# Changes to Japanese law on 1 July 2019

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2019-07-01. 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 July 2019 in 12 laws on this site: for each, the Act that amends it.

- Unfair Competition Prevention Act (不正競争防止法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Unfair Competition Prevention Act, etc. (Act No. 33 of 2018) (不正競争防止法等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/430AC0000000033 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/430AC0000000033)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/unfair-competition-prevention-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/405AC0000000047/20190701_430AC0000000033
- Ministerial Order on the Arrangement of Ministerial Orders Related to the Ministry of Justice and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and Other Matters (出入国管理及び難民認定法及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法の一部を改正する等の法律の施行に伴う法務省関係省令の整備及び経過措置に関する省令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-2009-amendment-transitional-ordinance
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Ministry of Justice Order No. 10 of 2019) (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省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501M60000010010 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501M60000010010)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-2009-amendment-transitional-ordinance/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423M60000010043/20190701_501M60000010010
- 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. (Ministry of Justice Order No. 10 of 2019) (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省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501M60000010010 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501M60000010010)
    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/356M50000010054/20190701_501M60000010010
- Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Civil Code and the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 72 of 2018) (民法及び家事事件手続法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/430AC0000000072 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/430AC0000000072)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20190701_430AC0000000072
- Income Tax Act (所得税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 6 of 2019) (所得税法等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/431AC0000000006 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/431AC0000000006)
    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/340AC0000000033/20190701_431AC0000000006
- Regulation for Enforcement of the Income Tax Act (所得税法施行規則) — https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act-enforcement-regulation
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation, etc. (Ministry of Finance Order No. 13 of 2019) (租税特別措置法施行規則等の一部を改正する省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501M60000040013 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501M60000040013)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/income-tax-act-enforcement-regulation/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/340M50000040011/20190701_501M60000040013
- Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則) — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Ministry of Justice Order No. 10 of 2019) (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省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501M60000010010 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501M60000010010)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423M60000010044/20190701_501M60000010010
- Civil Code (民法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Civil Code and the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 72 of 2018) (民法及び家事事件手続法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/430AC0000000072 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/430AC0000000072)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20190701_430AC0000000072
- Consumption Tax Act (消費税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/consumption-tax-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 15 of 2016) (所得税法等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/428AC0000000015 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/428AC0000000015)
    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/363AC0000000108/20190701_428AC0000000015
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 6 of 2019) (所得税法等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/431AC0000000006 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/431AC0000000006)
    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/363AC0000000108/20190701_431AC0000000006
- Inheritance Tax Act (相続税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 6 of 2019) (所得税法等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/431AC0000000006 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/431AC0000000006)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/325AC0000000073/20190701_431AC0000000006
- Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation (租税特別措置法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Income Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 6 of 2019) (所得税法等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/431AC0000000006 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/431AC0000000006)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/special-taxation-measures-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/332AC0000000026/20190701_431AC0000000006
- Copyright Act (著作権法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Civil Code and the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 72 of 2018) (民法及び家事事件手続法の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/430AC0000000072 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/430AC0000000072)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/copyright-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/345AC0000000048/20190701_430AC0000000072

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

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (12 records)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (11 records)
- English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI