# Article 28, paragraph (2), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 28, paragraph (2) (第二十八条第二項) 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 28, paragraph (2) (第二十八条第二項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-2)
- 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:

> 特定取得について前項の規定による届出をした外国投資家は、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣が当該届出を受理した日から起算して三十日を経過する日までは、当該届出に係る特定取得を行つてはならない。ただし、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、その期間の満了前に当該届出に係る特定取得がその事業目的その他からみて次項の規定による審査が必要となる特定取得に該当しないと認めるときは、当該期間を短縮することができる。

English (Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice):

> A foreign investor that has filed a notification under the preceding paragraph with regard to a specified acquisition must not undertake the specified acquisition that is subject to that notification until the final day in the 30-day period that starts on the date that the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business receive the notification; provided, however, that on finding, before the end of this period, that, based on the business purpose or any other consideration, the specified acquisition that is subject to that notification does not constitute one necessitating an examination under the following paragraph, the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may shorten this period.

## 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:

> 特定取得について前項の規定による届出をした外国投資家は、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣が当該届出を受理した日から起算して三十日を経過する日までの期間は、当該届出に係る特定取得を行つてはならない。ただし、財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、その期間の満了前に当該届出に係る特定取得が同項第一号に規定する事業の目的その他からみて次項の規定による審査が必要となる特定取得に該当しないと認めるときは、当該期間を短縮することができる。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> A foreign investor that has filed a notification under the preceding paragraph with regard to a specified acquisition must not undertake the specified acquisition that is subject to that notification during the period until the final day in the 30-day period that starts on the date that the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business receive the notification; provided, however, that on finding, before the end of this period, that, based on the purpose of the business provided for in item (i) of that paragraph or any other consideration, the specified acquisition that is subject to that notification does not constitute one necessitating an examination under the following paragraph, the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business may shorten this period.

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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)