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特別区(とくべつく)

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.

保健所(ほけんじょ)

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.

戸籍(こせき)

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.

条例(じょうれい)

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.

amendments concerning the special wards

特別区に関する改正規定(とくべつくにかんするかいせいきてい)

In Article 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 71 of 1974, that Act's amendments to Articles 281 and 281-3, Article 282, paragraph 2, Article 282-2, paragraph 2 and Article 283, paragraph 2 of the Local Tax Act and to Articles 17 to 19 of its supplementary provisions, together with Article 2, Articles 7 to 11 and Articles 13 to 24 of that Act's own supplementary provisions, which came into effect on 1 April 1975.

case where offices, etc. are also located outside the special wards

事務所等が特別区の区域外にも所在する場合(じむしょとうがとくべつくのくいきがいにもしょざいするばあい)

In the table of Article 734, paragraph 3, which adapts the inhabitant tax rules to Tokyo Metropolis (都) and its special wards (特別区), the case where a taxpayer's offices, places of business or dormitories, etc. (寮等) also stand in parts of the Metropolis outside the special wards.

National Strategic Special Zone

国家戦略特別区域(こっかせんりゃくとくべつくいき)

A National Strategic Special Zone as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National Strategic Special Zones Act, here the zone covered by the certified zone plan (認定区域計画) that names the corporation as the body carrying out a specified project.

International Strategic Comprehensive Special Zone

国際戦略総合特別区域(こくさいせんりゃくそうごうとくべつくいき)

An International Strategic Comprehensive Special Zone as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Comprehensive Special Zones Act.

private lodging business operator

住宅宿泊事業者(じゅうたくしゅくはくじぎょうしゃ)

A person who runs a private lodging business (住宅宿泊事業) after notifying the prefectural governor (都道府県知事) — or, where a city with a health center or special ward (保健所設置市等) has taken over that work, its head — under Article 3, paragraph (1).

次条第一項の届出をして住宅宿泊事業を営む者

medical insurer

医療保険者(いりょうほけんしゃ)

The Japan Health Insurance Association (全国健康保険協会), a health insurance society (健康保険組合), a prefecture (都道府県) or a municipality (市町村), including a special ward (特別区), a National Health Insurance Society (国民健康保険組合), a mutual aid association (共済組合) or the Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan (日本私立学校振興・共済事業団), that provides medical benefits under the medical insurance Acts (医療保険各法).

医療保険各法の規定により医療に関する給付を行う全国健康保険協会、健康保険組合、都道府県及び市町村(特別区を含む。)、国民健康保険組合、共済組合又は日本私立学校振興・共済事業団

notified residence

届出住宅(とどけでじゅうたく)

A residence (住宅) covered by a notification, made under Article 3, paragraph (1), that a private lodging business (住宅宿泊事業) will be run in it.

次条第一項の届出に係る住宅

local tax

地方税(ちほうぜい)

Money collected by a local government (地方団体の徴収金) as defined in Article 1, paragraph (1), item (xiv) of the Local Tax Act (Act No. 226 of 1950), including the equivalent money collected by Tokyo Metropolis and the special wards (特別区).

地方税法(昭和二十五年法律第二百二十六号)第一条第一項第十四号(用語)に規定する地方団体の徴収金(都及び特別区のこれに相当する徴収金を含む。)

administrative affairs for the private lodging business or other prescribed business

住宅宿泊事業等関係行政事務(じゅうたくしゅくはくじぎょうとうかんけいぎょうせいじむ)

The administrative work under Chapter 2 (except Article 3, paragraph (7)) and Chapter 3 of this Act, on private lodging businesses (住宅宿泊事業) and private lodging management businesses (住宅宿泊管理業), that falls to prefectures (都道府県) or prefectural governors (都道府県知事), and that a city with a health center or special ward (保健所設置市等) and its head may carry out in their place within the city's area.

第二章(第三条第七項を除く。)及び第三章の規定に基づく事務であって都道府県又は都道府県知事が処理することとされているもの

farmland, etc. for urban farming

都市営農農地等(としえいのうのうちとう)

Farmland or grazing land in an urbanization promotion area (市街化区域) under Article 7, paragraph (1) of the City Planning Act that was in one of the areas of item (iii)(a) to (c) of Article 70-4, paragraph (2) on 1 January 1991 and is of a kind listed in item (iv): farmland in a productive green zone (生産緑地地区), other than land for which a purchase request has been made or whose designation as specified productive green land (特定生産緑地) was not made, not extended or cancelled; farmland in a rural residential zone (田園住居地域); or farmland restricted by a district-plan farmland conservation ordinance (地区計画農地保全条例).

都市計画法第七条第一項に規定する市街化区域内に所在する次に掲げる農地又は採草放牧地で平成三年一月一日において前号イからハまでに掲げる区域内に所在するもの

specified business

特定事業(とくていじぎょう)

In Article 42-10, a specified business as defined in Article 27-2 of the National Strategic Special Zones Act (国家戦略特別区域法).

国家戦略特別区域法第二十七条の二に規定する特定事業

specified farmland, etc. in an urbanization promotion area

特定市街化区域農地等(とくていしがいかくいきのうちとう)

Farmland or grazing land in an urbanization promotion area (市街化区域) under Article 7(1) of the City Planning Act that lay, on 1 January 1991, in the special wards of Tokyo, in a designated city within the National Capital Region, Kinki Region or Chubu Region, or in another city lying wholly or partly in the built-up or suburban development areas the item names, other than farmland for urban farming (都市営農農地等).

都市計画法第七条第一項に規定する市街化区域内に所在する農地又は採草放牧地で、平成三年一月一日において次に掲げる区域内に所在するもの(都市営農農地等を除く。)

business implementation plan

事業実施計画(じぎょうじっしけいかく)

A plan for carrying out a specified business (特定事業) set out in an approved zone plan (認定区域計画) under the National Strategic Special Zones Act, of a kind a Ministry of Finance Order (財務省令) specifies, as used in Article 42-10 on special depreciation and tax credits for a corporation carrying out such a business.

認定区域計画に定められた特定事業の実施に関する計画として財務省令で定める計画

insured person under Long-Term Care Insurance

介護保険の被保険者(かいごほけんのひほけんしゃ)

In Article 7, item (x)-3, Article 28-3 and Article 31, paragraph (3), a person insured under the long-term care insurance (介護保険) a municipality runs, under Article 9 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, other than a category 2 insured person (第二号被保険者): that is, a person aged 65 or over with an address in the municipality.

介護保険法(平成九年法律第百二十三号)第九条の規定による介護保険の被保険者(同条第二号に規定する第二号被保険者を除く。)

return gift, etc.

返礼品等(へんれいひんとう)

Goods, services or similar things, as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications specifies, that a prefecture, municipality or special ward (特別区) gives a donor in return for a donation to it (第一号寄附金).

都道府県等が第一号寄附金の受領に伴い当該第一号寄附金を支出した者に対して提供する物品、役務その他これらに類するものとして総務大臣が定めるもの

return of a motor vehicle inspection certificate

自動車検査証の返付(じどうしゃけんさしょうのへんぷ)

In Article 51-7, the return of a motor vehicle inspection certificate (自動車検査証) under Article 62, paragraph (2) of the Road Transport Vehicle Act (including as applied under Article 67, paragraph (4) of that Act) or Article 22-2, paragraph (3) of the Comprehensive Special Zones Act.

道路運送車両法第六十二条第二項(同法第六十七条第四項において準用する場合を含む。)又は総合特別区域法(平成二十三年法律第八十一号)第二十二条の二第三項の規定による自動車検査証の返付

Municipality

市町村(しちょうそん)

A city, town or village, together with a special ward (特別区): the bodies that run long-term care insurance (介護保険) under this Act, whose insured persons Article 9 names.

Primary Insured Person

第一号被保険者(だいいちごうひほけんしゃ)

A person aged 65 or over who has a domicile in the municipality's area (Article 9, item (i)). Residents of certain facilities for persons with disabilities, and others a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order names, are kept out of the insurance for the time being by Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act for Enforcement of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act.

Secondary Insured Person

第二号被保険者(だいにごうひほけんしゃ)

A person aged 40 to 64 who has a domicile in the municipality's area and is a medical insurance subscriber (医療保険加入者) (Article 9, item (ii)). Residents of certain facilities for persons with disabilities, and others a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order names, are kept out of the insurance for the time being by Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act for Enforcement of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act.

hotelier

営業者(えいぎょうしゃ)

A person who runs a hotel business (旅館業) under the licence Article 3, paragraph (1) requires from the prefectural governor (or, in a city with a health center or a special ward, from its mayor).