# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第五十五条の四 (Article 55-4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-4. 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: 第五十五条の四 (Article 55-4) — address `art-55-4` - 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-55-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-4 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の四 art-55-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-4 **第一項** 居住者が次に掲げる特定資本取引の当事者となつたときは、政令で定める場合を除き、当該居住者は、政令で定めるところにより、当該特定資本取引の内容、実行の時期その他の政令で定める事項を経済産業大臣に報告しなければならない。 art-55-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-4/par-1 Except in cases prescribed by Cabinet Order, if a resident has become a party to one of the following specified capital transactions, the resident must report the substance of the specified capital transaction, its timing, and any other information that Cabinet Order prescribes to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第二十条第二号に掲げる資本取引に係る特定資本取引 art-55-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-4/par-1/item-1 a specified capital transaction connected with a capital transaction stated in Article 20, item (ii); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第二十条第十二号に掲げる資本取引に係る特定資本取引のうち、政令で定めるもの art-55-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-4/par-1/item-2 a specified capital transaction connected with a capital transaction stated in Article 20, item (xii), which is prescribed by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55-4/par-1/item-1: 第二十条第二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十条第一項第二号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-20/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-20/par-1/item-2 - art-55-4/par-1/item-2: 第二十条第十二号 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十条第一項第十二号 (Article 20, paragraph (1), item (xii)), art-20/par-1/item-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-20/par-1/item-12 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条第一項第五号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-5 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 附則第二条第一項（経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/suppl-5041-28/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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