Sources
Every statement on this site carries a source record, and this page is those records. As the collection grows the list will grow with it — ministry pages, prefectural 条例 registers, other translation projects — because a law comes from wherever its publisher puts it.
What is on this site — the Japanese text included — is a copy of the original, not the original. Before relying on a provision, check it at the source it was retrieved from.
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Where the statute text was retrieved from. Only the Japanese as published there has legal effect.
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
日本国憲法 — the text in force from 1947-05-03
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-16
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
日本国憲法 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-16
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
The Constitution of Japan — Ministry of Justice translation
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 192 rows shown, 0 set aside. · recorded 2026-09-16
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
労働基準法 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-10
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-10
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The translation renders the law as last amended by Act No. 71 of 2018. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 469 rows shown, 11 set aside. · recorded 2026-09-10
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
労働基準法施行規則 — the text in force from 2026-04-01
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-10
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
労働基準法施行規則 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-10
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Ordinance for Enforcement of the Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The translation renders the law as last amended by Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 149 of 2012. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 322 rows shown, 68 set aside. 15 of the rows shown were filed under a provision number the law has since changed, and are shown where that identical Japanese now stands. · recorded 2026-09-10
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
出入国管理及び難民認定法 — the text in force from 2026-06-14
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-13
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
出入国管理及び難民認定法 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-13
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The translation renders the law as last amended by Act No. 63 of 2019. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 750 rows shown, 380 set aside. 35 of the rows shown were filed under a provision number the law has since changed, and are shown where that identical Japanese now stands. · recorded 2026-09-13
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
国税通則法 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-18
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
国税通則法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-18
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Act on General Rules for National Taxes — Ministry of Justice translation
The Ministry of Justice translated only part of this law — an extract, as the law stood after Act No. 13 of 2009 amended it. The rest of the law has no Ministry translation.
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The Ministry translated only part of the law (Extract); the rest has no Ministry translation. The translation renders the law as last amended by Act No. 13 of 2009. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 84 rows shown, 46 set aside. 2 of the rows shown were filed under a provision number the law has since changed, and are shown where that identical Japanese now stands. · recorded 2026-09-18
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
所得税法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-18
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
所得税法 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-18
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Income Tax Act — Ministry of Justice translation
The Ministry of Justice translated only part of this law: the provisions related to nonresidents and foreign corporations, as the law stood after Act No. 13 of 2009 amended it. The rest of the law has no Ministry translation.
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The Ministry translated only part of the law (Provisions related to nonresidents and foreign corporations); the rest has no Ministry translation. The translation renders the law as last amended by Act No. 13 of 2009. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 822 rows shown, 372 set aside. 48 of the rows shown were filed under a provision number the law has since changed, and are shown where that identical Japanese now stands. 5 rows are marked "Omitted" by the Ministry: never translated. · recorded 2026-09-18
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Labor Contracts Act — Ministry of Justice translation
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The translation renders the law as last amended by Act No. 71 of 2018. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 57 rows shown, 0 set aside. · recorded 2026-09-10
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
労働契約法 — the text in force from 2020-04-01
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-10
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
労働契約法 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-10
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
会社法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12
Fetched from the e-Gov Law API (法令API v2) and stored byte for byte in this site's repository. · recorded 2026-09-17
- e-Gov (Digital Agency)laws.e-gov.go.jp
会社法 — revision history
Every revision e-Gov records for this law, including amendments promulgated but not yet in force, fetched from the e-Gov Law API and stored byte for byte. · recorded 2026-09-17
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2)
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The translation renders the law as last amended by Act No. 63 of 2015. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 4585 rows shown, 14 set aside. · recorded 2026-09-17
- Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justicewww.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp
Companies Act — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2)
Fetched from the Japanese Law Translation database and stored in this site's repository. The translation renders the law as last amended by Act No. 63 of 2015. Its English is shown only where the Japanese it translates is identical to the text in force: 2092 rows shown, 21 set aside. · recorded 2026-09-17
Produced here from that
The structure, the resolved cross-references and every count, derived from the retrieved originals. This is the step where error can enter.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
日本国憲法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
労働基準法施行規則 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
国税通則法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
所得税法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
会社法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
- Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text
労働契約法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms
Worked out by this site's parser from the text as retrieved: the structure of articles, paragraphs and items and the address of each, the counts, the cross-references and the defined terms.
Machine translation
English for provisions the Ministry of Justice has not translated. Every such paragraph says so on itself.
- Machine translation, not official
English made for this site by an AI model from the Japanese in force, holding defined terms to the Ministry of Justice's English where it has one. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
Written here
Readings, plain explanations, English names for amending laws — things no source carries. No lawyer has reviewed them.
- Written for this site with AI
Descriptions of each law, written for this site
Written for this site by an AI model, for things no source carries. Not reviewed by a lawyer.
- Written for this site with AI
English titles of amending laws, written for this site
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Notes that an Act outside this collection changes a figure, written for this site
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Law by law
Which statement rests on which record is shown beside the statement itself. Each law's own page lists the records behind it.
417AC0000000086 · 19 source records
出入国管理及び難民認定法
326CO0000000319 · 77 source records
労働基準法
322AC0000000049 · 21 source records
322M40000100023 · 38 source records
労働契約法
419AC0000000128 · 8 source records
337AC0000000066 · 76 source records
所得税法
340AC0000000033 · 244 source records
321CONSTITUTION · 5 source records