Article 75Preparation and Publication of Personal Information File Registers
第七十五条（個人情報ファイル簿の作成及び公表）
An administrative organ's head or administrative entity must prepare and publish a register containing the matters listed in paragraph (1), items (i) through (vii) as well as items (ix) and (x) of the preceding Article and other matters as prescribed by Cabinet Order with regard to the respective personal information files held by the administrative entity to which the head or entity in question belongs (that register is hereinafter referred to as the "personal information file register" in this Chapter).
The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to the personal information file set forth in the following:
a personal information file which contains all or a part of the recorded information contained in another personal information file subject to the publication prescribed in the preceding paragraph, if its purpose of use, recorded matters, and scope of record are within the scope of those subject to that publication;
a personal information file designated by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to the personal information file listed in the preceding item.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if an administrative organ's head or administrative entity finds that inclusion of a part of the recorded particulars, the matters listed in paragraph (1), item (v) or (vii) of the preceding Article, or a personal information file in the personal information file register is likely to particularly hinder the proper execution of processes or services in relation to the purpose of use due to their nature, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity may refrain from including that part of the recorded particulars, the matters listed in those items, or the personal information file in the personal information file register.
With regard to applying the provision of paragraph (1) related to a local government organ or a local incorporated administrative agency, the term "other matters as prescribed by Cabinet Order with regard to the respective personal information files held by the organ to which the head belongs" in that paragraph is replaced with "other matters as prescribed by Cabinet Order with regard to the respective personal information files held by the organ to which the head belongs, and also congaing an indication that it includes sensitive personal information prescribed by local ordinance, if that is the cases".
The provisions of each preceding paragraph do not preclude a local government organ or a local incorporated administrative agency from preparing and publishing a register that is different from the personal information file register and contains matters regarding the status of holding personal information, as prescribed by local ordinance.
Section 4 Disclosure, Corrections and Ceasing to Use
第四節 開示、訂正及び利用停止
Subsection 1 Disclosure
第一款 開示
Article 76Right to Request Disclosure
第七十六条（開示請求権）
Any person may request that an administrative organ's head or administrative entity disclose personal information by which that person is identifiable and that is held by the administrative entity to which the head or entity in question belongs, pursuant to the provisions of this Act.
A legal representative of a minor or adult ward, or an agent privately appointed by the identifiable person (hereinafter collectively referred to as an "agent" in this Section) may make a request for disclosure (hereinafter referred to as a "request for disclosure" in this Section and Article 127) provided in the preceding paragraph on behalf of that person.
Article 77Procedures for Requests for Disclosure
第七十七条（開示請求の手続）
A request for disclosure must be made by submitting a document containing the matters listed in the following items (hereinafter referred to as a "written request for disclosure" in paragraph (3)) to the administrative organ's head or administrative entity:
the name and address or residence of the person making the request for disclosure;
開示請求をする者の氏名及び住所又は居所
the name of the administrative or similar document containing the personal information the administrative entity holds which is subject to the request for disclosure, or other matters sufficient for identifying that information subject to the request.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, as prescribed by Cabinet Order, the person making the request for disclosure must present or submit a document to indicate that the person is the person identifiable by the personal information the administrative entity holds that is subject to the request for disclosure (or the agent of the person, in the case of a request for disclosure under paragraph (2) of the preceding Article).
If an administrative organ's head or administrative entity finds a formal deficiency in a written request for disclosure, they may ask the person who made the request for disclosure (hereinafter referred to as a "person requesting disclosure" in this Section) to amend the request, by setting a reasonable period of time. In this case, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must endeavor to provide the person requesting disclosure with information that is helpful in the amendment.
If a request for disclosure is filed, unless any of the information listed in each of the following items (hereinafter referred to as "non-disclosure information" in this Section) is recorded in the personal information the administrative entity holds which is subject to the request for disclosure, the administrative organ's head or administrative entity must disclose that information to the person requesting disclosure:
information that is likely to cause harm to the life, wellbeing, livelihood or property of the person requesting disclosure (or of the identifiable person, if an agent makes a request for disclosure on behalf of that person pursuant to Article 76, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following item and item (iii) of this Article, paragraph (2) of the following Article, and Article 86, paragraph (1));
Information concerning an individual other than the person requesting disclosure (excluding information concerning the business conducted by an individual) by which a specific individual other than the person requesting disclosure is identifiable from a name, date of birth or other identifiers or their equivalent contained in that information (including cases in which it is possible to identify a specific individual other than the person requesting disclosure through comparing that information with other information); which contains an individual identification code; or whose disclosure is likely to cause harm to the rights and interests of an individual other than the person requesting disclosure, if it is not possible to identify a specific individual other than the person requesting disclosure; provided, however, that the following information is excluded;
information that can be made available to or is scheduled to be made available to the person requesting disclosure pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations or by established practice;
法令の規定により又は慣行として開示請求者が知ることができ、又は知ることが予定されている情報
information which is found necessary to be disclosed in order to protect a person's life, wellbeing, livelihood or property;
人の生命、健康、生活又は財産を保護するため、開示することが必要であると認められる情報
the part of the relevant information relating to the job of a public officer or similar employee (meaning a national public officer prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National Public Officer Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) (excluding employees of an agency engaged in administrative execution prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agency), employee of an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, local public officer prescribed in Article 2 of the Local Public Officer Act (Act No. 261 of 1950), or employee of a local incorporated administrative agency) and the substance of the performance of their duties, if the relevant individual is a public officer, and that information relates to the performance of the duties;
the following information concerning corporations or other entities (excluding the State, incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, local public entity, and local incorporated administrative agency; hereinafter referred to as a "corporation or similar entity" in this item) or concerning the business that an individual other than the person requesting disclosure conducts; provided, however, that information which is found necessary to be disclosed in order to protect a person's life, wellbeing, livelihood, or property is excluded;
information whose disclosure is likely to cause harm to the rights, competitive position, or other legitimate interests of the relevant corporation or similar entity or of the relevant individual;
開示することにより、当該法人等又は当該個人の権利、競争上の地位その他正当な利益を害するおそれがあるもの
information customarily not disclosed by the corporation or similar entity or by the relevant individual, which has been voluntarily provided in response to a request by an administrative entity on the condition of non-disclosure, or information for which it is found reasonable to set that condition in light of the nature of the information or the circumstances at the time;
information for which there are reasonable grounds for the head of an administrative organ to find that its disclosure is likely to cause harm to national security, cause damage to the relationship of mutual trust with another country or an international organization, or cause a disadvantage in negotiations with another country or an international organization, if the head of the administrative organ makes a decision set forth in each paragraph of Article 82 (hereinafter referred to as a "decision on disclosure" in this Section);
information for which there are reasonable grounds for the head of an administrative organ or the local government organ (limited to a prefectural government agency) to find that its disclosure is likely to hinder prevention, suppression or the investigation of crimes, keeping prosecutions, the execution of punishment, and other matters concerning upholding public safety and public order, if the head of the administrative organ or the local government organ makes a decision on disclosure;
information concerning deliberations, examinations or consultations conducted in a national government organ, incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, local government and local incorporated administrative agency, or conducted mutually between them, if its disclosure is likely to cause unjust harm to the frank exchange of opinions or the neutrality of decision making, unreasonably cause confusion among the people, or unjustly bring advantages or disadvantages to specific persons;
information concerning the processes or service conducted by a national government organ, an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, a local government, or a local incorporated administrative agency, if its disclosure is likely to have the following risks or is likely to hinder the proper execution of the processes or service due to their nature;
risk of causing harm to national security, damage to the relationship of mutual trust with another country or an international organization, or a disadvantage in negotiations with another country or an international organization, if an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, a local government organ, or a local incorporated administrative agency make a decision on disclosure;
risk of hindering prevention, suppression or the investigation of crimes, keeping prosecutions, the execution of punishment, and other matters concerning upholding public safety and public order, if an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, a local government organ (excluding a prefectural government agency), or a local incorporated administrative agency make a decision on disclosure;
risk of making it difficult to accurately understand facts concerning processes relating to audits, inspections, supervision, examinations, or the imposition or collection of tax; facilitating illegal or wrongful acts regarding those processes; or making it difficult to detect those acts;
監査、検査、取締り、試験又は租税の賦課若しくは徴収に係る事務に関し、正確な事実の把握を困難にするおそれ又は違法若しくは不当な行為を容易にし、若しくはその発見を困難にするおそれ
risk of causing unjust damage to the property benefit, or the position as an interested party, of the State, an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, a local government, or a local incorporated administrative agency concerning processes relating to contracts, negotiations, or administrative appeals and litigation;
risk of causing unjust hindrance to the fair and efficient execution of processes relating to research and study;
調査研究に係る事務に関し、その公正かつ能率的な遂行を不当に阻害するおそれ
risk of causing hindrance to keeping impartial and smooth personnel practices in processes relating to personnel management;
人事管理に係る事務に関し、公正かつ円滑な人事の確保に支障を及ぼすおそれ
risk of causing damage to the legitimate interests arising from corporate management with regard to the service of an incorporated administrative agency or other prescribed corporation, of a business operated by a local government, or of a local incorporated administrative agency.
With regard to applying the provision of the preceding paragraph related to a local government organ or a local incorporated administrative agency, the phrase "information listed in each of the following items (" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "information listed in each of the following items (excluding information prescribed by local ordinance as information that is to be disclosed pursuant to the provisions of the information disclosure ordinance) or information equivalent to non-disclosure information prescribed in Article 5 of the Administrative Organs Information Disclosure Act, which is not disclosed in the information disclosure ordinance, and which is prescribed by the ordinance as information that needs to be non-disclosed in order to ensure consistency with that information disclosure ordinance (".