# Changes to Japanese law on 1 November 2017

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2017-11-01. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp.

What changed on 1 November 2017 in 11 laws on this site: 10 amended, each with its Act; 1 came into force as first made.

- Residential Basic Book Act (住民基本台帳法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act
  - Amended by Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000089 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000089)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000081/20171101_428AC0000000089
- Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act
  - Amended by Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000089 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000089)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20171101_428AC0000000089
- Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc., and Other Matters (Ministry of Justice Order No. 19 of 2017) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則等の一部を改正する等の省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/429M60000010019 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/429M60000010019)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/356M50000010054/20171101_429M60000010019
- Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 7, Paragraph (1), Item (ii) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法第七条第一項第二号の基準を定める省令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-criteria-ordinance
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc., and Other Matters (Ministry of Justice Order No. 19 of 2017) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則等の一部を改正する等の省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/429M60000010019 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/429M60000010019)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/landing-criteria-ordinance/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/402M50000010016/20171101_429M60000010019
- Ministerial Order to Provide for Criteria Pursuant to Article 20-2, Paragraph (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法第二十条の二第二項の基準を定める省令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc., and Other Matters (Ministry of Justice Order No. 19 of 2017) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則等の一部を改正する等の省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/429M60000010019 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/429M60000010019)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-ii-criteria-ordinance/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421M60000010051/20171101_429M60000010019
- Stamp Tax Act (印紙税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/stamp-tax-act
  - Amended by Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000089 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000089)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/stamp-tax-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/342AC0000000023/20171101_428AC0000000089
- Local Tax Act (地方税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act
  - Amended by Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000089 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000089)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000226/20171101_428AC0000000089
- Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act
  - The law itself came into force as first made (not an amendment)
- Income Tax Act (所得税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act
  - Amended by Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000089 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000089)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000033/20171101_428AC0000000089
- Corporation Tax Act (法人税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act
  - Amended by Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000089 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000089)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/corporation-tax-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340AC0000000034/20171101_428AC0000000089
- Consumption Tax Act (消費税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act
  - Amended by Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (Act No. 89 of 2016) (外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000089 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000089)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/363AC0000000108/20171101_428AC0000000089

Every day: https://japanlaw.org/en/changes

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (10 records)
- When the laws came into force as first made: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/428AC0000000089)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (11 records)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI