# 道路交通法 / Road Traffic Act — 第三十五条の二 (Article 35-2) - Law: 道路交通法 (Road Traffic Act), 昭和三十五年法律第百五号 - English title "Road Traffic 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: 第三十五条の二 (Article 35-2)（環状交差点における左折等） — address `art-35-2` - Text in force since: 2026-07-21 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35-2 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三十五条の二（環状交差点における左折等） — (Left Turns and Other Maneuvers Through Roundabouts) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35-2 **第一項** 車両は、環状交差点において左折し、又は右折するときは、第三十四条第一項から第五項までの規定にかかわらず、あらかじめその前からできる限り道路の左側端に寄り、かつ、できる限り環状交差点の側端に沿つて（道路標識等により通行すべき部分が指定されているときは、その指定された部分を通行して）徐行しなければならない。 art-35-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35-2/par-1 Notwithstanding Article 34, paragraphs (1) through (5), to make a left or a right turn through a roundabout, a driver must bring a vehicle as close as possible to the left edge of the road beforehand, and proceed for as long as possible along the outer edge of the roundabout (or down the part of the road specified by road signs or markings, if any) at a reduced speed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 車両は、環状交差点において直進し、又は転回するときは、あらかじめその前からできる限り道路の左側端に寄り、かつ、できる限り環状交差点の側端に沿つて（道路標識等により通行すべき部分が指定されているときは、その指定された部分を通行して）徐行しなければならない。 art-35-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-35-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-35-2/par-2 To go straight or make a U-turn through a roundabout, a driver must bring a vehicle as close as possible to the left edge of the road beforehand, and proceed for as long as possible along the outer edge of the roundabout (or down the part of the road specified by road signs or markings, if any) at a reduced speed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-35-2/par-1: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第一項 (Article 34, paragraph (1)), art-34/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-1 - art-35-2/par-1: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第二項 (Article 34, paragraph (2)), art-34/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-2 - art-35-2/par-1: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第三項 (Article 34, paragraph (3)), art-34/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-3 - art-35-2/par-1: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第四項 (Article 34, paragraph (4)), art-34/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-4 - art-35-2/par-1: 第三十四条第一項から第五項まで → 道路交通法 第三十四条第五項 (Article 34, paragraph (5)), art-34/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-34/par-5 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 道路交通法 第二十条第三項（車両通行帯） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-20/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-20/par-3 - 道路交通法 第六十三条の七第一項（交差点における自転車の通行方法） — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-63-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-63-7/par-1 - 道路交通法 第百二十一条第一項第八号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/road-traffic-act/art-121/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/335AC0000000105/art-121/par-1/item-8 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 道路交通法 — the text in force from 2026-07-21 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/335AC0000000105/20260721_508AC0000000052), retrieved 2026-10-13 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Road Traffic Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2962/tb), retrieved 2026-10-13 - This site's parser, version 190 — 道路交通法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-13