# Article 28, paragraph (5), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 28, paragraph (5) (第二十八条第五項) 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 (5) (第二十八条第五項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-5 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-28/par-5)
- 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:

> 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第三項の規定により特定取得を行つてはならない期間を延長した場合において、同項の規定による審査をした結果、第一項の規定による届出に係る特定取得が国の安全に係る特定取得に該当すると認めるときは、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴いて、当該特定取得の届出をしたものに対し、政令で定めるところにより、当該特定取得に係る内容の変更又は中止を勧告することができる。ただし、当該変更又は中止を勧告することができる期間は、当該届出を受理した日から起算して第三項又は次項の規定により延長された期間の満了する日までとする。

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

> If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business have extended the period during which a specified acquisition must not be undertaken pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), but they find, as a result of the examination under that paragraph, that the specified acquisition that is subject to the notification under paragraph (1) constitutes a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security, the ministers, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, may recommend the person that filed the notification of the specified acquisition to modify the substance of the acquisition or discontinue it, after hearing the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions; provided, however, that the period during which the ministers may recommend the modification or discontinuance starts from the day on which they receive the notification up until the final day in the period as extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or the following paragraph.

## 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:

> 財務大臣及び事業所管大臣は、第三項の規定により禁止期間を延長した場合において、同項の規定による審査をした結果、第一項の規定による届出に係る特定取得が国の安全に係る特定取得に該当すると認めるときは、関税・外国為替等審議会の意見を聴いて、当該特定取得の届出をしたものに対し、当該特定取得に係る内容の変更、国の安全に係る措置に関する修正（当該届出に係る同項第四号に掲げる事項に係る修正の届出を財務大臣及び事業所管大臣にすることをいう。以下同じ。）又は当該特定取得の中止を勧告することができる。ただし、当該変更、国の安全に係る措置に関する修正又は当該中止を勧告することができる期間は、第三項若しくは次項又は第二十八条の三第二項の規定により延長された禁止期間の満了する日までとする。

English (Machine translation, corrected on review, not official):

> If the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business have extended the prohibition period pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3), but they find, as a result of the examination under that paragraph, that the specified acquisition that is subject to the notification under paragraph (1) constitutes a specified acquisition that is a matter of national security, the ministers may recommend the person that filed the notification of the specified acquisition to change the substance of the acquisition, make a modification of a measure relating to national security (meaning to file with the Minister of Finance and the competent minister for the business a notification of a modification relating to the matters set out in paragraph (1), item (iv) that pertain to the notification; the same applies hereinafter), or discontinue the specified acquisition, after hearing the opinions of the Council on Customs, Tariffs, Foreign Exchange, and Other Transactions; provided, however, that the period during which the ministers may recommend the change, the modification of a measure relating to national security, or the discontinuance is up until the final day of the prohibition period as extended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or the following paragraph or Article 28-3, paragraph (2).

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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)