# Changes to Japanese law on 22 July 2025

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2025-07-22. 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 22 July 2025 in 7 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 on the Implementation of Agreements Between Japan and Other Contracting States Concerning the Facilitation of Reciprocal Access and Cooperation Between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of Other Contracting States (Act No. 26 of 2025) (日本国の自衛隊と我が国以外の締約国の軍隊との間における相互のアクセス及び協力の円滑化に関する日本国と我が国以外の締約国との間の協定の実施に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507AC0000000026 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000026)
    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/405AC0000000047/20250722_507AC0000000026
- Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act
  - Amended by Act on the Implementation of Agreements Between Japan and Other Contracting States Concerning the Facilitation of Reciprocal Access and Cooperation Between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of Other Contracting States (Act No. 26 of 2025) (日本国の自衛隊と我が国以外の締約国の軍隊との間における相互のアクセス及び協力の円滑化に関する日本国と我が国以外の締約国との間の協定の実施に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507AC0000000026 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000026)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20250722_507AC0000000026
- Penal Code (刑法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code
  - Amended by Act on the Implementation of Agreements Between Japan and Other Contracting States Concerning the Facilitation of Reciprocal Access and Cooperation Between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of Other Contracting States (Act No. 26 of 2025) (日本国の自衛隊と我が国以外の締約国の軍隊との間における相互のアクセス及び協力の円滑化に関する日本国と我が国以外の締約国との間の協定の実施に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507AC0000000026 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000026)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/penal-code/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/140AC0000000045/20250722_507AC0000000026
- Local Tax Act (地方税法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/local-tax-act
  - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Local Tax Act and the Act Partially Amending the Local Tax Act, etc. (Act No. 7 of 2025) (地方税法及び地方税法等の一部を改正する法律の一部を改正する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507AC0000000007 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000007)
    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/325AC0000000226/20250722_507AC0000000007
- Act on the Punishment of Acts of Photographing Sexual Poses, etc. and the Erasure, etc. of Electronic or Magnetic Records of Images of Sexual Poses Recorded on Seized Articles (性的な姿態を撮影する行為等の処罰及び押収物に記録された性的な姿態の影像に係る電磁的記録の消去等に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act
  - Amended by Act on the Implementation of Agreements Between Japan and Other Contracting States Concerning the Facilitation of Reciprocal Access and Cooperation Between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of Other Contracting States (Act No. 26 of 2025) (日本国の自衛隊と我が国以外の締約国の軍隊との間における相互のアクセス及び協力の円滑化に関する日本国と我が国以外の締約国との間の協定の実施に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507AC0000000026 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000026)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/sexual-image-filming-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/505AC0000000067/20250722_507AC0000000026
- 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) — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control
  - Amended by Act on the Implementation of Agreements Between Japan and Other Contracting States Concerning the Facilitation of Reciprocal Access and Cooperation Between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of Other Contracting States (Act No. 26 of 2025) (日本国の自衛隊と我が国以外の締約国の軍隊との間における相互のアクセス及び協力の円滑化に関する日本国と我が国以外の締約国との間の協定の実施に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507AC0000000026 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000026)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/403AC0000000071/20250722_507AC0000000026
- Code of Civil Procedure (民事訴訟法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure
  - Amended by Act on the Implementation of Agreements Between Japan and Other Contracting States Concerning the Facilitation of Reciprocal Access and Cooperation Between the Self-Defense Forces of Japan and the Armed Forces of Other Contracting States (Act No. 26 of 2025) (日本国の自衛隊と我が国以外の締約国の軍隊との間における相互のアクセス及び協力の円滑化に関する日本国と我が国以外の締約国との間の協定の実施に関する法律)
    The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507AC0000000026 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000026)
    Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/408AC0000000109/20250722_507AC0000000026

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

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## Sources

- Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (7 records)
- English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (6 records)
- English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI