# Changes to Japanese law on 26 May 2025

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2025-05-26. 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 26 May 2025 in 3 laws on this site: for each, the Act that amends it.

- Residential Basic Book Act (住民基本台帳法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/residential-basic-book-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, etc. (Act No. 48 of 2023) (行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/505AC0000000048 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505AC0000000048)
    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/342AC0000000081/20250526_505AC0000000048
- Rules for Organization of Regional Immigration Services Bureaus (地方出入国在留管理局組織規則) — https://japanlaw.org/en/regional-immigration-services-bureau-organization-rules
  - Amended by Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Rules for Organization of Regional Immigration Services Bureaus (Ministry of Justice Order No. 32 of 2025) (地方出入国在留管理局組織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/507M60000010032 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507M60000010032)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/regional-immigration-services-bureau-organization-rules/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/431M60000010027/20250526_507M60000010032
- Family Register Act (戸籍法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, etc. (Act No. 48 of 2023) (行政手続における特定の個人を識別するための番号の利用等に関する法律等の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/505AC0000000048 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/505AC0000000048)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000224/20250526_505AC0000000048

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

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (3 records)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (2 records)
- English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI