# 外国為替及び外国貿易法 / Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act — 第八条 (Article 8) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-8. 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: 第八条 (Article 8)（通貨の指定） — address `art-8` - 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-8 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-8 - 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. --- ### 第八条（通貨の指定） — (Designation of Currency) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-8 **第一項** この法律の適用を受ける取引又は行為に係る通貨による支払等（支払又は支払の受領をいう。以下同じ。）は、財務大臣の指定する通貨により行わなければならない。 art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-8/par-1 A payment in currency that is made or received in connection with a transaction or action to which this Act applies must be made or received in the currency designated by the Minister of Finance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 外国為替及び外国貿易法 第七十条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-70/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/324AC0000000228/art-70/par-1/item-1 - 資金決済に関する法律 第二条第二十一項第一号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/en/payment-services-act/art-2/par-21/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000059/art-2/par-21/item-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