Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act under Article 2

①For the purpose of applying, in the table of the Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2, item (xviii) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (a) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act; item (xvi) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in item (i), (b) of the right-hand column under "Technical Intern Training" of the Appended Table I (2) of the Act; and item (x) of the right-hand column of the entry for the activities listed in the right-hand column under "Trainee" of the Appended Table I (4) of the Act, an alien registration certificate prescribed in the Alien Registration Act (Act No. 125 of 1952) prior to its repeal under Article 4 of 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, and Other Matters (referred to as the "Amending Act" in the following paragraph) (referred to as a "registration certificate" in the following paragraph) that is held by a mid- to long-term resident (meaning a mid- to long-term resident prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) is deemed to be a residence card.