The Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may provide the authorities of a foreign country that enforce a foreign law or regulation which is equivalent to this Act (limited to the parts concerning Articles 27 and 28) (hereinafter referred to as "foreign authorities" in this Article), with information that the ministers find will contribute to the performance of their duties (limited to duties equivalent to those provided for in Articles 27 and 28 of this Act; the same applies in the following paragraph); provided, however, that this does not apply if it is found that providing them with that information is likely to interfere with the proper enforcement of this Act or otherwise prejudice Japan's interests.
The Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business must confirm the following particulars on the occasion of providing the foreign authorities with the information prescribed in the preceding paragraph:
that the foreign authorities are able to provide the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business with information equivalent to that which is prescribed in the preceding paragraph;
that, in that foreign country, the laws and regulations guarantee the same level of confidentiality as in Japan will be maintained with regard to any information that the ministers provide pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph which they provide as confidential information; and
that the foreign authorities will not use the information that the ministers provide pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph for any purpose other than one that contributes to the performance of their duties.
Appropriate measures must be taken so that information that is provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is not used in criminal proceedings conducted by a court or judge in a foreign country (simply referred to as "criminal proceedings" in the following paragraph) without the consent under the following paragraph.
Except in a situation that falls under one of the following items, at the request of the foreign authorities, the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may consent to the use of the information they have provided pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) in the criminal proceedings to which the request pertains:
if the offense subject to the criminal proceedings to which the request pertains is a political offense, or if the request is found to have been made for the purpose of conducting criminal proceedings in connection with a political offense;
当該要請に係る刑事手続の対象とされている犯罪が政治犯罪であるとき、又は当該要請が政治犯罪について刑事手続を行う目的で行われたものと認められるとき。
if the act involved in the offense subject to the criminal proceedings to which the request pertains would not constitute an offense under the laws and regulations of Japan if it had been performed in Japan; or
当該要請に係る刑事手続の対象とされている犯罪に係る行為が日本国内において行われたとした場合において、その行為が日本国の法令によれば罪に当たるものでないとき。
if the requesting country does not guarantee that it will meet requests of the same kind that Japan makes.
日本国が行う同種の要請に応ずる旨の要請国の保証がないとき。
Before the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business give the consent referred to in the preceding paragraph, they must receive confirmation from the Minister of Justice that the situation does not fall under item (i) or (ii) of that paragraph and confirmation from the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the situation does not fall under item (iii) of that paragraph.
略称規定第六十九条の五第一項・この条の中だけ
財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、この法律（第二十七条及び第二十八条に係る部分に限る。）に相当する外国の法令を執行する外国の当局（以下この条において「外国執行当局」という。）に対し…
わかりやすく言うと
この法律の対内直接投資等と特定取得の届出や審査の部分（第二十七条と第二十八条）に相当する外国の法令を執行する、外国の当局のことです。
略称規定第六十九条の五第三項・この規定及び第六十九条の五第四項の中だけ
第一項の規定により提供される情報については、次項の規定による同意がなければ外国における裁判所又は裁判官の行う刑事手続（同項において単に「刑事手続」という。）に使用されないよう適切な措置がとられなければならない。
わかりやすく言うと
外国の裁判所や裁判官が行う刑事の手続のことです。外国執行当局に提供された情報は、財務大臣と事業所管大臣の同意がなければこの手続に使われないよう、適切な措置がとられなければなりません。