# Consumer Commission (消費者委員会, しょうひしゃいいんかい) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/consumer-commission. 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. - Group: Institutions, offices and documents - URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/consumer-commission - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/consumer-commission - Written by: AI, 2026-09-29 A commission placed in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) (Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Article 6, paragraph (1)), of no more than ten members whom the Prime Minister appoints and who exercise their authority independently (Articles 7, 9, paragraph (1), and 10, paragraph (1)). It investigates and deliberates on important matters — among them the protection and promotion of consumers' interests, the proper regulation of premiums and representations, and prices — on its own initiative, making recommendations to the Prime Minister, the Ministers concerned or the Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency, and when one of them consults it; and it deals with the matters that the Acts Article 6, paragraph (2), item (iv) lists give it (Article 6, paragraph (2), items (i), (ii) and (iv)). Under the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, the Prime Minister must hear its opinion before designating what counts as a premium or a representation, or restricting or banning premiums (Articles 3 and 6); under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, the Minister in charge must consult it before drafting certain Cabinet Orders (政令) (Article 64). Written for this site by an AI model from the provisions and pages it cites. Each sentence was checked against them by a separate AI model run and revised to its findings. Not reviewed by a lawyer. ## Provisions and sources it draws on - [Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Arts. 6, 7, 9, 10](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000048) - [Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Arts. 3, 6](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/337AC0000000134) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act - [Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, Art. 64](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/351AC0000000057) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act ## Where the laws use it 3 laws in force use it in this sense, in 9 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (特定商取引に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act): 5 provisions, among them [Article 64](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-64), [Article 67](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/art-67), [Supplementary Provisions, Article 4](https://japanlaw.org/en/specified-commercial-transactions-act/suppl-4201-74/art-4) - [Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (不当景品類及び不当表示防止法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act): 3 provisions, among them [Article 3](https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act/art-3), [Article 6](https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act/art-6), [Article 22](https://japanlaw.org/en/premiums-and-representations-act/art-22) - [Whistleblower Protection Act (公益通報者保護法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 11](https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-11) ## Related - [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act) - [Cabinet Order (政令, せいれい)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet-order) - [The Cabinet (内閣, ないかく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/cabinet) - [Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣, ないかくそうりだいじん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/prime-minister) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (2026-09-29) - Where it is used, and how often: Worked out by this site from e-Gov's text - English names of the laws: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (3 records)