If a license as provided for in Article 3, paragraph (1), has been granted, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or the prefectural governor must issue a license certificate.

①If a Real Estate Broker who has obtained a license as provided for in Article 3, paragraph (1), and who intends to continue engaging in the Real Estate Brokerage falling under any of the following items, when that person obtains a license granted by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor, the previous license granted to the person by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or the prefectural governor is to cease to be effective:

②If a Real Estate Broker falls under any of the items of the preceding paragraph and intends to continue engaging in the Real Estate Brokerage, the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (4), apply mutatis mutandis when an application under the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (1), is made.

①The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and each prefectural government are to maintain its respective register of Real Estate Brokers.

②The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must record the following matters pertaining to any Real Estate Broker to whom it has granted a license in its register of Real Estate Brokers and the governor of a prefecture must record the matters as listed below pertaining to any Real Estate Broker to whom it has granted a license and any Real Estate Broker who has obtained a license from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and who has business offices primarily within zones in said prefecture in its register of Real Estate Brokers:

①If there has been a change to a matter as listed in any of items (i) through (v) of Article 4, paragraph (1), the Real Estate Broker must, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, submit a written notification stating the matters pertaining to said change to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or the prefectural governor from whom the applicable license was obtained within thirty days.

②The provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2) (excluding items (i), (vi), and (vii); the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) apply mutatis mutandis to the written notification referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that if there has been no change to the contents of the documents referred to in paragraph (2) of that Article that have already been submitted to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor, the attachment of those documents may be omitted.

The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor must, pursuant to the provisions of an Order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, make the register of Real Estate Brokers and the documents as listed in Article 4, paragraph (2), item (i), items (iii) through (v) of that paragraph (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (2) of the preceding Article), and Article 4, paragraph (2), items (vi) and (vii) (referred to as "Specified Documents" in Article 78-3, paragraph (1)), or copies thereof, available for public inspection.

①If a Real Estate Broker falls under any of the following items, the person corresponding to the applicable item must provide a notification of the fact thereof to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or the prefectural governor from whom the applicable license was obtained within thirty days of the applicable date (for item (i), the date on which the fact corresponding thereto becomes known):

②If a notification has been submitted pursuant to the provisions of any of items (iii) through (v) of the preceding paragraph, the license as provided for in Article 3, paragraph (1), ceases to be effective.

①A person who has not obtained a license as provided for in Article 3, paragraph (1), is not to engage in Real Estate Brokerage.

②A person who has not obtained a license as provided for in Article 3, paragraph (1), is not to provide any indication to the effect that the person engages in Real Estate Brokerage or advertise for the purpose of engaging in Real Estate Brokerage.

①A Real Estate Broker must not have another person engage in the Real Estate Brokerage under the name of said Real Estate Broker.

②A Real Estate Broker is not to have another person provide any indication to the effect that the person engages in Real Estate Brokerage or advertises for the purpose of engaging in Real Estate Brokerage under the name of said Real Estate Broker.

In addition to what is as prescribed in Articles 3 through 11, required particulars concerning license applications, the issuance of license certificates, the issuance of replacement certificates, the re-issuance and return of license certificates, and the recording of entries to, correction of entries in, and deletion of entries from a register of Real Estate Brokers are as specified by an applicable Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.