# 次世代育成支援対策推進法 / Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — 第七条 (Article 7) - Law: 次世代育成支援対策推進法 (Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children), 平成十五年法律第百二十号 - English title "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children": 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: 第七条 (Article 7) — address `art-7` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七条 art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7 **第一項** 主務大臣は、次世代育成支援対策の総合的かつ効果的な推進を図るため、基本理念にのっとり、次条第一項の市町村行動計画及び第九条第一項の都道府県行動計画並びに第十二条第一項の一般事業主行動計画及び第十九条第一項の特定事業主行動計画（次項において「市町村行動計画等」という。）の策定に関する指針（以下「行動計画策定指針」という。）を定めなければならない。 art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-1 To comprehensively and effectively promote the measures to support raising next-generation children, the competent minister must establish guidelines (referred to below as the "guidelines for the formulation of an action plan") on the formulation of a municipal action plan stated in paragraph (1) of the following Article, a prefectural action plan stated in Article 9, paragraph (1), a general employer action plan stated in Article 12, paragraph (1), and a specified employer action plan stated in Article 19, paragraph (1) (referred to as the "municipal action plan, etc." in the following paragraph), in accordance with the fundamental principles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 行動計画策定指針においては、次に掲げる事項につき、市町村行動計画等の指針となるべきものを定めるものとする。 art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-2 The guidelines for the formulation of an action plan are to prescribe the guidelines for a municipal action plan, etc. regarding the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 次世代育成支援対策の実施に関する基本的な事項 art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-2/item-1 basic matters concerning the implementation of the measures to support raising next-generation children; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次世代育成支援対策の内容に関する事項 art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-2/item-2 matters concerning the details of the measures to support raising next-generation children; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** その他次世代育成支援対策の実施に関する重要事項 art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-2/item-3 other important matters concerning the implementation of the measures to support raising next-generation children. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 主務大臣は、少子化の動向、子どもを取り巻く環境の変化その他の事情を勘案して必要があると認めるときは、速やかに行動計画策定指針を変更するものとする。 art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-3 The competent minister is to promptly make changes to the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan when the minister finds it necessary considering the trends in the declining birthrate, changes in children's circumstances, and other factors. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 主務大臣は、行動計画策定指針を定め、又はこれを変更しようとするときは、あらかじめ、こども家庭審議会の意見を聴くとともに、次条第一項の市町村行動計画及び第九条第一項の都道府県行動計画に係る部分について総務大臣に協議しなければならない。 art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-4 When the competent minister intends to establish or change the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan, the minister must hear the opinions of the Child and Family Council in advance, and deliberate with the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications on the parts related to a municipal action plan stated in paragraph (1) of the following Article and a prefectural action plan stated in Article 9, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 主務大臣は、行動計画策定指針を定め、又はこれを変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表しなければならない。 art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-5 When the competent minister has established or changed the guidelines for the formulation of an action plan, the minister must make those guidelines public without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-7/par-1: 次条第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-1 - art-7/par-1: 第九条第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-9/par-1 - art-7/par-1: 第十二条第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-12/par-1 - art-7/par-1: 第十九条第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-19/par-1 - art-7/par-1: 次項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-2 - art-7/par-4: 次条第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-8/par-1 - art-7/par-4: 第九条第一項 → 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-9/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第四条第一項（国及び地方公共団体の責務） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-4/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-7/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 第二十二条第一項（主務大臣） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/art-22/par-1 - 次世代育成支援対策推進法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/next-generation-support-act/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000120/suppl-4151-120/art-1/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000120/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-10-19 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5162/tb), retrieved 2026-10-19 - This site's parser, version 201 — 次世代育成支援対策推進法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-19