# 出入国管理及び難民認定法 / Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 出入国管理及び難民認定法 (Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act), 昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号 - English title "Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Issued as a Cabinet Order and given the force of an Act, which is why its number says 政令: Some rules made during the Allied occupation were issued as Cabinet Orders, as orders implementing Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and an Act passed in 1952 gave them the force of an Act. They keep the Cabinet Order number they were issued under, which is why e-Gov lists the law as an Act while its number says 政令 (Cabinet Order). The Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (出入国管理及び難民認定法) is one: it was promulgated in 1951 as the Immigration Control Order (出入国管理令), Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951, has had the force of an Act under Article 4 of Act No. 126 of 1952, took its present title on 1 January 1982, and every amendment on e-Gov's record of it was made by an Act. - Provision: 第二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2)（人材が不足している地域の状況への配慮） — address `suppl-4301-102/art-2` - Text in force since: 2026-10-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条（人材が不足している地域の状況への配慮） — Consideration for the Situation in Regions with a Shortage of Human Resources caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4301-102/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-2 **第一項** 政府は、第一条の規定による改正後の出入国管理及び難民認定法（以下「新入管法」という。）別表第一の二の表の特定技能の在留資格に係る制度の運用に当たっては、人材が不足している地域の状況に配慮し、新入管法第十九条の十八第二項第一号の特定技能外国人が大都市圏その他の特定の地域に過度に集中して就労することとならないようにするために必要な措置を講ずるよう努めるものとする。 suppl-4301-102/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/suppl-4301-102/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/suppl-4301-102/art-2/par-1 In operating the system pertaining to the status of residence of "Specified Skilled Worker" in Appended Table I (2) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Immigration Control Act"), the Government is to endeavor to take the measures necessary to prevent foreign nationals with the "Specified Skilled Worker" status of residence set forth in Article 19-18, paragraph (2), item (i) of the New Immigration Control Act from working in an excessively concentrated manner in major metropolitan areas or other specific regions, giving consideration to the situation in regions with a shortage of human resources. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4301-102/art-2/par-1: 別表第一の二 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/appdx-1 - suppl-4301-102/art-2/par-1: 新入管法第十九条の十八第二項第一号 → 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第十九条の十八第二項第一号 (Article 19-18, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-19-18/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/immigration-control-act/art-19-18/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-19-18/par-2/item-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/326CO0000000319/20261001_508AC0000000032), retrieved 2026-10-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3624/tb), retrieved 2026-09-13 - claude-opus-5[1m] — Machine translation, batch immigration-control-act-20260913T134912-047, translated 2026-09-13 - This site's parser, version 223 — 出入国管理及び難民認定法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-05