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 seven years, a fine of not more than 20 million yen, or both; provided, however, that if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 20 million yen, the fine to which the person is subject is not more than five times that value:

If a person has conducted a transaction provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) or (4) without obtaining the permission under the provisions of those paragraphs; or

If a person has exported goods provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph.

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 10 years, a fine of not more than 30 million yen, or both; provided, however, that if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 30 million yen, the fine to which the person is subject is not more than five times that value:

If a person has conducted a transaction provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph, in connection with specified technology that is technology for the design, manufacture, or use of those, among nuclear weapons, military chemical agents or bacterial agents, devices for dispersing these, and rockets or unmanned aerial vehicles capable of transporting these, that are prescribed by Cabinet Order (hereinafter referred to as "nuclear weapons or other such items" in this paragraph), or technology prescribed by Cabinet Order as technology for the design, manufacture, or use of goods that are found to be particularly highly likely to be used for the development, manufacture, use, or storage of nuclear weapons or other such items (referred to as "development or other such activity" in the following item); or

If a person has, in connection with a specified type of goods referred to in Article 48, paragraph (1) that are prescribed by Cabinet Order as goods found to be particularly highly likely to be used for nuclear weapons or other such items or for the development or other such activity of those items, conducted a transaction provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (4) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph, or made an export provided for by an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (1) without obtaining the permission under that paragraph.

Attempts to commit the offenses referred to in paragraph (1), item (ii) and item (ii) of the preceding paragraph (limited to the part concerning the export of goods) are also punishable.

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 five years, a fine of not more than 10 million yen, or both; provided, however, that if five times the value of the subject matter of the violation exceeds 10 million yen, the fine to which the person is subject is not more than five times that value:

If a person has conducted a transaction meant to provide specified technology, without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2);

If a person has done an act specified in Article 25, paragraph (3), item (i), without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of that paragraph;

If a person has exported goods without obtaining the permission under an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (2);

If a person has exported goods without obtaining approval under an order based on the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (3); or

If a person has imported goods without obtaining approval under an order based on the provisions of Article 52.

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