Article 86Granting Third Parties an Opportunity to Submit a Written Opinion
第八十六条（第三者に対する意見書提出の機会の付与等）
If information on a person other than the State, an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, a local government, a local incorporated administrative agency, or a person requesting disclosure (hereinafter referred to as a "third party" in this Article, Article 105, paragraph (2), item (iii), and Article 107, paragraph (1)) is included in the personal information an administrative entity holds that is subject to a request for disclosure, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity may notify the third party of the content of the information on that third party, and other matters specified by Cabinet Order, and may grant an opportunity to submit a written opinion, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, when making a decision on disclosure.
In the cases that fall under any of the following items, before making a decision to disclose, an administrative organ's head or administrative entity must notify the third party in writing of the content of the information on the third party that is subject to a request for disclosure and other matters specified by Cabinet Order, and grant that third party an opportunity to submit a written opinion, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases in which the third party's location is unknown:
personal information an administrative entity holds that contains information on a third party is to be disclosed, and it is found that the information on that third party falls under the information prescribed in Article 78, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b) or in the proviso of item (iii) of that paragraph;
第三者に関する情報が含まれている保有個人情報を開示しようとする場合であって、当該第三者に関する情報が第七十八条第一項第二号ロ又は同項第三号ただし書に規定する情報に該当すると認められるとき。
personal information an administrative entity holds that contains information on a third party is to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of Article 80.
If the third party that was granted an opportunity to submit a written opinion pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs has submitted a written opinion manifesting the intention to oppose disclosure of the information concerning the third party, but the administrative organ's head or administrative entity makes a decision to disclose, the head or entity must place at least two weeks between the day of the decision to disclose and the day on which the disclosure will be implemented. In this case, upon making the decision to disclose, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must immediately notify the third party that submitted that written opinion (referred to as a "written opposition opinion" in Article 105) in writing to the effect that the decision to disclose was made, of the grounds for its decision, and of the date on which the disclosure will be implemented.