Every term this law . Its definitions bind only this law — each entry says where the definition applies and links to the sentence that settles it. 178 terms: 27 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 151 in our translation, marked as such.
The Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control Order (出入国管理令施行規則) as it stood before Ministry of Justice Order No. 54 of 1981 — the Ministerial Order that is this Regulation — amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 6 of 1988.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 5 of 2004.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 79 of 2004.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 85 of 2004.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 65 of 2005.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 62 of 2006.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 81 of 2006.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 29 of 2009.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 49 of 2009.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 34 of 2014.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 19 of 2017.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 21 of 2018.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 31 of 2018.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 9 of 2019.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 33 of 2019.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 5 of 2019.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 2 of 2020.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 31 of 2020.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 4 of 2021.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 8 of 2022.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 45 of 2025.
The country of a person's nationality, or a region referred to in Article 2, item (v)(b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act: a region specified by Cabinet Order (政令) whose competent authority issues documents equivalent to passports.
The country of a person's nationality, or a region referred to in Article 2, item (v)(b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act: a region specified by Cabinet Order (政令) whose competent authority issues documents equivalent to passports.
The director of an immigration detention center or a supervising immigration inspector (主任審査官) — here, the official who sets the conditions of a special release (特別放免) under Article 52, paragraph (10) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
改正法
Short name for Act No. 79 of 2009, which amended the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, among other laws.
改正法
Short name for Act No. 79 of 2009, which amended the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, among other laws.
改正法
In Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 17 of 2013, short name for the 2009 Act that partially amended the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and made related changes (Act No. 79 of 2009).
改正法
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 74 of 2014).
改正法
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 88 of 2016).
改正法
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 56 of 2023), which came into effect on 10 June 2024.
改正法
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 60 of 2024), which comes into effect on 1 April 2027.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Article 1 of Ministry of Justice Order No. 43 of 2011.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to (Order No. 43 of 2011, No. 40 of 2012 or No. 20 of 2026).
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 20 of 2026.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 49 of 2009, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 9 of 2010, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 43 of 2011, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 34 of 2014, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 19 of 2017, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 20 of 2026, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
The director of an immigration detention center or the director of a regional immigration services bureau.
A certificate that the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may issue, on application by a foreign national residing in Japan, stating the income-earning business or paid activities that person may engage in (Article 19-2, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act).
Permission under Article 19, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act for a person residing with a status of residence in Appended Table I to run an income-earning business or do paid work outside the activities of that status, to the extent it does not hinder them.
特例法
Short name for the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991).
特例法
Short name for the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991).
A foreign national who has been served with, or orally notified of, a notice of hearing of opinions (意見聴取通知書) under Article 22-4, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act before a decision on revoking their status of residence (在留資格).
The electronic data processing system defined in Article 4, paragraph (1) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 11 of 2003 (法務省情報通信技術活用規則): computers used by the administrative body linked through telecommunications lines with the computers of those making applications that meet the body's technical standards.
法務省の所管する法令の規定に基づく情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する規則（平成十五年法務省令第十一号。以下「法務省情報通信技術活用規則」という。）第四条第一項に規定する電子情報処理組織
The special permanent resident certificate provided for in Article 7, paragraph (1) of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, held by a special permanent resident (特別永住者).
Registration under Article 9, paragraph (8) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act of a foreign national residing in Japan who is leaving with the intention of coming back and who wishes, on landing again, to have the landing recorded in an electronic file instead of receiving a landing permission seal (証印).
委員会
The Visiting Committee for Immigration Detention Centers, etc., set up at immigration offices designated by Ministry of Justice Order.
An immigration inspector designated, from among those with the knowledge and experience needed, by the Minister of Justice (or by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency or a regional immigration services bureau director to whom that power is delegated) to hear the opinion of a foreign national whose status of residence (在留資格) may be revoked, as Article 22-4, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act requires.
In this table, the person seeking to land in Japan, for whose certificate of eligibility (在留資格認定証明書) the agent (代理人) listed beside the activity that person plans may apply.
In Article 22 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 43 of 2011, the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before Article 2 of the 2009 amending Act (改正法, Act No. 79 of 2009) amended it.
学校
In this item, a Japanese senior high school, the upper course of a secondary education school, the upper division of a special needs school, a college of technology, or the upper secondary course of a specialized training college, whose students join a school trip abroad held as part of their curriculum.
An application, notification or other communication made to a government body under a law or regulation, as defined in Article 3, item (viii) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Utilize Information and Communications Technology (leaving out those made in court proceedings and in procedures for criminal cases and for offence cases a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies); here, one made under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act or this Regulation.
情報通信技術を活用した行政の推進等に関する法律（平成十四年法律第百五十一号。以下「情報通信技術活用法」という。）第三条第八号に規定する申請等
This Ministerial Order as it stood before Article 1 of Ministry of Justice Order No. 43 of 2011 amended it.
This Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before Article 1 of the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to (Order No. 43 of 2011 or No. 40 of 2012) amended it.
The party to the hearing (被聴取者) or their agent, and any intervenor (参加人) or their agent, to whom notice of a change in the date or place of a hearing of opinions must be served.
The former Ministerial Order (省令) specifying particular statuses of residence and their periods of stay (特定の在留資格及びその在留期間を定める省令), which Ministry of Justice Order No. 54 of 1981 — the Ministerial Order that is this Regulation — abolished.
Each of the Ministerial Orders (省令) as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
Each of the Ministerial Orders (省令) as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
Each of the Ministerial Orders (省令) as it stood before the Ministry of Justice Order that these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to amended it.
Crew landing permission under Article 16, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, which lets a foreign crew member of a ship regularly serving or frequently calling at Japanese ports, or of a carrier running scheduled international flights, land repeatedly for one year for rest, shopping and similar purposes: ship crew while the ship is in Japan, air crew for up to 15 days each time on condition of leaving from the same port as crew of that carrier's aircraft.
The director of the regional immigration services bureau with jurisdiction over the immigration office (出入国在留管理官署) that the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency designates for applications for registration under Article 7-2, paragraph (1).
Special permission to stay in Japan that the Minister of Justice may grant, under Article 50, paragraph (1) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, to a foreign national who falls under the grounds for deportation (退去強制).
Short name for Ministry of Justice Order No. 16 of 1990, which sets the criteria referred to in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act: the criteria a foreign national coming to Japan for the activities in Appended Table I(2) or I(4) of that Act must meet to be allowed to land.
Short name for Ministry of Justice Order No. 16 of 1990, which sets the criteria referred to in Article 7, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act: the criteria a foreign national coming to Japan for the activities in Appended Table I(2) or I(4) of that Act must meet to be allowed to land.
支援責任者
The person responsible for carrying out a support plan for a specified skilled worker (i) (適合一号特定技能外国人支援計画).