# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第十八条 (Article 18) - Law: 職業安定法 (Employment Security Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百四十一号 - English title "Employment Security Act": 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: 第十八条 (Article 18)（求人又は求職の開拓等） — address `art-18` - Text in force since: 2026-04-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18 - 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. --- ### 第十八条（求人又は求職の開拓等） — (Development of Job Openings and Job Searches) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18 **第一項** 公共職業安定所は、他の法律の規定に基づいて行うもののほか、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、求職者に対しその能力に適合する職業に就く機会を与えるため、及び求人者に対しその必要とする労働力を確保することができるようにするために、必要な求人又は求職の開拓を行うものとする。 art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18/par-1 In addition to duties performed based on the provisions of other Acts, a public employment security office, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, is to undertake the necessary development of job openings and job searches in order to provide job seekers with opportunities to obtain jobs suited to their abilities, and to enable job posters to secure the workforce they require. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 公共職業安定所は、前項の規定による求人又は求職の開拓に関し、地方公共団体、事業主の団体、労働組合その他の関係者に対し、情報の提供その他必要な連絡又は協力を求めることができる。 art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18/par-2 A public employment security office may request information and other necessary communication and cooperation from local public entities, employer organizations, labor unions, and other relevant parties in relation to the development of job openings and job searches under the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-18/par-2: 前項 → 職業安定法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 職業安定法 第十八条第二項（求人又は求職の開拓等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-18/par-2 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 職業安定法 — the text in force from 2026-04-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000141/20260401_506AC0000000050), retrieved 2026-10-17 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Employment Security Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4627/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17 - This site's parser, version 209 — 職業安定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17