Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
出入国管理及び難民認定法第七条第一項第二号の基準を定める省令
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. 39 terms: 0 with the Ministry of Justice's English, 39 in our translation, marked as such.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 50 of 2009.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 50 of 2009, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 37 of 2012, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
改正法
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 74 of 2014), in Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 35 of 2014.
申請人
A person who has applied for landing under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act; the table of this Ministerial Order sets the criteria that person must meet for the activities they plan in Japan.
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.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 35 of 2014.
改正法
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 88 of 2016), in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 19 of 2017.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 19 of 2017, as Articles 2, 5 and 6 of that Order's supplementary provisions (附則) name it.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Ministry of Justice Order No. 33 of 2024.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 33 of 2024, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 33 of 2024, the activities listed for the Student (留学) status in Appended Table I(4) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, used to refer to their entry in the table of this Ministerial Order as that Order amended it.
The Trainee (研修) status of residence of Appended Table I(4) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as it stood before Act No. 79 of 2009 came into force; Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 50 of 2009 keeps the earlier landing criteria for it in the cases that Article lists.
在留資格認定証明書
A certificate the Minister of Justice issues in advance, on application, stating that a foreign national planning to come to Japan meets the conditions for landing; not issued to those coming as Temporary Visitors.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 10 of 2010, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
A foreign national residing in Japan with a status of residence who is issued a residence card: everyone except those granted a stay of three months or less, Temporary Visitors, holders of Diplomat or Official status, and others specified by Ministry of Justice Order.
出入国管理及び難民認定法第十九条の三に規定する中長期在留者
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; Article 4 of that Act abolished the Alien Registration Act.
An alien registration certificate (外国人登録証明書) under the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952), which Article 4 of Act No. 79 of 2009 abolished; one held by a mid- to long-term resident (中長期在留者) counts as a residence card (在留カード) for the provisions of this Ministerial Order that Article 2 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 28 of 2012 lists.
This Ministerial Order as amended by Article 2 of Ministry of Justice Order No. 37 of 2012.
In Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 33 of 2024, a university or an institution equivalent to one, or a college of technology (高等専門学校), that the applicant enters as a research student or auditor taught only through attending lectures.
申請人
In Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 33 of 2024, a person who has applied for landing under Article 6, paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act or for a certificate of eligibility (在留資格認定証明書) under Article 7-2, paragraph (1) of that Act.
The date Ministry of Justice Order No. 50 of 2025, the amending Ministerial Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
あっせん機関
In items (v) and (vi) of the criteria for the Trainee (研修) status in this Ministerial Order's table, an organization that arranges the training the applicant is to undergo.
ワイン鑑定等
Appraising, evaluating and preserving the quality of wine, and serving wine — the sommelier's skills that item (ix) of the criteria for the Skilled Labor (技能) status deals with.
In the criteria for the Trainee (研修) status, the public or private organization in Japan (本邦の公私の機関) that takes on trainees and under whose full-time staff the applicant's training is to be given.
In the criteria for the Student (留学) status, an educational institution teaching Japanese to foreign nationals that the Minister of Justice designates by public notice (告示) after hearing the opinion of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
国際ソムリエコンクール
A competition in the skills of wine appraisal, etc. (ワイン鑑定等) held on an international scale; item (ix) of the criteria for the Skilled Labor (技能) status counts having done well in one, or having taken part in one that admits only one entrant per country.
地域
A region specified in Article 1 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order — Taiwan, and the West Bank of the Jordan River and the Gaza Strip — which this Ministerial Order names beside foreign governments as issuers of passports.
出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令（平成十年政令第百七十八号）第一条に定める地域
Entertaining customers (接待) as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business: treating customers to hospitality in a way that creates an atmosphere of merriment.
風営法第二条第三項に規定する接待
Education that gives foreign nationals who do not know Japanese the ability to understand and use the Japanese they need to live in Japan, as defined in Article 1 of the Act on the Accreditation, etc. of Japanese Language Educational Institutions to Ensure the Proper and Reliable Provision of Japanese Language Education.
日本語教育の適正かつ確実な実施を図るための日本語教育機関の認定等に関する法律（令和五年法律第四十一号。以下「日本語教育機関認定法」という。）第一条に規定する日本語教育
Short name for the Act on the Accreditation, etc. of Japanese Language Educational Institutions to Ensure the Proper and Reliable Provision of Japanese Language Education (Act No. 41 of 2023).
A member of an organized crime group as defined in Article 2(vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members.
Acting, popular entertainment (演芸), singing, dancing or playing music, as performances by a foreign national coming to Japan under the Entertainer (興行) status of residence.
An incorporated administrative agency as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies: a corporation set up, as a medium-term objectives agency, a national research and development agency or an administrative execution agency, to carry out effectively and efficiently public work that must be done reliably, that the national government need not do itself, and that might not get done if left to the private sector or must be done by a single body.
独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第一項に規定する独立行政法人
A Japanese language course (日本語教育課程) at an accredited Japanese language educational institution (認定日本語教育機関) whose aim, under Article 16, paragraph (1), item (i) of that institution's accreditation standards (認定日本語教育機関認定基準, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Order No. 40 of 2023), is to teach people who came to Japan to learn Japanese — mainly to go on to a Japanese university, college of technology or vocational school, to find work in Japan or for other purposes — the Japanese they need for that purpose.
認定日本語教育機関認定基準（令和五年文部科学省令第四十号）第二条第一項に規定する留学のための課程
In item (i) of the criteria for the Entertainer (興行) status, the contract with an organization in Japan under which the applicant is to perform acting, etc. (演劇等), limited to one that states clearly that the organization must pay the applicant at least 200,000 yen a month.
Short name for the Act on Control and Improvement of Amusement Business (Act No. 122 of 1948).
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Justice Order No. 50 of 2009, training in which the trainee acquires techniques, skills or knowledge by working in producing or selling goods or in providing services for payment.
商品を生産し若しくは販売する業務又は対価を得て役務の提供を行う業務に従事することにより技術、技能又は知識を修得する研修
This Ministerial Order as it stood before its amendment by Ministry of Justice Order No. 37 of 2012, as the table in Article 6 of that Order's supplementary provisions (附則) names it.