# Spousal violence counseling and support center (配偶者暴力相談支援センター, はいぐうしゃぼうりょくそうだんしえんせんたー)

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- Group: Institutions, offices and documents
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/spousal-violence-support-center
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/spousal-violence-support-center
- Written by: claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-11

Not a building of its own but a role: each prefecture (都道府県) has its women's counseling and support center (女性相談支援センター) or another suitable facility it sets up serve as one, and a city, town or village (市町村) is to endeavor to have a suitable facility of its own do so (Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims, Article 3, paragraphs (1) and (2)). It counsels victims of spousal violence or refers them to a women's counseling and support officer (女性相談支援員) or another counseling body, gives medical or psychological guidance, keeps them and the family with them safe in an emergency and gives them temporary protection, helps them toward living on their own, and gives them information and advice on protection orders (保護命令) and on facilities where they can live under protection (Article 3, paragraph (3)); the temporary protection itself is given by a women's counseling and support center, or by someone it entrusts who meets the standards the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare sets (Article 3, paragraph (4)). Anyone who finds a person suffering bodily violence from a spouse or former spouse is to endeavor to report it to such a center or to a police officer; a doctor or other medical worker who, at work, finds a person injured or made ill by such violence may report it, endeavoring to respect that person's wishes, and no duty of confidentiality stands in the way (Article 6, paragraphs (1) to (3)).

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## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims, Arts. 3, 6](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/413AC0100000031) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act

## Where the laws use it

1 law in force uses it in this sense, in 10 provisions; there the word opens this explanation.

- [Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims (配偶者からの暴力の防止及び被害者の保護等に関する法律)](https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act): 10 provisions, among them [Article 3](https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-3), [Article 6](https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-6), [Article 7](https://japanlaw.org/en/spousal-violence-act/art-7)

## Related

- [Act (法律, ほうりつ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/act)
- [Women's counseling and support center (女性相談支援センター, じょせいそうだんしえんせんたー)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/womens-counseling-support-center)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5-5, 2026-10-11)
- 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 (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4476/tb)