Article 169Restriction on Presenting an Opinion in the Newspaper for a Consideration

Any person that receives or promises to receive consideration from an issuer, person making a secondary distribution of securities, person making a solicitation for selling, etc. only for professional investors, underwriter, or financial instruments business operator, etc., or from a tender offeror, etc. provided for in Article 27-3, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2)), to publish an opinion that is to provide a decision about investment in respect of securities, issuer, or a tender offeror provided for in Article 27-3, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2)) in a newspaper or magazine, or to present the opinion to the public in writing, through broadcasting, in a movie, or by any other means, must convey that the person has received or promised to receive consideration for doing so, together with the opinion; provided, however, that this does not apply if a person that receives or promises to receive an advertising fee presents the opinion as an advertisement in exchange for the advertising fee.