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Commission

委員会(いいんかい)

The Personal Information Protection Commission (個人情報保護委員会), set up under Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office.

agency engaged in administrative execution

行政執行法人(ぎょうせいしっこうほうじん)

In Article 61, an incorporated administrative agency (独立行政法人) of the kind Article 2, paragraph 4 of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies defines: one set up by its own Act to carry out public work closely tied to the national government's administration, under substantial government involvement, against a plan for targets the government sets for each business year.

revolving mortgage

根抵当権(ねていとうけん)

A mortgage (抵当権) created, as Article 398-2, paragraph (1) allows, to secure unspecified claims within a certain range up to a maximum amount (極度額), as the act creating it provides.

post-manufacturing inspection

製造時等検査(せいぞうじとうけんさ)

The inspection under Article 38, paragraph (1) or (2) by a registered agency for design reviews and post-manufacturing inspections (登録設計審査等機関) of boilers, class-1 pressure vessels, mobile cranes and gondolas when they are made or imported, installed after going uninstalled for a period a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令) sets, or installed or used again after their use was discontinued; for imported ones, their foreign manufacturer may undergo it instead.

replacement asset

買換資産(かいかえしさん)

In Articles 65-7 and 65-8 (apart from a few paragraphs), an asset listed in the lower column of the table in Article 65-7(1) that a corporation acquires in the business year in which it transfers an asset listed in the upper column, to put to use within one year in its business in the area the lower column specifies.

request for reassessment

更正の請求(こうせいのせいきゅう)

A request under Article 20-9-3, paragraph 1 to the head of the local government (地方団体の長), by a person who filed a local tax return (申告書), to correct the tax base or tax amount in it because the tax was overstated, a loss understated or a refund understated through a calculation error or a failure to follow the law, made within five years of the statutory payment deadline, or within the later periods paragraph 2 of that Article allows.

pharmacy providing services covered by health insurance

保険薬局(ほけんやっきょく)

A pharmacy designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, from which insured persons can receive the benefits for medical treatment (療養の給付) of health insurance.

tender offer, etc.

公開買付け等(こうかいかいつけとう)

In Article 167, a tender offer under Article 27-2, paragraph (1) (where its main clause applies) for listed or other share certificates, etc. (上場等株券等), an act a Cabinet Order (政令) treats as equivalent, or a tender offer under Article 27-22-2, paragraph (1) for listed share certificates, etc. (上場株券等).

Insured Person Requiring Long-Term Care

要介護被保険者(ようかいごひほけんしゃ)

An insured person who has a certification of needed long-term care (要介護認定).

comprehensive credit purchase intermediary

包括信用購入あつせん業者(ほうかつしんようこうにゅうあっせんぎょうしゃ)

A person whose business is the intermediation of comprehensive credit purchases (包括信用購入あつせん) — a credit card company, for example.

designated city

指定都市(していとし)

A designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act: a city with a population of 500,000 or more designated by Cabinet Order (政令).

Designated Examination Body

指定試験機関(していしけんきかん)

A body designated by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under Article 16-2, paragraph (1), which a prefectural governor can have run the real estate transaction specialist examination (宅地建物取引士資格試験).

house tax ledger, etc.

家屋課税台帳等(かおくかぜいだいちょうとう)

The house tax ledger (家屋課税台帳) or the supplementary house tax ledger (家屋補充課税台帳), in which houses and their values for fixed assets tax (固定資産税) are registered.

disability grades

障害等級(しょうがいとうきゅう)

The grades of disability in Article 47, paragraph (2): grade 1, grade 2 and grade 3, from the most severe, with the state of disability for each set by Cabinet Order (政令).

type examination

型式検定(かたしきけんてい)

The examination, by a registered agency for type examinations (登録型式検定機関), of the type (型式) of machinery or other equipment listed in Appended Table 4 and specified by Cabinet Order (政令), which its manufacturer or importer, or its foreign manufacturer, must or may undergo (Article 44-2, paragraphs (1) and (2)); a type passes only if the machinery's structure and the facilities for making and inspecting it meet standards set by a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令).

foreign bank

外国銀行(がいこくぎんこう)

A person that carries on banking business in a foreign country under foreign laws and regulations, other than a bank, etc. (銀行等) as defined in Article 4, paragraph (5).

multilevel marketing contract

連鎖販売契約(れんさはんばいけいやく)

A contract for a multilevel marketing transaction (連鎖販売取引) connected with a multilevel marketing undertaking (連鎖販売業).

levy

納付金(のうふきん)

The levy for the employment of persons with disabilities (障害者雇用納付金) that the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers (機構) collects from employers each fiscal year, as Subsection 2 of Section 2 of Chapter III provides, to cover the cost of the monetary adjustments, subsidies and other operations of Article 49, paragraph (1).

Business Office

事業所(じぎょうしょ)

In Section 3 of Chapter V, on designated community-based service providers, except in Article 78-13, paragraph (1) and Article 78-14, paragraph (1), the place of business (事業所) where an applicant carries on a community-based service business (地域密着型サービス事業); the designation under the main clause of Article 42-2, paragraph (1) is made for each kind of community-based service and each such place of business.

review officer

審理員(しんりいん)

The person a reviewing agency (審査庁) designates under Article 9, paragraph (1), from among its own staff (or from the list under Article 17 where it has made one), to conduct the proceedings on a request for review (審査請求).