①If a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor has granted a license (including approval as provided for in Article 50-2, paragraph (1); the same applies in the following paragraph) falls under any of the following items or contravenes a provision of this Act; Article 11, paragraph (1) or (6); Article 12, paragraph (1); Article 13; or Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Performance of Specified Housing Defect Warranty (Act No. 66 of 2007; referred to hereinafter in this article as the "Performance Assurance Act"); or Article 7, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 8, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Performance Assurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis by the reading of terms under Article 16 of the Performance Assurance Act, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or said prefectural governor may issue necessary instructions to said Real Estate Broker:

②If a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor has granted a license that falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or said prefectural governor may order said Real Estate Broker to suspend its operations in whole or in part for a prescribed period not longer than one year:

③A prefectural governor may, if a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or another prefectural governor has granted a license and who engages in operations within a zone of said prefecture, in connection with operations within a zone of said prefecture, falls under any of the items of paragraph (1) or contravenes a provision of this Act; Article 11, paragraph (1) or (6); Article 12, paragraph (1); Article 13; or Article 15, paragraph (1) of the Performance Assurance Act; or Article 7, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 8, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Performance Assurance Act as applied mutatis mutandis by the reading of terms under Article 16 of the Performance Assurance Act, issue necessary instructions to said Real Estate Broker.

④A prefectural governor may, if a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or another prefectural governor has granted a license and who engages in operations within a zone of said prefecture, in connection with operations within a zone of said prefecture, falls under any of the following items, order said Real Estate Broker to suspend its operations in whole or in part for a prescribed period not longer than one year:

①If a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor has granted a license that falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or said prefectural governor must rescind said license:

②If a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor has granted a license which breaches a condition imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 3-2, paragraph (1), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or said prefectural governor may rescind the license of said Real Estate Broker.

①If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor is unable to ascertain the location of a business office of a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or said prefectural governor has granted a license or the location of a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or said prefectural governor has granted a license (if the Real Estate Broker is a corporation, the location of an officer thereof); the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or said prefectural governor may, if no communications is received from said Real Estate Broker even after the passage of thirty days from the date of the public notice of said fact through the Official Gazette or a bulletin of said prefecture, rescind the license of said Real Estate Broker.

②The provisions of Chapter III of the Administrative Procedures Act do not apply to a disposition under the preceding paragraph.

①If an Approved Real Estate Broker falls under any of the following items, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may rescind the approval thereof:

②If an Approved Real Estate Broker breaches a condition imposed pursuant to the provisions of Article 50-2-2, paragraph (1), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may rescind the approval pertaining to said Approved Real Estate Broker.

③If a license is not renewed upon the expiration of the period of validity as provided for in Article 3, paragraph (2), a license ceases to be effective pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2), or an Approved Real Estate Broker falls under paragraph (1), item (ii) of the same article or is subject to a license rescission pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (7); Article 66; or Article 67, paragraph (1); the approval pertaining to said Approved Real Estate Broker ceases to be effective.

①If a real estate transaction specialist who has obtained the registration of a prefectural governor falls under any of the following items, said prefectural governor may issue necessary instructions to said real estate transaction specialist:

②A prefectural governor may, if a real estate transaction specialist who has obtained the registration of said prefectural governor falls under any of the items of the preceding paragraph or fails to follow instructions under the same paragraph or the following paragraph, prohibit said real estate transaction specialist from engaging in processes that said real estate transaction specialist is to carry out as a real estate transaction specialist for a prescribed period not longer than one year.

③A prefectural governor may, if a real estate transaction specialist who has obtained the registration of another prefectural governor falls under any of the items of paragraph (1) within a zone of said prefecture, issue the necessary instructions to said real estate transaction specialist.

④A prefectural governor may, if a real estate transaction specialist who has obtained the registration of another prefectural governor falls under any of the items of paragraph (1) or fails to follow instructions under the same paragraph or the preceding paragraph within a zone of said prefecture, prohibit said real estate transaction specialist from engaging in processes that said real estate transaction specialist is to carry out as a real estate transaction specialist for a prescribed period not longer than one year.

①A prefectural governor must, if a real estate transaction specialist who has obtained the registration of said prefectural governor falls under any of the following items, cancel said registration:

②If a person who has obtained a registration as provided for in Article 18, paragraph (1), and who has not been issued a real estate Transaction Specialist Identification Card falls under any of the following items, the prefectural governor who carried out said registration must delete said registration:

①If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor intends to carry out a disposition under Article 65 or 68, said minister or prefectural governor must hold a hearing irrespective of the classification of procedures for stating opinions under Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Administrative Procedures Act.

②The provisions of Article 16-15, paragraphs (3) through (5), apply mutatis mutandis to any hearing that pertains to a disposition under Article 65; Article 66; Article 67-2, paragraph (1) or (2); Article 68; or the preceding article.

①If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism carries out a disposition under Article 65, paragraph (2) or (4), Article 66, or Article 67-2, paragraph (1) or (2), said minister must, pursuant to the provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, provide a public notice of the fact thereof.

②If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism carries out a disposition under Article 65, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 67-2, paragraph (1) or (2), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must, without delay, provide a notification of the date and details of said disposition (or, if the disposition is one under paragraph (1) or (2) of the same Article, of the fact thereof) to the prefectural governor with jurisdiction over the location of the principal office of said Real Estate Broker if said Real Estate Broker has obtained a license granted by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, or to said prefectural governor if said Real Estate Broker has obtained a license from a prefectural governor.

③If a prefectural governor carries out a disposition under Article 65, paragraph (3) or (4), said governor must, if said Real Estate Broker has obtained a license from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, report the date and details of said disposition to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism without delay or, if said Real Estate Broker has obtained a license from another prefectural governor, provide a notification of the date and details of said disposition to said other prefectural governor without delay.

④If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism receives a report under the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism must, without delay, provide a notification of the date and details of said disposition to the prefectural governor with jurisdiction over the location of the principal office of said Real Estate Broker (excluding the prefectural governor who made said report).

⑤If a prefectural governor carries out a disposition under Article 68, paragraph (3) or (4), said governor must, without delay, provide a notification of the fact thereof to the prefectural governor who carried out the registration of said real estate transaction specialist.

Guidance, advice, and recommendations required to secure the proper operations of the Real Estate Brokerage and promote the sound development of the Real Estate Brokerage may be provided by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to all Real Estate Brokers and by a prefectural governor to any Real Estate Broker engaged in the Real Estate Brokerage within a zone of said prefecture.

①If, in a case in which a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has granted a license contravenes the provisions of Article 31, paragraph (1); any of Articles 32 through 34; Article 34-2, paragraph (1) (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 34-3; the same applies in the following paragraph); Article 35 (excluding paragraph (3); for paragraphs (4) and (5) of the same article, limited to parts pertaining to paragraphs (1) and (2) of the same article; the same applies in the following paragraph); any of Articles 35-2 through 45; Article 47; or Article 47-2 (limited to where said Real Estate Broker concludes an agreement with a Real Estate Brokerage Operation Counterparty as prescribed in Article 35, paragraph (1), item (xiv)(a)), the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism intends to carry out a disposition under Article 65, paragraph (1) (excluding items (ii) through (iv)) or (2) (excluding items (i) and (i)-2) or Article 66, paragraph (1) (excluding items (i) through (viii)), said minister must consult with the Prime Minister in advance.

②If the Prime Minister deems it necessary for efforts to protect the interests of a Real Estate Brokerage Operation Counterparty as prescribed in Article 35 paragraph (1) item (xiv)(a) of a Real Estate Broker to whom the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has granted a license, said minister may state necessary opinions in connection with a disposition as prescribed in the preceding paragraph to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (limited to a case in which said Real Estate Broker contravenes a provision of Article 31 paragraph (1); any of Articles 32 through 34; Article 34-2 paragraph (1); any of Articles 35 through 45; Article 47; or Article 47-2 (limited to a case in which said Real Estate Broker concludes an agreement with a Real Estate Brokerage Operation Counterparty as prescribed in (a) of the same item)).

①If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor deems it necessary to secure the proper operations of the Real Estate Brokerage, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may issue a request to any person engaged in the Real Estate Brokerage to have a required report on the operations thereof submitted or have said minister's officials enter the business office thereof or other location where the operations thereof are carried out and inspect the books, documents, and other materials and objects relating to operations or said prefectural governor may issue a request to any person engaged in the Real Estate Brokerage within a zone of said prefecture to have a required report on the operations thereof submitted or have said minister's officials enter the business office thereof or other location where the operations thereof are carried out and inspect the books, documents, and other materials and objects relating to operations.

②If the Prime Minister deems it to be particularly necessary to state an opinion under paragraph (2) of the preceding article, said Prime Minister may issue a request to a Real Estate Broker as prescribed in the same paragraph to have a required report on the operations thereof submitted or have said Prime Ministers officials enter the business office thereof or other location where the operations thereof are carried out and to inspect the books, documents, and other materials and objects relating to operations.

③If the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism or a prefectural governor deems it necessary to secure the proper execution of the processes of a real estate transaction specialist, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism may issue a request to any real estate transaction specialist to have a required report on the processes thereof submitted or, said prefectural governor may issue a request to any real estate transaction specialist who has obtained the registration of said prefectural governor or real estate transaction specialist engaged in the processes thereof within a zone of said prefecture to have a required report on the processes thereof submitted.

④An official conducting an on-site inspection pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) must carry personal identification and present said identification if requested to do so by a concerned person.

⑤The authority to conduct an on-site inspection under paragraph (1) or (2) must not be interpreted as having been accorded for the purpose of a criminal investigation.

⑥If the Prime Minister intends to issue a request or conduct an on-site inspection under paragraph (2), said Prime Minister must consult with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in advance.