# Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ix), (b), its wordings — Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act

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How the wording of Article 6, paragraph (1), item (ix), (b) (第六条第一項第九号ロ) 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 6, paragraph (1), item (ix), (b) (第六条第一項第九号ロ) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-6/par-1/item-9/sub-2 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/art-6/par-1/item-9/sub-2)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 64 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 暗号資産（資金決済に関する法律第二条第十四項に規定する暗号資産をいう。第十六条の二の表の五の項の下欄において同じ。）

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

> cryptoasset (meaning a cryptoasset as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (14) of the Payment Services Act; the same applies in the right-hand column of row 5 of the table in Article 16-2);

## 2. By 22 July 2027 — Act No. 64 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 22 July 2027
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 64 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/foreign-exchange-and-foreign-trade-act/amendments/20270722_508AC0000000064

Japanese:

> 暗号資産（金融商品取引法（昭和二十三年法律第二十五号）第二条第四十九項に規定する暗号資産をいう。第十六条の二の表の五の項の下欄において同じ。）

English (Machine translation, not official):

> cryptoasset (meaning a cryptoasset as prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (49) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948); the same applies in the right-hand column of row 5 of the table in Article 16-2);

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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/324AC0000000228/20270401_508AC0000000064)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/324AC0000000228/20270722_508AC0000000064)