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bonds, etc.

社債等(しゃさいとう)

In Article 74-13-3, paragraph (1) and Article 74-13-4, paragraph (1), the interests listed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares, among them corporate bonds (社債), national government bonds (国債), local government bonds (地方債), shares (株式), share options (新株予約権), bonds with share options, investment units (投資口) and beneficial interests in certain trusts.

同法第二条第一項に規定する社債等

investment unit

投資口(とうしぐち)

In Article 117, paragraph (5), item (ii), (a), an investment unit as defined in Article 2, paragraph (14) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations: the position of a member (社員) of an investment corporation (投資法人), divided into equal fractional units; for an investment corporation, the provision counts its issued investment units where it counts a company's issued shares.

同条第十四項に規定する投資口

bonds, etc.

社債等(しゃさいとう)

Corporate bonds, etc. as defined in Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares; matters about their contents form part of the subscriber information (加入者情報) that an account management institution (口座管理機関) must keep searchable by each subscriber's Individual Number (個人番号).

同法第二条第一項に規定する社債等

investment unit

投資口(とうしぐち)

An investment unit as defined in Article 2, paragraph (14) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations: the position of a member (社員) of an investment corporation (投資法人), divided into equal fractional units.

同条第十四項に規定する投資口

project implementer

施行者(しこうしゃ)

The implementer of a condominium regeneration project (マンション再生事業), as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (x) of the Act on Facilitation of the Regeneration, etc. of Condominiums.

同法第二条第一項第十号に規定する施行者

construction business

建設業(けんせつぎょう)

A construction business as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Construction Business Act (Act No. 100 of 1949) — the business of undertaking to complete construction work (建設工事), whether as main contractor, subcontractor or under any other name — used in Article 2, paragraph (4) to keep one construction business handing construction work to another out of a service contract (役務提供委託).

建設業法(昭和二十四年法律第百号)第二条第二項に規定する建設業

bank, etc.

銀行等(ぎんこうとう)

In Article 27-2, paragraph (4) and Article 27-12, paragraph (3), a bank, a cooperative financial institution (協同組織金融機関) or another financial institution a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies; a tender offeror must have such an institution, or a financial instruments business operator carrying on Type I financial instruments business, handle the custody of tendered share certificates, etc., payment of the price and other work a Cabinet Order specifies.

銀行、協同組織金融機関その他政令で定める金融機関

telecommunications

電気通信(でんきつうしん)

Sending, passing on or receiving signs, sounds or images by wire, radio or other electromagnetic means, as defined in Article 2(i) of the Telecommunications Business Act.

電気通信事業法(昭和五十九年法律第八十六号)第二条第一号に規定する電気通信

each ministry and agency

各省各庁(かくしょうかくちょう)

The House of Representatives, the House of Councillors, the courts, the Board of Audit, the Cabinet (other than the Cabinet Office, the Digital Agency and the Reconstruction Agency), the Cabinet Office, the Digital Agency, the Reconstruction Agency and each ministry: the list of Article 21 of the Public Finance Act, which until the Reconstruction Agency is abolished is read with that Agency added (Act for Establishment of the Reconstruction Agency, Supplementary Provisions, Article 3(1)).

財政法(昭和二十二年法律第三十四号)第二十一条に規定する各省各庁

specially adopted child

特別養子(とくべつようし)

A child adopted by special adoption under Article 817-2 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896): an adoption the family court grants, which ends the child's legal ties with the relatives of its birth family.

民法(明治二十九年法律第八十九号)第八百十七条の二の規定による特別養子

passive smoking

受動喫煙(じゅどうきつえん)

Passive smoking as defined in Article 28, item (iii) of the Health Promotion Act: a person being exposed to smoke (including vapour) from tobacco caused by someone else's smoking.

健康増進法(平成十四年法律第百三号)第二十八条第三号に規定する受動喫煙

mid-career hiring

中途採用(ちゅうとさいよう)

In Article 27-2, any hiring other than of a new-graduate hire (新規学卒等採用者): a person hired through a job offer open only to students expected to graduate from a school under Article 1 of the School Education Act (other than an elementary school or kindergarten) or from another facility set by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令), or to others that Order names.

新規学卒等採用者(学校教育法(昭和二十二年法律第二十六号)第一条に規定する学校(小学校及び幼稚園を除く。)その他厚生労働省令で定める施設の学生又は…

absence from work

休業手当(きゅうぎょうてあて)

The allowance (休業手当) an employer (使用者) must pay a worker under Article 26 of the Labor Standards Act when work is suspended for a reason the employer is responsible for — at least 60 percent of the worker's average wage for the period of the suspension.

労働基準法(昭和二十二年法律第四十九号)第二十六条の規定により使用者が支払うべき手当

ordinary collection

普通徴収(ふつうちょうしゅう)

A municipality's collecting insurance premiums (保険料) by sending the householder (世帯主) a payment notice under Article 231 of the Local Autonomy Act; a municipality must collect premiums this way unless it uses special collection (特別徴収).

市町村が世帯主に対し、地方自治法(昭和二十二年法律第六十七号)第二百三十一条の規定により納入の通知をすることによつて保険料を徴収すること

mutual aid Acts

共済各法(きょうさいかくほう)

In Article 101, paragraph (6), the National Public Officers Mutual Aid Association Act, the Local Public Officers, etc. Mutual Aid Association Act and the Private School Personnel Mutual Aid Association Act.

国家公務員共済組合法(昭和三十三年法律第百二十八号)、地方公務員等共済組合法(昭和三十七年法律第百五十二号)及び私立学校教職員共済法

individual number

個人番号(こじんばんごう)

The individual number (the personal 'My Number') as defined in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013).

行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律(平成二十五年法律第二十七号)第二条第五項に規定する個人番号

business operator, etc.

事業者等(じぎょうしゃとう)

In the definition of a specified transaction (特定取引) in Article 74-7-2, a business operator (including a corporation set up under a special law) or a government office.

事業者(特別の法律により設立された法人を含む。)又は官公署

investment corporation

投資法人(とうしほうじん)

An investment corporation (投資法人) as defined in Article 2, paragraph 12 of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations.

投資信託及び投資法人に関する法律第二条第十二項に規定する投資法人

earthquake insurance

地震保険(じしんほけん)

Insurance whose contract meets the requirements listed in Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Act on Earthquake Insurance (Act No. 73 of 1966); for a non-life insurer's enterprise tax (事業税), 20 percent of each business year's net premium income from it counts as revenue.

その保険契約が地震保険に関する法律(昭和四十一年法律第七十三号)第二条第二項各号に掲げる要件を備える保険

public interest trust

公益信託(こうえきしんたく)

A public interest trust as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Public Interest Trusts (Act No. 30 of 2024): a trust made under that Act that names no beneficiaries and whose only purpose is public interest work (公益事務) — work for the benefit of an unspecified large number of people, such as promoting learning or welfare, of the kinds that Act lists.

同項第二号に規定する公益信託