# Article 26, paragraph (4), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 26, paragraph (4) (第二十六条第四項) 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 26, paragraph (4) (第二十六条第四項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-4 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-26/par-4)
- 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:

> 第二項第三号から第五号までに規定する密接関係者とは、第一項各号に掲げるものであつて、株式取得者、議決権取得者又は同意者と株式の所有関係等に基づく永続的な経済関係、親族関係その他これらに準ずる特別の関係にあるものとして政令で定めるものをいう。

English (Written for this site with AI, correcting the Ministry of Justice's English):

> The "person closely affiliated" that is provided for in paragraph (2), items (iii) through (v) means a person as stated in one of the items of paragraph (1) and prescribed by Cabinet Order as a person that has a permanent economic relationship with the acquirer of shares, acquirer of voting rights, or consenter which is based on ownership of shares, that has a familial relationship to that person, or that has any other special affiliation equivalent to either of these with that person.

## 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:

> 第二項第三号から第五号まで、第九号ロ及びハ並びに第十号ロ及びハに規定する密接関係者とは、第一項各号に掲げるものであつて、株式取得者、議決権取得者、同意者、第二項第九号に規定する取得をしたもの、同項第十号に規定する行使をしたもの又は直接保有法人等と株式の所有関係等に基づく永続的な経済関係、親族関係その他これらに準ずる特別の関係にあるものとして政令で定めるものをいう。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> The "person closely affiliated" that is provided for in paragraph (2), items (iii) through (v), item (ix), (b) and (c), and item (x), (b) and (c) means a person as stated in one of the items of paragraph (1) and prescribed by Cabinet Order as a person that has a permanent economic relationship with the acquirer of the shares, acquirer of the voting rights, consenter, person that has made the acquisition provided for in paragraph (2), item (ix), person that has exercised the voting rights provided for in item (x) of that paragraph, or directly held corporation or other organization which is based on ownership of shares, that has a familial relationship to that person, or that has any other special affiliation equivalent to either of these with that person.

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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)