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政令
Rules made by the Cabinet to carry out the Constitution and Acts. A Cabinet Order cannot impose duties, restrict rights or set penalties unless an Act delegates that to it.
Written by AI using Constitution, Art. 73 and Wikipedia: 政令 as a reference.
法律
A law passed by both Houses of the National Diet, Japan's parliament. Acts rank below the Constitution. Rules on people's rights and duties are made by Act: a Cabinet Order or Mini…
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 41, 59, 98 and Wikipedia: 行政立法 as a reference.
憲法
The highest law in Japan. Every Act, Cabinet Order and Ministerial Order has to conform to it, and anything in conflict with it has no legal force. It is also the hardest law to ch…
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 96, 98, e-Gov: 日本国憲法 and its revision history and Wikipedia: Constitution of Japan as a reference.
法律としての効力を有する命令
Some rules made during the Allied occupation were issued as Cabinet Orders, as orders implementing Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and an Act passed in 1952 gave the…
Written by AI using Act No. 126 of 1952, Art. 4, e-Gov: 出入国管理及び難民認定法 and its revision history and Wikipedia (Japanese): 出入国管理及び難民認定法 as a reference.
省令
Rules issued by a minister, to carry out an Act or Cabinet Order or under a delegation from one. Each is named by its ministry and number, such as Ministry of Justice Order No. 54…
Written by AI using 国家行政組織法, Art. 12 and Wikipedia: 省令 as a reference.
国会
Japan's parliament, and under Article 41 the only body that can make an Act (法律). It has two chambers, the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, both made up of el…
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 41, 42, 43 and Wikipedia: National Diet as a reference.
内閣
The body that holds executive power: the Prime Minister and the other Ministers of State (Articles 65 and 66). It administers the law, conducts foreign affairs, prepares the budget…
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 65, 66, 69, 73 and Wikipedia: Cabinet of Japan as a reference.
保健所
An office set up by a prefecture (都道府県), by one of the cities named by Cabinet Order (政令), which include every designated city (指定都市) and core city (中核市), or by a special ward (特別区…
Written by AI using Community Health Act, Arts. 5, 6, Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 252-19, 252-22 and Hotel Business Act, Arts. 2, 3 as a reference.
特別区
A ward (区) of a metropolis (都) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 281, paragraph (1)). Today the only special wards are the 23 wards of Tokyo. A special ward is a basic local government…
Written by AI using Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 281, 281-2, 283 as a reference.
戸籍
The public record of who a person is related to by birth, marriage and adoption. One is made for each married couple and their children who share their surname, where they set thei…
Written by AI using Family Register Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6, 13, 15, 16, 49, 74, 76, 86 and Residential Basic Book Act, Arts. 7, 30-45, 39 as a reference.
金融庁長官
The head of the Financial Services Agency (金融庁), which the Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency (金融庁設置法) sets up as an external agency (外局) of the Cabinet Office…
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Financial Services Agency, Arts. 2, 3 and Banking Act, Art. 59 as a reference.
国家公安委員会
A commission placed under the Prime Minister's jurisdiction by the Police Act (警察法) (Police Act, Article 4, paragraph (1)), made up of a chairperson, who is a Minister of State (国務…
Written by AI using Police Act, Arts. 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15 and Secondhand Goods Business Act, Arts. 21-5, 27 as a reference.
方面公安委員会
A commission the Police Act (警察法) sets up in Hokkaido (道). Hokkaido is divided into no more than five districts (方面), and each district except the one where the Hokkaido Police Hea…
Written by AI using Police Act, Arts. 46, 51 and Anti-Stalking Act, Arts. 15, 17 as a reference.
方面本部長
The head of a district headquarters (方面本部) of the Hokkaido police. The Police Act (警察法) divides Hokkaido (道) into no more than five districts (方面) and places a district headquarter…
Written by AI using Police Act, Art. 51 and Anti-Stalking Act, Arts. 16, 17 as a reference.
消費者委員会
A commission placed in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) (Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Article 6, paragraph (1)), of no more than ten me…
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Arts. 6, 7, 9, 10, Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Arts. 3, 6 and Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, Art. 64 as a reference.
都道府県労働局
A local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省), a national ministry, so it is part of the national government and not of the prefecture, despite its…
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Arts. 2, 17, 21, 22, 23 and National Government Organization Act, Art. 9 as a reference.
総括安全衛生管理者
The person an employer (事業者) must appoint at each workplace of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, to direct the safety managers (安全管理者), the health managers (衛生管理者) and certain ot…
Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 10, 17, 18, 19, 99-2 as a reference.
安全管理者
A person an employer (事業者) must appoint at each workplace in the industries and of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, from among people with the qualifications an Order of the Min…
Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 10, 11, 17, 19, 19-2, 99-2 as a reference.
衛生管理者
A person an employer (事業者) must appoint at each workplace of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, according to the kinds of work done there, from among people licensed by the direct…
Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 19-2, 99-2 as a reference.
産業医
A physician an employer (事業者) must appoint at each workplace of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, to look after workers' health and carry out the other duties an Order of the Min…
Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 13, 13-2, 13-3, 18, 19, 101 as a reference.
作業主任者
A person an employer (事業者) must appoint, for each class of work, where the work needs controls to prevent industrial accidents (労働災害) — work in high-pressure chambers (高圧室内作業) and…
Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 14, 60 as a reference.
安全委員会
A committee an employer (事業者) must set up at each workplace in the industries and of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, to investigate and deliberate on the basic measures to keep…
Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 17, 19 as a reference.
衛生委員会
A committee an employer (事業者) must set up at each workplace of the size a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, to investigate and deliberate on the basic measures to prevent harm to workers' h…
Written by AI using Industrial Safety and Health Act, Arts. 13, 17, 18, 66-4, 66-5, 66-8 as a reference.
地方運輸局長
The head of a district transport bureau (地方運輸局), a local branch (地方支分部局) of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (国土交通省), a national ministry (Act for Establ…
Written by AI using Road Transport Vehicle Act, Arts. 54, 78, 105, Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Arts. 2, 4, 30, 35, 36, National Government Organization Act, Arts. 3, 9, Act on Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor-Related Disputes, Arts. 3, 4, 5, 21 and Minimum Wage Act, Art. 35 as a reference.
個人情報保護委員会規則
Rules the Personal Information Protection Commission (個人情報保護委員会) makes on the matters in its charge, to carry out an Act or a Cabinet Order (政令) or under a special delegation from…
Written by AI using Act on the Protection of Personal Information, Arts. 130, 132, 133, 134, 145 and Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, Art. 2 as a reference.
個人情報保護委員会
The commission the Act on the Protection of Personal Information sets up under Article 49, paragraph (3) of the Act for Establishment of the Cabinet Office (内閣府設置法), under the Prim…
Written by AI using Act on the Protection of Personal Information, Arts. 130, 132, 133, 134, 145, 146, 147, 148 and Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, Art. 2 as a reference.
健康保険組合
A corporation that runs the health insurance of the insured persons who are its members; it and the Japan Health Insurance Association (全国健康保険協会) are the two insurers of health ins…
Written by AI using Health Insurance Act, Arts. 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 as a reference.
条例
A rule a local government makes for itself: a prefecture (都道府県), a city, town or village (市町村), or one of Tokyo's special wards (特別区) (Local Autonomy Act, Articles 1-3, 281 and 283…
Written by AI using Constitution, Art. 94 and Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 1-3, 2, 14, 16, 89, 96, 139, 281, 283 as a reference.
Short name, in Article 20, paragraph (4), for the Cabinet Order on the Arrangement of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (Cabinet Order No. 421 of 2011).
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
In paragraphs (2) and (4) of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Ministry of Finance Order No. 40 of 1980, short name for Cabinet Order No. 250 of 1980, a Cabinet Order (政令) that partially amended the Order for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act (所得税法施行令).
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
Cabinet Orders (政令) under the National Government Organization Act, or under the related Acts as amended by the 1983 amending law (Act No. 78 of 1983), by which certain government bodies are to be set up.
有価証券
Securities as this Act defines them: the instruments listed in Article 2, paragraph (1), among them national government and local government bonds, corporate bonds, share certificates and share option certificates, preferred equity investment certificates, beneficiary certificates of investment trusts and other trusts, investment securities, certain promissory notes, mortgage securities, option certificates and depositary receipts, foreign instruments of the same nature, and other instruments a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies.
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A vehicle that runs on a motor without rails or overhead wires, or that carries out specified automated operation (特定自動運行), other than motorized bicycles (原動機付自転車), light road vehicles (軽車両), small mobility vehicles (移動用小型車), vehicles for persons with physical disabilities (身体障害者用の車), remotely operated small vehicles (遠隔操作型小型車), and walking-aid carts, prams and other small vehicles used while walking that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies (歩行補助車等).
…型車、身体障害者用の車及び遠隔操作型小型車並びに歩行補助車、乳母車その他の歩きながら用いる小型の車で政令で定めるもの（以下「歩行補助車等」という。）以外のもの
適格合併
A merger (合併) of one of the kinds Article 2, item (xii)-8 lists — such as one between corporations in a full controlling interest (完全支配関係) or similar relationship, one between corporations in a controlling interest (支配関係) in which about 80 percent or more of the employees and the main business carry on, or one for running a business jointly — in which the acquired corporation's shareholders receive nothing but shares of the acquiring corporation or of its wholly owning parent, apart from dividends, payments to dissenting shareholders and, where the acquiring corporation already held two-thirds or more of the shares, payments to the other shareholders.
…人又は合併親法人（合併法人との間に当該合併法人の発行済株式等の全部を直接又は間接に保有する関係として政令で定める関係がある法人をいう。）のうちいずれか一の法人の株式又は出資以外の資産（当該株主等に対する剰…