# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第百六十九条 (Article 169)

- 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: 第百六十九条 (Article 169)（政府保証） — address `art-169`
- 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-169
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-169
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### 第百六十九条（政府保証） — (Government Guarantee)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-169 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-169</sup>

**第一項**  政府は、法人に対する政府の財政援助の制限に関する法律（昭和二十一年法律第二十四号）第三条の規定にかかわらず、国会の議決を経た金額の範囲内で、機構による第百二十五条第一項の介護給付費交付金及び第百二十六条第一項の地域支援事業支援交付金の円滑な交付のために必要があると認めるときは、前条の規定による機構の長期借入金、短期借入金又は債券に係る債務について、必要と認められる期間の範囲において、保証することができる。
<sup>art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-169/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-169/par-1</sup>
The national government, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the Act on Restrictions on Financial Assistance by the Government to Corporations (Act No. 24 of 1946), within the amount approved by resolution of the Diet, when it determines necessary for efficient payments by the Organization of the grants for Long-Term Care Benefits pursuant to the provisions of Article 125, paragraph (1) and supporting grants for Community Support Projects pursuant to the provisions of Article 126, paragraph (1), may provide guarantees within the scope of the period that is determined to be necessary with regard to liabilities pertaining to long-term debt, short-term debt, or bonds of the Organization pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-169/par-1: 法人に対する政府の財政援助の制限に関する法律（昭和二十一年法律第二十四号）第三条 → e-Gov law 321AC0000000024, 第三条 (Article 3), art-3 — not held in this collection
- art-169/par-1: 第百二十五条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-125/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-125/par-1
- art-169/par-1: 第百二十六条第一項 → 介護保険法 第百二十六条第一項 (Article 126, paragraph (1)), art-126/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-126/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-126/par-1
- art-169/par-1: 前条 → 介護保険法 第百六十八条 (Article 168), art-168 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-168

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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-20261018T203319-040, 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
