# 災害対策基本法 / Basic Act on Disaster Management — 第百八条 (Article 108) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108. 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: 災害対策基本法 (Basic Act on Disaster Management), 昭和三十六年法律第二百二十三号 - English title "Basic Act on Disaster Management": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — 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: 第百八条 (Article 108)（対処基本方針） — address `art-108` - Text in force since: 2026-11-02 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. --- ### 第百八条（対処基本方針） — (Basic Policy on Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108 **第一項** 政府は、第百五条の規定による災害緊急事態の布告があつたときは、災害緊急事態への対処に関する基本的な方針（以下この条において「対処基本方針」という。）を定めるものとする。 art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-1 When a state of emergency disaster has been declared under Article 105, the government is to specify the basic policy on measures to cope with the state of emergency disaster (hereinafter referred to as "basic policy on measures" in this Article). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 対処基本方針に定める事項は、次のとおりとする。 art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2 The matters as provided for in the basic policy on measures are as below: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 災害緊急事態への対処に関する全般的な方針 art-108/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-1 general policy concerning measures to cope with a state of emergency disaster; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "general policy concerning a state of emergency disaster;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb **二** 災害応急対策に関する重要事項 art-108/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-2 important matters concerning emergency disaster control measures; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 国の経済の秩序の維持に関する重要事項 art-108/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-3 important matters concerning the preservation of economic order of the state; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 前二号に掲げる事項のほか、当該災害に係る重要な課題への対応に関する重要事項 art-108/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-4 beyond the matters set forth in the preceding two items, important matters concerning measures for important subjects concerning the disaster; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 前三号に掲げる事項に係る事務を的確に遂行するための政府の体制に関する重要事項 art-108/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-5 important matters concerning the system of the government for carrying out affairs accurately concerning the matters set forth in the three preceding items. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、対処基本方針の案を作成し、閣議の決定を求めなければならない。 art-108/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-3 The Prime Minister must prepare the draft of the basic policy on measures and seek a cabinet decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の閣議の決定があつたときは、直ちに、対処基本方針を告示しなければならない。 art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-4 When a cabinet decision prescribed in the preceding paragraph has been made, the Prime Minister must immediately and publicly notify the basic policy on measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 内閣総理大臣は、災害緊急事態への対処に当たり、対処基本方針に基づいて、内閣を代表して行政各部を指揮監督する。 art-108/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-5 The Prime Minister represents the Cabinet in exercising control and supervision over the administrative branches based on the basic policy on measures in coping with the state of emergency disaster. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 第三項及び第四項の規定は、対処基本方針の変更について準用する。 art-108/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-6 The provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to changes in the basic policy on measures. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 対処基本方針は、第百六条第二項の規定により災害緊急事態の布告が廃止された時に、その効力を失う。 art-108/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-7 The basic policy on measures becomes null and void when the declaration of a state of emergency disaster has been abolished pursuant to the provisions of Article 106, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により対処基本方針がその効力を失つたときは、直ちに、その旨を告示しなければならない。 art-108/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-8 When the basic policy on measures has become null and void pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must immediately make a public notice to that effect. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-108/par-1: 第百五条 → 災害対策基本法 第百五条 (Article 105), art-105 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-105 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-105 - art-108/par-1: この条 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条 (Article 108), art-108 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108 - art-108/par-2/item-4: 前二号 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第二項第二号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-108/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-2 - art-108/par-2/item-4: 前二号 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第二項第三号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-108/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-3 - art-108/par-2/item-5: 前三号 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第二項第二号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-108/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-2 - art-108/par-2/item-5: 前三号 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第二項第三号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-108/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-3 - art-108/par-2/item-5: 前三号 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第二項第四号 (Article 108, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-108/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-4 - art-108/par-4: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第三項 (Article 108, paragraph (3)), art-108/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-3 - art-108/par-6: 第三項 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第三項 (Article 108, paragraph (3)), art-108/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-3 - art-108/par-6: 第四項 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第四項 (Article 108, paragraph (4)), art-108/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-4 - art-108/par-7: 第百六条第二項 → 災害対策基本法 第百六条第二項 (Article 106, paragraph (2)), art-106/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-106/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-106/par-2 - art-108/par-8: 前項 → 災害対策基本法 第百八条第七項 (Article 108, paragraph (7)), art-108/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-7 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 災害対策基本法 第百八条第一項（対処基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-1 - 災害対策基本法 第百八条第二項第四号（対処基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-4 - 災害対策基本法 第百八条第二項第五号（対処基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-2/item-5 - 災害対策基本法 第百八条第四項（対処基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-4 - 災害対策基本法 第百八条第六項（対処基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-6 - 災害対策基本法 第百八条第八項（対処基本方針） — https://japanlaw.org/en/disaster-management-act/art-108/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/336AC0000000223/art-108/par-8 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Basic Act on Disaster Management, written 2026-11-03 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 災害対策基本法 — the text in force from 2026-11-02 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/336AC0000000223/20261102_508AC0000000062), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management (災害対策基本法), Article 108, paragraph (2), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Basic Act on Disaster Management — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4171/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 221 — 災害対策基本法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02