# Changes to Japanese law on 14 June 2026 This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/changes/2026-06-14. 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 June 2026 in 13 laws on this site: 10 amended, each with its Act, 1 with wording before and after; 3 came into force as first made. - 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 Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Act No. 59 of 2024) (出入国管理及び難民認定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/506AC0000000059 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000059) 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/342AC0000000081/20260614_506AC0000000059 - 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 Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Act No. 59 of 2024) (出入国管理及び難民認定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/506AC0000000059 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000059) 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/326CO0000000319/20260614_506AC0000000059 - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Code of Criminal Procedure, etc. to Respond to Advances in Information and Communications Technology, etc. (Act No. 39 of 2025) (情報通信技術の進展等に対応するための刑事訴訟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/507AC0000000039 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000039) 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/326CO0000000319/20260614_507AC0000000039 - Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act Enforcement Order (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order - Amended by Cabinet Order on the Arrangement, etc. of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Cabinet Order No. 423 of 2025) (出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備等及び経過措置に関する政令) The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507CO0000000423 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507CO0000000423) Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act-enforcement-order/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/410CO0000000178/20260614_507CO0000000423 - 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 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 (Ministry of Justice Order No. 20 of 2026) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則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/508M60000010020 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/508M60000010020) 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/356M50000010054/20260614_508M60000010020 - Cabinet Order on the Arrangement, etc. of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備等及び経過措置に関する政令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-2024-amendment-transitional-order - The law itself came into force as first made (not an amendment) - 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. 39 of 2026) (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/508M60000010039 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/508M60000010039) 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/431M60000010027/20260614_508M60000010039 - 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 Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Act No. 59 of 2024) (出入国管理及び難民認定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/506AC0000000059 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000059) 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/403AC0000000071/20260614_506AC0000000059 - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Code of Criminal Procedure, etc. to Respond to Advances in Information and Communications Technology, etc. (Act No. 39 of 2025) (情報通信技術の進展等に対応するための刑事訴訟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/507AC0000000039 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507AC0000000039) 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/403AC0000000071/20260614_507AC0000000039 - Order 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令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-order - Amended by Cabinet Order on the Arrangement, etc. of Related Cabinet Orders and on Transitional Measures upon the Enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Cabinet Order No. 423 of 2025) (出入国管理及び難民認定法等の一部を改正する法律の施行に伴う関係政令の整備等及び経過措置に関する政令) The Act, and every law here it amends: https://japanlaw.org/en/acts/507CO0000000423 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/507CO0000000423) Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-order/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423CO0000000420/20260614_507CO0000000423 - 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 and the 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 (Ministry of Justice Order No. 20 of 2026) (出入国管理及び難民認定法施行規則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/508M60000010020 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/508M60000010020) What changes: https://japanlaw.org/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/amendments/20260614_508M60000010020; the law as amended, in Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/special-act-on-immigration-control-enforcement-regulation/amendments/20260614_508M60000010020/text - Rules on Applications for the Issuance of Specified Residence Cards (特定在留カードの交付の申請に関する規則) — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-residence-card-application-rules - The law itself came into force as first made (not an amendment) - Order to Provide for the Form of Specified Residence Cards and Other Necessary Matters Concerning Specified Residence Cards (特定在留カードの様式その他特定在留カードに関し必要な事項を定める命令) — https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-residence-card-form-order - The law itself came into force as first made (not an amendment) - Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (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) — https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Act No. 59 of 2024) (出入国管理及び難民認定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/506AC0000000059 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000059) Listed with the law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/my-number-act/amendments; the text on e-Gov: https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/425AC0000000027/20260614_506AC0000000059 - Road Traffic Act (道路交通法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act - Amended by Act Partially Amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act, etc. (Act No. 59 of 2024) (出入国管理及び難民認定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/506AC0000000059 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/acts/506AC0000000059) 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/335AC0000000105/20260614_506AC0000000059 Every day: https://japanlaw.org/en/changes --- ## Sources - Amendments and their dates: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (10 records) - When the laws came into force as first made: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (3 records) - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (9 records) - English names of the laws: Written for this site with AI - English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI