# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第七十八条の二 (Article 78-2) - Law: 金融商品取引法 (Financial Instruments and Exchange Act), 昭和二十三年法律第二十五号 - English title "Financial Instruments and Exchange 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: 第七十八条の二 (Article 78-2)（投資者保護の促進等） — address `art-78-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78-2 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条の二（投資者保護の促進等） — (Furtherance of Investor Protection) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78-2 **第一項** 認定金融商品取引業協会（以下この章において「認定協会」という。）は、前条第二項各号に掲げるもののほか、金融に係る知識の普及、啓発活動及び広報活動を通じて、金融商品取引業の健全な発展及び投資者の保護の促進に努めなければならない。 art-78-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78-2/par-1 beyond what is set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, a certified financial instruments business association (hereinafter referred to as a "certified association" in this Chapter) must endeavor to further the sound development of the financial instruments business and the protection of investors through the dissemination of financial knowledge, and through awareness-raising activities and publicity activities. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 認定協会は、会員名簿を公衆の縦覧に供しなければならない。 art-78-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78-2/par-2 A certified association must make the membership list available for public inspection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 認定協会でない者は、その名称中に、認定金融商品取引業協会であると誤認されるおそれのある文字を用いてはならない。 art-78-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78-2/par-3 A person that is not a certified association must not use a term in its name which could give rise to the misconception that it is a certified financial instruments business association. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-78-2/par-1: 前条第二項 → 金融商品取引法 第七十八条第二項 (Article 78, paragraph (2)), art-78/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 金融商品取引法 第七十八条第二項（認定金融商品取引業協会の認定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-78/par-2 - 金融商品取引法 第二百八条第一項第十二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-208/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-208/par-1/item-12 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 金融商品取引法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/323AC0000000025/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-10-22 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4633/tb), retrieved 2026-10-22 - This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22