# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百十八条の三 (Article 118-3)

- Law: 介護保険法 (Long-Term Care Insurance Act), 平成九年法律第百二十三号
- English title "Long-Term Care Insurance 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.
- Provision: 第百十八条の三 (Article 118-3)（国民の保健医療の向上及び福祉の増進のための匿名介護保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — address `art-118-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3
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### 第百十八条の三（国民の保健医療の向上及び福祉の増進のための匿名介護保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — Use or Provision of anonymized long-term care insurance-related information for Improvement of Health and Medical Care and Enhancement of the Welfare of Citizens
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-118-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、国民の保健医療の向上及び福祉の増進に資するため、匿名介護保険等関連情報（介護保険等関連情報に係る特定の被保険者その他の厚生労働省令で定める者（次条において「本人」という。）を識別すること及びその作成に用いる介護保険等関連情報を復元することができないようにするために厚生労働省令で定める基準に従い加工した介護保険等関連情報をいう。以下同じ。）を利用し、又は厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、次の各号に掲げる者であって、匿名介護保険等関連情報の提供を受けて行うことについて相当の公益性を有すると認められる業務としてそれぞれ当該各号に定めるものを行うものに提供することができる。
<sup>art-118-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, in order to contribute to the improvement of health and medical care and the enhancement of the welfare of citizens, may use anonymized long-term care insurance-related information (meaning long-term care insurance-related information processed in accordance with the standards specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare so as to make it impossible to identify a specific Insured Person or other person specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to whom the long-term care insurance-related information pertains (referred to as "the person themselves" in the following Article) and to restore the long-term care insurance-related information used in producing it; the same applies hereinafter), or may, as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, provide it to a person listed in each of the following items who conducts the business specified respectively in those items as business found to have considerable public interest in being conducted upon receipt of anonymized long-term care insurance-related information.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  国の他の行政機関及び地方公共団体　保険給付に係る保健医療サービス及び福祉サービスに関する施策、要介護状態等となることの予防又は要介護状態等の軽減若しくは悪化の防止のための施策並びに地域における自立した日常生活の支援のための施策の企画及び立案に関する調査
  <sup>art-118-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-1/item-1</sup>
  other administrative organs of the State and local governments: surveys concerning the planning and drafting of measures concerning health and medical services and welfare services pertaining to insurance benefits, measures for preventing falling into a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc. or reducing or preventing deterioration of a Condition of Need for Long-Term Care, etc., and measures for supporting independent daily life in the community;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **二**  大学その他の研究機関　国民の健康の保持増進及びその有する能力の維持向上並びに介護保険事業に関する研究
  <sup>art-118-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-1/item-2</sup>
  universities and other research institutions: research on the maintenance and enhancement of the health of citizens and the maintenance and improvement of their abilities, and on the Insured Long-Term Care Project;
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **三**  民間事業者その他の厚生労働省令で定める者　介護分野の調査研究に関する分析その他の厚生労働省令で定める業務（特定の商品又は役務の広告又は宣伝に利用するために行うものを除く。）
  <sup>art-118-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-1/item-3</sup>
  private businesses and other persons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: analysis concerning investigation and research in the long-term care field and other business specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (excluding that conducted for use in advertising or promoting specific goods or services).
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による利用又は提供を行う場合には、当該匿名介護保険等関連情報を健康保険法第百五十条の二第一項に規定する匿名診療等関連情報及び高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条の二第一項に規定する匿名医療保険等関連情報その他の厚生労働省令で定めるものと連結して利用し、又は連結して利用することができる状態で提供することができる。
<sup>art-118-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-2</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when conducting the use or provision pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, may use said anonymized long-term care insurance-related information in combination with the anonymized medical care-related information prescribed in Article 150-2, paragraph (1) of the Health Insurance Act, the anonymized medical insurance-related information prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People, and other information specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, or provide it in a state in which it can be used in combination.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定により匿名介護保険等関連情報を提供しようとする場合には、あらかじめ、社会保障審議会の意見を聴かなければならない。
<sup>art-118-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-3</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when intending to provide anonymized long-term care insurance-related information pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), must hear the opinion of the Social Security Council in advance.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-118-3/par-1: 次条 → 介護保険法 第百十八条の四 (Article 118-4), art-118-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-4
- art-118-3/par-2: 前項 → 介護保険法 第百十八条の三第一項 (Article 118-3, paragraph (1)), art-118-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-1
- art-118-3/par-2: 健康保険法第百五十条の二第一項 → 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第一項 (Article 150-2, paragraph (1)), art-150-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-1
- art-118-3/par-2: 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第十六条の二第一項 → 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の二第一項 (Article 16-2, paragraph (1)), art-16-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-1
- art-118-3/par-3: 第一項 → 介護保険法 第百十八条の三第一項 (Article 118-3, paragraph (1)), art-118-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 介護保険法 第百十八条の三第二項（国民の保健医療の向上及び福祉の増進のための匿名介護保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-2
- 介護保険法 第百十八条の三第三項（国民の保健医療の向上及び福祉の増進のための匿名介護保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-3/par-3
- 介護保険法 第百十八条の四第一項（照合等の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-4/par-1
- 介護保険法 第百十八条の十第一項（機構等への委託） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-10/par-1
- 介護保険法 第百十八条の十一第一項（手数料） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-118-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-118-11/par-1
- 健康保険法 第百五十条の二第二項（国民保健の向上のための匿名診療等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/health-insurance-act/art-150-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/211AC0000000070/art-150-2/par-2
- 高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律 第十六条の二第二項（国民保健の向上のための匿名医療保険等関連情報の利用又は提供） — https://japanlaw.org/en/elderly-medical-care-act/art-16-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/357AC0000000080/art-16-2/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 介護保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/409AC0000000123/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-18
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch long-term-care-insurance-act-20261018T203319-035, translated 2026-10-19
- This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18