# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第二十五条の二 (Article 25-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2. 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: 外国為替及び外国貿易法 (Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act), 昭和二十四年法律第二百二十八号 - English title "Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade 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: 第二十五条の二 (Article 25-2)（制裁等） — address `art-25-2` - Text in force since: 2026-08-12 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条の二（制裁等） — (Sanctions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-25-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2 **第一項** 経済産業大臣は、前条第一項の規定による許可を受けないで同項に規定する取引を行つた者に対し、三年以内の期間を限り、貨物の設計、製造若しくは使用に係る技術（以下この項及び次項において「貨物設計等技術」という。）を外国において提供し、若しくは非居住者に提供することを目的とする取引若しくは当該取引に関する貨物設計等技術を内容とする情報が記載され、若しくは記録された文書、図画若しくは記録媒体の輸出（同項及び第七十条第一項第十九号において「技術記録媒体等輸出」という。）若しくは外国において受信されることを目的として行う電気通信による貨物設計等技術を内容とする情報の送信（次項及び同号において「国外技術送信」という。）を行い、又は特定技術に係る特定の種類の貨物の輸出を行うことを禁止することができる。 art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2/par-1 The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may prohibit a person that has conducted a transaction prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article without getting the permission under that paragraph, from conducting transactions that are meant to provide technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods (hereinafter referred to as "technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) in a foreign country or to a non-resident; from exporting a document, drawing, or recording medium containing information about technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods (referred to as "exporting a document, drawing, or recording medium containing technological information" in the following paragraph and Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xix)) in connection with such a transaction; from using telecommunications that are meant to be received in a foreign country to transmit information concerning technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods (referred to as "transmission of technological information outside Japan" in the following paragraph and that item); or from exporting a specified type of goods involving specified technology, but only during a period of up to three years. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may prohibit a person that has conducted a transaction prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article without getting the permission under that paragraph, from conducting transactions that are meant to provide technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods (hereinafter referred to as "technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) in a foreign country or to a non-resident; from exporting a document, picture, or data storage medium containing information about technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods (referred to as "exporting a document, picture, or storage medium containing technological information" in the following paragraph and Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xix)) in connection with such a transaction; from using telecommunications that are meant to be received in a foreign country to transmit information concerning technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods (referred to as "transmission of technological information outside Japan" in the following paragraph and that item); or from exporting a specified type of goods involving specified technology, but only during a period of up to three years." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第二項** 経済産業大臣は、前条第二項又は第三項の規定により経済産業大臣の許可を受ける義務が課された場合において当該許可を受けないでこれらの項に規定する取引又は行為を行つた者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、貨物設計等技術を外国において提供し、若しくは非居住者に提供することを目的とする取引若しくは当該取引に関する技術記録媒体等輸出若しくは国外技術送信を行い、又は特定技術に係る特定の種類の貨物の輸出を行うことを禁止することができる。 art-25-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2/par-2 If persons have been placed under the obligation to get the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may prohibit a person that has undertaken a transaction or action provided for in one of those paragraphs without getting that permission, from conducting a transaction that is meant to provide technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods in a foreign country or to a non-resident; from exporting a document, drawing, or recording medium containing technological information in connection with such a transaction; from transmitting technological information outside Japan in connection with such a transaction; or from exporting a specified type of goods involving specified technology, but only during a period of up to one year. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If persons have been placed under the obligation to get the permission of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or (3) of the preceding Article, the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may prohibit a person that has undertaken a transaction or action provided for in one of those paragraphs without getting that permission, from conducting a transaction that is meant to provide technology for designing, manufacturing, or using goods in a foreign country or to a non-resident; from exporting a document, picture, or storage medium containing technological information in connection with such a transaction; from transmitting technological information outside Japan in connection with such a transaction; or from exporting a specified type of goods involving specified technology, but only during a period of up to one year." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第三項** 経済産業大臣は、前条第四項の規定による許可を受けないで同項に規定する取引を行つた者に対し、三年以内の期間を限り、非居住者との間で外国相互間の貨物の移動を伴う貨物の売買、貸借若しくは贈与に関する取引を行い、又は貨物の輸出を行うことを禁止することができる。 art-25-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2/par-3 The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may prohibit a person that has conducted a transaction prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article without getting the permission referred to in that paragraph, from conducting a transaction that is connected with the buying and selling, leasing, or donation of goods and that involves the transfer of goods between foreign countries with a non-resident, or from exporting goods, but only during a period of up to three years. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry may prohibit a person that has conducted a transaction prescribed in paragraph (4) of the preceding Article without getting the permission referred to in that paragraph, from conducting a transaction that is connected with the buying and selling, leasing, or donation of goods and that involves the transfer of goods between foreign countries with a non-resident, or from exporting goods to a non-resident, but only during a period of up to three years." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb **第四項** 主務大臣は、前条第六項の規定により役務取引等を行うことについて許可を受ける義務を課した場合において、当該許可を受ける義務が課された役務取引等を当該許可を受けないで行つた者が再び同項の規定により許可を受ける義務が課された役務取引等を当該許可を受けないで行うおそれがあると認めるときは、その者に対し、一年以内の期間を限り、役務取引等を行うことについて、その全部若しくは一部を禁止し、又は政令で定めるところにより許可を受ける義務を課することができる。 art-25-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2/par-4 If the competent minister has made it obligatory to get permission to conduct a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article, and the minister finds that a person that has conducted a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries which it has been made obligatory to get permission for, without getting that permission, is likely to once again conduct a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries that it has been made obligatory to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph without getting that permission, the minister may prohibit the person from fully or partially conducting service transactions or transactions involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries, or, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, make it obligatory for that person to get permission to conduct service transactions or transactions involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries, but only during a period of up to one year. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the competent minister has made it obligatory to get permission to conduct a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6) of the preceding Article, and the minister finds that a person that has conducted a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries which it has been made obligatory to get permission for, without getting that permission, is likely to once again conduct a service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries that it has been made obligatory to get permission for pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph without getting that permission, the minister may prohibit the person from fully or partially conducting service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries, or, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, make it obligatory for that person to get permission to conduct service transaction or transaction involving the transfer of goods between foreign countries, but only during a period of up to one year." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb --- ## Cites - art-25-2/par-1: 前条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-1 - art-25-2/par-1: この項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条の二第一項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (1)), art-25-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2/par-1 - art-25-2/par-1: 次項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条の二第二項 (Article 25-2, paragraph (2)), art-25-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2/par-2 - art-25-2/par-1: 第七十条第一項第十九号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第十九号 (Article 70, paragraph (1), item (xix)), art-70/par-1/item-19 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-19 - art-25-2/par-2: 前条第二項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-2 - art-25-2/par-2: 第三項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第三項 (Article 25, paragraph (3)), art-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-3 - art-25-2/par-3: 前条第四項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第四項 (Article 25, paragraph (4)), art-25/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-4 - art-25-2/par-4: 前条第六項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条第六項 (Article 25, paragraph (6)), art-25/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25/par-6 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十五条の二第一項（制裁等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-25-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-25-2/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第十九号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-19 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第二十号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-20 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第二十一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-21 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-21 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — the text in force from 2026-08-12 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20260812_508AC0000000064), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 25-2, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 25-2, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 25-2, paragraph (3) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法), Article 25-2, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 外国為替及び外国貿易法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05