外国投資家(前条第一項に規定する外国投資家をいう。次条、第二十八条の二及び第二十九条第七項を除き、以下同じ。)は、対内直接投資等(前条第二項に規定する対内直接投資等をいい、相続、遺贈、法人の合併その他の事情を勘案して政令で定めるものを除く。次条、第二十九条第七項、第二十九条の二及び第六十九条の四を除き、以下同じ。)のうち第三項の規定による審査が必要となる対内直接投資等に該当するおそれがあるものとして政令で定めるものを行おうとするときは、政令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、当該対内直接投資等について、次に掲げる事項(第二号に掲げる事項にあつては当該外国投資家が行おうとする対内直接投資等が前条第二項各号に掲げる行為のうち当該行為に係る金額を算定することができるものとして政令で定める行為に該当する場合に、第四号に掲げる事項にあつては当該外国投資家が同号に規定する国の安全等に係る措置を講ずる場合に限る。)を財務大臣及び事業所管大臣に届け出なければならない。
Before a foreign investor (meaning a foreign investor as provided in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies, except in the following Article, Article 28-2 and Article 29, paragraph (7)) conducts an inward direct investment or equivalent action (meaning an inward direct investment or equivalent action provided for in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, and excluding an inward direct investment or equivalent action prescribed by Cabinet Order in consideration of inheritance, bequest, merger of a corporation, or any other circumstances; hereinafter the same applies, except in the following Article, Article 29, paragraph (7), Article 29-2 and Article 69-4) prescribed by Cabinet Order as being likely to constitute one that necessitates an examination under paragraph (3), the foreign investor, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, must first file a notification of the following matters (limited, as for the matter stated in item (ii), to the case where the inward direct investment or equivalent action that the foreign investor is to conduct falls under an action prescribed by Cabinet Order as one of the actions stated in the items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article for which the amount relating to the action can be calculated, and as for the matter stated in item (iv), to the case where the foreign investor takes the measure relating to national security or a similar concern provided for in that item) concerning that inward direct investment or equivalent action with the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business: