# Changes to Japanese law on 17 January 2019

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2019-01-17. 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 17 January 2019 in one law on this site: for each, the Act that amends it.

- Ministerial Order for Defining the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column of the Entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Ministerial Order for Defining the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column of the Entry for Highly Skilled Professional in the Appended Table I(2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 1 of 2019) (出入国管理及び難民認定法別表第一の二の表の高度専門職の項の下欄の基準を定める省令の一部を改正する省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/431M60000010001 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/431M60000010001)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/highly-skilled-professional-criteria-ordinance/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/426M60000010037/20190117_431M60000010001

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

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/426M60000010037)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3751/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI