If a request for disclosure has been made, unless any of the information stated in each of the following items (referred to as "non-disclosure information" below) is recorded in the administrative documents related to the request for disclosure, the head of an administrative organ must disclose the administrative documents to the disclosure requester.
information concerning an individual (excluding information concerning the business of an individual who operates a business), which enables to identify a specific individual based on the name, date of birth or other descriptions of the individual (meaning all the matters stated or recorded, or expressed using sound, motion, or other means in documents, pictures, or electronic or magnetic records; the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article) included in the information (including the matters which makes it possible to identify a specific individual by comparing the information with other information), or information which is not able to identify a specific individual, but has a risk of harming the rights and interests of the individual when it is made public; provided, however, the following information is excluded:
information that is made public pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations or by customary practice, or information that is planned to be made public,;
法令の規定により又は慣行として公にされ、又は公にすることが予定されている情報
information which is found necessary to be made public in order to protect a person's life, health, livelihood, or property;
人の生命、健康、生活又は財産を保護するため、公にすることが必要であると認められる情報
if the individual is a public employee, etc. (meaning national public employees as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the National Public Service Act (Act No. 120 of 1947) (excluding officers and employees of the agency engaged in administrative execution as defined in Article 2, paragraph (4) of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 103 of 1999)), officers and employees of incorporated administrative agencies, etc. (meaning the incorporated administrative agencies, etc. as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Access to Information Held by Incorporated Administrative Agencies (Act No. 140 of 2001; referred to as the "Incorporated Administrative Agencies' Information Disclosure Act" below), local public employees as defined in Article 2 of the Local Public Service Act (Act No. 261 of 1950)), and officers and employees of local incorporated administrative agencies (meaning local incorporated administrative agencies as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Local Incorporated Administrative Agency Act (Act No. 118 of 2003); the same applies below)), and the information is related to the performance of their duties, the portion of the information concerning the occupation of the public employee, etc. and the content of the performance of duties.
当該個人が公務員等（国家公務員法（昭和二十二年法律第百二十号）第二条第一項に規定する国家公務員（独立行政法人通則法（平成十一年法律第百三号）第二条第四項に規定する行政執行法人の役員及び職員を除く。）、独立行政法人等（独立行政法人等の保有する情報の公開に関する法律（平成十三年法律第百四十号。以下「独立行政法人等情報公開法」という。）第二条第一項に規定する独立行政法人等をいう。以下同じ。）の役員及び職員、地方公務員法（昭和二十五年法律第二百六十一号）第二条に規定する地方公務員並びに地方独立行政法人（地方独立行政法人法（平成十五年法律第百十八号）第二条第一項に規定する地方独立行政法人をいう。以下同じ。）の役員及び職員をいう。）である場合において、当該情報がその職務の遂行に係る情報であるときは、当該情報のうち、当該公務員等の職及び当該職務遂行の内容に係る部分
anonymized personal information held by administrative organs prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (Act No. 57 of 2003) (limited to information that constitutes anonymized personal information files held by the administrative organs prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article; referred to as "anonymized personal information held by administrative organs" below in this item), or descriptions as defined in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i) of that Act or individual identification codes as defined in paragraph (2) of that Article deleted from personal information held by administrative organs prescribed in Article 60, paragraph (1) of that Act used for creating the anonymized personal information held by administrative organs.
個人情報の保護に関する法律（平成十五年法律第五十七号）第六十条第三項に規定する行政機関等匿名加工情報（同条第四項に規定する行政機関等匿名加工情報ファイルを構成するものに限る。以下この号において「行政機関等匿名加工情報」という。）又は行政機関等匿名加工情報の作成に用いた同条第一項に規定する保有個人情報から削除した同法第二条第一項第一号に規定する記述等若しくは同条第二項に規定する個人識別符号
information concerning a corporation or other organizations (excluding the national government, incorporated administrative agencies or other corporations, local governments, and local incorporated administrative agencies; referred to as "corporation or other organizations" below), or information concerning the business of an individual who operates a business, which is stated in the following sub-items, provided, however, this does not include information found necessary to be made public in order to protect a person's life, health, livelihood, or property.
information that has a risk of harming the rights, competitive position, or other legitimate interests of the corporation or other organizations, or the individual, when made public;
公にすることにより、当該法人等又は当該個人の権利、競争上の地位その他正当な利益を害するおそれがあるもの
information provided voluntarily in response to a request by an administrative organ on condition that it will not be made public, for which setting the condition of not making it public as a custom for a corporation or other organizations, or an individual, and other such conditions is found to be reasonable in light of the nature of the information or the circumstances at that time and other factors.
information for which there are reasonable grounds for the head of an administrative organ to find that there is a risk of harming national security, damaging the trust relationship with other countries or international organizations, or result in a disadvantage during negotiations with other countries or international organizations, when made public;
公にすることにより、国の安全が害されるおそれ、他国若しくは国際機関との信頼関係が損なわれるおそれ又は他国若しくは国際機関との交渉上不利益を被るおそれがあると行政機関の長が認めることにつき相当の理由がある情報
information for which there are reasonable grounds for the head of an administrative organ to find that the information has a risk of hindering the prevention, suppression, or investigation of crime, the maintenance of prosecution, the execution of punishment, and other matters concerning maintenance of public safety and public order, when made public;
公にすることにより、犯罪の予防、鎮圧又は捜査、公訴の維持、刑の執行その他の公共の安全と秩序の維持に支障を及ぼすおそれがあると行政機関の長が認めることにつき相当の理由がある情報
information concerning deliberations, reviews, or discussions conducted internally or mutually between national government organs, incorporated administrative agencies or other corporations, local governments and local incorporated administrative agencies, for which there is a risk of unjustly harming the frank exchange of opinions or the neutrality of decision making, unjustly causing confusion among the people, or wrongfully provide benefits or cause disadvantages to specific individuals, when made public;
information concerning the affairs or business conducted by a national government organ, an incorporated administrative agency or other corporations a local government or a local incorporated administrative agency, which pose the following risks or has the risk of hindering the proper performance of affairs or business due to its nature, when made public:
risk of making it difficult to understand the accurate facts concerning affairs related to audits, inspections, surveillance, examinations, or imposition or collection of tax, or risk of facilitating illegal or wrongful acts regarding the affairs or making it difficult to discover those acts;
監査、検査、取締り、試験又は租税の賦課若しくは徴収に係る事務に関し、正確な事実の把握を困難にするおそれ又は違法若しくは不当な行為を容易にし、若しくはその発見を困難にするおそれ
risk of unjustly harming the economic benefit of the national government, incorporated administrative agencies or other corporations, local governments or local incorporated administrative agencies concerning the affairs related to contracts, negotiations, or legal disputes or the position as the concerned party;
risk of unjustly hindering the fair and efficient performance of affairs related to research and study;
調査研究に係る事務に関し、その公正かつ能率的な遂行を不当に阻害するおそれ
risk of hindering the impartial and smooth human resources practices related to the affairs concerning human resources management;
人事管理に係る事務に関し、公正かつ円滑な人事の確保に支障を及ぼすおそれ
risk of harming the proper profit arising from business operations of companies managed by incorporated administrative agencies or other corporations, or local governments, or business related to local incorporated administrative agencies.