When a disaster provided for by Cabinet Order has occurred, financial institutions related to the government and other equivalent financial institutions provided for by Cabinet Order provide special loans in connection with the disaster, and endeavor to extend the term of redemption or the period of deferment, convert old loans to new ones, lower interest rates if necessary, and take other measures pertinent to the circumstances.
政府関係金融機関その他これに準ずる政令で定める金融機関は、政令で定める災害が発生したときは、災害に関する特別な金融を行ない、償還期限又はすえ置き期間の延長、旧債の借換え、必要がある場合における利率の低減等実情に応じ適切な措置をとるように努めるものとする。
disastermachine translation
「災害」
Damage caused by a storm, tornado, heavy rain or snow, flood, slope failure, debris flow, storm surge, earthquake, tsunami, soil liquefaction, volcanic eruption, landslide or other abnormal natural phenomenon, or by a large fire or explosion or another cause that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as causing damage on a similar scale.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law