# 日本国憲法 / The Constitution of Japan — 第六十七条 (Article 67) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-67. 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. - Law: 日本国憲法 (The Constitution of Japan), 昭和二十一年憲法 - English title "The Constitution of Japan": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Constitution — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第六十七条 (Article 67) — address `art-67` - Text in force since: 1947-05-03 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-67 - e-Gov law ID: 321CONSTITUTION — never renamed. A permanent link, `/l/{lawId}/{address}` on this site, redirects to the page. - Every provision below carries its address and its URL on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第六十七条 art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-67 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、国会議員の中から国会の議決で、これを指名する。この指名は、他のすべての案件に先だつて、これを行ふ。 art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-67/par-1 The Prime Minister shall be designated from among the members of the Diet by a resolution of the Diet. This designation shall precede all other business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 衆議院と参議院とが異なつた指名の議決をした場合に、法律の定めるところにより、両議院の協議会を開いても意見が一致しないとき、又は衆議院が指名の議決をした後、国会休会中の期間を除いて十日以内に、参議院が、指名の議決をしないときは、衆議院の議決を国会の議決とする。 art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/constitution/art-67/par-2 If the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors disagree and if no agreement can be reached even through a joint committee of both Houses, provided for by law, or the House of Councillors fails to make designation within ten (10) days, exclusive of the period of recess, after the House of Representatives has made designation, the decision of the House of Representatives shall be the decision of the Diet. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 日本国憲法 — the text in force from 1947-05-03 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/321CONSTITUTION/19470503_000000000000000), retrieved 2026-09-16 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — The Constitution of Japan — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/174/tb), retrieved 2026-09-16 - This site's parser, version 211 — 日本国憲法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-16