Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

If a person falls under any of the following items, the person that has committed the violation is subject to imprisonment for not more than three years, a fine of not more than one million yen, or both; provided, however, that if three times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds one million yen, the fine is not more than three times that value:

If a person has made or received a payment in violation of the provisions of Article 8;

If a person has carried out a transaction or action or made or received a payment in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 9, paragraph (1);

If a person has made or received a payment without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 16, paragraphs (1) through (3), or in violation of the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article;

If a person has made or received a payment in violation of the prohibition under Article 16-2 on the making or receiving of payment, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that Article;

If a person has engaged in business involving a foreign exchange transaction or a transfer of electronic payment instruments or any other prescribed action in violation of the suspension or restrictions under Article 17-2, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 17-3, Article 17-4, paragraph (1) and Article 55-9-4, paragraph (3));

If a person has imported or exported a means of payment prescribed in Article 19, paragraph (1), securities, or precious metals without getting the permission under an Order that is based on paragraph (1) or (2) of that Article;

If a person has conducted a capital transaction without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 21, paragraph (1) or (2);

If a person has conducted a capital transaction in violation of the prohibition under Article 22, paragraph (1) on capital transactions, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that paragraph;

If a person has handled accounting in violation of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (2);

If a person has made an outward direct investment without having filed a notification under Article 23, paragraph (1) or after filing a false notification;

If a person has made an outward direct investment during the period prescribed in Article 23, paragraph (3) or (5) in violation of the provisions of those paragraphs;

If a person has made an outward direct investment in violation of the provisions of Article 23, paragraph (7);

If a person has made an outward direct investment in violation of an order of modification or discontinuance under Article 23, paragraph (9);

If a person has conducted a specified capital transaction without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 24, paragraph (1) or (2);

If a person has conducted a specified capital transaction in violation of the prohibition under Article 24-2 on specified capital transactions, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that Article;

If a person has taken an action provided for in Article 25, paragraph (3), item (ii) without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that paragraph;

If a person has conducted a service transaction provided for by an Order that is based on Article 25, paragraph (5) without getting the permission under that paragraph;

If a person has conducted a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries without getting the permission under an Order that is based on Article 25, paragraph (6);

If a person has, in violation of the prohibition under Article 25-2, paragraph (1) or (2) on a transaction for the purpose of providing technology, exporting a document, drawing, or recording medium containing technological information, transmission of technological information outside Japan, or export of goods, conducted such a transaction, exported such a document, drawing, or recording medium, transmitted such technological information outside Japan, or exported such goods;

If a person has conducted a transaction or exported goods in violation of the prohibition under Article 25-2, paragraph (3) on transactions connected with the buying and selling, leasing, or donation of goods, or on the export of goods;

If a person has conducted a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries in violation of the prohibition under Article 25-2, paragraph (4) on service transactions and transactions involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries, or without getting the permission under an Order that is based on that paragraph;

If a person has failed to make a notification under Article 27, paragraph (1) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of that Article) or Article 28, paragraph (1) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of that Article) or made a false notification, and has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions;

If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions during the prohibition period prescribed in Article 29, paragraph (8) in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of the same Article) or Article 28, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of the same Article);

If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (8) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or (14) of that Article and the cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 28, paragraph (7) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (8) or (9) of that Article; the same applies in the following item));

If a person has carried out an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition or anything that is equivalent to these actions in violation of an order of modification, modification of a measure relating to national security or a similar concern (or, in the case of an order under Article 27, paragraph (10) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (7), modification of a measure relating to national security), or discontinuance under Article 27, paragraph (10) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (13) or paragraph (14) of the same Article and as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (7));

If a person has violated the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (8) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-4, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (13) or (14) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-4, paragraph (2)), or the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (8) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-4, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (7) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 28-4, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (8) or (9) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28-4, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following item);

If a person has violated an order of modification of a measure relating to national security or a similar concern, modification of a measure relating to national security, or discontinuance of a change under Article 27, paragraph (10) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-4, paragraph (2) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (13) or (14) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-4, paragraph (2)), or under Article 27, paragraph (10) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-4, paragraph (2), as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 28, paragraph (7) as applied mutatis mutandis with replacement of terms pursuant to Article 28-4, paragraph (2);

If a person has violated an order under Article 29, paragraphs (1) through (6) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (13) or (14), or Article 28, paragraph (8) or (9)), if a person has violated an order under Article 29, paragraph (7) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 27-2, paragraph (6) or (7), or Article 28-2, paragraph (6) or (7)), or if a person has violated an order under Article 29, paragraph (9) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to Article 27, paragraph (13) or (14));

If a person has failed to make a report under Article 29-2, paragraph (1) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (12) or (13) of the same Article) or made a false report;

If a person has violated the provisions of Article 29-2, paragraph (5) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (12) or (13) of the same Article);

If a person has violated an order under Article 29-2, paragraph (6) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (12) or (13) of the same Article);

If a person has violated an order under Article 29-2, paragraph (9) (including the cases where these provisions are applied by deeming pursuant to paragraph (12) or (13) of the same Article);

If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract while failing to make a notification under Article 30, paragraph (1) or making a false notification;

If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract during the period prescribed in Article 30, paragraph (2) (or, if the period is extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or (6) of that Article or shortened pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article, during the period so extended or shortened) in violation of the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article;

If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract in violation of the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (8) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30, paragraph (7);

If a person has conducted the entry into, renewal, or modification of a technology introduction contract in violation of an order of modification or discontinuance under Article 27, paragraph (10) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 30, paragraph (7);

If a person has conducted the shipment of goods in violation of the provisions of an Order that is based on Article 51;

If a person has exported goods, conducted a transaction, exported a document, drawing, or recording medium containing specified information, or transmitted information, in violation of the prohibition under Article 53, paragraph (1) on the export of goods, on transactions that are meant to provide specified technology, on the export of a document, drawing, or recording medium containing specified information, or on the transmission of information concerning the specified technology;

If a person has imported or exported goods in violation of the prohibition under Article 53, paragraph (2) on the import or export of goods;

If a person has violated an order under Article 53, paragraph (3) or (4);

If a person has violated the conditions attached under Article 67, paragraph (1) to the permission under Article 25, paragraph (1) or (4) or Article 48, paragraph (1); or

If a person has obtained, by deception or other wrongful means, the permission or approval under Article 25, paragraph (1); under an Order that is based on paragraph (2) or (3) of that Article; under paragraph (4) of that Article; under Article 48, paragraph (1); under an Order that is based on Article 48, paragraph (2) or (3); or under an Order that is based on Article 52.

An attempt to commit the offense referred to in item (xvi) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part concerning Article 25, paragraph (3), item (ii), (a)) is punishable.