# 職業安定法 / Employment Security Act — 第五条の二 (Article 5-2)

- 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: 第五条の二 (Article 5-2)（職業安定機関と特定地方公共団体等の協力） — address `art-5-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-04-01
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### 第五条の二（職業安定機関と特定地方公共団体等の協力） — (Cooperation of Employment Security Agencies and Specified Local Public Entities)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-2</sup>

**第一項**  職業安定機関及び特定地方公共団体、職業紹介事業者、募集情報等提供事業を行う者又は労働者供給事業者は、労働力の需要供給の適正かつ円滑な調整を図るため、雇用情報の充実、労働力の需要供給の調整に係る技術の向上等に関し、相互に協力するように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-2/par-1</sup>
An employment security agency, specified local public entity, employment placement service provider, person offering the service of providing recruitment/candidate information, or worker supply service provider must endeavor to cooperate with one another in matters such as enhancing employment information and improving the technology for coordinating workforce supply and demand, in order to ensure the appropriate and smooth coordination of workforce supply and demand.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  公共職業安定所及び特定地方公共団体又は職業紹介事業者は、求職者が希望する地域においてその能力に適合する職業に就くことができるよう、職業紹介に関し、相互に協力するように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/employment-security-act/art-5-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000141/art-5-2/par-2</sup>
A public employment security office and specified local public entity or employment placement service provider must endeavor to cooperate with one another with respect to employment placement, in order to enable job seekers to obtain jobs that are suited to their abilities in the geographic areas where they wish to work.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 外国人の技能実習の適正な実施及び技能実習生の保護に関する法律 第二十七条第二項（職業安定法の特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/technical-intern-training-act/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/428AC0000000089/art-27/par-2
- 高年齢者等の雇用の安定等に関する法律 第三十八条第三項（業務等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-employment-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/346AC0000000068/art-38/par-3

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## 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
