# Changes to Japanese law on 31 March 2023

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2023-03-31. 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 31 March 2023 in 2 laws 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 Regulation for Enforcement of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Ministerial Order to Provide for the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column Corresponding to "Highly Skilled Professional" as Specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 8 of 2023) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則及び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/505M60000010008 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505M60000010008)
    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/426M60000010037/20230331_505M60000010008
- 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 and the Ministerial Order to Provide for the Criteria in the Right-Hand Column Corresponding to "Highly Skilled Professional" as Specified in the Appended Table I (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Ministry of Justice Order No. 8 of 2023) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則及び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/505M60000010008 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505M60000010008)
    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/356M50000010054/20230331_505M60000010008

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

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (2 records)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (2 records)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI