| Article 9, paragraph (4) | In the case prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if it is found necessary, the reviewing agency | If it is found necessary, the administrative agency that has received a request for review pursuant to Article 4 or ordinance based on the provision of Article 107, paragraph (2) of Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No.57 of 2003) (including an administrative agency that takes over the appeal for review pursuant to the provisions in Article 14; hereinafter referred to as a "reviewing agency") |
| Article 31, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms | Article 31, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms |
| Article 34 as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms | Article 34 as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms |
| Article 36 as applied pursuant to the preceding paragraph following the deemed replacement of the terms | Article 36 as applied pursuant to Article 106, paragraph (2) of that Act following the deemed replacement of the terms |
| Article 11, paragraph (2) | a person who has been designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as a "review officer") | the reviewing agency |
| Article 13, paragraph (1) and (2), Article 28, Article 30, Article 31, Article 32, paragraph (3), Articles 33 through 37, Article 38, paragraphs (1) through (3) and (5), Article 39, and Article 41, paragraph (1) and (2) | review officer | reviewing agency |
| Article 25, paragraph (7) | When a petition for a stay of execution has been filed or a written opinion to suggest the necessity to order a stay of execution as prescribed in Article 40 has been submitted by a review officer | When a petition for a stay of execution has been filed |
| Article 29, paragraph (1) | When having been appointed by the reviewing agency, a review officer must immediately | When a request for review has been filed, except for the case of dismissing the request for review without prejudice pursuant to the provisions of Article 24, the reviewing agency must promptly |
| Article 29, paragraph (2) | A review officer | The reviewing agency that falls under any category other than the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition |
| administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition to submit a written explanation | submission of a written explanation, and the reviewing agency that falls under the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition is to prepare a written explanation within an appropriate period of time |
| Article 29, paragraph (5) | a review officer | the reviewing agency |
| from the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition | from the administrative agency , etc.reaching the disposition or the reviewing agency has prepared a written explanation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) |
| Article 30, paragraph (3) | intervenors and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition | intervenors and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (when the administrative agency reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, intervenors) |
| relevant requestor for review and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition | relevant requestor for review and the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition (when the administrative agency reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, the relevant requestor for review) |
| Article 31, paragraph (2) | all of the persons concerned with proceedings | all of the persons concerned with proceedings (when the administrative agency, etc. reaching the disposition falls under the reviewing agency, the relevant requestor for review and intervenors; hereinafter, the same applies in this Section and Article 50, paragraph (1), item (iii)) |
| Article 41, paragraph (3) | a review officer | the reviewing agency |
| the review officer should promptly give a notice to the persons concerned with proceedings to inform them of the conclusion of the procedures for proceedings and the time when the written opinion of the review officer prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article and the case record (meaning the written request for review, written explanation, and other documents and articles pertaining to the case wherein the request for review has been filed, which are specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 43, paragraph (2)) are scheduled to be submitted to the Reviewing Agency. The same applies when the scheduled time of submission is altered | the reviewing agency should promptly give a notice to the persons concerned with proceedings to inform them of the conclusion of the procedures for proceedings |
| Article 44 | the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. | the organ set forth in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2) |
| (or when a review officer's written opinion has been submitted in the case where the consultation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is not necessary (excluding the cases falling under item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph), or when deliberations prescribed in item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph have been held in the cases falling under item (ii) or (iii) of the relevant paragraph) | [Deleted] |
| Article 50, paragraph (1), item(iv) | the review officer's written opinion or the written reply from the Administrative Complaint Review Board, etc. or the council, etc. | the written reply from the organ set forth in Article 81, paragraph (1) or (2) |
| Article 74 as applied mutatis mutandis in Article 81, paragraph (3) | the reviewing agency that has consulted with the board pursuant to the provisions of Article 43, paragraph (1) | the reviewing agency |