# Article 20, paragraph (1), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 20, paragraph (1) (第二十条第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (外国為替及び外国貿易法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act
- Provision: Article 20, paragraph (1) (第二十条第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-20/par-1)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 30 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 資本取引とは、次に掲げる取引又は行為（第二十六条第一項各号に掲げるものが行う同条第二項に規定する対内直接投資等に該当する行為を除く。）をいう。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> The term "capital transaction" means any of the following transactions or actions (excluding an act which falls within the category of inward direct investment or an equivalent action prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (2) and which is conducted by any of the persons stated in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article):

## 2. 4 January 2027 — Act No. 30 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: 4 January 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 30 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270104_508AC0000000030

Japanese:

> 資本取引とは、次に掲げる取引又は行為（第二十六条第一項各号に掲げるものが行う同条第二項に規定する対内直接投資等に該当する行為（同項第九号及び第十号に掲げる行為並びに同項第十一号に掲げる行為のうち同項第九号及び第十号に掲げる行為に準ずるものとして政令で定める行為を除く。）を除く。）をいう。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> The term "capital transaction" means any of the following transactions or actions (excluding an act which falls within the category of inward direct investment or an equivalent action prescribed in Article 26, paragraph (2) (excluding the acts stated in items (ix) and (x) of that paragraph and, among the acts stated in item (xi) of that paragraph, those prescribed by Cabinet Order as being equivalent to the acts stated in items (ix) and (x) of that paragraph) and which is conducted by any of the persons stated in the items of paragraph (1) of that Article):

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4857/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20260812_508AC0000000064)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20270104_508AC0000000030)