If the parent company (meaning a parent company as prescribed in Article 57-2, paragraph (8); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) of a special financial instruments business operator or its subsidiary corporation, etc. satisfies any of the following requirements, and the Prime Minister finds that ensuring the sound and appropriate operation of the business of the parent company and its subsidiary corporations, etc. is particularly necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors, the Prime Minister is to designate the parent company as a person that is subject to the application of the provisions of this Subsection:
内閣総理大臣は、特別金融商品取引業者の親会社（第五十七条の二第八項に規定する親会社をいう。以下この節において同じ。）又はその子法人等が次に掲げる要件のいずれかに該当する場合において、当該親会社及びその子法人等の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保することが公益又は投資者保護のため特に必要であると認められるときは、当該親会社をこの款の規定の適用を受ける者として指定するものとする。
the parent company conducts business management of the special financial instruments business operator as business; or
当該親会社が当該特別金融商品取引業者の経営管理を事業として行つていること。
the parent company or its subsidiary corporation, etc. lends funds to, guarantees obligations for, or provides other similar assistance with fund procurement to the special financial instruments business operator for the purpose of its business operations, and it is found that the suspension of such assistance would be likely to substantially compromise the sound and appropriate operation of the business of the special financial instruments business operator.
当該親会社又はその子法人等が当該特別金融商品取引業者に対し、その業務の運営のために必要な資金の貸付け、債務の保証その他これらに類する資金調達に関する支援であつて、その停止が当該特別金融商品取引業者の業務の健全かつ適切な運営に著しい支障を及ぼすおそれがあると認められるものを行つていること。
If the group consisting of the parent company of a special financial instruments business operator and its subsidiary corporations, etc. is found to be under appropriate supervision by an administrative organization based on other laws and regulations (including if the group is found to be under appropriate supervision by a foreign administrative organization or any other equivalent organization based on foreign laws and regulations) with respect to the state of its business operations and assets, the Prime Minister may choose not to make the designation under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
内閣総理大臣は、特別金融商品取引業者の親会社及びその子法人等の集団が、その業務の運営及び財産の状況について、他の法令に基づいて行政機関の適切な監督を受けていると認められる場合（外国の法令に基づいて外国の行政機関その他これに準ずるものの適切な監督を受けていると認められる場合を含む。）には、前項の規定による指定をしないことができる。
Upon effecting a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must notify the person subject to the designation (hereinafter referred to as "designated parent company") in writing of this, as well as notifying it of the trade name of the special financial instruments business operator connected with that designation (hereinafter referred to as "subject special financial instruments business operator"), and whether or not it, as the designated parent company, is the highest designated parent company (meaning a designated parent company that does not have a parent company which is the designated parent company of the same subject special financial instruments business operator as itself; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection). The same applies if these matters change.
内閣総理大臣は、第一項の規定による指定をしたときは、書面により、その旨並びに当該指定に係る特別金融商品取引業者（以下「対象特別金融商品取引業者」という。）の商号及び当該指定を受けた者（以下「指定親会社」という。）が最終指定親会社（指定親会社であつて、その親会社のうちに当該指定親会社と同一の対象特別金融商品取引業者に係る指定親会社である会社がないものをいう。以下この款において同じ。）であるか否かの別を当該指定親会社に通知しなければならない。これらの事項に変更があつたときも、同様とする。
Upon making a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1), the Prime Minister must make public notice of the trade name or name and the location of the head office or principal office of the designated parent company (for a foreign company that has an office in Japan, this includes the location of its principal office in Japan; hereinafter the same applies in paragraph (1), item (iv) of the following Article), and the trade name of the subject special financial instruments business operator in the Official Gazette. The same applies if any of these particulars changes.
内閣総理大臣は、第一項の規定による指定をしたときは、指定親会社の商号又は名称及び本店又は主たる事務所（外国会社にあつては、国内に事務所があるときは、国内における主たる事務所を含む。次条第一項第四号において同じ。）の所在地並びに対象特別金融商品取引業者の商号を官報で公示しなければならない。これらの事項に変更があつたときも、同様とする。
If the Prime Minister finds that the grounds for a designated parent company becoming subject to a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1) have ceased to exist, the Prime Minister, in addition to cancelling that designation, must give written notice of this to the designated parent company whose designation is being cancelled.
If the Prime Minister cancels a designation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must issue public notice of this in the Official Gazette.
内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により指定を解除したときは、その旨を官報で公示しなければならない。
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If the parent company (meaning a parent company as prescribed in Article 57-2, paragraph (8); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) of a special financial instruments business operator or its…
内閣総理大臣は、特別金融商品取引業者の親会社（第五十七条の二第八項に規定する親会社をいう。以下この節において同じ。）又はその子法人等が次に掲げる要件のいずれかに該当する場合において、当該親会社及びその子法人等の業務の健全かつ適切な運営を確保することが公益又は投資者保護のため特に必要であると認められるときは…
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If the Prime Minister finds that the grounds for a designated parent company becoming subject to a designation under the provisions of paragraph (1) have ceased to exist, the Prime Minister…
内閣総理大臣は、指定親会社について第一項の規定による指定を受けるべき事由が消滅したと認めるときは、当該指定を解除するとともに、書面により、その旨を当該指定を解除されることとなる指定親会社に通知しなければならない。
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the name and location of its head office or principal office;
本店又は主たる事務所の名称及び所在地
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The term "parent company" as used in paragraphs (2) through (6) means a first company that has a second company as its subsidiary company…
第二項から第六項までの「親会社」とは、他の会社を子会社（第二十九条の四第四項に規定する子会社をいう。次項において同じ。）とする会社をいう。
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「特別金融商品取引業者」
A financial instruments business operator engaged in type-I financial instruments business (not a foreign corporation) that has notified the Prime Minister under Article 57-2, paragraph (1) that its total assets exceed the threshold a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, other than one whose total assets have since stayed at or below that threshold for two years.
Defined inArticle 57-2, paragraph (2)· applies only in this section
subsidiary corporation, etc.
「子法人等」
A subsidiary corporation, etc. as defined in Article 57-2, paragraph (9): a subsidiary company (子会社) of another company, or another corporation or organization meeting requirements a Cabinet Order (政令) sets as closely related to that company.
Defined inArticle 57-3, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
parent company
「親会社」
In Section 4-2 of Chapter III, a parent company as defined in Article 57-2, paragraph (8): a company that has another company as its subsidiary company (子会社) within the meaning of Article 29-4, paragraph (4).
Defined inArticle 57-12, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section
subject special financial instruments business operator
「対象特別金融商品取引業者」
A special financial instruments business operator (特別金融商品取引業者) whose parent company the Prime Minister has designated under Article 57-12, paragraph (1) as subject to the rules for designated parent companies.
Short name set inArticle 57-12, paragraph (3)
designated parent company
「指定親会社」
A parent company of a special financial instruments business operator (特別金融商品取引業者) that the Prime Minister has designated under Article 57-12, paragraph (1) as subject to the rules of that Subsection, because it carries on the business management of the operator, or it or its subsidiary corporations, etc. give the operator funding support on which its sound operation depends, and designation is especially needed in the public interest or to protect investors.
Short name set inArticle 57-12, paragraph (3)
highest designated parent company
「最終指定親会社」
In Chapter 3, Section 4-2, Subsection 2, a designated parent company (指定親会社) none of whose own parent companies is a designated parent company of the same subject special financial instruments business operator (対象特別金融商品取引業者).
Defined inArticle 57-12, paragraph (3)· applies only in this subsection
business management
「経営管理」
In Article 87-4-2, setting the basic management policy of a financial instruments exchange group (金融商品取引所グループ), or a similar policy a Cabinet Office Order (内閣府令) specifies, and securing its proper implementation; making the necessary adjustments where the interests of group companies conflict; building the system a Cabinet Office Order specifies to keep the group's business within laws and regulations; and other matters a Cabinet Office Order specifies for public trust in, and sound operation of, the group's business.
Defined inArticle 87-4-2, paragraph (2)
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.