# 介護保険法 / Long-Term Care Insurance Act — 第九十八条 (Article 98) - 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: 第九十八条 (Article 98)（広告制限） — address `art-98` - 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-98 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九十八条（広告制限） — (Restraint of Advertisement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98 **第一項** 介護老人保健施設に関しては、文書その他いかなる方法によるを問わず、何人も次に掲げる事項を除くほか、これを広告してはならない。 art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1 With regard to a Long-Term Care Health Facility, regardless of documents or any other methods, no person may advertise the Facility, except for the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 介護老人保健施設の名称、電話番号及び所在の場所を表示する事項 art-98/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-1 matters that display the name, telephone number, and location of a Long-Term Care Health Facility; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 介護老人保健施設に勤務する医師及び看護師の氏名 art-98/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-2 names of physicians and nurses who are employed at the Long-Term Care Health Facility; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 前二号に掲げる事項のほか、厚生労働大臣の定める事項 art-98/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-3 in addition to matters listed in the preceding two items, matters as determined by the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "in addition to matters listed in the preceding two items, matters as determined by Order of the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb **四** その他都道府県知事の許可を受けた事項 art-98/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-4 other matters approved by the prefectural governor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項第三号に掲げる事項の広告の方法について、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、必要な定めをすることができる。 art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, with regard to method of advertisement of matters listed in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, may specify necessary matters. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare, with regard to method of advertisement of matters listed in the preceding three items, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, may specify necessary matters." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb --- ## Cites - art-98/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 介護保険法 第九十八条第一項第一号 (Article 98, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-98/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-1 - art-98/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 介護保険法 第九十八条第一項第二号 (Article 98, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-98/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-2 - art-98/par-2: 前項第三号 → 介護保険法 第九十八条第一項第三号 (Article 98, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-98/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 介護保険法 第九十八条第一項第三号（広告制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-1/item-3 - 介護保険法 第九十八条第二項（広告制限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-98/par-2 - 介護保険法 第二百六条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/long-term-care-insurance-act/art-206/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/409AC0000000123/art-206/par-1/item-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-10-19 - 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 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法), Article 98, paragraph (1), item (iii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Long-Term Care Insurance Act (介護保険法), Article 98, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3807/tb), retrieved 2026-10-18 - This site's parser, version 209 — 介護保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-18