①The mayors of the municipalities designated by the Minister of Justice are to handle the processes related to family registers by means of electronic data processing systems (meaning electronic data processing systems connecting the computers (including magnetic disks (including objects that can record certain matters securely by equivalent means; the same applies below) and input/output devices; the same applies below) used by the Minister of Justice with the computers used by the mayor of a municipality by telecommunications line; the same applies below), as provided for by Ministry of Justice Order; provided, however, that this does not apply to processes related to family registers or removed family registers specified by Ministry of Justice Order as that which is not appropriate to handle using electronic data processing systems.

②The designation under the preceding paragraph must be made by public notice at the request of the mayor of a municipality.

①In the case referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, family registers are recorded on magnetic disks and prepared by means of magnetic disks.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, family registers prepared by means of magnetic disks are accumulated and compiled into family register books, and family registers prepared by means of magnetic disks and removed from a family registry are accumulated and compiled into registries of removed family registers.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2), duplicates of family registers or removed family registers prepared by means of magnetic disks pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article are kept by the Minister of Justice.

①If a family register or a removed family register is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of the Article 119, the request referred to in Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 10-2, paragraphs (1) to (5) (including if these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12-2) may be made to obtain a document certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the family register prepared by means of a magnetic disk (referred to below as a "family register certificate") or a document certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the removed family register prepared by means of a magnetic disk (referred to below as a "removed family register certificate") in lieu of obtaining the family register transcript, extract or certificate or obtaining a transcript, extract, or certificate of the removed family register.

②For the purpose of the application of the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (2) and Article 108, paragraph (2) as well as the provisions of the Passport Act (Act No. 267 of 1951) and other laws and regulations, a family register certificate or removed family register certificate is deemed to be a transcript or extract of the family register or the removed family register.

①If a family register or a removed family register is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119, the requests in the following items may be made to the persons specified in the relevant items:

②Concerning the request in Article 10, paragraph (1) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (limited to those made to a mayor of a designated municipality other than the municipal mayor of a place of the registered domicile), the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article and Article 10-3, paragraph (2) do not apply, and in the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1), the terms "the person taking charge of making the request" and "themselves " are deemed to be replaced with "the person who makes the request".

①The request in Article 10, paragraph (1) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, or the request in Article 10-2, paragraph (2) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to the relevant requests that are necessary to perform the processes specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies in this Article (excluding paragraph (3))) may be made for a family register electronic certificate (meaning an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record that is created in an electronic format, a magnetic format, or any other format that cannot be perceived by the human senses, and that is specified by Ministry of Justice Order as being used in computerized information processing; the same applies below) prepared by means of a magnetic disk certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the family register pursuant to the provisions of Article 119) or also for an electronic certificate of a removed family register (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared by means of a magnetic disk certifying all or part of the particulars recorded in the removed family register pursuant to the provisions of Article 119; the same applies below).

②When a request in Article 10, paragraph (1) or Article 10-2 paragraph (2) is made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a designated municipality is to issue to the person who made the request the identification code for provision of the family register electronic certificate (meaning an attached code that makes it possible to identify the family register electronic certificate related to the relevant request, which is specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies below) or the identification code for the provision of electronic certificate of a removed family register (meaning an attached code that makes it possible to identify the electronic certificate of a removed family register related to the relevant request, which is specified by Ministry of Justice Order; the same applies below).

③When the mayor of a designated municipality receives a request pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order from an administrative organ or other relevant organ (meaning an administrative organ or other relevant organ and other persons specified by Ministry of Justice Order prescribed in Article 3, item (ii) of the Act on the Advancement of Government Administration Processes That Use Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 151 of 2002)) for provision of a family register electronic certificate or an electronic certificate of a removed family register electronic certificate that indicates the identification code for the provision of the family register electronic certificate or the identification code for the provision of the electronic certificate of a removed family register issued pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the mayor of a designated municipality is to provide, pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order, a family register electronic certificate corresponding to the identification code for the provision of the family register electronic certificate or the electronic certificate of a removed family register corresponding to the identification code for the provision of the electronic certificate of a removed family register.

④Concerning the requests in Article 10, paragraph (1) and Article 10-2, paragraph (2) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), in these provisions, the term "issuance" is deemed to be replaced with "provision by an administrative organ or other relevant organ pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 120-3, as prescribed in the paragraph", and concerning the request in Article 10, paragraph (1) (limited to a request to the mayor of a designated municipality other than the mayor of a municipality of the place of the registered domicile) made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the provisions in paragraph (3) of that Article and Article 10-3, paragraph (2) do not apply, and in the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1), the terms "the person taking charge of making the request" and "themselves" are deemed to be replaced with "the person who makes the request".

①When the mayor of a designated municipality receives the written application and other documents that are specified by Ministry of Justice Order as being necessary to make an entry in a family register (referred to below as "written application and other documents" in this paragraph), pursuant to Ministry of Justice Order, the mayor is to create image files of the relevant written applications and other documents (referred to below as "information regarding written application and other documents") and submit them to the Minister of Justice, utilizing an electronic data processing system.

②When the Minister of Justice receives the provision of information regarding written application and other documents pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister is to record the information on a magnetic disk.

①If entries should be made in a family register in two or more ward offices or town halls, if a mayor of a municipality that received the notification or application is a mayor of a designated municipality, and, if a mayor of a designated municipality (referred to below in the paragraph as "mayor of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register") is one of the mayors of a municipality who should make the entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application (excluding the mayor of a municipality who received the relevant notification or application), the Minister of Justice is to inform the mayor of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register to the effect that the Minister has received the information regarding the written application and other documents as stated in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (2) (including cases where these provisions are applied mutatis mutandis in Article 117), the number of notifications or applications that should be provided is the number arrived at when the number of mayors of a designated municipality among mayors of a municipality that should make entries in a family register is first subtracted from the mayors of a municipality that should make entries in a family register, and then one is added.

③If there is a notification or an application outside of the place of the registered domicile (excluding the case where entries should be made in a family register in two or more ward offices or town halls), if both the mayor of a municipality that received the notification or application and the mayor of a municipality who should make the entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application are mayors of a designated municipality, the Minister of Justice is to inform the mayors of a designated municipality that makes entries in a family register to the effect that the Minister has received the written application and other documents stated in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article.

④In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the provisions of Article 36, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 117) do not apply.

①Limited to cases for which there is a special reason, an interested person may make a request to the mayor of a designated municipality who received the notification or application or to the mayor of a designated municipality who made an entry in a family register based on the relevant notification or application to inspect the information regarding a written application and other documents related to the relevant notification and application by the means specified by Order of the Ministry of Justice, or for a certificate concerning the contents of the information regarding a written application and other documents.

②The provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) and Article 10-3 apply mutatis mutandis to the case under the preceding paragraph.

If the family register of an individual in the event under notification is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119, if both the mayor of a municipality where the notification of separation is made and the mayor of a municipality where the relevant person's new family register is created are mayors of a designated municipality, the provisions of Article 100, paragraph (2) do not apply.

If the family register of an individual in the event under notification is prepared by means of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119, if both the mayor of a municipality where the notification of transfer of a registered domicile is made and the mayor of a municipality to which the relevant person's registered domicile is transferred are mayors of a designated municipality, the provisions of Article 108, paragraph (2) do not apply.

The Minister of Justice and the mayor of a designated municipality must take measures to ensure the security and reliability of electronic data processing systems and other necessary measures in order to prevent leaks and perform other appropriate management with regard to confidentiality concerning processes regarding the construction, maintenance, management, and operation of electronic data processing systems.

Persons engaged or formerly engaged in processes concerning particulars related to the construction, maintenance, management, and operation of electronic data processing systems must not leak or misappropriate secrets concerning processes that they have come to know in relation to their duties.

The Minister of Justice may use information recorded in duplicates of family registers or removed family registers in the form of a magnetic disk pursuant to the provisions of Article 119 of this Act in order to prepare relationship data from family registers (meaning relationship data from family registers as prescribed in Article 9, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013)) that is to be used for providing the relevant information pursuant to the provisions of Article 19, item (viii) or (ix) of that Act.