Article 57Duty to Report

①Pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order, the captain of a vessel or aircraft entering Japan must report to an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure where the vessel or aircraft will arrive, the names of its crew members and passengers and other particulars provided by Ministry of Justice Order, in advance.

②Upon the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure from which the vessel or aircraft departs, the captain of a vessel or aircraft departing from Japan must report particulars pertaining to its crew members and passengers as prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

③If the captain of a vessel or aircraft entering Japan learns that a foreign national aboard the vessel or aircraft does not possess a valid passport, crew member's pocket-ledger or re-entry permit, the captain must immediately report this information to an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure.

⑤If a crew member who has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (2) is on board the vessel or aircraft entering Japan, the captain of the vessel or aircraft must immediately report the name of the crew member and other particulars provided by Ministry of Justice Order to an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure each time the vessel or aircraft arrives at a port of entry or departure.

⑥The captain of the designated passenger ship departing from a Japanese port of entry or departure must report, upon the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure, whether a person granted permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 14-2, paragraph (1) or (2) has returned to the designated passenger ship.

⑦At the request of an immigration inspector at the port of entry or departure from which the vessel or aircraft departs, the captain of the vessel or aircraft departing from Japan must report whether a person granted permission for landing in transit pursuant to the provisions of Article 15, paragraph (1) has returned to their vessel or aircraft, whether a person who was granted landing permission for crew members is aboard the vessel or aircraft, and whether a person seeking to depart Japan in violation of the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2), or Article 60, paragraph (2) is aboard the vessel or aircraft.

⑧If an immigration inspector finds it necessary in securing the enforcement of the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (1) or other provisions of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, they may request the carrier operating an aircraft entering Japan or any other person provided for by Ministry of Justice Order to give a report on the person who made the reservation on the aircraft (meaning the person who reserved the airline ticket; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the details of the reservation of the person who made the reservation, the baggage of the person and the particulars provided for in Ministry of Justice Order regarding the procedures for boarding the aircraft, before the aircraft arrives at the port of entry or departure.

⑨A person who has been requested to give a report pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must give the report pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order. In this case, if this person takes the measures provided for in Ministry of Justice Order that make the information available in a manner that enables the immigration inspector to view the information using electronic or magnetic records in lieu of the report, the report is deemed to have been made.