# Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vi), its wordings — Act on the Protection of Personal Information

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How the wording of Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vi) (第二十七条第一項第六号) changed with each amendment, and how it will change.

- Law: Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報の保護に関する法律) — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act
- Provision: Article 27, paragraph (1), item (vi) (第二十七条第一項第六号) — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-27/par-1/item-6 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-information-protection-act/art-27/par-1/item-6)
- The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments
- 2 wordings, oldest first.

## 1. Before Act No. 56 of 2026

- State: In force

Japanese:

> 当該個人情報取扱事業者が学術研究機関等である場合であって、当該個人データを学術研究目的で提供する必要があるとき（当該個人データを提供する目的の一部が学術研究目的である場合を含み、個人の権利利益を不当に侵害するおそれがある場合を除く。）（当該個人情報取扱事業者と当該第三者が共同して学術研究を行う場合に限る。）。

English (Written for this site with AI, correcting the Ministry of Justice's English):

> cases in which the business handling personal information is an academic research institution or the equivalent, and needs to provide the personal data for the academic research purpose (including cases in which a part of the purpose of providing the personal data is for academic research purposes, and excluding cases in which there is a risk of unjustly infringing on individual rights and interests) (limited to cases in which the business handling personal information and the third party jointly conduct academic research);

## 2. By 16 July 2028 — Act No. 56 of 2026

- State: Not yet in force
- Takes effect: By 16 July 2028
- The amendment: Reworded (Act No. 56 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-information-protection-act/amendments/20280716_508AC0000000056

Japanese:

> 学術研究機関等である当該個人情報取扱事業者が第三者と共同して学術研究を行う場合であって、当該第三者に対し、当該個人データを学術研究目的で提供する必要があるとき（当該個人データを提供する目的の一部が学術研究目的である場合を含み、個人の権利利益を不当に侵害するおそれがある場合を除く。）。

English (Machine translation, not official):

> cases in which the business handling personal information that is an academic research institution or the equivalent conducts academic research jointly with a third party, and needs to provide the personal data to that third party for the academic research purpose (including cases in which a part of the purpose of handling the personal data is for academic research purposes, and excluding cases in which there is a risk of unjustly infringing on individual rights and interests);

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## Sources

- The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000057)
- English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4241/tb)
- English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI
- The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000057/20270416_508AC0000000059)
- The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000057/20280716_508AC0000000056)