provisions of Article 63, paragraph (2) in connection with a person that seeks to perform an act set forth in any of the following items on a regular basis, the Prime Minister is to notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of the particulars set forth in the items of Article 63, paragraph (2) concerning that person:

④If the Prime Minister accepts a notification based on the provisions of Article 63-9, paragraph (1) in connection with a person that seeks to perform an act set forth in one of the following items on a regular basis, the Prime Minister is to notify the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of the particulars set forth in the items of that paragraph concerning that person:

When the Prime Minister makes the following dispositions, the Prime Minister must consult with and obtain consent from the Minister with jurisdiction over a commodity market (meaning the Ministers specified in the items of Article 354, paragraph (1) of the Commodity Derivatives Transaction Act in accordance with the categories set forth in each of those items; the same applies hereinafter) in advance; provided, however, that, with regard to the dispositions set forth in item (ii), (c) through (e), item (iv), (b), or item (v), (b), when there is an urgent need for the public interest or protection of investors, it is sufficient to notify the Minister with jurisdiction over a commodity market of the outline of the necessary measures in advance: