# Changes to Japanese law on 14 September 2019

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2019-09-14. 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 14 September 2019 in 26 laws on this site: for each, the Act that amends it.

- Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Private Lodging Business Act (住宅宿泊事業法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/private-lodging-business-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/private-lodging-business-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/429AC0000000065/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Residential Basic Book Act (住民基本台帳法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    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/342AC0000000081/20190914_501AC0000000037
- 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 (Ministry of Justice Order No. 29 of 2019) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則の一部を改正する省令)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501M60000010029 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501M60000010029)
    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/356M50000010054/20190914_501M60000010029
- Installment Sales Act (割賦販売法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/installment-sales-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000159/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Industrial Safety and Health Act (労働安全衛生法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Act on Ensuring the Proper Operation of Worker Dispatching Services and Protecting Dispatched Workers (労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/360AC0000000088/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Medical Practitioners' Act (医師法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-practitioners-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000201/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Medical Care Act (医療法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/medical-care-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000205/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Secondhand Goods Business Act (古物営業法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/secondhand-goods-business-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000108/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Local Tax Act (地方税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    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/325AC0000000226/20190914_501AC0000000037
- 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
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/428AC0000000089/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Act on Regulation of Cannabis Cultivation (大麻草の栽培の規制に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/cannabis-cultivation-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000124/20190914_501AC0000000037
- School Education Act (学校教育法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/school-education-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000026/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Real Estate Brokerage Act (宅地建物取引業法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/real-estate-brokerage-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/real-estate-brokerage-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/327AC1000000176/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Hotel Business Act (旅館業法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/hotel-business-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/hotel-business-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000138/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Inheritance Tax Act (相続税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/inheritance-tax-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    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/325AC0000000073/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Act on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance (社会保険労務士法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-and-social-security-attorney-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/343AC1000000089/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (私的独占の禁止及び公正取引の確保に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/antimonopoly-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000054/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Employment Security Act (職業安定法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Payment Services Act (資金決済に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000059/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Road Traffic Act (道路交通法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Road Transport Vehicle Act (道路運送車両法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/road-transport-vehicle-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326AC0000000185/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (金融商品取引法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000025/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Banking Act (銀行法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/banking-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/356AC0000000059/20190914_501AC0000000037
- Act on Employment Security of Elderly Persons (高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act
  - Amended by Act on the Development of Related Acts to Rationalize Measures concerning the Restriction of Rights of Adult Wards, etc. (Act No. 37 of 2019) (成年被後見人等の権利の制限に係る措置の適正化等を図るための関係法律の整備に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/501AC0000000037 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/501AC0000000037)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/346AC0000000068/20190914_501AC0000000037

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (26 records)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (25 records)
- English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI