# 労働基準法 / Labor Standards Act — 第六十七条 (Article 67)

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- Law: 労働基準法 (Labor Standards Act), 昭和二十二年法律第四十九号
- English title "Labor Standards Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第六十七条 (Article 67)（育児時間） — address `art-67`
- Text in force since: 2026-07-17
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### 第六十七条（育児時間） — (Childcare Time)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-67</sup>

**第一項**  生後満一年に達しない生児を育てる女性は、第三十四条の休憩時間のほか、一日二回各々少なくとも三十分、その生児を育てるための時間を請求することができる。
<sup>art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-67/par-1</sup>
A female worker raising a newborn baby less than one year old may request to have at least 30 minutes of time twice a day to care for that baby, in addition to the break times referred to in Article 34.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  使用者は、前項の育児時間中は、その女性を使用してはならない。
<sup>art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-67/par-2</sup>
An employer must not have a female worker work during the childcare time referred to in the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-67/par-1: 第三十四条 → 労働基準法 第三十四条 (Article 34), art-34 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-34
- art-67/par-2: 前項 → 労働基準法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-67/par-1

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 労働基準法 第六十七条第二項（育児時間） — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-67/par-2
- 労働基準法 第百十九条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act/art-119/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000049/art-119/par-1/item-1
- 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 第四十四条第二項（労働基準法の適用に関する特例） — https://japanlaw.org/en/worker-dispatch-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/360AC0000000088/art-44/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 労働基準法 — the text in force from 2026-07-17 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049/20260717_508AC0000000060), retrieved 2026-09-27
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Labor Standards Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4913/tb), retrieved 2026-09-27
- This site's parser, version 213 — 労働基準法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-09-27
