# 金融商品取引法 / Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — 第二十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 25)

- 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: 第二十五条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 25) — address `suppl-4181-65/art-25`
- Text in force since: 2026-08-12
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-25
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-25
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### 第二十五条
<sup>suppl-4181-65/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-25</sup>

**第一項**  みなし登録第一種業者は、その商号中に証券という文字を用いなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-1</sup>
A deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator must use the Japanese word for "securities" in its trade name.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定によりその商号中に証券という文字を用いるみなし登録第一種業者（以下この項及び次条において「特例証券会社」という。）以外の者（施行日以後に有価証券関連業（新金融商品取引法第二十八条第八項に規定する有価証券関連業をいう。以下同じ。）を行う者を除く。）は、その商号又は名称中に、特例証券会社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。
<sup>suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2</sup>
A person other than a deemed registered type-I financial instruments business operator that uses the Japanese word for "securities" in its trade name pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following Article referred to as a "special securities company") (excluding a person who conducts securities-related services (meaning securities-related services prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (8) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) on or after the effective date) must not use in its trade name or name any word that could give rise to the misconception that it is a special securities company.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2: 前項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第二十五条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 25, paragraph (1)), suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-1
- suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2: この項 → 金融商品取引法 附則第二十五条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 25, paragraph (2)), suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2
- suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2: 次条 → 金融商品取引法 附則第二十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 26), suppl-4181-65/art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-26
- suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2: 新金融商品取引法第二十八条第八項 → 金融商品取引法 第二十八条第八項 (Article 28, paragraph (8)), art-28/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/art-28/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/art-28/par-8

## Cited by

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

- 金融商品取引法 附則第二十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-25/par-2
- 金融商品取引法 附則第二十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/financial-instruments-and-exchange-act/suppl-4181-65/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000025/suppl-4181-65/art-26/par-1

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## 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch financial-instruments-and-exchange-act-20261023T035921-040, translated 2026-10-23
- This site's parser, version 212 — 金融商品取引法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-22
