# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第五十五条の五 (Article 55-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5. 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: 第五十五条の五 (Article 55-5)（対内直接投資等及び特定取得の報告） — address `art-55-5` - 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-55-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条の五（対内直接投資等及び特定取得の報告） — (Report of Inward Direct Investment and Equivalent Actions and Specified Acquisition) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-55-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5 **第一項** 外国投資家は、対内直接投資等又は特定取得（第二十八条第一項の規定により届け出なければならないとされるものに限る。以下この条において同じ。）を行つたときは、政令で定めるところにより、当該対内直接投資等又は特定取得の内容、実行の時期その他の政令で定める事項を財務大臣及び事業所管大臣に報告しなければならない。ただし、第二十七条第一項又は第二十八条第一項の規定により届け出た対内直接投資等又は特定取得については、この限りでない。 art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-1 When a foreign investor has conducted an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition (limited to specified acquisition for which the provisions of Article 28, paragraph (1) require a notification to be filed; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), the foreign investor must report the substance of the inward direct investment or equivalent action or the specified acquisition, its timing, and any other information prescribed by Cabinet Order to the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order; provided, however, that this does not apply to an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition for which a notification has been made pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) or Article 28, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 特定組合等が行う対内直接投資等又は特定取得に相当するものにより当該特定組合等の組合員が取得する財産又は権利については、当該特定組合等が取得し、又は所有し、若しくは保有するものとみなして、前項の規定を適用する。 art-55-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-2 Assets and rights that a partner of a specified partnership or similar organization acquires through an action that is comparable to the inward direct investments and equivalent actions or specified acquisitions that the specified partnership or similar organization conducts are deemed to be acquired, owned, or held by the specified partnership or similar organization, and the provisions of the preceding paragraph apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 外国投資家以外の者（法人その他の団体を含む。）が外国投資家のために当該外国投資家の名義によらないで行う対内直接投資等又は特定取得に相当するものについては、当該外国投資家以外の者を外国投資家とみなして、第一項の規定を適用する。 art-55-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-3 A person (including a corporation or any other organization) not constituting a foreign investor is deemed to be a foreign investor in connection with any action comparable to an inward direct investment or equivalent action or a specified acquisition which that person conducts on behalf of a foreign investor but not in the name of that foreign investor, and the provisions of paragraph (1) apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55-5/par-1: 第二十八条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-28/par-1 - art-55-5/par-1: この条 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五 (Article 55-5), art-55-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5 - art-55-5/par-1: 第二十七条第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第一項 (Article 27, paragraph (1)), art-27/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/par-1 - art-55-5/par-2: 前項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第一項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (1)), art-55-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-1 - art-55-5/par-3: 第一項 → 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第一項 (Article 55-5, paragraph (1)), art-55-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第二十七条第一項（対内直接投資等の届出及び変更勧告等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-27/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第一項（対内直接投資等及び特定取得の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第二項（対内直接投資等及び特定取得の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-2 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第五十五条の五第三項（対内直接投資等及び特定取得の報告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-55-5/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-55-5/par-3 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十一条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-71/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-71/par-1/item-6 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-1 - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-72/par-3 --- ## 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