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Chapter VI Responsibility of the Captain of a Vessel or Aircraft and the Carrier
The law as Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Act on Special Provisions for Applications for Landing by Foreign Nationals Holding Passports Referred to in Article 2, Item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Act No. 32 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.
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The captain of a vessel or aircraft entering Japan and the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft must cooperate with an immigration inspector in executing their duties, such as examinations.
本邦に入る船舶等の長及びその船舶等を運航する運送業者は、入国審査官の行う審査その他の職務の遂行に協力しなければならない。
Duty to Report on Persons Who Made Reservations for Vessels or Aircraft Entering Japan, etc.
本邦に入る船舶等に係る予約者に関する報告の義務等
When issuing a ship ticket or airline ticket to a person who made a reservation on a vessel or aircraft entering Japan (meaning a person who reserved a ship ticket or airline ticket), the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft (or the captain of the vessel or aircraft in the absence of the carrier; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) must report the name of the person who made the reservation and other particulars provided by Ministry of Justice Order to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency by the time specified in the following items according to the category of cases set forth in those items:
本邦に入る船舶等を運航する運送業者（運送業者がないときは、当該船舶等の長。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）は、当該船舶等に係る予約者（乗船券又は航空券の予約をした者をいう。）に係る乗船券又は航空券を発行する場合には、次の各号に掲げる場合の区分に応じ、当該各号に定める時までに、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該予約者の氏名その他の法務省令で定める事項を報告しなければならない。
if issuing a ship ticket:the time provided by Ministry of Justice Order in consideration of the number of passengers on vessels entering Japan, the status of the development of the equipment necessary for reporting those particulars, and other circumstances;
乗船券を発行する場合 本邦に入る船舶に係る乗客の数、当該事項の報告に必要な設備の整備の状況その他の事情を勘案して法務省令で定める時
if issuing an airline ticket:the time of issuing the airline ticket.
航空券を発行する場合 当該航空券を発行する時
Upon receiving a report pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency must notify the carrier who made the report, without delay, of whether it is appropriate to allow the person pertaining to the report to enter Japan.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、前項の規定により報告を受けたときは、遅滞なく、当該報告をした運送業者に対し、当該報告に係る者を本邦に入らせることが相当であるかどうかを通知しなければならない。
If, after giving notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph that it is appropriate to allow a person pertaining to a report under the provisions of paragraph (1) to enter Japan, it becomes clear that it is not appropriate to allow the person pertaining to the notice to enter Japan, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may notify the carrier who received the notice to that effect.
出入国在留管理庁長官は、前項の規定により、第一項の規定による報告に係る者を本邦に入らせることが相当である旨の通知をした後において、当該通知に係る者を本邦に入らせることが相当でないことが判明したときは、当該通知を受けた運送業者に対し、その旨を通知することができる。
If a carrier receives notice pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs that it is not appropriate to allow a person pertaining to a report under the provisions of paragraph (1) to enter Japan, the carrier must not allow the person pertaining to the notice to enter Japan aboard the vessel or aircraft; provided, however, that this does not apply if the carrier receives the notice after the vessel or aircraft has departed from an area outside Japan for Japan.
運送業者は、前二項の規定により第一項の規定による報告に係る者を本邦に入らせることが相当でない旨の通知を受けたときは、当該通知に係る者を当該船舶等に乗せて本邦に入らせてはならない。ただし、当該船舶等が本邦外の地域から本邦に向けて出発した後に当該運送業者が当該通知を受けたときは、この限りでない。
In the case prescribed in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, if the carrier enters Japan with the person pertaining to the notice prescribed in the same paragraph aboard the vessel or aircraft, the carrier must promptly after receiving the notice report to the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency to that effect, the date and time at which the vessel or aircraft departed from the area outside Japan for Japan, and other particulars provided by Ministry of Justice Order.
前項ただし書に規定する場合において、当該運送業者は、同項に規定する通知に係る者を当該船舶等に乗せて本邦に入るときは、出入国在留管理庁長官に対し、当該通知を受けた後速やかに、その旨、当該船舶等が本邦外の地域から本邦に向けて出発した年月日時その他法務省令で定める事項を報告しなければならない。
For the purpose of preventing foreign nationals from illegally entering Japan, the carrier who operates a vessel or aircraft entering Japan (or the captain of the vessel or aircraft in the absence of the carrier) must check the passports, crew member's pocket-ledgers or re-entry permits possessed by foreign nationals who seek to board the vessel or aircraft.
本邦に入る船舶等を運航する運送業者（運送業者がないときは、当該船舶等の長）は、外国人が不法に本邦に入ることを防止するため、当該船舶等に乗ろうとする外国人の旅券、乗員手帳又は再入国許可書を確認しなければならない。
Pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, the captain of a vessel or aircraft entering Japan must report to an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure where the vessel or aircraft will arrive, the names of its crew members and passengers and other particulars provided by Ministry of Justice Order, in advance.
本邦に入る船舶等の長は、法務省令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、その船舶等が到着する出入国港の入国審査官に対し、その乗員及び乗客に係る氏名その他の法務省令で定める事項を報告しなければならない。
Upon the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure from which the vessel or aircraft departs, the captain of a vessel or aircraft departing from Japan must report particulars pertaining to its crew members and passengers as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.
本邦から出る船舶等の長は、その船舶等が出発する出入国港の入国審査官の要求があつたときは、その乗員及び乗客に係る前項に規定する事項を報告しなければならない。
If the captain of a vessel or aircraft entering Japan learns that a foreign national aboard the vessel or aircraft does not possess a valid passport, crew member's pocket-ledger or re-entry permit, the captain must immediately report this information to an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure.
本邦に入る船舶等の長は、有効な旅券、乗員手帳又は再入国許可書を所持しない外国人がその船舶等に乗つていることを知つたときは、直ちにその旨をその出入国港の入国審査官に報告しなければならない。
If a person who has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions ofthe permission set forth in Article 14-2, paragraph (2) is on board a designated passenger ship, the captain of the designated passenger ship entering Japan must immediately report the name of the person and other particulars provided by Ministry of Justice Order to an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure each time the designated passenger ship arrives at a port of entry or departure.
本邦に入る指定旅客船の船長は、当該指定旅客船に第十四条の二第二項の規定による許可を受けている者が乗つているときは、当該指定旅客船が出入国港に到着する都度、直ちに、その者の氏名その他法務省令で定める事項をその出入国港の入国審査官に報告しなければならない。
If a crew member who has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions ofthe permission set forth in Article 16, paragraph (2) is on board the vessel or aircraft entering Japan, the captain of the vessel or aircraft must immediately report the name of the crew member and other particulars provided by Ministry of Justice Order to an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure each time the vessel or aircraft arrives at a port of entry or departure.
本邦に入る船舶等の長は、当該船舶等に第十六条第二項の規定による許可を受けている乗員が乗り組んでいるときは、当該船舶等が出入国港に到着する都度、直ちに、当該乗員の氏名その他法務省令で定める事項をその出入国港の入国審査官に報告しなければならない。
The captain of the designated passenger ship departing from a Japanese port of entry or departure must report, upon the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure, whether a person granted permission pursuant to the provisions ofthe permission set forth in Article 14-2, paragraph (1) or (2) has returned to the designated passenger ship.
本邦の出入国港から出発する指定旅客船の船長は、当該出入国港の入国審査官の要求があつたときは、第十四条の二第一項又は第二項の規定による許可を受けた者がその指定旅客船に帰船しているかどうかを報告しなければならない。
At the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure from which the vessel or aircraft departs, the captain of the vessel or aircraft departing from Japan must report whether a person granted the permission for landingset forth in transit pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) has returned to their vessel or aircraft, whether a person who was granted landing permission for crew members is aboard the vessel or aircraft, and whether a person seeking to depart Japan in violation of the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2), or Article 60, paragraph (2) is aboard the vessel or aircraft.
本邦から出る船舶等の長は、その船舶等の出発する出入国港の入国審査官の要求があつたときは、第十五条第一項の規定による通過上陸の許可を受けた者がその船舶に帰船しているかどうか、乗員上陸の許可を受けた者で当該船舶等に乗り組むべきものが乗り組んでいるかどうか及び第二十五条第二項又は第六十条第二項の規定に違反して出国しようとする者が乗つているかどうかを報告しなければならない。
If an immigration inspector finds it necessary in securing the enforcement of the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) or other provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognitionthis Act, they may request the carrier operating an aircraft entering Japan or any other person provided for by Ministry of Justice Order to give a report on the person who made the reservation on the aircraft (meaning the person who reserved the airline ticket; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the details of the reservation of the person who made the reservation, the baggage of the person and the particulars provided for in Ministry of Justice Order regarding the procedures for boarding the aircraft, before the aircraft arrives at the port of entry or departure.
入国審査官は、第七条第一項その他の出入国管理及び難民認定法この法律の規定の実施を確保するため必要があると認めるときは、本邦に入る航空機を運航する運送業者その他の法務省令で定める者に対し、当該航空機が出入国港に到着する前に、当該航空機に係る予約者（航空券の予約をした者をいう。以下この項において同じ。）、当該予約者に係る予約の内容、当該予約者の携帯品及び当該予約者が当該航空機に搭乗するための手続に関する事項で法務省令で定めるものを報告することを求めることができる。
A person who has been requested to give a report pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must give the report pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. In this case, if this person takes the measures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order that make the information available in a manner that enables the immigration inspector to view the information using electronic or magnetic records in lieu of the report, the report is deemed to have been made.
前項の規定により報告を求められた者は、法務省令で定めるところにより、当該報告をしなければならない。この場合において、当該者が、当該報告に代えて、入国審査官が電磁的記録を利用してその情報を閲覧することができる状態に置く措置であつて法務省令で定めるものを講じたときは、当該報告をしたものとみなす。
If the captain of a vessel or aircraft arriving in Japan has learned that a foreign national prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article is aboard the vessel or aircraft, the captain must prevent the foreign national from landing.
本邦に入る船舶等の長は、前条第三項に規定する外国人がその船舶等に乗つていることを知つたときは、当該外国人が上陸することを防止しなければならない。
The captain of a vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates a vessel or aircraft that has on board a foreign national falling under any of the following items must promptly send the foreign national outside of Japan at their own expense and responsibility via the same vessel or aircraft or any other vessel or aircraft owned by the same carrier:
次の各号のいずれかに該当する外国人が乗つてきた船舶等の長又はその船舶等を運航する運送業者は、当該外国人をその船舶等又は当該運送業者に属する他の船舶等により、その責任と費用で、速やかに本邦外の地域に送還しなければならない。
a person denied landing pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2;
第三章第一節又は第二節の規定により上陸を拒否された者
a person deported for falling under any of items (v) through (vi)-4 of Article 24;
第二十四条第五号から第六号の四までのいずれかに該当して本邦からの退去強制を受けた者
excluding those persons prescribed in the preceding item, out of those who were deported within 5 years of their landing date for falling under any of the items of Article 24, the person whom the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operated the vessel or aircraft at the time of their landing is found to have obviously known the existence of grounds for deportation.
前号に規定する者を除き、上陸後五年以内に、第二十四条各号のいずれかに該当して退去強制を受けた者のうち、その者の上陸のとき時に当該船舶等の長又は運送業者がその者について退去強制の理由となつた事実があることを明らかに知つていたと認められるもの
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the carrier cannot send the foreign national back via the vessel or aircraft prescribed in the same paragraph, the carrier must promptly send the foreign national back via another vessel or aircraft at their own expense and responsibility.
前項の場合において、当該運送業者は、その外国人を同項に規定する船舶等により送還することができないときは、その責任と費用で、速やかに他の船舶等により送還しなければならない。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, out of the expense and responsibility that should be borne by the captain of a vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft pursuant to those provisions, a supervising immigration inspector may exempt the captain or the carrier from all or part of the expenses and responsibility arising from keeping at a Departure Waiting Facility, limited to those pertaining to a foreign national who possesses a valid passport with a visa issued by a Japanese consular officer, etc.falls under any of the following items:
主任審査官は、前二項の規定にかかわらず、これらの規定により船舶等の長又はその船舶等を運航する運送業者が負うべき責任と費用の負担のうち、出国待機施設にとどめておくことに伴うものについては、有効な旅券で日本国領事官等の査証を受けたものを所持次の各号のいずれかに該当する外国人に係るものに限り、その全部又は一部を免除することができる。
a person who possesses a valid passport with a visa;
有効な旅券で査証を受けたものを所持する者
beyond the persons set forth in the preceding item, a person who possesses a valid passport and has received the certification set forth in Article 7-2.
前号に掲げる者のほか、有効な旅券を所持する者で第七条の二の認証を受けたもの