# Disaster Management Agency (防災庁, ぼうさいちょう) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/disaster-management-agency. 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/disaster-management-agency - In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/disaster-management-agency - Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-11-03 A national government agency placed in the Cabinet (内閣) by the Act for Establishment of the Disaster Management Agency (防災庁設置法, Act No. 61 of 2026) (Article 2). Its tasks are to assist the Cabinet, together with the Cabinet Secretariat (内閣官房), in the Cabinet's work on disaster management (防災) — disaster prevention, emergency response, recovery from a disaster and reconstruction after it — and to see that the government's administrative work on disaster management is done smoothly and quickly, both in line with the basic principles of Article 2-2 of the Basic Act on Disaster Management (Article 3). Its work includes planning and coordinating the government's basic policy and plans for disaster management, setting up and running the disaster management bodies of Chapter II of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, the disaster management plans (防災計画) that Act provides for, and emergency relief for disaster victims; work that concerns nuclear disaster management (原子力防災) alone is not its work but stays with the Cabinet Office (内閣府) (Article 4, paragraphs (1) to (3)). Its head is the Prime Minister (内閣総理大臣), who may issue Disaster Management Agency Orders (防災庁令) on the matters in its charge, to carry out an Act (法律) or a Cabinet Order (政令) or where one of them specially delegates a matter; such an Order can set a penalty, impose a duty or restrict a right only where an Act delegates it (Article 6, paragraph (1), and Article 7, paragraphs (3) and (4)). A Minister for Disaster Management (防災大臣), who is a Minister of State (国務大臣), assists the Prime Minister and directs the Agency's work (Article 8, paragraphs (1) to (3)). 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 Disaster Management Agency, Arts. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/508AC0000000061) - [Basic Act on Disaster Management, Art. 2-2](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000223) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act ## Where the laws use it 3 laws in force use it in this sense, in 16 provisions; there the word opens this explanation. - [Basic Act on Disaster Management (災害対策基本法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act): 14 provisions, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-2), [Article 11](https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-11), [Article 12](https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-12) - [Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報の保護に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-2) - [Whistleblower Protection Act (公益通報者保護法)](https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act): 1 provision, among them [Article 2](https://japanlaw.org/en/whistleblower-protection-act/art-2) ## 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) - [Minister of State (国務大臣, こくむだいじん)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/minister-of-state) --- ## Sources - Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-11-03) - 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)