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corrective measures plan

是正措置計画(ぜせいそちけいかく)

The plan for the corrective measures (是正措置) that a person notified under Article 26 intends to carry out, which it prepares and submits to the Prime Minister within 60 days of receiving the notice, applying for approval.

impact corrective measures

影響是正措置(えいきょうぜせいそち)

Measures that a person notified under Article 30 about past conduct suspected of breaching the limits on premiums (景品類) under Article 4 or the ban on misleading representations in Article 5 devises itself to correct that conduct's effects, and intends to carry out under a plan it submits to the Prime Minister for approval.

document substituted for part of an extraordinary report

臨時代替書面(りんじだいたいしょめん)

In Article 24-5, paragraphs (20) and (21), a document prepared under laws and regulations or the rules of a financial instruments exchange (or similar rules a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies) stating part of what an extraordinary report (臨時報告書) must contain, which an issuer of regulated securities (特定有価証券) filing annual securities reports may file together with its extraordinary report.

qualified consumer organization

適格消費者団体(てきかくしょうひしゃだんたい)

A qualified consumer organization as defined in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Consumer Contract Act: a consumer organization (消費者団体) that is a corporation and that the Prime Minister has certified as fit to demand injunctions (差止請求) in the interest of consumers at large; under Article 34 of this Act it can demand that a business operator stop or prevent representations misleading many unspecified consumers about the quality or the terms of goods or services.

child independent living assistance

児童自立生活援助(じどうじりつせいかつえんじょ)

Assistance as defined in Article 6-3(1) of the Child Welfare Act — consultation and other help with daily life, life guidance and job support in a shared residence or other place set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) — given to the young people listed there, such as those whose care placement (措置) has ended, other than assistance for a period of up to two months set by Cabinet Office Order.

regulations related to Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

金融商品取引法令(きんゆうしょうひんとりひきほうれい)

In Chapters II to II-4, this Act or the orders (命令) made under it.

interim balance sheet, etc.

中間貸借対照表等(ちゅうかんたいしゃくたいしょうひょうとう)

In Article 20, the balance sheet and profit and loss statement a bank prepares each business year for the interim period (中間事業年度, 1 April to 30 September) of that year.

foreign company extraordinary report

外国会社臨時報告書(がいこくがいしゃりんじほうこくしょ)

A document stating in English what an extraordinary report (臨時報告書) must state, which a reporting foreign company (報告書提出外国会社) may submit instead of the extraordinary report where a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) allows.

notification on holding of voting rights in a bank

銀行議決権保有届出書(ぎんこうぎけつけんほゆうとどけでしょ)

The notification that a major holder of voting rights in a bank (銀行議決権大量保有者) must submit to the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣) within the period in Article 52-2-11, paragraph (1) — generally five days of becoming one, not counting Sundays and other holidays — stating its percentage of voting rights held, its acquisition funds, its purpose of holding and the other matters that paragraph lists.

guidelines on the formulation of the employer action plan

事業主行動計画策定指針(じぎょうぬしこうどうけいかくさくていししん)

The guidelines on drawing up general employer action plans (一般事業主行動計画) and specified employer action plans (特定事業主行動計画) that the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications must set under Article 7, in line with the basic policy (基本方針), so that employers can carry out initiatives to promote women's active engagement in professional life (女性の職業生活における活躍) comprehensively and effectively.

small-scale residential child care project

小規模住居型児童養育事業(しょうきぼじゅうきょがたじどうよういくじぎょう)

The project (事業), as defined in Article 6-3(8) of the Child Welfare Act, in which a person experienced in raising children in need of protection (要保護児童), or another person set by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令), other than a foster parent (里親), raises such children placed there by a measure (措置) under Article 27(1)(iii) of that Act in their own home.

company submitting a regulated securities registration statement

特定有価証券届出書提出会社(とくていゆうかしょうけんとどけでしょていしゅつがいしゃ)

In Articles 5 and 7, a company that must file a securities registration statement (有価証券届出書) under Article 5, paragraph (1) for a public offering or secondary distribution of regulated securities (特定有価証券) of a kind a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies having regard to how they are offered or distributed.

specified group of companies, etc.

特定会社等集団(とくていかいしゃとうしゅうだん)

In Article 3-2, paragraph (1), items (iii) and (iv), a group of companies, etc. (会社等集団) whose members together hold voting rights in a single bank at or above that bank's major shareholder threshold (主要株主基準値).

main foreign bank branch office

主たる外国銀行支店(しゅたるがいこくぎんこうしてん)

The one branch in Japan that a foreign bank designates as the base of its banking business in Japan when it seeks a banking license from the Prime Minister under Article 4, paragraph (1).

documents on financial accounting

財務計算に関する書類(ざいむけいさんにかんするしょるい)

In Article 193-2, paragraphs (1) and (4) and Article 193-3, the balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other documents on financial accounting, as specified by Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令), that a specified issuer (特定発行者) — a company whose securities are listed on a financial instruments exchange, or another person a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies — submits under this Act, and which must be audited and certified by a certified public accountant or audit firm (監査法人) with no special interest in it.

approval

認定(にんてい)

The Prime Minister's approval under Article 10, paragraph (1) of a plan for implementing refund measures (実施予定返金措置計画), including approval of a change to it under paragraph (6) of that Article.

medium-term objectives

中期目標(ちゅうきもくひょう)

Targets for the management of its operations that the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) is to achieve, over a period of three to five years, in carrying out its Individual Number Card work (個人番号カード関係事務), which the competent ministers (主務大臣) set, give to it as instructions and publish.

supplementary documents

補足書類(ほそくしょるい)

Documents a foreign company must attach to the English-language documents it may file in place of a securities registration statement (Article 5, paragraph (7)), an annual securities report (Article 24, paragraph (9)) or a semiannual securities report (Article 24-5, paragraph (8)): a Japanese translation of a summary of the matters in them that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, a document stating matters that Order specifies which they leave out, and anything else it specifies.

issue price, etc.

発行価格等(はっこうかかくとう)

In Article 13, paragraph (2) and Article 15, paragraph (5), the issue price and other particulars of Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i) that a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, which an issuer may leave out of its securities registration statement under the proviso to that paragraph.

specified holder

特定保有者(とくていほゆうしゃ)

A person that has come to acquire or hold subject voting rights (対象議決権) at or above the threshold holding ratio (保有基準割合) of all shareholders' voting rights of an incorporated financial instruments exchange (Article 103-2), a financial instruments exchange holding company (Article 106-14) or a financial instruments clearing organization (Article 156-5-5), in a case a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) sets, such as where the number of voting rights it holds has not increased, in which the ban on doing so does not apply.