# Ministry of Justice translation (法務省の英訳, ほうむしょうのえいやく)

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/official-translation. 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: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/official-translation
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/official-translation
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

English from the Japanese Law Translation Database System, run by Japan's Ministry of Justice: the ministry in charge of a law drafts the translation and the Ministry of Justice has it checked. The database itself says its translations are not official texts and have no legal effect — only the Japanese text is the law — and some are still marked tentative.

Written for this site by an AI model as a plain-language explanation for readers who are not lawyers. Not reviewed by a lawyer.

## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Japanese Law Translation: Terms of Use](https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/index/terms)
- [Japanese Law Translation: translation process](https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/index/process)

## Related

- [Machine translation (機械翻訳, きかいほんやく)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/machine-translation)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)