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correspondence delivery

信書便(しんしょびん)

Correspondence delivery as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators, that is, delivering other people's letters other than by post; under Article 17, a special permanent resident certificate (特別永住者証明書) being returned is sent by post or by correspondence delivery.

amending Act

改正法(かいせいほう)

In Article 52, paragraph (2), item (ii), short name for the 2011 Act partially amending the Income Tax Act and other laws to build a tax system suited to changes in the structure of the economy and society (Act No. 114 of 2011).

Abolition Act

廃止法(はいしほう)

Short name, in Article 71-4(1)(i), for Act No. 146 of 2002, the 2002 law abolishing the law on the Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation (中小企業総合事業団法) and the law on machinery credit insurance (機械類信用保険法), among other things.

Transportation Facilities Development Corporation

事業団(じぎょうだん)

The Transportation Facilities Development Corporation (運輸施設整備事業団) as it existed before it was dissolved under Article 3, paragraph 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Act on the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency, Independent Administrative Agency, as used in Article 84-3, paragraph 4 on registration of rights that passed from the Shinkansen Railway Holding Corporation (新幹線鉄道保有機構) through it to that Agency.

Act on Trust Business by Financial Institutions

兼営法(けんえいほう)

Short name, in Article 16-2, paragraph (1), item (xi), (b), for the Act on Engagement in Trust Business by Financial Institutions (Act No. 43 of 1943).

registered housing

登録住宅(とうろくじゅうたく)

In Article 117, paragraph (3), item (ix) and Article 118, paragraph (3), item (vii), registered housing (登録住宅) as defined in Article 7, paragraph (5) of the Act on Securement of Stable Supply of Elderly Persons' Housing: housing for the elderly with services (サービス付き高齢者向け住宅) whose business a prefectural governor has registered under Article 5, paragraph (1) of that Act.

work listed in the Appended Tables

別表事務(べっぴょうじむ)

In Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1), the work listed in the right-hand columns of Appended Tables I to IV and VI and in the items of Appended Table V of this Act.

organized crime group member

暴力団員(ぼうりょくだんいん)

A member of an organized crime group as defined in Article 2(vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members.

public interest corporation

公益法人(こうえきほうじん)

In Article 12, paragraph (5), item (i)(a) and Article 17, paragraph (2), item (i)(a), an incorporated public interest association or foundation (公益社団法人, 公益財団法人) whose purpose is to help foreign nationals be accepted smoothly, including a special-case incorporated association or foundation (特例社団法人, 特例財団法人) under Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Arrangement of Related Acts upon the Enforcement of the Act on General Incorporated Associations and General Incorporated Foundations and the Act on Authorization of Public Interest Incorporated Associations and Public Interest Incorporated Foundations (Act No. 50 of 2006).

organized crime group member

暴力団員(ぼうりょくだんいん)

A member of an organized crime group as defined in Article 2(vi) of the Act on Prevention of Unjust Acts by Organized Crime Group Members.

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).

investment securities

投資証券(とうししょうけん)

In Article 41, paragraph (2), item (ii), (f) and (g), investment securities as defined in Article 2, paragraph (15) of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations.

beneficiary

受給権者(じゅきゅうけんしゃ)

A person who holds the right to receive a benefit (給付) under the Defined Contribution Pension Act.

promotion area

促進区域(そくしんくいき)

In Article 10-4 and Article 42-11-2, the promotion area defined in Article 4, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act on Strengthening a Framework for Regional Growth and Development by Promoting Regional Economy Advancement Projects, for the approved regional economy-driving business (承認地域経済牽引事業) concerned.

designated period

指定期間(していきかん)

The period from the day Act No. 47 of 2017 came into effect to 31 March 2028 within which an individual running an approved regional economy advancement project (承認地域経済牽引事業) must newly build or expand the facilities of its approved plan in the promotion area (促進区域) for the special depreciation or credit of Article 10-4.

specified individual

特定個人(とくていこじん)

In Article 10-4, an individual who received approval on or after 1 April 2019 under Article 13(4) or (7) of the Act on Strengthening a Framework for Regional Growth and Development by Promoting Regional Economy Advancement Projects.

periodical inspection

定期検査(ていきけんさ)

The periodical inspection under Article 5, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Ship Safety Act that a ship used in the business must undergo.

specified corporation

特定法人(とくていほうじん)

In Article 42-11-2, a corporation that received approval on or after 1 April 2019 under Article 13(4) or (7) of the Act on Strengthening a Framework for Regional Growth and Development by Promoting Regional Economy Advancement Projects.

certified plan

認定計画(にんていけいかく)

A certified advanced recycling business plan under Article 12, paragraph (3), or a certified advanced separation and recovery business plan under Article 17, paragraph (3), of the Act on the Advancement of Recycling Businesses, etc. for the Promotion of Resource Circulation, for which a corporation filing blue returns (青色申告書) received certification.

ordinary contribution

普通出資(ふつうしゅっし)

A corporation's contribution to a federation or similar body (連合会等) — the Norinchukin Bank (農林中央金庫) or another cooperative whose members are limited to other cooperatives and similar corporations under its founding law listed in Appended Table 3 of the Corporation Tax Act — other than preferred equity (優先出資) under the Act on Preferred Equity Investment by Cooperative Structured Financial Institution.