The specified disaster management headquarters is headed by a chairperson, and the chairperson is appointed from among the Minister for Disaster Management and other Ministers of State.
特定災害対策本部の長は、特定災害対策本部長とし、防災大臣その他の国務大臣をもつて充てる。
The chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters directs the affairs of the headquarters and supervises the officials thereof.
特定災害対策本部長は、特定災害対策本部の事務を総括し、所部の職員を指揮監督する。
An assistant chairperson, headquarters members, and other officials are assigned to the specified disaster management headquarters.
特定災害対策本部に、特定災害対策副本部長、特定災害対策本部員その他の職員を置く。
The assistant chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters supports the chairperson of the headquarters, and in case the chairperson of the headquarters is incapacitated, the assistant chairperson performs duties on behalf of the chairperson. If there are two or more assistant chairpersons of the specified disaster management headquarters, they perform their duties according to the order decided by the chairperson of the headquarters in advance.
特定災害対策副本部長は、特定災害対策本部長を助け、特定災害対策本部長に事故があるときは、その職務を代理する。特定災害対策副本部長が二人以上置かれている場合にあつては、あらかじめ特定災害対策本部長が定めた順序で、その職務を代理する。
The assistant chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters, headquarters members, and other officials are appointed by the Prime Minister from among officials of the Cabinet Secretariat, the Disaster Management Agency, or other designated administrative organs, or heads or officials of designated local administrative organs.
An On-site specified disaster management headquarters may be established within the specified disaster management headquarters to function as an organization to carry out part of the affairs of the specified disaster management headquarters as designated by the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters within the area of jurisdiction of the specified disaster management headquarters. In this case, the provisions of Article 156, paragraph (4) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947) do not apply.
特定災害対策本部に、当該特定災害対策本部の所管区域にあつて当該特定災害対策本部長の定めるところにより当該特定災害対策本部の事務の一部を行う組織として、特定災害現地対策本部を置くことができる。この場合においては、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第百五十六条第四項の規定は、適用しない。
When an on-site specified disaster management headquarters is established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must report it to the Diet.
内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により特定災害現地対策本部を置いたときは、これを国会に報告しなければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the on-site specified disaster management headquarters.
前条第二項の規定は、特定災害現地対策本部について準用する。
A headquarters chairperson, headquarters members, and other officials are assigned to the on-site specified disaster management headquarters.
特定災害現地対策本部に、特定災害現地対策本部長及び特定災害現地対策本部員その他の職員を置く。
The chairperson of the On-site specified disaster management headquarters administers the affairs of the on-site specified disaster management headquarters under the orders of the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters.
特定災害現地対策本部長は、特定災害対策本部長の命を受け、特定災害現地対策本部の事務を掌理する。
The chairperson, members, and other officials of the on-site specified disaster management headquarters are appointed by the chairperson of the specified disaster management headquarters from among the assistant chairpersons, members, and other officials of the specified disaster management headquarters.
特定災害現地対策本部長及び特定災害現地対策本部員その他の職員は、特定災害対策副本部長、特定災害対策本部員その他の職員のうちから、特定災害対策本部長が指名する者をもつて充てる。
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designated administrative organs
「指定行政機関」
The national administrative organs the Prime Minister designates from among the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency, the Digital Agency, the Disaster Management Agency, the ministries, commissions and agencies, and the councils, facilities, special organs and other bodies set up under them.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
designated local administrative organs
「指定地方行政機関」
The local branch offices of designated administrative organs, and other local administrative organs of the State, that the Prime Minister designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
the Diet
国会
Japan's parliament, and under Article 41 the only body that can make an Act (法律). It has two chambers, the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors, both made up of elected members (Articles 42 and 43). It designates the Prime Minister, approves the budget and treaties, and can start the process of amending the Constitution. A Cabinet Order (政令) or Ministerial Order (省令) may impose a duty or a penalty only where an Act the Diet passed says it may.
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 41, 42, 43 and Wikipedia: National Diet as a reference.
Disaster Management Agency
防災庁
A national government agency placed in the Cabinet (内閣) by the Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency (防災庁設置法, Act No. 61 of 2026) (Article 2). Its tasks are to assist the Cabinet, together with the Cabinet Secretariat (内閣官房), in the Cabinet's work on disaster management (防災) — disaster prevention, emergency response, recovery from a disaster and reconstruction after it — and to see that the government's administrative work on disaster management is done smoothly and quickly, both in line with the basic principles of Article 2-2 of the Basic Act on Disaster Management (Article 3). Its work includes planning and coordinating the government's basic policy and plans for disaster management, setting up and running the disaster management bodies of Chapter II of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, the disaster management plans (防災計画) that Act provides for, and emergency relief for disaster victims; work that concerns nuclear disaster management (原子力防災) alone is not its work but stays with the Cabinet Office (内閣府) (Article 4, paragraphs (1) to (3)). Its head is the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣), who may issue Disaster Management Agency Orders (防災庁令) on the matters in its charge, to carry out an Act (法律) or a Cabinet Order (政令) or where one of them specially delegates a matter; such an Order can set a penalty, impose a duty or restrict a right only where an Act delegates it (Article 6, paragraph (1), and Article 7, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A Minister for Disaster Management (防災大臣), who is a Minister of State (国務大臣), assists the Prime Minister and directs the Agency's work (Article 8, paragraphs (1) to (3)).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency, Arts. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and Basic Act on Disaster Management, Art. 2-2 as a reference.
Minister of State
国務大臣
A member of the Cabinet other than the Prime Minister (Article 66, paragraph (1)). All of them must be civilians, and a majority must be members of the Diet; the Prime Minister appoints them and may dismiss them at will (Article 66, paragraph (2), and Article 68). Most head a ministry, which is why a Ministerial Order (省令) — a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令), for instance — is issued in a Minister's name. Ministers of State are among the people the Constitution binds to respect and uphold it (Article 99).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 66, 68, 75, 99 and 国家行政組織法, Art. 5 as a reference.
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.