# 労働安全衛生法 / Industrial Safety and Health Act — 第七十条 (Article 70)

- Law: 労働安全衛生法 (Industrial Safety and Health Act), 昭和四十七年法律第五十七号
- English title "Industrial Safety and Health Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第七十条 (Article 70)（体育活動等についての便宜供与等） — address `art-70`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第七十条（体育活動等についての便宜供与等） — (Making It Convenient for Workers to Engage in Physical Exercise)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-70</sup>

**第一項**  事業者は、前条第一項に定めるもののほか、労働者の健康の保持増進を図るため、体育活動、レクリエーションその他の活動についての便宜を供与する等必要な措置を講ずるように努めなければならない。
<sup>art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-70/par-1</sup>
Beyond as provided for in the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, an employer must endeavor to take the necessary measures to help maintain and improve workers' health, such as making it convenient for them to engage in physical exercise, recreational activities, and other activities.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-70/par-1: 前条第一項 → 労働安全衛生法 第六十九条第一項 (Article 69, paragraph (1)), art-69/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/industrial-safety-and-health-act/art-69/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/347AC0000000057/art-69/par-1

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働者派遣事業の適正な運営の確保及び派遣労働者の保護等に関する法律 第四十五条第一項（労働安全衛生法の適用に関する特例等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-45/par-1

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働安全衛生法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/347AC0000000057/20261001_507AC0000000033), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Industrial Safety and Health Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3440/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- This site's parser, version 209 — 労働安全衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
