Changes on (Act No. 30 of 2026)
The term "capital transaction" means any of the following transactions or actions (excluding an act which falls within the category of inward direct investment or an equivalent action prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (2) and which is conducted by any of the persons stated in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article):
a transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim (hereinafter referred to as a "transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim") based on a deposit contract (including an installment savings contract, installment deposit contract, money deposit contract, or any other contract prescribed by Cabinet Order as being similar to them; the same applies hereinafter) or trust contract between a resident and a non-resident;
a transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim based on a money loan contract or obligation guarantee contract between a resident and a non-resident;
居住者と非居住者との間の金銭の貸借契約又は債務の保証契約に基づく債権の発生等に係る取引
a transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim based on a sales contract for a foreign means of payment or for a claim between a resident and a non-resident;
居住者と非居住者との間の対外支払手段又は債権の売買契約に基づく債権の発生等に係る取引
a transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim for which payment can be received in a foreign currency, based on a deposit contract, trust contract, money loan contract, obligation guarantee contract, or sales contract for a foreign means of payment or for a claim between a resident and another resident;
居住者と他の居住者との間の預金契約、信託契約、金銭の貸借契約、債務の保証契約又は対外支払手段若しくは債権その他の売買契約に基づく外国通貨をもつて支払を受けることができる債権の発生等に係る取引
a resident's acquisition of securities from a non-resident (including a resident's or a non-resident's acquisition of a right based on which the resident will acquire securities from the non-resident upon the acquirer's unilateral manifestation of the intention for this to occur), or a resident's transfer of securities to a non-resident (including a resident's or a non-resident's acquisition of a right based on which the resident will transfer securities to the non-resident upon the acquirer's unilateral manifestation of the intention for this to occur);
a resident's issuance or public offering of securities in a foreign country, a resident's issuance or public offering of foreign currency securities in Japan, or a non-resident's issuance or public offering of securities in Japan;
a non-resident's issuance or public offering of securities that are denominated or payable in Japanese currency, in a foreign country;
a transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim based on a futures contract on a financial indicator or similar metric between a resident and a non-resident;
居住者と非居住者との間の金融指標等先物契約に基づく債権の発生等に係る取引
a transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim that is payable in a foreign currency based on a futures contract on a financial indicator or similar metric between a resident and another resident, or a transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claim that is payable in Japanese currency based on a futures contract on a financial indicator or similar metric (limited to such a contract involving a financial indicator (meaning the financial indicator prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (25) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) of a foreign currency) between a resident and another resident;
居住者と他の居住者との間の金融指標等先物契約に基づく外国通貨をもつて支払を受けることができる債権の発生等に係る取引又は金融指標等先物契約(外国通貨の金融指標(金融商品取引法第二条第二十五項に規定する金融指標をいう。)に係るものに限る。)に基づく本邦通貨をもつて支払を受けることができる債権の発生等に係る取引
a resident's acquisition of real property or rights to real property that is located in a foreign country, or a non-resident's acquisition of real property or rights to real property that is located in Japan;
the delivery and receipt of funds between a corporation's office in Japan and the corporation's office in a foreign country (excluding the delivery and receipt of funds prescribed by Cabinet Order as the delivery and receipt of the ordinary expenses necessary for operating the office and funds involved in an ordinary transaction), beyond as stated in items (i) and (ii); and
a transaction or action prescribed by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to any of the transactions or actions stated in the preceding items.
前各号に掲げる取引又は行為に準ずるものとして政令で定めるもの
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Japan
「本邦」
Japan for the purposes of this Act and the orders under it: Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu and the islands attached to them that an Order of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (財務省令・経済産業省令) sets.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (i)
foreign country
「外国」
Any area other than Japan (本邦).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (ii)
Japanese currency
「本邦通貨」
Currency in units of the Japanese yen.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (iii)
foreign currency
「外国通貨」
Any currency other than Japanese currency (本邦通貨).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (iv)
resident
「居住者」
A natural person with a domicile or residence in Japan, or a corporation with its principal office in Japan; a Japanese branch, sales office or other office of a non-resident is also treated as a resident, even if its principal office is in a foreign country and whether or not it has legal authority to act for it.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (v)
non-resident
「非居住者」
A natural person or corporation other than a resident (居住者).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (vi)
foreign means of payment
「対外支払手段」
A means of payment (支払手段), other than Japanese currency, that is denominated in a foreign currency or can be used for payment in a foreign country, whatever its currency unit.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (viii)
security
「証券」
Public bonds, corporate bonds, shares, equity interests, certificates giving rights to public bonds or shares, debentures, treasury securities, mortgage securities, profit certificates, coupons, dividend receipts, coupon exchange tickets and other similar securities or certificates a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies, whether or not a certificate has been issued.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xi)
foreign currency security
「外貨証券」
A security (証券) that is payable in a foreign country or denominated in a foreign currency.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xii)
claim
「債権」
Time deposits, current deposits, special current deposits, deposits at notice, insurance policies and current account balances, and other monetary claims arising from loans, tenders or otherwise that are not covered by the earlier items of Article 6, paragraph (1).
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xiii)
futures contract on a financial indicator or similar metric
「金融指標等先物契約」
A contract for a market derivatives transaction or over-the-counter derivatives transaction under Article 2, paragraph (21) or (22) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (other than those a Cabinet Order (政令) excludes), for a transaction like a market derivatives transaction on a foreign financial instruments market, or for another similar transaction a Cabinet Order specifies.
Defined inArticle 6, paragraph (1), item (xiv)
transaction involving the accrual, alteration, or extinguishment of a claimmachine translation
「債権の発生等に係る取引」
A transaction by which a claim (債権) arises, is altered or is extinguished: in Article 20, item (i), one under a deposit contract (預金契約) or trust contract between a resident and a non-resident, and in later provisions, one under the contracts they name.
Short name set inArticle 20, paragraph (1), item (i)